Europe

Experts discuss how organisations can protect cross-border payments and customer data with GDPR

8 March 2023

DLA Piper has published the findings of its annual GDPR and Data Breach Survey. The Europe-wide survey has revealed another record year with a 168% year on year increase in the total value of fines issued across Europe.    Among the...

ActiveOps’ Financial Crime Solution to reduce risk for banks 

24 November 2022

ActiveOps, a management process automation company, has introduced a new solution to support the workforce management needs of Financial Crime operations. The new solution is designed for banks and other financial institutions to help them handle case-based...

Verto transforms cross-border B2B payments with ForexPeople partnership

11 October 2022

Verto, a leading B2B cross-border payments and Foreign Exchange (FX) enabler, has partnered with ForexPeople to bring secure, fast and seamless global payments to South African businesses buying, selling, or operating globally. With more than US$1.5 billion...

Telefónica Tech study shows 57% of companies plan to invest more in ICT in the next two years

12 August 2022

A study from Telefónica Tech, which gathered responses from a total of 810 IT professionals in Spain, Brazil, Germany, the UK and the Republic of Ireland, finds 60% of the IT professionals surveyed recognize that after the pandemic their company is...

Finastra and HSBC collaborate to bring Banking-as-a-Service FX capability to mid-tier banks

21 July 2022

Finastra and HSBC have announced that they are working together to distribute HSBC’s FX services via Finastra’s FusionFabric.cloud platform under a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) experience. This collaboration will take...

Lloyds Banking Group works with ServiceNow’s NextGen to find top talent

20 April 2022

ServiceNow, a leading digital workflow company that makes the world work better for everyone, has announced that it is working with Lloyds Banking Group as part of its NextGen Professionals Programme. Three participants who have recently completed the...

ABN AMRO Bank signs to extend partnership on the Temenos Banking Cloud

13 April 2022

Dutch banking giant, ABN AMRO Bank has signed a multi-year subscription extension with Temenos to support customer growth and business expansion on the Temenos Banking Cloud. The extended agreement includes access to Temenos Continuous...

Anapaya and Extreme Networks to deliver SCiON-enabled switches for Swiss finance industry

9 December 2021

Anapaya Systems AG has announced its collaboration with Extreme Networks, a cloud-driven networking company based in San Jose, California, to create SCiON-enabled switches for the Swiss finance industry. The new Secure Swiss Finance Network (SSFN) has been...

Pressure on banking and finance sector as expectations drive new Digital Transformation priorities

30 November 2021

New research unveils that transitioning communications and processes from physical to digital while reducing costs and supporting changing working models top the list of FS priorities. Here, Gary Harrold, CEO of Swiss Post Solutions, UK & Ireland,...

Banking on Europe as the epitome of cybersecurity and privacy

7 February 2020

As one of the largest financial institutions in the world, Standard Chartered Bank is under no illusion that it can’t function without complete protection of its IT infrastructure. Yuval Illuz, Group CISO, COO, Trust, Data and Automation, Operations,...