Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) full year (FY) 2016 revenues and net profit rose – boosted by growth in its banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) operations. Natarajan Chandrasekaran, CEO and MD, TCS, says its core portfolio “performed strongly in a seasonally weak 4th quarter driven by strong volumes led by growth in BFSI, retail and […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country’s central bank and regulator, has set up a scheme to provide financial assistance to urban cooperative banks (UCBs) for the implementation of core banking solutions. In its First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement-2016-17, the RBI will offer assistance and technology support through the Institute for Development and Research […]
Financial systems vendor Infosys has revealed its revenue for the full year (FY) 2016 of $9.5 billion, an increase of 9.1% in US dollar terms; and 13.3% in constant currency terms. Q4 revenue was $2.4 billion – a rise of 1.6% quarter on quarter in US dollar terms, or 1.9% in constant currency terms. For […]
India-based payments firm Financial Software and Systems (FSS) will provide Unified Payment Interface (UPI) solutions for six unnamed Indian banks. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) recently launched UPI, which offers instant, online bank payments. The move is seen as a major change to the Indian financial sector. FSS says UPI enables the banks […]
Bank of Ceylon, the largest bank in Sri Lanka, has continued its long-term relationship with Fiserv, and upgraded to the recent versions of Signature (retail core banking) and Teller (a front-end teller system). The bank has also chosen Fiserv’s Communicator to provide integration between Signature and third-party solutions. Luxaman Perera, head of IT, Bank of […]
BPC Banking Technologies has teamed with Da Afghanistan Bank to launch a SmartVista-powered national payment system in Afghanistan. Afghanistan Payments Systems (APS), a consortium of financial institutions funded by Da Afghanistan Bank (the nation’s central bank) through the World Bank, aims to develop the retail banking market in the troubled nation by providing electronic and […]
Pakistan-based NIB Bank is the first to upgrade to the latest release of Temenos’ T24 core banking system – making a big leap from R7 to R15. National Data Consultants (NDC), Temenos’ regional partner and integrator, worked on the project. Ammara Masood, president and CEO at NDC, says the bank is the “first client” to […]
Pakistan-based Soneri Bank has chosen Temenos’ T24 core banking system to replace FIS Allprofits. National Data Consultants (NDC), Temenos’ regional partner and integrator, will deliver the project. Soneri Bank president and CEO Mohammad Aftab Manzoor, says: “With this technological transformation and our mission to provide innovative and efficient financial solutions, we aim to uplift our […]
Tamil Nadu State Federation of Urban Cooperative Banks (Tancubfed) has selected Infrasoft Technologies’ core banking system, OmniEnterprise. Tancubfed will implement OmniEnterprise and other e-banking services in 128 co-operative banks in Tamil Nadu, a southeast Indian state. Rajesh Mirjankar, new CEO and MD of Infrasoft, says OmniEnterprise will support the entire business operations of the bank […]
Swift India Domestic Services (Swift India) has gone live as the nation seeks to improve its digital economy. Swift India is a joint venture created by Swift, the global banking co-operative, and nine partner banks to “address domestic market needs” of the Indian financial services industry. After receiving formal approval from the Reserve Bank of […]
India-based Yes Bank is partnering with Ultracash Technologies to launch payments processing through sound waves. The bank, the fifth largest in the Indian private sector, says the collaboration will let Ultracash issue Yes Bank-sponsored mobile wallets and use its Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) payments platform for the processing of instant proximity transactions. Ritesh Pai, senior […]
India’s ICICI Bank has launched an ‘ICICI Appathon’ as it looks for innovations in mobile banking apps. The bank wants participants in India to create new APIs in five different categories – retail banking, corporate banking, treasury, ‘ICICI Group’ (such as insurance and securities), and ‘Partner APIs’. The latter comprises Visa and National Payments Corporation […]
India’s Post Bank is to begin processing payments in March 2017, according to the government’s communications minister. The move is part of long-standing plans to use India’s Post Office network to spread financial inclusion in the world’s largest democratic nation.
The London Stock Exchange says that the launch of Turkish derivatives on its derivatives market represents part of the long-cherished goal of growing its derivatives business around the world. It also represents the exchange’s ‘open access’ policy.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is in talks to acquire a 10% stake in Borsa Istanbul to support Turkey’s efforts to reshape its capital markets.
India’s Axis Bank has released a mobile payments service called Ping Pay, which allows customers to send money to each other using Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, email or phone number. The bank says the service will help it to reach young consumers and smartphone users.
