Singapore’s central bank and financial authority, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, must balance fintech disruption with a safe regulatory environment. Chief fintech officer Sopnendu Mohanty talks to Joy Macknight about walking the tightrope to innovation.
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October 2, 2017RBC’s CEO, Dave McKay, explains to Joy Macknight how artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics will help see the Canadian bank through the fundamental changes facing the industry.
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October 2, 2017Next-generation artificial intelligence tools are ramping up the defence against fraudsters and allowing banks to increase efficiency, reduce headcount in compliance and provide a better customer experience. Joy Macknight reports.
Hellenic Bank’s innovation head builds open banking marketplace
October 2, 2017Joy Macknight asks the group head of digital banking and innovation at Hellenic Bank, Natasha Kyprianides, to outline her digital vision for the Cypriot bank and explain how the bank is responding to the move to open application programming interfaces.
How banks are combating the cyber threat
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Canada’s co-operative approach to fintech
October 2, 2017Canada’s fintech ecosystem is flourishing due to the backing of banks, academic institutions and government. Together they are also taking steps to capitalise on the country’s leading position in artificial intelligence research, as Joy Macknight reports.
Is technology enough to plug the SME financing gap?
October 2, 2017Technology is revolutionising trade finance while facilitating lending to small businesses by tech giants such as PayPal, Amazon and Alibaba. But is this enough to fill the $1500bn global trade finance gap? Stefania Palma investigates.
Why jack-of-all-trade banks will go the way of the dinosaurs
September 25, 2017Doing a number of things to an average standard is no longer tenable for banks. They need to jettison legacy systems and old thinking, and embrace multiple partnerships with fintechs that do one thing brilliantly – or face obsolescence. By Chris Skinner.
CYBG COO looks to boost SME digital offering
September 1, 2017Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks’ group chief operating officer, Debbie Crosbie, speaks to Joy Macknight about how the challenger bank is better serving its SME client base by revamping its IT infrastructure.