All articles by Valentina Romeo

Valentina Romeo

SBI chairman inaugurates 27 ‘all woman branches’

State Bank of India (SBI), chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya inaugurated 27 ‘all woman branches’ of the lender falling in the Chandigarh circle.

Are pop-up branches the future of the channel?

The face of bank branches is changing: branches have been reinvented and the demand for standard services is falling off as a result of customer choices. Branches are being made cheaper and smaller to operate with all kinds of digital facilities. Valentina Romeo reviews some of the latest pop-up branch and mini-branch solutions by leading banks

FIS leads FinTech 100’s list again

This year’s ranking of the FinTech industry’s 100 leading players is led by FIS, confirming again its top position among competitors. Valentina Romeo takes a look at how the rankings have shifted of the past year

Gemalto and IBM enhances the eBanking security platform

Gemalto, the Dutch digital security company, announced a global business partnership with IBM aimed at enhancing Ezio eBanking security platform.

Digital banking keep threatening traditional full service banks: Accenture

35% of banks’ market share in North America could be up for grabs by 2020, as traditional branch banking gives way to digital banking and as new competition emerges, a new research published by Accenture revealed.

BIAN and The Open Group launch practical guide to enterprise architecture in banking

The Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN) and The Open Group (TOGAF) have released a collaborative whitepaper, detailing how banking industry architects can make use of both the BIAN Service Landscape and The Open Group Architecture Framework.

Maybank Singapore launches P2P mobile payment service

Maybank Singapore announced the launch of Maybank Mobile Money, the first person-to-person (P2P) mobile payment service in Singapore that allows users to send money to anyone using a mobile number developed by mobile solutions company Tagit.

M-commerce start-up Zapp to target 20m users by 2017

UK mobile commerce firm Zapp announced it will reach 20m users by 2017, in an ambitious attempt to compete with giants Mastercard and Visa.

Lodo launches D3 Consumer banking platform

D3 Consumer Banking technology is now available for financial institutions, Lodo Software has announced.

Dutch Rabobank faces $1bn Libor settlement

Dutch co-operative Rabobank has been fined almost $1bn after authorities accused the bank of participating in a widespread scheme to manipulate benchmark interest rates.