September 2, 2021
UAE banks and financial services under enforcement to enhance security policies
Despite the rise in cyber-attacks and the shifting demands and constraints placed on them, 95 percent of IT decision-makers say they are satisfied with their IT security provisions, with 25% indicating they are "very satisfied." 86 percent also say that their organization's IT security teams have "all the capabilities necessary" to deal with today's difficulties.
August 8, 2021
LuLu Financial Services expands banknotes for gain in cross-border services
Sunil Kumar, GM of LuLu Financial Services Phils, said, "It is a milestone event, considering we are the only non-bank financial institution allowed by regulators to engage in export/import of foreign currencies. MSBs, forex dealers, and even banks welcomed this development, and remaining committed in our mission to deliver highest standards of service to our regional and global partners."
May 26, 2021
New World Group to provide financial services to the global unbanked
Currently, more than 1.7 billion people in developing economies are prevented from participating in economic opportunities because of not having a traditional bank account. Algbra will deliver financial services through one application to address this significant gap in the global economy. It will offer accounts, debit cards, savings, rewards, FX, remittances and more.
May 26, 2021
SCA and MoE to reimagine future of financial services industry in UAE
The Fintech Megathon 2021 is centered on finding innovative technical solutions to challenges facing the services sector under eight thematic areas, namely asset management/investment advisory, digital assets/cryptocurrencies, crowdfunding, forex (trading of foreign currencies, e-KYC form, SME financing, financial inclusion, and suptech and regtech. the megathon encourages innovators, financial institutions, regulators, and other ecosystem partners across the UAE .
November 24, 2020
Salesforce surveys nearly 2,800 leaders to uncover trends in financial services
This report is a peek into the evolving financial services landscape at two points in time: immediately preceding the pandemic and nearly a year later. The result is a unique analysis of differences between 2019 and 2020 industry attitudes as well as net-new questions uncovering COVID-19’s impact on the industry.
August 19, 2020
F5 reveals financial services industry is ahead in multi-cloud adoption
According to the Financial Services edition of the 2020 SOAS report, 60% of surveyed organizations in the industry believe public cloud platforms will be strategically important for them in the next two to five years, up sharply from 49% in 2019. That places adoption of the public cloud as the industry’s most important strategic priority.
May 26, 2020
Financial services organizations increasingly prone to DDoS attacks
F5 Labs’ analysis, which examined customer security incident response (SIRT) data from 2017-2019, covered banks, credit unions, brokers, insurance, and the wide range of organisations that serve them, such as payment processors and financial Software as a Service (SaaS).