Neobank Volt, LAB3, and Microsoft partner to build “Volt 2.0”
Microsoft today announced a strategic partnership with neobank Volt to develop “Volt 2.0” – a next-generation Banking as a Service platform.
It’s time for cloud banking
A report has shown how banks and financial institutions that had moved some or all operations to cloud environments have fared better.
COVID-19 supercharges bank disruption
Two-thirds of banking executives believe that technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning will have a major impact on bank disruption.
Personalisation to drive future wealth management
Wealth managers believe delivering more customised services to clients is essential to stay competitive, but a third are unable to deliver personalisation
New technologies key driver of digital banking
Banks around the world are citing new technologies as having the biggest impact on the industry and not customer demands or regulation, according to a new survey. The survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit, conducted for Temenos, has revealed that retail banks believe new technologies are more important than customer demands and regulation for the first time in the survey’s six-year history. The Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed over 400 banking executives worldwide and put focus on how retail banks were incorporating technology for future customers. The survey highlighted new technology like AI, open APIs and the cloud as driving banks towards advanced data and analytics in developing compelling propositions and […]
Fintech gold rush tipped as KPMG finds Australian investment hit $842m in 2018
Big four professional services firm KPMG has tipped even more funding will come for Australian fintech players in the wake of new open banking rules and the banking royal commission, despite a huge rise in deals taking spending to $US600 million ($842 million) in 2018. In new local figures derived from its biannual global Pulse of Fintech study, KPMG said deals in the local sector picked up last year, following a drop-off in 2017, when capital raisings, acquisitions and IPOs had fallen to $US200 million. The report found that globally a record $US111.8 billion was invested in fintech firms in 2018, with Asian funding reached a new high of $US22.7 […]
Swiss company buys Australian-founded fintech vendor with KWM’s help
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has continued its work in Australia for a Swiss client with a US$245m deal. The global giant advised listed banking software company Temenos AG on its acquisition of Australian-founded Avoka. Headquartered in the US, Avoka provides a digital customer acquisition and on-boarding platform. It will be integrated into Temenos’ Digital Front Office product. The deal will be funded by cash and debt, KWM said. To read more, please click on the link below… Source: Swiss company buys Australian-founded fintech vendor with KWM’s help
Open banking gains momentum
As open banking gains momentum, the future of the industry will see a move away from product offerings in favour of customer experience and engagement, a panel of industry experts told a Temenos conference. The panel of experts told the conference that technology has placed the industry in a constant phase of reform, and the move to open banking would see a significant shift away from the big four banks to address the needs of underfunded sectors like small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Piers Balmer from business lending funding service for SMEs, Judo Capital, said they no longer used the term ‘product’, and instead opted for terms like ‘engagement’ and […]