Türk Ekonomi Bankası, one of the private sector commercial banks in Turkey, and a strategic partner of BNP Paribas, has launched an enhanced digital banking service featuring the ability to hold live chat sessions with bank staff.
Deutsche Börse, Eurex and the Bombay Stock Exchange have further extended their strategic cooperation offering connectivity services. Participants of BSE will be able to use Deutsche Börse’s resilient low latency N7 network services to connect to BSE back-ends in India through the Deutsche Börse access points in Hong Kong and Singapore.
India’s ICICI Bank has launched a new banking service for Twitter, ICICIbankpay, which allows customers to transfer money to anyone in the country who has a Twitter account. Customers can also check their account balance, view the last three transactions and recharge prepaid mobile. The service follows the bank’s earlier moves into social media, which included launching a Facebook banking app in September 2013, and is aimed partly at broadening access to financial services.
The London Stock Exchange is to begin trading Turkish futures and options, following a deal with Borsa Istanbul. The agreement will help to open up the Turkish market to more investors; it will also help to deepen the LSE’s derivatives market, which it has been trying to build up in recent years.
India’s Bombay Stock Exchange has ramped up its network application and monitoring speeds and opened a new investor service centre in New Delhi, as it seeks to attract latency-sensitive traders.
Banks are pioneering advanced technologies in Turkey, giving the country a headstart over many of its European counterparts. In Istanbul, Garanti Bank explained how it pays for its customers to get mobile internet access – and how it is using social media to attract and keep customers.
European trading venue BATS Chi-X Europe is set to expand into Turkey, starting on 3 November. The move is the first time a competitor has entered the Turkish market to take on Borsa Istanbul. It is also BATS’ first new market since it took over Chi-X in 2011 – and the company’s first venture into an emerging market.
India’s ICICI Bank has launched four new mobile banking apps, as part of a drive to adopt digital channels and spread into India’s vast rural hinterland.
Turkish bank Yapi Kredi has partnered with mobile money specialist Monitise to develop branchless banking’ services in which the consumer can open an account and carry out all their transactions without the need for physical locations.
Turkey’s largest investment bank Aktif has begun using international payment services from specialist Earthport, in a move the bank says will help its corporate and retail customers to get a better deal on their cross-border payments.
Political turbulence in the Ukraine, Russia and Turkey this year produced disagreement between senior financial industry executives at a FIX Trading Community conference in London yesterday, with some arguing that politics should not be allowed to detract from the longer-term rise of non-western economies and others arguing the opposite.
Mobile money firm Monitise has acquired Pozitron Yazilim, an Istanbul-based mobile technology specialist, in a £24 million all-shares deal that highlights the growing demand for mobile financial services in the eastern Mediterranean’s largest market.
Turkish bank Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası is collaborating with US infrastructure company Opengear to roll out remote management technology for its bank branch network, which it says will help to cut costs and improve efficiency.
India’s state-run post office the Department of Posts is planning to launch core banking services in the Indian capital city Delhi, as part of a major drive to become a banking services provider in the country.
MasterCard has acquired Turkish payments provider Provus in a deal that the firm says will increase its processing presence in a “high growth” payments market.
Turkey’s Garanti Bank and mobile operator Turkcell have partnered with Visa Europe in a deal aimed at bringing the Turkcell mobile wallet to more consumers in Turkey.
Most people have no idea how good Turkish wine is, according to Martin Spurling, chief executive of HSBC Turkey. With over 1.5 million acres of land devoted to vines, it is a little-known fact that the Mediterranean country is the world’s fourth producer of grapes. The same can be said for Turkey’s ambitious plans to develop Istanbul as a major international financial centre.
For centuries, Turkey has stood at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. While the country is leading the way in mobile banking, its infrastructure reflects a culture where minarets mix with mobile masts and ATMs compete for space with ancient monuments.
India’s first women-only bank has launched in Mumbai and six other Indian cities, offering a service aimed at increasing financial inclusion for women in one of the world’s most populous countries.
India’s first all-female bank, Bharatiya Mahila Bank, plans to open on 19 November, the birthday of former Indian female Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Market data from Germany’s Deutsche Börse and India’s Bombay Stock Exchange will be available under a single licence agreement, following a deal between the two exchanges.
Most emerging Asian countries have developed or are developing their own CCPs and trade repositories in response to global reforms of OTC derivatives markets – but proliferation of CCPs is a concern, according to new research by analyst firm Celent.
India’s ICICI Bank has launched a new app that lets customers pay their friends and share expenses between groups of people on Facebook.
Western Union has launched a new mobile money transfer service in Nepal, which aims to capitalise on the country’s massive inflow of cross-border remittance payments.
