KBC Bank

78 results about this entity

Period: 01 Mar 2007 - 16 Jun 2022

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KBC launches Kate Coin

KBC is the first financial institution in Europe to roll out its own digital coin based on blockchain technology, the Kate Coin.

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KBC launches AI fintech

Belgian bank KBC has launched its own fintech to sell the AI applications it has developed to third parties.

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KBC adds daily financial news to app

Consumers are increasingly looking for understandable and reliable sources of information to improve their knowledge of financial matters.

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Irish banks commit €5 million to payment app joint venture Synch

Four of Ireland's largest banks have committed a further €5 million to the establishment of a multibank payments app as a rival to alternative offerings from non-bank competitiors like Revolut.

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KBC taps Personetics to drive customer insights

KBC, a leading multi-channel bank-insurance group with a geographic focus in Europe, has partnered with Personetics, the leading global provider of financial-data-driven personalisation and customer engagement solutions for financial services.

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BNP Paribas Fortis joins ING and KBC as ch-shareholder in loyalty platform Joyn

BNP Paribas Fortis will become a co-shareholder of Joyn and will acquire about one third of the shares, just like the other two big banks, KBC and ING. A small minority share remains in the hands of Gate 54.

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KBC introduces co-badged wearables

equensWorldline, a subsidiary of Worldline [Euronext: WLN], European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, processes contactless payments that clients of the Belgian bank-insurer KBC can now execute via the first co-badged wearable in the world, which can be a watch, bracelet, key fob or ring.

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KBC takes stricter line on fossil fuels

KBC will further tighten its policy on fossil fuels as of 1 April 2021. Persistently strong signals from society that the use and exploitation of fossil fuels is highly damaging for our planet’s future have prompted the bank-insurer to switch up a gear.

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KBC to issue digital versions of new payment cards for instant access

KBC today became the first big bank in Belgium to start offering the Instant Card Service.

KBC Bank chooses Finastra for Libor transition

KBC Bank, a Belgium-based bank with operations across Europe, US and Asia Pacific, has chosen Finastra to help manage its transition through the upcoming interbank references rates changes.

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Irish banks club together on real-time payments app

Four of ireland's largest banks are joining forces to create a multi-bank payments app, according to the Irish Times.

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Belgian banks enlist Auriga for shared ATM network

Belgium's big four banks have called in vendor Auriga to manage their new network of bank-neutral ATMs.

Objectway agrees distribution deal with KBC subsidiary everyoneInvested

everyoneINVESTED and Objectway – a leading international player in Digital Wealth & Asset Management software – have entered into a partnership agreement that will enable them to leverage their ambition of providing professional asset managers and financial institutions with access to everyoneINVESTED's innovative digital investment technology.

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KBC puts virtual assistant at centre of new digital-first strategy

Belgian bank KBC says it is moving from an omnichannel to digital-first distribution model, putting a new AI-powered customer assistant at the centre of its strategy.

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KBC taps Objectway for roboadvisory service

Objectway, a leader in the Digital Wealth & Asset Management software, and KBC Bank have announced, at the beginning of this year, the market launch of the new roboadvisory service, Matti from Bolero, supported by components of the Objectway WealthTech Suite.

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KBC adds live football clips to mobile app

Belgium's KBC has secured exclusive rights to offer mobile clips of live football games during matches of the Jupiler Pro League through its banking app.

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KBC shrinks branch network as more customers move online

KBC is to convert 37 branches to self-service only and close an additional 39 outlets following a sharp rise in uptake of remote and digital alternatives during the Coronavirus pandemic.

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KBC to roll out wearable payments to all customers

Belgium's KBC is rolling out wearable payments tech to all clients following successful tests with 1000 customers.

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Fidesmo Pay launches in Belgium together with Bancontact and KBC, KBC Brussels and CBC

Fidesmo is expanding in Europe as the company now announces a collaboration with KBC as an innovative bank-insurance company and Bancontact Payconiq Company as the market leader for electronic payments in Belgium.

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KBC upgrades its developer portal

As of today, KBC is opening up a whole range of services to partners (companies) via its renewed Developer Portal.