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ING to shed 1000 jobs; reins in digital banking ambitions

ING is shelving plans to develop a unified digital experience for customers in overseas markets, taking a €140 million hit in capitalised software costs against the programme.

How much will digital insurers disrupt the APAC life industry?

It will be ‘difficult for mono-channel firms to compete in the future’

National Western Life Selects SS&C for Loan Servicing and Accounting Automation

Texas-based life insurer with a growing portfolio of commercial mortgages to implement cloud-based Precision LM to support next-generation loan servicing and accounting

Turning to Technology for More Secure Banking

To improve both the trust of clients and the security of institutions, banks and other financial organizations must turn to new technologies to help them protect against fraud.

Digital account opening: the secret to growth amid Covid-19?

The uncertainty from Covid-19 will remain for the foreseeable future, and businesses need to be hypervigilant and rewrite their playbooks as circumstances evolve.

SA startup launches new app digitising the informal market

Users can also purchase prepaid electricity from various municipalities including Cape Town, Mangaung, Johannesburg to name a few.

Amazon launches first online store in the Nordics, gets off to rocky start

Amazon has launched its first Nordic online store in Sweden with the domain name Amazon.se.

BT signs 5G deal with Ericsson to help phase out Huawei equipment

Ericsson announced Wednesday that it’s been selected to supply BT with 5G radio equipment in London and other major cities in the U.K.

Amazon consultancy Podean launches in the Middle East

Retail players in the Middle East will now have close access to these service offerings.

Microsoft cloud business gathers steam as pandemic boosts growth

Daily users of its Teams messaging and collaboration software have risen to 115 million from 75 million in April, the company said.

Reem Mall discusses its revolutionary new app that will transform retail

In the retail sector, this amounts to exciting new possibilities such as an AI-personalized buyer experience, AR changing rooms, returning customer facial recognition in stores, and a lot more.

CSX digital bank offering available from today

Through its partnership with "blue", Credit Suisse is also offering its CSX clients discounted access to Swisscom's new entertainment world.

Kenya can learn digital lending lessons from developed world

A competitive lending market can potentially lower the costs of scoring and disbursing loans to lenders

Beyond Bank modernises its contact centre environment

Puts focus on omnichannel experiences.

Brazil readies state-backed digital bank for IPO

As a result, Guedes said Caixa will IPO as a bank that already has 64 million customers, creating new market opportunities for investors.

LINE launches ‘LINE BK’, Thailand’s First ‘Social Banking’ Platform

Beginning October 15, LINE BK was launched under the Wallet Tab in the LINE app in Thailand.

Contactless Banking : Focus on Process Digitization in post pandemic era

The contactless banking avenues are surfacing with much enforced acceleration and vigour than ever before.

SME Finance to launch Lithuanian digital bank

Baltic fintech startup SME Finance is planning to launch a neobank for small- and medium-sized enterprises in Lithuania.

European Banking Federation On The EU’s Shift To Digital, Data-Driven Financial Services

Maniati noted the transformation had been in place well before COVID and has stretched back over five years, but has seen some urgency in recent months.

Hong Kong virtual bank WeLab is live with Temenos

Operating on multiple clouds at the same time gives WeLab increased operational resilience and disaster recovery capability and is a regulatory requirement of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority for new digital banks.

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