Today’s banking customer expects to be able to access their banking information and complete even the most complex financial transactions anytime, anywhere. By leveraging e-signatures, banks can make banking easier …
Read More »Infographic: the banking customer experience
Customers are coming to expect more from their financial institutions. This infographic gives a quick snapshot of opportunities financial institutions have in the modern world as well as the general …
Read More »Moving “going digital” beyond just eliminating paper
Historically, “going digital” for lenders meant automating manual processes and moving paper-based processes online. In many cases however, lenders simply recreated their offline experiences and processes in an online environment. …
Read More »PrivatBank launches online credit service in Ukraine
PrivatBank has launched an online credit service that allows individuals to apply for loans of up to UAH 50,000 without having to visit a branch and deal with processing paper …
Read More »Sberbank offers online loan process to SMEs
Russia’s Sberbank has become the first in the country to offer loans to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) completely online. While other banks do offer businesses the chance to begin …
Read More »Armenia’s Evocabank launches SingleTouch online loans
Evocabank has launched a new online lending service through its mobile application. SingleTouch loans, available to customers 24 hours a day/7 days a week, are given in local currency at …
Read More »China UnionPay and banks create unified payment app
China UnionPay has teamed up with more than 30 local commercial banks and payment institutions to launch a unified app for the country’s banking industry. The Mobile QuickPass app is …
Read More »Uzbek government passes bill allowing online currency exchange
The widespread online exchange of currency in Uzbekistan is expected to begin in April 2018. The process began with a decree from the Uzbek President in September 2017 to liberalize …
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 »Video: why banks are investing in RegTech
Banking industry regulations are becoming more and more complex and nuanced. Tony Reid, CTO of financial services at Hitachi Data Systems, discusses why banks are turning to RegTech to help …
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 (22th May – 8th June) Revolut plans invasion of …
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 »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 …
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