RegTech is one of the latest trends in the financial industry. It arose as developers began seeing the need financial market players had for technological solutions to the increasing number …
Read More »RegTech and its driving forces
RegTech has become one of the latest buzzwords in the FinTech world. But what exactly is RegTech? And what’s driving it? RegTech, in its broadest sense, is any technology and/or …
Read More »RegTech requires a more collaborative effort
Chris O’Driscoll, head of disruptive change at PA Consulting Group, believes that it is important for RegTech that there is a collaborative system between banks, insurers, asset managers, regulators, tech …
Read More »Top RegTech Trends for 2018: Expert Opinion
Christian Visti Larsen (CEO at NewBanking ApS), Anastasia Dokuchaeva (head of partnerships at ClauseMatch) and Nathan Snyder (a partner at Brickendon) outlined their top trends for RegTech in 2018: Resolving …
Read More »Bank of Russia to pilot new financial ecosystem
The Bank of Russia presented a concept for a new financial ecosystem at the Finopolis forum in autumn 2017 and is ready to begin testing it in the second half …
Read More »RegTech improves compliance but also increases costs
RegTech is widely used in the financial industry to comply with regulations. However, according to Bank Director’s 2018 Risk Survey, the cost of implementing RegTech has increased. 55% of the …
Read More »Infographic: online and mobile banking vs. brick-and-mortar
As bank customers increasingly turn to online and mobile channels, the world of classic “brick-and-mortar” banking is becoming a thing of the past. Check out this infographic on how FinTech …
Read More »Infographic: digital banking customers
Modern banking customers want mobile technologies that let them bank whenever and wherever they want, but are banks doing enough to help customers reach their financial goals and dreams? Find …
Read More »Video: revolutionizing customer onboarding
The creation of truly smart customer identification is revolutionizing customer onboarding by making it fast, cheap and scalable. BFC FinTech Monitor 24th February — 10th March Is Big Tech the …
Read More »Video: why future bank branches will look like Apple stores
As online and mobile banking continue their rise in prominence, bank branches are expected to decrease by up to one third in the next decade. Banks, however, are starting to …
Read More »PASHA Bank offers parking payment service via its mobile application
For the first time in Azerbaijan, PASHA Bank is offering consumers the opportunity to pay for parking via a mobile application. To pay for parking in this way, customers need …
Read More »National Bank of Kyrgyzstan bans replenishing e-wallets via mobile phone balances
The Board of the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan has adopted amendments to the resolution ‘On Electronic Money’ that prohibit the replenishment of electronic wallets (e-wallets), prepaid cards and/or virtual prepaid …
Read More »Airfox using blockchain technology to replace banks in emerging markets
The American startup Airfox represents a new opportunity in banking, especially for those without bank accounts in emerging markets. The service allows users to make purchases and transfer money while …
Read More »National Bank of Uzbekistan launches mobile application
The National Bank of Uzbekistan has officially launched Milliy, its free-to-use mobile banking application. The mobile application allows users to access payment/money transfer systems as well as be able to …
Read More »How generations Y and Z are changing how banks operate
The rise of generations Y and Z (as known as millennials and homelanders respectively) is changing how banks operate and will operate in the future. Generation Y is currently changing …
Read More »Societe Generale to close 300 branches in move towards digital banking
French bank Societe Generale has announced that it will close 300 (15%) of its branches and eliminate 900 jobs as part of its effort to expand its digital capabilities and …
Read More »Digital banking: the once a differentiator is now a commodity
Digital banking is hugely popular and will only become even more popular as 71% of millennials believe that it’s “very important” to have a banking application. Moreover, 51% have made …
Read More »Converse Bank launches new mobile application
Yerevan-based Converse Bank has introduced its free-to-use mobile application called Converse Mobile, which allows customers to manage their accounts at any time of day from anywhere in the world. Using …
Read More »Baku to host Finance and Investment Forum 2018
Baku is set to host the second Finance and Investment Forum (FIF 2018) on May 5, 2018. The forum will last for 3 days and will feature 12 local and …
Read More »The future of physical bank branches
The modern consumer has become accustomed to managing virtually everything from their smartphone, and they have come to expect the same from banking. As banks move to becoming nearly 100% …
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