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Tanzanian bankers tap skills from Egyptian Banking Institute

Within the framework of the Egyptian Banking Institute’s strategy to develop human capital in the African banking sector, the Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI), the training arm of the Central Bank of Egypt, has launched the first round of ‘EBI Executive P...

Vietnam’s Timo bank builds with AWS to promote financial inclusion

Timo, one of Vietnam’s leading digital banks, has built and launched its cloud-native core banking platform on AWS in just six months helping it to scale its business and acquire 5 million new customers over the next three years. Amazon Web Services...

Turning obstacles into opportunities and flying the banner of FinTech enablement

Determined to play a pivotal role in meaningful FinTech enablement, Ukheshe Technologies, a leading FinTech enablement partner, is committed to driving the creation of an accessible and sustainable digital economy. This is particularly important in emerging...

How to protect your business from the rising threat of identity fraud

In recent years identity fraud has skyrocketed during the holiday season. Eduardo Castro, Managing Director, Identity and Fraud at Experian, explores actions businesses can take to safeguard customers. It’s that time of year again. For many of us December m...

Clarity AI empowers consumers to shop consciously with Klarna

Clarity AI has announced that Klarna is using Clarity AI’s data and capabilities to promote environmentally conscious brands to 150 million shoppers. Sustainability is becoming a major concern for shoppers. Yet, so far, much of the attention in the market h...

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 s...

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...

RBC Wealth Management delivers on client expectations with Salesforce

RBC Wealth Management – a division of RBC Capital Markets – has implemented Salesforce to help drive business growth and reduce maintenance costs. Salesforce has announced that RBC Wealth Management – a division of RBC Capital Markets – is using Salesforce to driv...

Finastra shows evolution of Open Banking and growing appetite for open finance

Finastra research reveals that Open Banking is now universally and unequivocally regarded as a key part of a bank’s landscape, with 99% of respondents considering it either a ‘must have’ or ‘important’ – up from 94% in 2021. The proportion of global financial i...

We ‘Go Phishing’ with Stuart Wells, CTO of Jumio

What would you describe as your most memorable achievement? I am fortunate that I have been able to achieve a number of notable high points in my working career. However, rather than one moment, my most memorable career achievement has to be the people I’ve met a...

44% of financial institutions believe IT teams are the main risk to cloud security

Netwrix has announced additional findings for the financial and banking sector from its global 2022 Cloud Data Security Report. Compared to other industries surveyed, financial institutions are much more concerned about users who have...