Latest Transaction banking News: Finextra Research

American Express to provide new financing options for SAP Ariba users

American Express (NYSE: AXP) and SAP Ariba today announced that they have entered into a strategic multi-phased partnership designed to offer buyers and suppliers new payment and financing options on Ariba® Network, extending its value for joint large and global customers.

04 April 2019

News/Transaction banking

Tackling digital transformation in Nordic financial services

SWIFT's Business Forum Nordics event examined how the financial services community in the region can deliver technological innovation while managing emerging risk factors.

04 April 2019

News/payments

Swift convenes ISO 20022 harmonisation group

Interbank messaging network Swift has convened a working group of payments experts to formulate common guidelines for the implementation of ISO 20022 for cross-border payments.

04 April 2019

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Faster, transparent and traceable payments

Thierry Chilosi, SWIFT gpi Go-to-Market Lead, speaks about what there is left to do around SWIFT gpi, why SWIFT is making payments confirmations mandatory, how banks will do this and how new services will be developed on the back of tracking these payments.

04 April 2019

Company update/regulation

Fed adjusts daylight overdraft rules for foreign banking organisations

The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday published a final rule implementing policy changes to procedures governing the provision of intraday credit to U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banking organizations (FBOs).

03 April 2019

Company update/Transaction banking

Trade Ledger and Nimbla partner to streamline corporate lending

Trade Ledger, the world's first open banking platform for business credit automation and Nimbla, the pioneering trade credit insurance platform, have today announced a new partnership to streamline trade finance and insurance processes for banks and lenders.

02 April 2019

News/Transaction banking

DLT ready to drive widespread disruption in cross-border payments

The cross-border payments industry is "ripe for disruption", with distributed ledger technologies leading the charge, according to a blog post published by the World Bank.

02 April 2019

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Digital at the Core: Banking embedded in the world around us.

Brett King, futurist and CEO, Moven, speaks at SunTec 2019 Confluence in Dubai about the importance of being Digital at the Core, how far banks have come, whether they have transformed radically enough and whether they can all co-exist together in the future.

01 April 2019

News/Transaction banking

Fourteen banks back trade finance standardisation initiative

Fourteen financial institutions have come together to promote common standards for trade finance in a bid to make it more appealing as an asset class for institutional investors.

01 April 2019

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

The evolution of the challenger bank model

Ronit Ghose, Global Head of Banks Research, Citi, speaks at Money20/20 ASIA in Singapore about the evolution of challenger banks, how incumbent banks can establish their own, separately branded digital banks and whether is it possible to build an incumbent challenger bank.

01 April 2019

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Taking a commercial approach to Open Banking and APIs

Sairam Rangachairi, Executive Director, Head of Open Banking & API Strategy, JP Morgan, speaks at Money20/20 ASIA in Singapore about the state of play with Open Banking, how JP Morgan is responding commercially and whether APIs should be viewed as a product and managed as such.

29 March 2019

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Who your competitors are in today's tech-focused economy depends on your strategy

Sreeram Iyer, COO, Institutional Banking, ANZ, speaks at Money20/20 in Singapore about Incumbent Banks, the relevancy of financial players in a tech-focused economy, who the biggest competitors are to traditional banks and whether there is an appetite for traditional players in a tech-focused economy/society.

29 March 2019

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Key drivers for tech-enabled inclusive finance and the business models that follow

Andrew Watkins-Ball, CEO & Founder of JUMO, speaks at Money20/20 ASIA in Singapore about the problems JUMO is tackling, the role of technology in driving sustainable development of emerging markets, what opportunities and barriers lie ahead for tech-enabled finance in Asia and how business models will be evolve as a result.

28 March 2019

Company update/Transaction banking

Kyriba confirms planned $160 million growth round led by Bridgepoint

Kyriba, the global leader in cloud treasury and finance solutions, today announced that it is in advanced talks with Bridgepoint, an international private equity group focused on investing in market-leading businesses, to receive a $160M investment round to accelerate innovation and growth of its enterprise platform.

28 March 2019

News/Transaction banking

Marco Polo blockchain network used for commercial transactions

The Marco Polo blockchain trade finance network has successfully navigated unchartered territory, facilitating two commercial transactions involving Commerzbank and LBBW.

28 March 2019

News/Transaction banking

Swift Business Forum Nordics 2019 - live blog

Welcome to Finextra's coverage of the Swift Business Forum Nordics 2019, live from Copenhagen. This event has a focus on accelerating digital transformation, and will look at how the financial community in the region is harnessing technological change to deliver a digital customer experience.

28 March 2019

News/Transaction banking

MineralTree raises $50m

US accounts payable and payment automation technology provider MineralTree has raised $50 million in a funding round led by Great Hill Partners and joined by existing investors .406 Ventures and Eight Roads Ventures.

27 March 2019

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Unlocking future propositions by leveraging the value of Google Cloud

Jennifer Doherty, Regional Head of Innovation, HSBC, speaks at Money20/20 in Singapore about leveraging the value of Google Cloud, how it has helped HSBC build new services and propositions, why banks are taking a cloud strategy based on private and hybrid solutions, and HSBC's partnerships will develop in the future.

27 March 2019

Company update/Transaction banking

Bolero names Jacco de Jong as new head of global sales

Bolero International, the leading trade finance digitisation expert, has announced the appointment of Jacco De Jong as its new Head of Global Sales with immediate effect.

27 March 2019

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

The impact of developing real-time payment schemes in ASEAN

Debopama Sen, Head of Treasury and Trade Solutions - Singapore & ASEAN, Citi, speaks at Money20/20 ASIA in Singapore about how real-time payment schemes are developing in ASEAN, the intended impact, how banks and regulators responding to this transformation, and where we can expect to see new transaction services and innovation.

27 March 2019