Network/systems management

News/payments

Capitalising on Eurosystem changes to bolster instant payments

The benefits of implementing a cohesive instant payments system are manifold and well documented. As evidenced by the incoming European Single Market Infrastructure Gateway (ESMIG) and the need to integrate interoperable systems across Europe, the ability to access infrastructure that facilitates instant payments is vital.

03 July 2020

Research/Network/systems management

Charting a Core Transformation Roadmap to a Future Unknown

24 June 2020 979 downloads

News/cloud

Using governance to accelerate cloud migration in financial services

Financial institutions have the opportunity to enhance traditional governance processes by building a well-structured cloud service assessment from the ground up, to help demonstrate regulatory compliance when moving to the cloud.

22 May 2020

News/payments

Will SCA delays stall Request to Pay’s momentum?

Request to Pay (R2P) services originally scheduled to launch later this year have been expected to play a major part in transforming the UK and EU’s payments ecosystem.

14 May 2020

News/sustainable

Antony Jenkins on sustainability: ‘You can’t please everyone’

In conversation with Finextra TV, Antony Jenkins, founder and executive chairman of 10x Future Technologies and former Barclays CEO, highlights that the single most important factor in the push toward sustainability is transparency.

27 April 2020

News/markets

Beeks Financial Cloud buys Velocimetrics

Beeks Financial Cloud Group has acquired network monitoring and trade analytics software firm Velocimetrics for a base consideration of £1.3 million in cash and equity, plus contingent earn-out.

15 April 2020

News/payments

Size does matter for banks tackling ISO 20022 migration

With a new migration date set for November 2022, Swift’s community must be prepared to adopt the data-rich ISO 20022 for cross border payments in under 24 months. The deadline delay proves just how challenging this project has been for financial institutions across the payments landscape.

15 April 2020

News/payments

Swift gpi transferred $77 trillion in 2019

Almost doubling the $40 trillion transferred in 2018, Swift’s transmission of $77 trillion in cross-border payments messages over the gpi platform during 2019 implies that demand for the programme is becoming entrenched in the bank-to-bank space.

18 February 2020

News/sustainable

Disclosing sustainability does not guarantee sustainability

81% of banks are disclosing information on progressive climate-related public policy. According to a report by Boston Common Asset Management, this is a slight increase from 71% in 2018.

05 December 2019

News/Network/systems management

Swift Operations Forum Europe 2019, Amsterdam - Day 2 report

With the accelerating pace of transformation in financial services, day two of SOFE 2019 explored the direction of travel financial institutions should embark on in order to thrive in this new world.

29 November 2019

News/Network/systems management

Plum raises another $3m and launches on Android

Closing a second round of funding with a $3 million investment, AI powered smart savings app Plum now boasts a total lifetime investment of $9.3 million.

13 November 2019

News/Network/systems management

The CIO’s blueprint for streamlining digital business agreements

80% of financial institutions will become irrelevant by 2030 due to their inability to compete with digitally-savvy rivals, according to research by Gartner.

13 November 2019

News/Network/systems management

Will trust woes undermine Open Banking under PSD2?

In a roundtable discussion held Wednesday in London hosted by digital payments firm PPRO, industry leaders met to explore the impact PSD2 has imposed on key players in Open Banking and the changes needed to achieve the regulation’s objective in 2020 and beyond.

06 November 2019

News/Network/systems management

SIA and Colt win ECB tender for ESMIG connectivity

The European Central Bank (ECB) has awarded a tender to Italian payment processor SIA and telco Colt for the provision of connectivity services to the Eurosystem market infrastructures.

17 June 2019