Europe

How PropTech is key to unlocking the real estate market 

The real estate industry has often been described as ‘archaic’ when adopting new technology. Helen Mutucumarana, Partner, Real Estate, HCR Hewitsons, speaks to us about the status of this sector in the UK and how innovation – particularly...

Securing the cloud with Okta 

Generali is one of the world’s largest and oldest insurance and asset management providers. And after spending years using lengthy manual processes across legacy on-premises infrastructure, Generali GC&C felt it was time to migrate to the...

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

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 largest fines...

ActiveOps’ Financial Crime Solution to reduce risk for banks 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...