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Absa’s digital excellence receives international recognition
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Corporate Banks are Racing Toward a Digital Future
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Corporate Banking Digital Transformations: Well begun, but banks need to keep up
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Consumer demands: Digital assets challenging mainstream banking
Santander appoints Grisi as new CEO to oversee growth, digital push
Date: June 17, 2022
By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s Santander named Hector Grisi as its new chief executive officer to oversee the bank’s digital transformation and growth strategy through the global economic uncertainty that is rattling the whole industry. Former investment banker Grisi, 55, who helped make the bank’s U.S. business its most profitable last year, will take...
For central bankers, tighter financial conditions may be an ally
Date: June 15, 2022
By Tommy Wilkes and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) -Slumping stocks and surging bond yields are rapidly crimping global financial conditions, yet given their effect on dampening economic growth and eventually inflation, the moves might be welcomed by the Federal Reserve and other central banks. Financial conditions is the umbrella phrase for how metrics such as...
New alternative payment methods liberate and empower communities in Africa and the Middle East
Date: June 15, 2022
By Antti Arponen, CEO of Pyypl In a world that appears to always get faster thanks to new ideas and new inventions, there is always a danger of being left behind. It’s challenging enough if you are used to having the latest smartphone and apps that open up opportunities, provide answers in an instant or...
The Future of Banking: Providing for All Customers
Date: June 15, 2022
Hans Tesselaar, Executive Director, BIAN In recent months, a number of well-known banks have announced closures of their high-street branches. Lloyds Banking Group announced in May it was closing an additional 28 bank branches. This is on top of its plans to shut 60 high-street branches, including 24 Lloyds Bank branches, 19 Bank of Scotland...
Why Network Observability Matters for Today’s Digital Banking
Date: June 14, 2022
The banking industry has changed enormously in the last two decades – a 2021 report from Google found that the “vast majority” of financial services companies, including banks, are already using the public cloud and interest in multi-cloud migrations remains strong. But many banks’ underlying IT infrastructure is still catching up with these digital transformation...
Western banks seem more likely to enter the metaverse than emerging markets
Date: June 13, 2022
By Richard Shearer, CEO of Tintra PLC When it comes to digital change and the embrace of new technologies, Western banks are becoming increasingly forward-thinking – an attitude which they have yet to apply to their relationships with emerging markets. This proactive approach towards (limited) change shone through in a recent speech by Pentti Hakkarainen...