Banking

Emirates Development Bank and Emirates Islamic to support SMEs in the UAE

Emirates Development Bank (EDB), a key financial engine for the economic development and industrial advancement of the nation, and Emirates Islamic, one of the leading Islamic financial institutions in the UAE, have announced the signing of a Memorandum of...

What can banks do to better protect themselves and their customers? 

Which? research has found that basic security flaws on some of the biggest banks’ websites and apps are putting consumers at increased risk of falling victim to fraud.  The research comes after 29,102 cases of remote banking fraud were reported...

Will women take over the financial markets?

For years, a woman operating in the financial markets was someone unique. However, recently there has been a dynamic change and women investors are increasing year by year. XTB Group tells us more. The last three years have been a time when financial...

Lanistar launches Google Pay in Brazil

Lanistar, a virtual payment card provider, has gone live with Google Pay operability to its virtual payment card in Brazil – one of the fastest-growing markets for its service. This is the first time Lanistar has been approved for use through...

Research reveals 10 in-demand finance jobs globally

A new study from CMC Markets analysed monthly Google searches using Ahrefs for jobs within the financial industry to see which career is the most in demand.  It also extracted the number of UK-based listings for each finance role from...

Boost has enabled Thai tourists to make payments in Malaysia

Boost, a leading regional full-spectrum FinTech arm of Axiata, and Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet), a national retail payments network infrastructure, have announced that Boost merchants in Malaysia can now accept cross-border payments...

Synechron completes integration of payments services and solutions provider Attra

Synechron, a leading global Digital Transformation consulting firm, has announced that it has now fully integrated its subsidiary, Attra, a payments technology services and solutions provider headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, into the larger Synechron...

Experts predict the biggest FinTech trends for 2023  

As we move into 2023, Intergiro has revealed the predicted trends for the new year. Nick Root, CEO of Intergiro, tells us more.  The financial technology sector is rapidly evolving with traditional methods of banking now being replaced with digital...

Wio Bank and Mambu bring digital banking services to the UAE

Wio Bank has announced its successful go live on Mambu. Mambu’s platform enables Wio Bank to achieve a faster time to market as it helps establish the UAE as a hub for the growing digital economy.  Wio Bank provides access to banking and business...

Columbia Bank hires new EVP and CIO

Columbia Bank has appointed Manesh Prabhu as its new Executive Vice President and CIO. The bank has more than 60 full-service branch networks spanning the state of New Jersey, and in his new role Prabhu is responsible for information systems and digital...

Barracuda appoints new Chief Financial Officer

Barracuda Networks, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-first security solutions, has announced Joe Billante as its new Chief Financial Officer. Billante brings more than 20 years of executive leadership and finance experience to...

Gartner says four actions drive finance AI success 

Four implementation behaviours are the most important in quickly delivering finance Artificial Intelligence (AI) initiatives that meet or exceed the expected impact and deliver critical finance and business outcomes, according to Gartner.  Given the...