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Period: 07 Nov 2011 - 06 Aug 2024

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MUFG leads security token consortium

MUFG leads security token consortium

Japanese financial services giant MUFG is leading a new Security Token (ST) Research Consortium, working on infrastructure that enables automatic securities and fund settlement via blockchain technology.

Accenture, SAP and R3 build currency token prototype for connecting RTGS to Corda blockchain

Accenture (NYSE: ACN), SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) and R3 are collaborating and co-innovating to build a real-time gross settlement system that will enable faster, more efficient, reliable and secure payments between banks and customers.

Leveraging the pivot point in payments

Leveraging the pivot point in payments

Peter Hazou, Director of Business Development, Financial Services, Microsoft, Paul Thomalla, Global Head of Payments, Finastra, and Gareth Wilson, Managing Director, Global Payments, Accenture, join FinextraTV to discuss digital transformation in the payments space. Hazou, Thomalla and Wilson delve into why we've reached a pivot point in the payments landscape, payments compliance requirements, pressure on payments revenue, fintech competition, and future proofing in the digital transformation process.

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Accenture: Up to 20% of UK banks revenue could be disrupted by new digital payments

£8billion (18.1%) of UK banks’ revenue is likely to be displaced by digital payments in the next six years, according to a new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN).

AI and enhancing the human element in financial services

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AI and enhancing the human element in financial services

At SIBOS 2019, industry experts will be discussing how the financial services sector is in the vanguard of deploying AI on a global scale and whether the technology will be a transformative force or has the potential to act as an existential threat.

Digital banks on track to treble customers in next year but profits remain elusive

Digital banks on track to treble customers in next year but profits remain elusive

Digital-only banks operating in the UK are set to experience massive growth over the next year, amassing 35 million customers around the world, according to research from Accenture, which nevertheless highlights obstacles to profitability.

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Accenture acquires Parker Fitzgerald

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Parker Fitzgerald, a strategic advisor and consulting partner to leading global financial institutions, further enhancing the business and technology capabilities within its Finance and Risk practice. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Global fintech investment falls sharply

Global fintech investment falls sharply

Global investment in fintech ventures fell sharply in the first half of 2019, as fundraising and deal activity in China ground to a halt, partially offsetting strong gains in the US, UK and several other European countries, according to Accenture analysis of data from CB Insights.

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Accenture encourages women to apply for 2020 Fintech Innovation Lab

Today Accenture opens up applications for its eighth Fintech Innovation Lab London. In addition to the Lab’s overall goal of helping fintechs from all areas and backgrounds to excel, this year Accenture is also aiming to improve the number of female founders taking part in an effort to narrow the gender gap in fintech.

Finextra & Accenture: The time is now: Seizing PPaaS

Finextra & Accenture: The time is now: Seizing PPaaS

Martin Bentele , Managing Director, Payments Lead, ASGR, Accenture, speaks at EBADay about why banks should move payments onto a utility outside, whether Payment Platform as a Service covers standard payments processing only, the value proposition of PPaaS and when the right time is for banks to consider PPaaS.

As blockchain hype subsides, banks count the cost of early euphoria

As blockchain hype subsides, banks count the cost of early euphoria

Banks and technology companies have poured billions of dollars into blockchain projects, but as the hype dies down, many of the early evangelists for the technology have come to the conclusion that production-ready deployment still remains a distant goal.

Transforming Risk Systems for Financial Institutions

Transforming Risk Systems for Financial Institutions

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