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Case study: EBank and Fiorano – core banking integration
Namibia’s EBank has achieved digital transformation of services with Fiorano’s core banking integration. Fiorano Enterprise Service Bus seamlessly integrates EBank’s Temenos T24 core banking system with third party suppliers and channels facilitating its vision of financial inclusion.
White paper: demystifying PSD2
This free white paper discusses the implications of PSD2 from an end-user standpoint.
Brief: Digitizing the Bank
Read this brief to get best practices and expert advice from SEFCU, one of the 50 largest credit unions in the U.S, on how they went from their first electronic signature to fully digital workflows using DocuSign.
Infographic: 20 top use-cases of the SCT Inst scheme
A bounty of users? The European Payments Council (EPC) has created a nifty infographic that covers the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme.
White paper: electronic signature guide for banks in Australia
Get an introduction to the world of e-signatures through this comprehensive guide. Learn the top use cases, best practices and key requirements for Australian banks of all sizes.
Case study: Towergate Insurance – achieving “good enough” IT in the cloud
If you’ve worked in information technology long enough, you’ve fallen prey to the urge to pursue technology on the cutting edge or even the bleeding edge.
Case study: Piraeus Bank – e-branches
Stefanos Mytilineos, deputy general manager, digital business retail banking, branch network & deposits, Piraeus Bank Group, shares the bank’s experience of bringing full digital banking experience to brick-and-mortar branches.
€18 billion invested in software by European banks in 2016
The European Banking Federation (EFB) has released survey stats that show that European banks last year invested more than €18 billion in software.
SIBOS Interview: Torstone Technology – how securities firms are facing the regulatory challenges
Brian Collings, CEO of Torstone Technology explains how securities firms are harnessing technology to meet the regulatory challenges they face.
Case study: Hellenic Bank – building a bank through strategic partnerships
Natasha Kyprianides, group head of digital banking and innovation at Hellenic Bank, gives the lowdown on how to apply the partnership strategy in practice and achieve real results.
Map: fintech landscape
A very detailed map of the current fintech landscape, produced by VentureBeat, listing hundreds of companies in the banking, payments, investments, financing, insurance, infrastructure and enabling technologies verticals.
SIBOS Interview: SmartStream – the future of banking
Rocky Martinez, CTO and Haytham Kaddoura, CEO at SmartStream talk about the future of banking and how fintechs can help clients grow their business.
Case study: the technology behind P2P
The UK peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market has flourished in the last decade. Lending volumes among the major platforms are increasing rapidly, pushing the cumulative total above £7 billion for the first time, as the understanding of the investment model continues to grow.
SIBOS Interview: Deutsche Bank – impact of regulations
Christian Westerhaus, Global Head of Clearing Products, Cash Management, Deutsche Bank, talks about the impact of regulations on the correspondent banking business.
E-book: How Digital Lenders Can Win the Fight Against Fraud
Ready for the truth about fighting fraud? It’s not as futile as you might think. Yes, fraud is hitting digital lenders of all sizes… Pretty sizably. But recent research shows that with the right approach, it is possible to stop the bad guys and stem the losses—without slowing opportunity. Secrets of Success: How Digital Lenders […]
Crime thriller: Trading Down, by Stephen Norman
A sneak preview of a debut novel by Stephen Norman, long serving CIO/CTO of RBS Global Markets and previously Merrill Lynch. A fast-paced crime thriller – published on 9 November 2017.
SIBOS Interview: Swift – challenges for instant payments
Isabelle Olivier, Head of Securities Initiatives & PMIs EMEA, Swift, talks about the challenges for Instant Payments in Europe and the recipes for success.
SIBOS Interview: SunTec – benefits of digital transformation for banks
K Nanda Kumar, CEO & Founder, SunTec, outlines the benefits of digital transformation for banks. Follow us on Twitter @DailyNewsSibos Read all the latest news and views from Sibos 2017 online here or pick up a free print copy of Daily News at Sibos if you are at the conference!
SIBOS Interview: SunTec – a safe move into digital world
Amit Dua, President & Global Head – Client Facing Groups at SunTec outlines how banks can move into the digital world successfully and safely. Follow us on Twitter @DailyNewsSibos Read all the latest news and views from Sibos 2017 online here or pick up a free print copy of Daily News at Sibos if you […]
SIBOS Interview: DTCC – fintech and financial stability
Mike Leibrock, chief systemic risk officer, DTCC, details the firm’s framework for assessing the impact of fintech on financial stability. Follow us on Twitter @DailyNewsSibos Read all the latest news and views from Sibos 2017 online here or pick up a free print copy of Daily News at Sibos if you are at the conference!
