Banking

Real-time rails can unlock new value creation opportunities for UAE financial organisations  

With new digital payment trends on the rise, a new set of impactful use cases are now possible. Craig Ramsey, Global Head of Real-time Payments, ACI Worldwide, talks about this and how real-time rails can create new opportunities for financial institutions...

Jingle Pay set to launch in Bahrain in collaboration with AFS

Jingle Pay, a financial app that provides money services in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan(MENAP) region, has entered into a strategic partnership with Arab Financial Services (AFS), a leading digital payments solutions...

Mastercard and Nclude partner to accelerate Egypt’s FinTech ecosystem

Mastercard has announced a strategic investment in Nclude, a FinTech-focused VC investment platform launched in partnership with Egypt’s leading national banks – Banque Misr, National Bank of Egypt and Banque Du Caire – to further boost...

Delta Bank selects Finastra’s cloud-native core and global payments hub

Finastra has announced that Delta National Bank and Trust Company (Delta Bank) has selected Fusion Essence and Fusion Payments To Go as its new retail core banking and payments solutions to modernise its digital banking infrastructure. The move will also...

Citadel Credit Union chooses Lumin Digital as enhanced digital banking services partner

Lumin Digital has announced that Pennsylvania-based Citadel Credit Union has signed a multi-year agreement for Lumin Digital’s cloud-based online and mobile digital banking platform.  Lumin will support Citadel’s 245,000-plus members and...

A stats-based approach to hybrid work in the financial sector

A flexible office environment can better align employee needs and business goals, but the financial and banking sector seems to be reverting to old habits and rallying for in-office presence. Ekta Puthran, MEA Lead – Collaboration,...

Ajman Bank launches Mastercard Touch Card

Mastercard and Ajman Bank have strengthened their commitment to inclusion through a new initiative designed to expand access to the digital economy. Touch Card is an accessible payment card that will allow blind and partially-sighted people to easily...

The ATM revolution and the hybrid world

Elias Rogério da Silva, President of Diebold Nixdorf Brazil, addresses the technological evolutions of the banking industry, emphasizing its pioneering position about the adoption of innovations. Those who closely follow the banking market certainly...

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...

Mbanq signs with Temenos to accelerate Banking-as-a-Service in US market

Silicon Valley-based Mbanq, a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider, has announced it has signed a strategic agreement with Temenos, the open cloud banking company, to launch a Credit-Union-as-a Service (CUaaS) offering and to accelerate BaaS adoption across...

Al Maryah Community Bank completes design of its digital banking platform

Al Maryah Community Bank, UAE’s first fully integrated digital bank, has announced the completion of the pragmatic architectural design of its technology platform.This is infused with an Artificial Intelligence capability that will lead to the...

Why IT security teams and employees need to work together to secure finance organizations

Financial institutions stand the best chance of achieving cyber hygiene if they make it their mission to teach their workforce about important cybersecurity behaviors. David Sajoto, Vice President of Sales for Asia Pacific and Japan, ExtraHop, explains the...