04/06/2020
Africa and Gulf Bank selects Path Solutions for strategic Islamic core banking implementation
iMAL will enable and support the bank’s strategy of Sharia compliance, customer centricity and product innovation
Innovation & Startups
04/06/2020
GELLIFY enters Middle East to provide investors, startups and corporates a new business platform
The company accredits its success to its ability to connect innovation supply and demand.
04/06/2020
Temenos Wins Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year Award for Financial Services
Temenos recognized for leadership in cloud-native banking technology and innovation as the first global banking software provider to run on Google Cloud’s Anthos
04/06/2020
Bravura implements Garradin with Futurity
The Garradin implementation has enabled Futurity to launch a ground-breaking discretionary family education bond that provides bond owners with the ability to easily track their contributions as well as provide flexible withdrawal arrangements.
04/03/2020
Ask for a selfie: UK financial watchdog eases rules in pandemic
Restrictions on non-essential travel affect a firm’s ability to make compulsory anti-money laundering checks on customers, but Woolard said firms can be flexible.
04/03/2020
African governments team up with tech giants to fight coronavirus lies
Twitter has been tweaking its algorithm to elevate medical information from authoritative sources - an initiative available in 70 countries, including five in Africa.
04/03/2020
Ethiopia’s central bank embraces fintech, mobile payments for operators
As Capacity reported last year, the government of Ethiopia, which came to power in early 2018, led by prime minister Abiy Ahmed, has already announced its determination to liberalise the telecoms market in the country – but details until now have be
04/03/2020
Banking industry sets out vision for EU payments market
Top of the list of priorities is the importance of developing instant payments across the EU that allows for both the differentiation of EU companies and the reduction of dependency on the dominant non-EU payment card schemes.
04/03/2020
Belgian wealthtech startup InvestSuite bags €2M to expand digital investment services outside Europe
The innovations in this sector are expected to redefine the investment industry
04/02/2020
Cloudera's Data Platform Empowers LINE to Deliver Secure, Data-Driven Innovation
Cloudera will enable LINE, a global mobile platform with its messaging app as its cornerstone, to accelerate insights-driven, customer-centric innovations with secure and governed data
04/02/2020
IQ-EQ unveils its innovative Investor Solutions offering video, powered by IQ-EQ Cosmos
Data led decision making is as important as it is complex.
04/02/2020
Ant Financial, Vanguard Group target 900m users with robo adviser
The transactions are done automatically and the robo adviser will also help investors re-balance their portfolios if necessary.
04/01/2020
Deloitte and FintechOS, partners in CEC Bank’s digital transformation
This is among the first projects finalized within the strategic partnership between Deloitte Romania and FintechOS for providing solutions for digital transformation and business process automation to financial institutions.
03/31/2020
Southeast Asia logistics startup Inteluck secures US$5M+ from MindWorks and Lalamove
We are impressed by Kevin's acuity in understanding the intricacies of the local trucking market.
03/31/2020
Coronavirus: Zoom becomes India's top Android app ahead of WhatsApp, TikTok
Zoom's remote conferencing software is rising in popularity as COVID-19 forces millions of people to stay indoors and work from home.
03/31/2020
Digital Transformation Reshapes Banking Industry
Many businesses use the term “digital banking” in a loose manner, to make themselves stand out as cutting-edge institutions.
03/31/2020
How banks can use technology to improve operational resilience in uncertain times
For the new remote workforce, staff need to be equipped not only with the right hardware and software to enable collaborative working, they also need the right tools to grapple with customer challenges that have never been seen before.
03/31/2020
European B2B Wealthtech Startup Raises €2 Million
Financial institutions are accelerating their digital transformation of wealth management as a result of increased regulation, lower profitability and a challenging macro-economic climate, growing competition from new players and more demanding digital-na
03/31/2020
Digital banking service One picks Finxact core system
One is running on Finxact's platform, which offers open APIs and extensible components to help banks invent, curate, and launch products quickly and simply.
03/31/2020
Japanese Fintech Startup Raises Funds Despite Virus Chilling VCs
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