Latest Transaction banking News: Finextra Research

We are moving to a faster-paced environment

Ruth Wandhöfer, Global Head of Regulatory & Market Strategy, Citi, lays out how PSD2 benefits the banks and the relationship between the directive and instant-payments.

04 November 2016

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Latin American banks turn to Swift to combat de-risking threat

Eight Latin American central banks have signed up to adopt Swift's sanctions screening service and KYC Registry in an effort to combat the threat posed to the region by de-risking measures imposed in correspondent banking relationships.

04 November 2016

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We need to attack vanilla business in payments

Pierangelo Mortara, Deputy General Manager, UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions, speaks about innovations in banking and where distributed ledger technology can fit in.

03 November 2016

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More DLT use cases around information sharing

Nick Armstrong, Co-founder and CEO, Identitii, plots out the timeline for mainstream blockchain adoption and what the killer app might be.

03 November 2016

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Open banking needs industry collaboration

Thomas Egner, Secretary General, Euro Banking Association, discusses the implications of PSD2 and the objectives of the open banking forum initiated by the EBA.

03 November 2016

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Regions need unique identifier

Damian Pettit, Head of Operations, Payments, RBS, discusses strategic regional hubs and the support banks require to set up in the UK regions.

02 November 2016

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DLT: clearing away the payments debris?

Distributed ledger technology has the potential to ease a host of operational pain points with UK payment systems and could be particularly useful for reference data databases, a report from Whitechapel Think Tank (WTT) suggests.

02 November 2016

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Co-operation is key

Sophia Wikander, Head of Business Innovation, Transaction Banking, Nordea, discusses the need for innovation in banking, and the cultural implications for financial institutions.

01 November 2016

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US real-time a chance for banks to innovate

Chris Hadorn, Principal, Financial Services, and Troy Hagey, Managing Director, KPMG talk about the opportunities and challenges of the US move to real-time payments, how banks’ business cases for investment are influenced by their progress on the digitalisation journey, and what it means that it’s no longer about the payment, but about the business transaction and the data that come with it.

01 November 2016

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APIs and open banking win most airtime at Sibos 2016

Blockchain still high on the agenda according to Finextra’s review of discussions in Geneva, while excitement about AI grows

01 November 2016

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Ripple CEO Larsen makes way for Garlinghouse

Ripple CEO Chris Larsen is stepping down, handing over to current COO and president Brad Garlinghouse, who will lead the next stage of the firm's efforts to transform cross-border payments through the use of distributed ledger technologies.

01 November 2016

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Japanese banks flock to blockchain consortium

A Japanese bank consortium planning to build a new real-time payments platform using technology from blockchain joint venture SBI Ripple Asia, has expanded to 42 banking members.

01 November 2016

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Machine learning unlocks data insights

Mike Blalock, General Manager - Financial Services Industry, Intel and Andy Hirst, VP Banking Solutions, SAP discuss the role of machine learning – and the chief data officer – in enabling banks to maximise the value of their data assets and drive forward with digital transformation.

31 October 2016

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Cookie cutter no good for corporate payments

Ebru Pakcan, Global Head of Payments and Receivables, Citi, talks about the specific needs of corporates for cross-border payments and how banks can address them, and the potential for collaboration between banks and fintechs to generate end-to-end client value.

28 October 2016

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Real-time is a global phenomenon

David Yates, CEO, VocaLink, speaks about the key trends that have driven the payments industry this year, what opportunities real-time brings for US banks, and the results of The Millennial Influence research.

27 October 2016

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Fintech is a new friend for banks

Stephanie Wolf, Head of Global Financial Institutions, Public Sector Banking and Canada Sales, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, discusses how fintechs can help transaction banks to deliver products and services more quickly, the need for banks to be nimble to respond to the shifting global trade environment and the outlook for correspondent banking over the next 3-5 years.

27 October 2016

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Vipps a business highlight for DNB as corporate impairments hit profits

DNB recorded profits of NOK 4 080 million in the third quarter of 2016, a reduction of NOK 2 290 million from the third quarter of 2015.

27 October 2016

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Regional centres can nurture collaboration

Tim Newns, Chief Executive, MIDAS – Manchester’s Inward Investment Agency, talks about how UK cities such as Manchester are bringing together financial services firms and fintechs to deliver innovation into the banking business, and how the Northern Powerhouse vision could play out.

27 October 2016

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Intesa Sanpaolo taps Bolero for electronic trade documentation

Intesa Sanpaolo, the leading Italian banking group, has used Bolero’s ePresentation to become the first nationwide Italian bank to issue an electronic import documentary credit, breaking new ground in digitisation of the country’s trade.

26 October 2016

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Smoothing the corporate banking value chain

Laurence Leyden, General Manager for Financial Services in EMEA SAP, discusses how digitalisation can help banks shift their approach to corporate customers from selling product to delivering value-add, and what this means for banks’ core systems.

26 October 2016