02/27/2019
World’s largest Islamic bank selects Temenos
Al Rajhi Bank chooses Temenos to offer enhanced lending products and digital customer experience
Retail Banking
02/26/2019
Emirates NBD strengthens Treasury proposition with roll out of state-of-the-art enterprise platform
Bank completes one of the world's most comprehensive Calypso implementations of its kind for Treasury platform
02/26/2019
Emirates NBD announces planned end-to-end digital transformation
The transformation is part of the banking group's AED 1 billion commitment to digitise operations, products and services, enhancing its proposition to corporate clients and retail customers
02/19/2019
Shariah-compliant fintech to improve financial inclusion
According to a recent survey conducted by the Financial Services Authority (OJK), at least 40 percent of Indonesia’s population does not have direct access to financial services, including banks.
02/19/2019
Hana Financial partners with SKT, Kiwoom Securities seek to form internet bank
Hana Financial said it has been leading efforts to bring digital technologies into financial and banking services, announcing its “digital transformation” vision in October last year.
02/19/2019
Bahrain bank joins hands with Intellect to digitise business
"We are delighted to partner with BBK and this deal reinforces Intellect's leading position in the fintech market as a provider of cutting-edge digital transformation technology solutions," president of Intellect Design Arena (APAC, South A
02/19/2019
Why there are so few contactless card machines in South Africa
MyBroadband spoke to major South African banks to determine why it has taken so long to roll out NFC-compatible payment terminals to all merchants.
02/19/2019
CIMB banks on all-digital strategy in the Philippines
As an “all-digital, mobile-first” bank, CIMB Bank Philippines Inc’s (CIMB Philippines) consumer banking proposition is backed by a suite of products accessible online and via mobile, he says.
02/19/2019
Head of CKV Bank named Belgium's Financial Services CEO of the Year
With over a third of banking customers preferring to do all their banking online and increasing demand for mobile apps, traditional banks are in danger of being left behind if they don't respond to change.
02/18/2019
Banks have been offering the same value proposition since the 1950s – but things are about to change
Banks base their value propositions around their products; while they purport to be customer-centric, they still build products and services and sell those on to clients.
02/14/2019
2 Pensions Invest in Crypto Fund, Potential Market is $25.4 Trillion Says Barry Silbert
This week, two public pension funds, a hospital, a university endowment, and an insurance company invested in Morgan Creek’s crypto fund. Following the deal, Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert said the U.S. pension fund market is $25.4 trillio
02/13/2019
AI-powered banking experiences
Banks are generally still poor at understanding their customers and their specific needs.
02/13/2019
AI-based Fund Management Gaining Traction in Korean Fund Market
GQ Asset Management is planning to launch an AI-based private equity fund worth 20 billion won towards the end of February.
02/12/2019
Beehive Agrees New Partnership With Thanachart Bank to Launch SME Value Chain Financing Program in Asia
Value Chain Financing Partnership - Signing Ceremony
02/12/2019
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Launches Strands-powered PFM App
More than half a million ADCB customers can already benefit from the MoneyBuddy PFM app functionalities
02/12/2019
Hungary’s MKB restructures around digital
Can the combination of core banking system replacement and a pioneering fintech programme help re-privatized lender MKB Bank leapfrog its rivals in the Hungarian market in the race for technological supremacy?
02/11/2019
APG Asset Management Backs LIST Amsterdam
The platform aims to issue standardized WSW guaranteed socia housing loans by housing corporations to institutional investors.
02/10/2019
Volt Bank powers into Spitfire deal
Spitfire and Volt share an ambition to improve their customers' lives through technology
02/06/2019
First fully digital bank launched in Uganda
Standard Chartered bank started preparing the way for digital banking in Uganda way back in 1991 when it started computerised banking in the country.
02/05/2019
Chinese unicorn ups e-commerce stakes in Middle East
Jollychic uses new age technologies to improve service standards