Westpac New Zealand has deployed a solution from Finastra to accelerate its compliance with the new ISO 20022 financial messaging standard. The solution has enabled the bank to leverage benefits of ISO 20022’s data-rich MX messaging format whilst providing b...

Dart Marina Hotel sought to improve accounting efficiency and productivity. By transitioning to a cloud-based solution offered by Aqilla, the results offered a modern and streamlined process. Background Dart Marina Hotel comprises three business...

Financial fraud has increased substantially as the trend towards mobile banking and digitisation accelerates. In 2022 alone, the US Federal Trade Commission received over 1.1 million reports of identity theft and over 440,000 reports of credit card fraud. To...

UK-based companies, HGS and Engage Hub partnered with The Pensions Regulator to streamline the customer experience and allow the company to drive improvement to employees’ pension scheme management. Julie Mortlock, Head of Client...

A new study commissioned by FICO has revealed work still needs to be done for advanced personalisation in UK banks. The Forrester Consulting study, Unlocking Hyper-Personalization at Hyper-Scale, includes the results of a survey among 52 financial services...

OneStream, a leader in corporate performance management (CPM) solutions, has announced its collaboration with Coupa to streamline Business Spend Management (BSM) within the organisation. Additionally, OneStream will develop a committed spend analysis s...

Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, has announced a new managed services partnership agreement with Luxoft, a DXC Technology company, to support Finastra’s Kondor customers in...

Beosin, a blockchain security company, and HashKey Group, a virtual asset financial services organisation, have entered a strategic partnership. Both firms will cooperate closely in various areas of virtual assets including ecosystem security, anti-money...

Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye region, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enter a sustainability and innovation-focused collaboration with Microsoft. The initiatives will be built on the back of ...

Facctum has announced that FacctView – a new screening platform – has been chosen by NTT Data Payment Services to expand its anti-financial crime defences. This new technology will support NTT Data Payments Services’ e-commerce platforms by detecting and a...

Banks are expected to increase their lending as the UK economy swerves the predicted recession and the housing market shows small signs of some revival, according to a panel of leading economists. Total loans in the UK are expected to rise 1.2% this year – a n...

Digital Transformation has been an ever-present buzzword since its concept over a decade ago – and with good reason. Businesses across the world are digitising at a rapid rate, so much so it can be hard to keep track of it all. Here, Yohan Lobo, Industry S...