09/13/2019
Accion Venture Lab launches new fund for fintech startups
Accion Venture Lab has added $33m to its initial capital pool, with the launch of a new $23m fund and an additional, separate $10m investment from nonpofit Accion.
Innovation & Startups
09/13/2019
Meet Prosus, Europe's new $138bn tech giant and answer to Softbank
Prosus comprises Naspers' global empire of consumer internet assets including food delivery companies, payment systems and classified ad businesses.
09/12/2019
NTT rolls out SD-WAN in Indonesian banking overhaul
Contract designed to optimise existing network bandwidth utilisation
09/12/2019
Danish bank chooses Nets
The bank plans to take its recently acquired banking license to Sweden and Norway to deliver a better banking experience and its innovative products and services to Swedish and Norwegian users too.
09/12/2019
NdcTech bags Best Implementation of the Year Award
This award is especially dedicated for the excellence of implementation of the 'Khushhali Bank Project'
09/12/2019
ComplyAdvantage Marks Asia Expansion with New Singapore Office
With digitalisation being a cornerstone of the modern economy, compliance cannot be viewed as a business option, but a strategic necessity.
09/11/2019
Malaysian Banks Don’t Spend Enough on Tech — At Risk of Disrupted by Virtual Banks
With Malaysia’s virtual banking framework anticipated to be released by the end of 2019, the same report by S&P cited that Chinese bigtechs like Alibaba and Tencent could pose a challenge to Malaysian bankers.
09/11/2019
Say and Sixteen Securities Ink Multi-Year Commercial Agreement
Additionally, Sixteen Securities’ customers will have access to Say’s unique Q&A platform for annual meetings, earnings calls and advanced polling, offering an important differentiator.
09/11/2019
Technology Is Banks’ New Battleground
European banks are playing catch up with their American rivals in tech spending, particularly in cutting-edge areas like artificial intelligence
09/11/2019
Glue42 wins bet on new market segment and expands footprint
In July, the team also expanded beyond its existing wealth management portfolio into new markets and added a sports betting company as well as an alternative asset management firm as new clients.
09/11/2019
Emirates NBD to launch Voice Banking through Amazon Alexa
Customers can obtain balance updates and track spends using Amazon Alexa
09/11/2019
Luxoft forms alliance with Fenergo
Luxoft will offer Fenergo’s client community members best-in-class, professional consulting services to enable the rapid systems integration and deployment of Fenergo’s platform and suite of digital capabilities.
09/10/2019
Evolution of wealth management with increasing use of fintech touchpoints
Fintech and human expertise knit together as a hybrid model for wealth management.
09/10/2019
7 Fintech Companies Making Waves In 2019
Aside from plans to integrate additional brokers, TradingView aims to improve the trading experience.
09/09/2019
31 global start-ups for DIFC FinTech Hive accelerator
The finalists consist of15 start-ups specialising in the FinTech sector, four specialising in the Islamic FinTech sector, ten in the InsurTech sector, and two in the RegTech sector.
09/09/2019
GCC banks are catching up as clients become more demanding, says tech disruption report
"This is the conclusion we drew from our four-factor analysis of a banking system's technology, regulation, industry, and preferences (TRIP), which we are incorporating in our ratings on banks in the region
09/09/2019
Why disruption shouldn’t be viewed as a negative thing
Technological developments and rising corporate governance standards are set to reshape the Nigerian banking sector, to the immense benefit of the country’s citizens and institutions
09/09/2019
How technology can drive financial inclusion
In fact, it is even defined in this manner by the Centre for Financial Inclusion (CFI), which describes it as a means to provide access to a full suite of quality financial services to everyone who can use them.
09/09/2019
Investment in digital transformation is a top priority for asset management says new survey
Almost a quarter of respondents stated that fund administrators and custodians, are not currently keeping pace with the changing requirements of asset managers
09/09/2019
Singapore: New Platform Targets AML Risks in Trade Finance
Using data derived from permits issued by Singapore Customs, the TFC service allows financial institutions to reference such information to augment their checks for trade finance compliance.