12/16/2019
Fintech: How innovation is dragging the region's banks into the 21st century
In order to find out, we speak to the head of Finastra, one of the largest fintech service providers in the world.
Innovation & Startups
12/16/2019
Noor Takaful Accelerates Its Digital Transformation Journey with BIOS Middle East’s Cloud
The insurance industry in the UAE is undergoing a profound transformation and technology is at the forefront of it
12/16/2019
ezbob and Esme Loans, pick up the 2019 Banking Technology award for 'Best Fintech Partnership'
ezbob employs close to 100 people who are focused on delivering technology to banks that will bring them to the forefront of digitised SME lending.
12/16/2019
thinkmoney Wins “Best Use of IT in Retail Banking” at Banking Technology Awards
OutSystems Powers Award-Winning Digital Transformation Program
12/16/2019
SA fintech startup Airbuy looking to expand in 2020 following positive rollout
It has already signed up more than 50 merchants, and is adding an average of two more each week, a figure director Tshepang Kobo said will grow substantially with the additional investment.
12/15/2019
Are the fintech bridges working?
Following the launch of the UK’s first international partnerships aimed at kickstarting fintech growth, industry leaders question whether they have lived up to expectations
12/15/2019
Commission report on FinTech regulation, innovation, and finance
The group's 30 recommendations are pertaining to the innovative use of technology in finance, maintaining a level playing field, access to data, and the financial inclusion and ethical use of data.
12/13/2019
Why Middle East startups are choosing the cloud
Startups approach cloud and, more importantly, security, with a different viewpoint when compared to larger established organisations.
12/13/2019
GIB hosts Fintech Saudi event at bank’s Al Khobar Innovation Centre
GIB’s event discussed the key changes in consumer expectations and demands, how leading organisations are responding to these, and what impact these changes are having in the market overall.
12/13/2019
How regtech will help in enhancing emerging Asia's financial markets
Different regulatory regimes and cultural practices across region can benefit from tapping proven, high-quality monitoring and tracking systems.
12/13/2019
Digital economy to bring rise to 21st-century unions
While technology in the workplace is already directly affecting people in some forms of low-paid work, the report notes that people in traditionally safe white-collar jobs, such as accountancy, will also soon start to see significant changes to their work
12/13/2019
Envestnet | MoneyGuide partners with Buckingham Wealth Partners
MoneyGuide was created to ensure individual complex planning needs could be met, and we are thrilled to partner with Buckingham Strategic Wealth to provide scalable and efficient financial planning software
12/13/2019
7 things that will affect next stage of banking's evolution
Though many banks have struck deals with fintechs, those partnerships appear increasingly under threat, with some firms suggesting they no longer need or want to deal with what they see as slow traditional players despite their entrenched advantages.
12/13/2019
Apis Partners closes Fund II at $550 million with focus on FinTech
Apis Growth Fund II expects to make equity investments of between $30 million
12/12/2019
Copenhagen FinTech aims at more continuous presence in Singapore
This Board comprises leading strategic financial experts from around the world.
12/12/2019
Taking the lead on climate change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – the world's reference science group for climate change – says that human activity has caused the global temperature to reach 1℃ above pre-industrial levels.
12/12/2019
First digital bank begins operations in Tunisia
Bank ABC looks forward to Tunisian government eventually implementing the state’s plans to digitise all administrative services.
12/12/2019
14 Hottest Digital-First Challenger Banks by Country in Europe
The European banking industry is undergoing massive changes, and the following companies are driving that transformation.
12/12/2019
ERI Banking Software and the Rise of Digitalisation in Asia’s Wealth Industry
The company’s mission is to support the growth of its clients via the product and the teams and thereby enable them to monitor and control their operating costs.
12/11/2019
ADIB launches "Smartbanking" digital proposition for millennial customers
Pioneering proposition is aimed at large digitally-savvy population and centred around the millennials' lifestyle