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Verdict Staff

Turkey’s Isbank integrates Apple’s Touch ID into its mobile banking app

Turkish lender Isbank and Monitise have integrated Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint authentication technology into ?sbank’s mobile banking app, IsCep.

Myanmar grants operating licences to nine foreign banks

The Central Bank of Myanmar has granted nine overseas lenders licence to open a branch office in the country.

KBC completes sale of KBC Bank Deutschland

Belgian banking group KBC has wrapped up the sale of KBC Bank Deutschland to several investors linked to Teacher Retirement System (Texas), Apollo Global Management, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance and Grovepoint Capital.

Bank of America adds chip technology to debit cards

Bank of America has added chip technology on all new and reissued consumer and small business debit cards.

Lloyds Bank launches online appointment booking system

Lloyds Bank has launched a new online booking system to enable clients to book face to face appointments in all branches online or on their mobile phone.

Doha Bank to acquire HSBC Oman’s India operations

Qatar-based Doha Bank has agreed to buy Indian operations of HSBC Bank Oman as it seeks to increase profits from overseas operations.

Number of US bank branches drop for fifth year in a row

For fifth consecutive year, US banks continued to scale down their branch network while spending more on mobile capabilities, according to data released by FDIC.

Standard Chartered to provide cross-border payments for ICBC

Standard Chartered has been selected to provide USD-denominated payments for the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC).

Financial services firms granted rights to use ‘.bank’ domain

ICANN, the international body that governs Internet domains, has authorized fTLD Registry Services to operate the newly created ‘.bank’ domain.

Busan Bank selects IBM to create customized mobile apps

South Korea’s Busan Bank has selected IBM to create a set of customized mobile apps to improve employee productivity and decision making to improve the customer experience.