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BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas jumps into virtual reality

31/05/2017(0)
BNP Paribas is the latest financial services firm to dabble in virtual reality, unveiling a VR-based app for retail banking customers and a ‘teleportation’ capsule for home buyers. The ... Read More
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Tech partnership brings people and payments closer together

09/09/2016(0)
Innovative link-up of CBA’s CommBank app and Barclays’ Pingit will allow customers to move money over 10,000 miles – quickly, securely and seamlessly – with no more than a ... Read More
Robo Advisors

Investment pros wary of robo-advisor threat

04/05/2016(0)
Investment professionals around the world expect robo-advisors to start replacing humans in the mass affluent market, but are far less concerned that computers will oust them from their work ... Read More
paybyfingerprnt

Japan to trial pay-by-fingerprint programme for tourists

12/04/2016(0)
Japan is embarking on a trial of technology that will enable tourists visiting the country to pay for goods and services using only their fingerprints, according to local press ... Read More
citibank

Shareholders of J.P. Morgan and Citigroup will vote about the potential the banks break up into smaller pieces

17/03/2016(0)
The proposal will be included in the banks’ proxy filings at the request of a shareholder activist Shareholders of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. will get ... Read More
bitcoin

Will bitcoin provide banks with their ‘Kodak Moment’?

16/03/2016(0)
The world’s banks are facing a ‘Kodak Moment’ if they continue to dismiss the virtual currency bitcoin as just the opening act for more revolutionary blockchain-based innovation, says Max ... Read More
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Standard Chartered goes global with ‘bank on an iPad’

08/03/2016(0)
Standard Chartered is to equip staff worldwide with an iPad-based sales and service tool that “brings the bank” to the client. Retail Workbench, initially launched in Korea in 2014, ... Read More
visa

Visa Europe expands tokenisation service

16/02/2016(0)
Visa Europe is opening up its tokenisation service, letting banks, retailers and tech firms use the technology for a host of new payment options. Tokenisation replaces the traditional 16-digit ... Read More
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