Latest Transaction banking News: Finextra Research

Can incumbents, neobanks and fintechs all coexist in the future?

John Stecher, Chief Innovation Officer, Barclays, speaks at Money20/20 ASIA in Singapore about the level of collaboration happening between incumbent banks and fintechs, how this is evolving in the near-term and whether incumbent banks and neobanks will be able to coexist together in the future.

26 March 2019

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Bridging the gap between the startup ecosystem and corporate world

Marion Bernardi, Fintech engagement Lead at SC Ventures, speaks at Money20/20 ASIA in Singapore about why Standard Chartered wants to work with fintechs and vice versa, what challenges banks might meet along the way, how they can be over come and how SC Ventures' Fintech Bridge is different from other match-making platforms.

26 March 2019

News/Transaction banking

Russia pushes its Swift alternative

Russian authorities are promoting the international use of an alternative financial messaging system to the global Swift network in order to mitigate the risk of sanctions.

22 March 2019

News/Transaction banking

Middle East bank chief calls for more regtech spending

The secretary general of the Union of Arab Banks has called on financial institutions in the region to increase their investment in regtech.

22 March 2019

News/Transaction banking

Australia unveils national blockchain strategy

The Australian government has launched a national blockchain plan which it hopes will bolster its fintech sector.

21 March 2019

Company update/Transaction banking

Avaloq signs clients for PSD2 service

Global fintech leader Avaloq has announced that 12 financial institutions have signed up to its dedicated Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) solution to meet the 14 March deadline.

21 March 2019

Company update/Transaction banking

Singapore and Australia fintech associations sign MoU

Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) and FinTech Australia (FA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further strengthen opportunities for FinTech firms across both countries.

21 March 2019

Company update/payments

SocGen extends Swift gpi coverage to nine new countries

Societe Generale today launched SWIFT gpi in nine new countries: Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Switzerland in Europe, as well as Hong Kong and Singapore in Asia.

19 March 2019

Company update/Transaction banking

Andrew Raymond appointed as new CEO of Bolero International

Bolero International announces that Andrew Raymond has been appointed as its new CEO.

19 March 2019

News/Transaction banking

IBM gets banks onboard for blockchain-based payment system

IBM's blockchain-based real-time global payments network has begun rollout, with several banks also committing to issue their own stable coins on the platform.

18 March 2019

Company update/Transaction banking

Bulgaria's Software Group wins EUR18 million loan deal with European Investment Bank

Software Group, a global technology company that helps financial service providers digitize their business and successfully go through the process of digital transformation, signs a loan deal with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to receive EUR 18 million funding.

15 March 2019

News/Transaction banking

TradeIX to hire 70 more staff for Dublin HQ

Trade finance blockchain network TradeIX is to hire 70 more staff at its Dublin HQ, in a variety of roles covering engineering, sales, customer service and product development.

15 March 2019

Finextra TV/Transaction banking

Introducing the new challenger bank model

Pat Patel, Global Content Director, Money20/20, speaks about how the role of incumbent challenger banks has evolved, whether European neobanks are a step ahead of those in Asia, what challenger banks in Asia are doing differently and what strategies they will be using in the future.

12 March 2019

Company update/Transaction banking

Gresham remains in the red as contract delays hit results

Gresham Technologies plc (LSE: "GHT", "Gresham" or the "Group"), the leading software and services company that specialises in providing real-time data integrity and control solutions, announces its results for the year ended 31 December 2018.

12 March 2019

Company update/Transaction banking

Standard Bank: Technology steadily deepening international trade as global power shifts East

Underscored by the United States’ trade war with China, the continued fragmentation and shift of global soft power from the developed West to Asia tends to dominate global headlines.

12 March 2019

Company update/startups

Neo launches FX Hub for corporates

Neo is proud to announce the opening of its Neo FX Hub, a foreign exchange (FX) management solution for European corporates.

08 March 2019

Company update/Transaction banking

Crown Agents Bank appoints Colin Digby as head of OECD banks and non-bank institutions

Crown Agents Bank (CAB), the rapidly expanding emerging markets FX and payments specialist, has appointed Colin Digby to head up its Banks and Non-Bank Financial Institutions portfolio in OECD countries.

07 March 2019

News/Transaction banking

Swift combines with Asia Pacific institutions on DLT for proxy voting

Interbank payments network Swift is to run proof-of-concept trials of the use of distributed ledger technology for proxy voting in the Asia Pacific region.

06 March 2019

News/payments

European payments chiefs to gather in Stockholm for EBAday2019

A host of board directors, chief financial officers and payments and technology heads from Europe's leading banks have confirmed their participation in the conference programme for the fourteenth annual EBAday, taking place this year in Stockholm between the 18th and 19th June.

01 March 2019

News/Transaction banking

Standard Bank gears up for go live of payments blockchain

Standard Bank of South Africa is preparing for the go-live of a private permissioned blockchain payment system for conducting overseas foreign exchange trades on behalf of corporate clients.

28 February 2019