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Standard Chartered Bank Launches its First-Ever Digital Bank in Africa

Service is part of fightback against telcos and test bed for global offering

Banque du Caire selects Temenos 24 Core Banking

The bank plays an effective role in financing vital sectors of the national economy through participation in the syndicated loans serving different sectors, as well as in financing SMEs and Microfinance projects.

FINCA trailblazes digital financial inclusion drive in Tanzania

To achieve its objectives, the conference underscored the instrumental role played by collaborative efforts by all sectors through leveraging rapid development in the MNO space, especially mobile money.

Mastercard Launches Masterpass QR bot for Messenger

This Messenger experience will launch in Nigeria, where Mastercard will pilot a new Masterpass QR bot to help business owners' move beyond cash transactions to accepting QR payments.

Challenger bank Revolut broke even for first time in December but says focus is on expansion

Revolut, which has seen its customer numbers expand from one million to 1.5m in the past two months, said it is now signing between 6,000 and 8,000 new customers per day.

‘Digital tech, key to Ecobank’s cashless Africa drive’

“For instance, Rwanda, where the summit is taking place, is seeking to move from a cash-based economy to a digital one."

New Savings Marketplace Opens its Doors to UK Savers

The company is backed by well-known investors including PayPal, Thrive Capital, Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital.

SGBL goes digital with Backbase

The bank’s mission is to engage its customers -from retail to professional and corporate- with a range of new services and self-service capabilities across all channels.

Multi-Currency e-money app, deVere Vault, launches Companion Cards

“As such, client demand has driven deVere Vault to launch Companion Cards.”

Stepping up a gear: Ecobank fintech boosts financial inclusion in Africa

The Africa Tech summit takes place on 14 and 15 February in Kigali, Rwanda

Absa goes live with Finastra PAYplus for CLS

Absa became a direct CLS settlement member at the end of 2017, having previously been an associate member, operating through Barclays.

“I broke into Hong Kong fintech without tech skills. Here’s how you could too”

As my CEO often mentions, there are three tiers of fintech companies in Hong Kong.

National Bank of Abu Dhabi Partners With Ripple To Offer Real-Time Cross-Broder Payments

According to an announcement published Friday on Ripple’s blog, the UAE’s largest lender, the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), has become the first bank in the Middle East to partner with Ripple. Through integrating Ripple’s technology

Finabank selects Temenos core banking package

This back-to-front renovation project will result in a truly digital bank, greater access for the bank’s customers, even in the most rural parts of Suriname, and a seamless customer experience.

Westpac & NAB launch voice banking technology with Amazon Alexa

Westpac customers will not be able to transfer money or make payments using the service but can ask a range of questions relating to their account balance and transaction history (for the last 50 transactions).

Macquarie adopts open banking solution

The app integrates with Macquarie's open banking platform, giving customers the option to connect and manage personal finances.

Crealogix to buy Innofis to establish presence in Middle East market

Under the terms of the agreement, all the employees of Innofis will join Crealogix and the company will continue to be led by its existing management team.

Redesigning banking for the digital age

Prevalence of interbank cards has been spreading in ASEAN. Next up, we have digital banks and applications.

Schroders launches asset management chatbot in Singapore

Available in English, but able to understand Singlish, the bot also allows users to track and get the latest information on their preferred funds with a ‘Watchlist’ function.

PR Savings Bank in Apac signs with Temenos

This signing demonstrates that our vision for banking and technology is resonating with banks.

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