03/19/2020
Banks Have to Embrace Distributed Ledger Tech, Even if It Kills Them
Nowhere is this complacency more evident than in the way the banking industry is looking at distributed ledger technology (DLT or blockchain).
Innovation & Startups
03/19/2020
Banking innovation boosts financial services growth in SA
As such, while the BETI reflects South Africa’s underlying economic activity, some of the more recent influencing factors were not only for transactions of real economic goods, but also for interbank money transfers.
03/19/2020
AMTD Digital Announced Strategic Acquisition of PolicyPal
This acquisition is pending the approval by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
03/19/2020
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Announces Emailage Acquisition Close
Acquisition enhances the company's email data quality and fraud prevention solutions
03/18/2020
Absa Regional Operations Selects KAI
Africa's banking innovation leader uses Conversational AI to deliver new and impressive digital banking experiences as a cornerstone of its consumer digital strategy
03/18/2020
Why the UK thinks tech giants deserve a digital tax
There is a large consensus among lawmakers that tech titans can station their HQs to tilt taxes in their favor.
03/18/2020
Intelligence In Digital Banking: 3 Things You Should Know
Online, customers interact more with banks than they do offline creating closer relationships and increasing the number of transactions that boosts the bank’s income.
03/18/2020
Breaking down China’s four world-leading innovation hubs
Based on insights from 110 of China’s global technology leaders, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong SAR, and Shenzhen has been making strides over the last year through its wide array of innovative tech-driven feats.
03/17/2020
Bambu rebrands Corporate Identity and Launches New website
The rebrand has provided an opportunity to improve and evolve our service offerings, to be a true software-as-a-service company, thought-leader, innovative and progressive provider to financial institutions, around the world.
03/17/2020
Huawei powers economic growth through mobile technology, financial inclusion
Nearly all fundamental human pursuits have been touched, if not revolutionized by mobile including financial services.
03/17/2020
Finance Act 2019 and Nigerian digital economy
In this article, Phillips Akintola Micheal assessed the impact of the Finance Act 2019 on the Nigerian Digital Economy
03/17/2020
Iress acquires investment and pension research software provider O&M Systems
Integrating O&M into Xplan will provide advisers with a powerful, combined advice and research solution.
03/17/2020
James Hambro & Partners Selects InvestCloud for Digital Transformation
Global FinTech firm will provide digital client communication, automation and management capabilities
03/16/2020
Al Wifaq International Islamic Bank selects ICSFS core banking package
The selection process took six months, where ICSFS showcased the most agile software application, embracing high security and scalability, dynamic product building, unified solutions with smooth processes across business lines and a wide range of digital
03/16/2020
Banks are adopting account aggregator framework on data
Account aggregators would be a platform for financial services companies to reach out to the consumer to seek consent before using their personal data to optimise their product offerings.
03/16/2020
Four major cities in China named among top 20 technology innovation hubs, finds KPMG's annual survey
Biotech/life science, big data, 5G and artificial intelligence among key areas of innovation
03/15/2020
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) temporarily closing Trading Halls
The Exchange will continue to provide comprehensive access to trading services through its Sahmi digital platform
03/13/2020
AdvisorTouch Announces the Integration of their Workflow System into Wealthbox CRM
Formerly Fox Financial Planning Network
03/13/2020
BlackRock’s black-box aims to prop up asset management industry
The platform has also continued to expand through acquisition.
03/13/2020
UK-based robotics company to open office in Cape Town
Blue Prism said its new office would also encourage knowledge-sharing and RPA innovation via its South African Digital Exchange community, which was launched last year.