Banking

HONG KONG, NEW YORK and LONDON; Aug. 14, 2019 – Global investment in financial technology (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 other European countries, according to Accenture (NYSE: ACN) analysis of data from CB Insights, a global venture-finance data and analytics firm.

NEW YORK; Aug. 5, 2019 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a Leader in enterprise platform IT services for banking and financial services, including capital markets, in a report by industry analyst firm Everest Group.

NEW YORK; Aug. 5, 2019 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a Leader in next-generation IT infrastructure services for banking and financial services (BFS), including capital markets, and insurance in two reports from industry analyst firm Everest Group.

HONG KONG; Aug. 5, 2019 – Eight leading financial technology (fintech) companies have been selected for the sixth annual FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific, a 12-week mentorship program created by Accenture (NYSE: ACN).

NEW YORK; July 16, 2019 – The cost to address and contain cyberattacks is greater for financial services firms than for companies in any other industry and the containment costs continue to inch upwards, according to a report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and the Ponemon Institute. 

NEW YORK; June 27, 2019 – Eleven emerging enterprise tech companies will present their technologies to dozens of top executives within the financial services, venture capital and technology industries today at the ninth annual FinTech Innovation Lab New York Demo Day. 

NEW YORK; June 26, 2019 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has collaborated with JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMC) to design its new flagship retail store within its global headquarter campus in New York City.

NEW YORK, LONDON, HONG KONG; June 20, 2019 – The US$1 trillion that traditional retail and commercial banks have invested globally over the past three years to transform their IT operations has not yet delivered the anticipated revenue growth, according to a new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN).

PARIS, NEW YORK and HONG KONG; JUNE 10, 2019 – Efma and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today launched the seventh Customer Insight & Growth Banking Innovation Awards, formerly known as Distribution & Marketing Innovation Awards.

NEW YORK; May 7, 2019 – As more markets adopt open banking — which mandates banks to open their systems to third parties — it will be increasingly critical for banks to ensure the security of not only their networks, but those of their ecosystems partners as well, according to a report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN) that predicts key technology trends in banking over the next three years.