Addocted, Anglr, Cashforce, Delio, HopOn, IsItYou and PayKey. The first inhabitants of Fintech Village, ING Belgium’s incubator for start-ups, certainly have unconventional names.
Following its successful launch in Spain recently, ING has introduced peer-to-peer-payment app, Twyp in the Netherlands. Twyp, an abbreviation of The Way You Pay, is an app that allows consumers to pay small amounts instantly to contacts on their mobile devices.
In an interview with RTL Z Benoit Legrand, Head of Fintech, tells how ING is dealing with fintechs and the rapid technological advances that are currently revolutionising the banking landscape.
ING launched Twyp, a peer-to-peer-payment app, in Spain today. Twyp, an abbreviation of The Way You Pay, is an app that allows consumers to pay small amounts to contacts on their mobile devices in just a few seconds.
Customers in the Netherlands can now download an app that will allow quick, easy and secure contactless payments via a smartphone.
A simple mobile payments system that doesn’t require complex IT support infrastructure has taken first prize in the third global ING hackathon.
One of the most discussed topics in the financial industry last year, was probably how banks are dealing with financial technology companies (fintechs). Exactly that was the theme of the panel discussion ING’s Director of Corporate Strategy Dorothy Hill was on during the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday 27 October.
This week, the Amsterdam Capital Week (ACW) is held to promote the city as startup capital of Europe.
Yesterday Apple released a major novelty: Apple News. It is a built-in news app and part of the new iOS9 operating system that was launched today. This means that every Apple user who downloads iOS9 will automatically have Apple News on his device and have access to relevant news. ING is among the first companies of which its news will feature in Apple News and one of the first banks worldwide.
ING has announced the three winners of last week’s Innovation Studio pitch. The winners are Moneytis, Whydonate and Checkmetrix. Innovation Studio is ING’s open innovation platform, a corporate accelerator that is open to external startups and was launched in July 2015.
