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Accenture Invests US$12 Million in Swiss Payments Firm Imburse
Accenture has made a strategic investment of US$12 million in Imburse, a Swiss cloud-based, payments-as-a-service enterprise platform that simplifies the way businesses around the world access the global payments ecosystem. Imburse will join Accenture Ventures’ Project Spotlight—an immersive engagement and
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Swiss and French Central Banks to Pilot Wholesale CBDC Project
The Swiss National Bank, the Banque de France and the BIS Innovation Hub announced that, together with a private sector consortium led by Accenture, they will conduct an experiment using wholesale central bank digital currencies (wholesale CBDC) for crossborder settlement.
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Generali Bags Four Awards at Efma and Accenture’s Insurance Competition
Efma, an association of more than 2,550 retail financial services companies in 133 countries, and Accenture announced the winners of the sixth annual Innovation in Insurance Awards. The awards competition, which recognizes the best insurance technology innovations, attracted 460 entries
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Accenture Cloud Launches With $3 Billion Investment
Accenture aims to propel its clients across all industries to rapidly become “cloud first” with an investment of US$3 billion over 3 years with the formation of its aptly-named Accenture Cloud First. Karthik Narain will lead Accenture Cloud First and
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Sweden is Testing the e-Krona
The Riksbank has implemented a public procurement of a technology supplier to the e-krona pilot project and intends to sign an agreement with consulting company Accenture. The primary objective of the e-krona pilot project is to broaden the bank’s understanding
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Global Fintech Fundraising Fell in First Half of 2019, Germany Fintech on the Rise, Fintech China on Halt
Global investment in fintech ventures fell sharply in the first half of 2019, as fundraising and deal activity in China that had soared a year earlier ground to a halt, partially offsetting strong gains in the U.S., U.K. and several
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Fintech Now Takes Up 33% of Revenue Share in Financial Services
New entrants to the banking market — including challenger banks, non-bank payments institutions and big tech companies — are amassing up to one-third of new revenue, which is challenging the competitiveness of traditional banks, according to new research from Accenture.
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Accenture Opens Innovation Hub in Zurich
Accenture will open an Innovation Hub in Zurich today, accompanied by an evening event for clients. The hub focuses on the creation of new customer experiences, spanning a range of design, innovation and technology capabilities in one location. It allows
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Unternehmen setzen auf Künstliche Intelligenz für Wachstum und Innovation, Mitarbeiter erhoffen sich Vorteile im Arbeitsalltag
Der Einsatz von Künstlicher Intelligenz wird das Wachstum von Unternehmen ankurbeln und neue Jobs schaffen, so eine zum Weltwirtschaftsforum in Davos veröffentlichte Studie des Beratungsunternehmens Accenture. Diese prognostiziert, dass die Umsätze von Unternehmen durch die Technologie weltweit bereits bis 2022
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Banks Need to Learn From Successful C2B Leaders Such as Google, Apple and Facebook
To stay relevant at all times and provide consistent and fulfilling customer experiences in both the digital and physical spaces, banks need to build partnership with fintech startups and leverage the power of real-time analytics, according to a new report
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