Les bot auront une incidence sur le secteur bancaire
“La plate-forme Facebook Messenger ouvre de nombreuses portes pour faciliter, de meilleures interactions en permettant aux entreprises d’intégrer du code dans les conversations à base de Bot. “
L’offre de paiement mobile Orange Money arrive en France
“L’opérateur téléphonique Orange va lancer cette semaine en France son offre de paiement mobile Orange Money, qui connaît déjà un grand succès en Afrique, pour permettre de transférer de l’argent depuis la France vers plusieurs pays africains.”
Stripe, la fintech qui valait 5 milliards de dollars, débarque en France
“Paris – Fondée il y a près de six ans par deux petits génies irlandais de 25 et 27 ans, Stripe, plateforme américaine de services de paiements mobiles, valorisée à 5 milliards de dollars, débarque en France, une simple étape pour un groupe aux objectifs mondiaux.”
Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raise $390 Million Week Ending May 13
“Total fundings in second quarter hit $8 billion as 30 more companies raised $390 million the second week of May. Nearly half of that ($188 million) was debt earmarked for Avant’s UK subsidiary.”
Australian banks suffer ATM problems after cloud service outage
“Millions of Australian banking customers were unable to access ATM and Eftpos services on Sunday after severe storms on the east coast caused widespread damage, including a major outage at a cloud computing service used by several banks.”
Deutsche Bank ditches plan for digital bank
“Germany’s Deutsche Bank has scrapped plans to set up a digital banking service in the US, says co-chief executive John Cryan.”
Number26 closed accounts because customers made too many ATM withdrawals
“European smartphone-only bank Number26 has finally provided an explanation for its decision to cancel hundreds of customer accounts last week: users were making too many ATM withdrawals.”
India sets focus on fintech market
“India’s central bank is to set up a committee to explore the potential for the country’s fintech market which is predicted to double in worth to $2.4bn in the next four years.”
BNP Paribas to run second hackathon
“BNP Paribas is to run a second international Hackathon from 17 to 19 June. More countries will be involved this year – eight, up from five for the 2015 event. The theme of the 2016 Hackathon is: ‘Streamlining the Customer Journey through co-creation with start-ups.’”
Samsung Pay comes to Singapore
“Samsung Electronics Singapore today announced that it will be the first in Southeast Asia to make Samsung Pay available beginning on June 16. “
Fintech: Jetzt kriegen Schweizer Startups endlich einen potenten Investor
“Die Swisscom schafft, was der hiesigen Fintech-Szene bisher gefehlt hat: einen hoch dotierten Investmentfonds. Was der Telekom-Riese dafür springen lässt.”
Fintech: Für einmal ist die Schweiz viel schneller als Singapur
“die Finanzaufsicht Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) plant einen so genannten Sandkasten (Sandbox) für junge Fintech-Firmen. Damit will der asiatische Stadtstaat der Szene Raum zum Experimentieren bieten”
Apple lanciert in der Schweiz eigene Bezahl-App
“Was von den Banken lange befürchtet wurde, trifft nun ein. Wie Recherchen von finews.ch ergaben, startet der Technologie-Riese mit der Bezahl-Applikation Apple Pay schon in wenigen Tagen in der Schweiz.”
“Ce service ciblera le million de clients que compte l’établissement de crédit au Botswana, au Ghana, au Kenya, au Nigeria, en Tanzanie, en Ouganda, en Zambie et au Zimbabwe. «Les populations africaines adoptent de plus en plus le mobile banking et les banques locales ont consenti des investissements dans le domaine digital. …»”
Four UK banks sign up for VocaLink’s Zapp app
“Four of the UK’s biggest high street banks have signed up to launch Zapp’s “Pay by Bank app” mobile payment service. Bank of Scotland, Barclays, Halifax and Lloyds Bank are working with Zapp, VocaLink’s payments innovation team, to deliver the service.”
Visa Europe unveils augmented reality payment tech
“Visa Europe and its innovation hub, Visa Europe Collab, have teamed up with visual discovery and augmented reality app Blippar to bring augmented reality to payments.”
Bank of America Back on Windows Phones
“After a yearlong absence, Bank of America’s mobile app is now available on Windows mobile devices. BofA announced last year that starting “early” March 2015 it will no longer support its mobile app on Windows 10 Mobile, Windows Phone 8.1, and Windows Phone 8 mobile devices, suggesting customers access their accounts online.”
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