SIBOS Interview: Deutsche Bank – gpi, de-risking and the future of correspondent banking
Marc Recker, Head of Market Management, Cash Management, Deutsche Bank, talks about gpi, de-risking and the future of correspondent banking. Follow us on Twitter @DailyNewsSibos Read all the latest news and views from Sibos 2017 online here or pick up a free print copy of Daily News at Sibos if you are at the conference!
SIBOS Interview: SOCGEN digital transformation and collaboration as business model
Pascal Augé, Head of Global Transaction and Payment Services, Société Générale, talks about the bank’s digital transformation project and collaboration as a business model. Follow us on Twitter @DailyNewsSibos Read all the latest news and views from Sibos 2017 online here or pick up a free print copy of Daily News at Sibos if you are […]
SIBOS Interview: SOCGEN – the impact of digital transformation
Bruno Prigent, Head of Societe Generale Global Securities Services, and Mathieu Maurier, Head of Coverage at Societe Generale Global Securities Services, discuss the impact of innovation and digital transformation in the securities services industry. Follow us on Twitter @DailyNewsSibos Read all the latest news and views from Sibos 2017 online here or pick up a free […]
E-Book: In-Memory Computing for Financial Services – Part 1
Turbocharge high-frequency trading, fraud prevention and real-time regulatory compliance with in-memory computing.
Daily News at Sibos 2017 top photos and captions – Day 3
Top pics and captions from Swift’s Sibos 2017 conference in Toronto!
Daily News at Sibos 2017 top photos and captions – Day 2
Top pics and captions from Swift’s Sibos 2017 conference in Toronto.
ECB Guide: assessments of fintech credit institution licence applications
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a guide to assessments of fintech credit institution licence applications.
Infographic: demystifying the cross-border remittances ecosystem
With a large chunk of the global workforce migrating to foreign countries in search of lucrative career opportunities or better living, the World Bank estimates that migrants will send up to $636 billion home in 2017, with three-quarters of that being remitted to developing countries. In 2015, $440 billion in remittances was sent back to […]
Infographic: Common Reporting Standard (CRS) – a year on
Financial institutions face unprecedented data management and compliance challenges as they continue to grapple with multiplying CRS and FATCA related global tax transparency regulations.
Around Fintech in 8 Hours – new online course launched by CFTE
Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CFTE) has launched a fintech foundation course – Around Fintech in 8 Hours – “designed to give professionals working in the finance industry a solid understanding of how technology is redefining the provision of financial services”.
Infographic: how businesses submit invoices to customers
Everyone’s heard the proverbial drill that the cheque is invariably in the mail. But even as we head toward the end of 2017, it’s becoming clear just how true this statement is. In fact, many industries are still processing their customers’ payments using postal mail and paper cheques! This despite the array of accounts payable […]
Infographic: the world’s most cashless countries
What countries among the 20 largest economies are adapting quickest to using cashless systems like phones and contactless cards? New research (and nifty infographics) from global trading site Forex Bonuses reveals that Canada takes the top spot, narrowly edging out Sweden for the top position.
E-book: Principles of data wrangling
Through the last decades of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, data was largely a medium for bottom-line accounting: making sure that the books were balanced, the rules were followed, and the right numbers could be rolled up for executive decision-making. Attitudes toward data have changed radically in the past decade, as new people, […]
DiverCity Podcast: diversity and inclusion in financial services
A new bi-weekly podcast is coming to the financial services sector – DiverCity Podcast – the first to showcase the industry’s progress and shortcomings in diversity and inclusion.
White paper: From traditional bank to marketplace bank
Many industries have already been technologically disrupted. Financial services and banking won’t be any different. New digital banking platforms will emerge with an automated, compliant core and a connection layer for all kinds of third party services to tap into. This is API banking, or marketplace banking.
Europe’s top venture capital investors by country – CB Insights
CB Insights has mapped the top venture capital (VC) investors in Europe by country, based on number of portfolio companies the investor had backed. The research company analysed the most active investors in the last five years (2012-2017), including VCs, corporate VCs, growth equity firms and super angels.
Report: Fintech outside London
Reading the UK news you might think fintech innovation only comes from limelight-hogging London, but that isn’t the case. There are obviously other rival global centres of innovation like Berlin or Stockholm, but many other regional UK fintech hubs exist too. The Fintech outside London report looks at UK fintech firms working outside of the so-called […]
Infographic: same-day ACH debits steps for success
Nacha, the backbone for the electronic movement of money and data in the US, has launched the same-day automated clearing house (ACH) debit transactions with its ACH Network.
Infographic: UK’s cloud computing job market
According to a study by the International Data Corporation (IDC), investment in cloud computing is expected to grow at over six times the rate of IT spending by 2020. Job meta-search engine Joblift has analyse the state of the UK’s cloud computing job market and found that, in line with the rise in investment, cloud computing vacancies have risen by over 7% on average monthly.
