04/09/2019
Digital Services Key to Customer Loyalty - RESEARCH
Banks and building societies that deliver connected digital experiences are positioned to empower and retain customers in the ‘always-on’ financial services landscape
Research
03/26/2019
Some open questions about open banking
The report’s premise is straightforward. The arrival of established technology giants, or Big Tech, on the financial scene could “affect the degree of concentration and contestability in financial services, with both potential benefits and ris
03/25/2019
Criminals stole £1.2 billion from UK bank accounts in 2018
Stolen data is used to commit fraud both directly and indirectly.
03/19/2019
The hybrid model: the future of financial advice
Most analysts agree. Accenture’s report ‘The Rise of Robo Advice’ noted that most robo services, “won’t meet the needs of investors with even moderately complex financial lives.”
03/15/2019
Accenture Interactive Expands Digital Marketing Services
Storm Digital has approximately 90 employees located in Amsterdam and Groningen, who will become part of Accenture Interactive.
03/08/2019
Women in Payments and Finance: Championing women across the global ecosystem
With the event being hosted in Sweden, our expert panelists will leverage how gender equality is a cornerstone of society in the country and discuss how we can shape best practice in financial services.
02/27/2019
Top digital investment trends for 2019
Virtusa xLabs analysed over 150 sources from industry experts
02/27/2019
Research: Over Half of Financial Organisations Are Only Updating Technology on a Reactive Basis
For many financial services organisations, the costs of internal solutions do ramp up.
02/22/2019
Financial institutions look to tech
The study also found that, in response to the challenger bank threat, bankers expect their organizations to invest heavily in new technology (40 percent) and updating legacy systems (34 percent) in 2019.
02/22/2019
How Will People Bank in the Future?
The smartphone’s dominance in banking and of consumers’ communication, social, entertainment, health, shopping, scheduling and research lives is the perfect example of digital integration done right.
02/20/2019
FinDatEx platform launched
The joint structure will build on the successful informal collaboration within the European Working Group.
02/18/2019
FSB report: FinTech and market structure in financial services
The FSB defines FinTech as technology-enabled innovation in financial services that could result in new business models, applications, processes or products with an associated material effect on the provision of financial services.
02/15/2019
Axia Suite 2.1 released with new functional features
Axia Suite has now been enriched with new functionalities for risk management & compliance.
02/12/2019
Robo-advisor performance: January 2018
The purpose is to highlight how robo-advisors allocate and how they perform, particularly when there is a downturn.
02/12/2019
Banks Set to Invest in Legacy Systems to Combat Challenger Bank Threat
This comes as almost half (46%) of respondents perceive legacy systems to be the biggest barriers to the growth of commercial banks, while 32% cite it’s the pressure to save money.
02/11/2019
Fintech Companies Raised a Record $39.6 Billion in 2018: Research
Funding was raised through 1,707 deals, up from 1,480 in 2017, the research said.
02/08/2019
Top three financial technologies to watch in 2019 by Leo Chen, Calastone
This trend is happening across Asia-Pacific; the trading value of Australia’s ETF industry also hit a record high of $3.9 billion in October.
02/06/2019
IBM’s Top Trends that Will Impact the Banking Industry
Top trends IBM sees impacting the banking industry
02/04/2019
My hot and happening SA startup picks for 2019
Last year the startup took part in Google’s Launchpad Accelerator, launched its bid for the US market and in 2018 landed funding in a round led by Nedbank Capital (see here, here and here).
01/30/2019
Gold vs crypto: Who wins this time?
Our award-winning analyst has all the crypto news including Davos, Tron and a war with the yellow metal.