Mambu appoints Forever Beta as the cloud banking platform accelerates global growth

Mambu appoints Forever Beta as the cloud banking platform accelerates global growth

Mambu, the cloud-native core banking platform, has appointed Forever Beta as its global brand and creative agency. Mambu created the concept of composable banking, which allows customers to create the banking experience that is best suited to them without being tied to a specific vendor, product or technology.  Forever Beta will work on Mambu’s creative strategy […]

PayPal, Google team up to let users pay through Gmail and YouTube

PayPal, Google team up to let users pay through Gmail and YouTube

Over the past few months, the combination of Google and PayPal have become a go-to service whenever you’re paying for something. Buying something in a store? You can use PayPal via Google Pay. Owe your friends money? You can use Venmo (which is owned by PayPal). Paying for Google services? That’s PayPal territory, too. As […]

PayPal readies roll out of traditional banking services

PayPal readies roll out of traditional banking services

PayPal is looking to expand into something closer to a real bank, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. It’s beginning to roll out more traditional banking services to customers, including ATM-compatible debit cards, direct depositing paychecks, and FDIC insurance. How PayPal can actually do this is fascinating since it doesn’t actually have […]

Singapore bank OCBC launches ‘conversational’ voice banking

Singapore bank OCBC launches ‘conversational’ voice banking

OCBC, a Singapore-based bank, has launched the ability for customers to do day-to-day banking tasks via the app and Apple’s Siri. According to the bank, customers with the app can now log on and command Siri to help with banking tasks by using their voice. Using the service, users can check their bank account balances, […]

More than half of consumers moving away from traditional banking, according to Relay42

More than half of consumers moving away from traditional banking, according to Relay42

Digital banking is growing in popularity with 53% of consumers using or willing to move to an online or mobile only bank — 27% have moved already, while 26% are considering the switch. This is according to research commissioned by Relay42, the leading data management platform (DMP) company that empowers marketers to orchestrate customer journeys. […]

Barclays Launching Mobile Payments Service to Compete with Android Pay

Barclays Launching Mobile Payments Service to Compete with Android Pay

Barclays is rolling out its own contactless payment service for Android phones this summer, enabling customers to pay at over 400,000 locations in the UK and placing the bank in direct competition with the upcoming launch of Android Pay. The service, simply called ‘Contactless Mobile’, will build upon the functionality launched to Barclaycard customers earlier […]