10/30/2019
Ithmaar Bank launches WhatsApp chat service
Customers will be able to request for information about Ithmaar Bank products and services
Retail Banking
10/29/2019
World Retail Banking Report 2019: Inventive Banking is Key to Maximizing Banks’ Strongholds and Delivering Exceptional Last-Mile Customer Experiences
Banks must collaborate with start-ups to remain relevant as the financial ecosystem evolves from ‘Open Banking1’ to ‘Open X2’
10/28/2019
Mastercard Launches Accelerate to Supercharge Fintech Success
Program simplifies experience for fintechs worldwide; drives digital innovation, provides countless ways to transform lives and economies
10/25/2019
Standard Bank: Scores of customers hit by technical glitch
Standard Bank had something of a technical hiccup on Thursday, as the company faced a desperate scramble to fix issues with mobile and online features.
10/24/2019
Standard Chartered Brings Real-Time Onboarding to the UAE for the First Time
Standard Chartered is now the first bank in the UAE to provide clients with instant digital credit cards.
10/24/2019
Kenyan bank mulls partnership with Chinese fintech firms
Early this year before the merger, NIC Bank Kenya began making locally available the Chinese yuan currency to its customers.
10/23/2019
Airtel And Ecobank Announce Partnership On Mobile Money
The partnership will also allow Ecobank corporate account holders to make bulk disbursements, such as payroll payments, directly into Airtel Money customer wallets.
10/22/2019
Interview: London-based $3.5bln TransferWise CEO optimistic on new UAE presence
TransferWise is a rare profitable fintech firm with no current plans for an IPO, its CEO told Zawya
10/22/2019
Cards And Payments Market to See Huge Growth by 2025
To overcome competition, players constantly make R&D expenses and to better evaluate uncertain growth scenario of market players
10/21/2019
Investors Bank Selects ODX Platform to Begin Digitizing Small Business Lending
"By leveraging the innovative and proven ODX platform, we can rapidly expand our digital capabilities and streamline our small business loan origination process."
10/17/2019
Bank of Baroda enters into partnership with Paisabazaar.com
Bank of Baroda presently offers home loans linked to repo rate with rates starting @ 8.10%. As on 31st March 2019
10/17/2019
Mobile users drive deposit growth at Bank of America
The bank confirmed it had 28.7 million active mobile banking users, up 10% from the same period last year.
10/17/2019
Efma and Accenture Announce Winners of Customer Insight & Growth Banking Innovation Awards
The winners were selected by a panel of judges comprising senior retail bankers from around the world and by Efma members and non-members from retail institutions who voted online.
10/13/2019
Revolut targets $1.5bn to join fintech elite
The UK-based digital payments firm has hired JP Morgan to help it sell new shares and a convertible loan, Sky News can reveal.
10/11/2019
Bahrain Credit Drives Digital Transformation with Veeam
Bahrain Credit’s priority has been the digitisation of its services to extend greater conveniences to its customers, while catering to Bahrain’s growing demographic of young, tech-savvy digital natives.
10/11/2019
Branch Launches New Debit Card, Zero-Fee Banking
Users will also have the ability to deposit and receive their funds without any fees or minimum balance requirements.
10/10/2019
Poor Internet connection spurs ‘creative ways’ for digital technology in banking and finance
In recent years, advanced technology providers have diversified into the world of financial services—with two of the largest competing technological giants, Google and Apple, now providing digital wallet services.
10/10/2019
What can we learn from Sweden, the ultimate cashless society?
The same period has seen ATM withdrawals fall by more than half.
10/09/2019
Metro Bank launches new game-changing digital insights tool for businesses
The development comes as part of Metro Bank’s efforts to inject much needed competition into the small business banking market following the £120 million funding it was awarded from the Capability & Innovation Fund.
10/08/2019
More banks embracing cardless ATMs
Branch says you’ll still need your PIN and you will also need to think about basic security for your smartphone.