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Money2020 Copenhagen – Day 1 Highlights

After a bit of a hassle with a cancelled flight, Allevo managed to land in Copenhagen just in time for Money20/20 Europe, and we’re now bringing you “Day 1 Highlights” as seen through our lens. Before diving into the engaging debates and interviews quoted below, we must say that representatives of banks and FinTechs alike […]

Security Controls Under the New SWIFT Customer Security Programme

Cyberattacks are becoming more and more prominent and the funds transfer arena is one of the preferred targets of such threats. Given the agility and evolution of these cyber threats, combating fraud on the long term is a challenge and a key prevention factor for the entire financial industry. CSP Context and Principles As SWIFT […]

Turning Disruption into Harmony

Tired of hearing about banking disruption? You’re not to blame, it’s a scary term feeding off a mound of vulnerabilities and it’s been flooding the media lately. Are FinTechs the Big Bad Wolf? Banks are increasingly often portrayed as if walking with a dark cloud dubbed FinTech over their heads, threatening to rain on their […]

Taking Microfinance to the Next Level

The big picture of microfinance is about loans, money transfers, insurance and, in some cases, deposits, just like in the “normal world”. But all the differentiating details eventually create a very specific need, and that must be addressed accordingly. What Does Microfinance Stand For? Though its history can be traced back to the 1800s, microfinance […]

Twinning Event in Chisinau – 30 May 2017

Allevo was one of the proud participants at the closing event of the Twinning project “Strengthening the National Bank of Moldova’s capacity in the field of banking regulation and supervision in the context of EU requirements”. According to the information published by the National Bank of Moldova on their website, this project was launched on […]

May 2017

Open banking around the world / Responding to money laundering 101

Future Banking Bucharest – May 2017

We kicked off this week at a conference held by Wall-Street.ro at Sheraton Hotel Bucharest, under the sign of “Digital, the New Black in Banking”. Day 1 – Cybersecurity + Digital Banking + UX for Financial Institutions After a high-level keynote speech on the cybersecurity landscape by Sebastien Kucharek, head of Treasury & Trade Solutions […]

Press Releases 2017

  (EN) FinTP-Connect is the PSD2 compliance solution proposed by Allevo for banks   (RO) Allevo organised in Chisinau the first international conference on the TOSS project   (RO) Allevo started working on FinOps Suite (TOSS project)   (RO-EN) Allevo’s TOSS (Treasure on Open Source Software) project has begun   (RO) Allevo’s TOSS (Treasure on […]

Responding to Money Laundering 101

Certain crimes generate large amounts of “dirty” money that needs to be cleaned to seem derived from legal activities, so that banks and other financial institutions would deal with it without suspicion. (Anti) Money Laundering Timelapse Believe it or not, money laundering regulations date back to 2000 BC, when Chinese merchants used to hide their […]

Garanti Bank implements FinTP for processing payments

A complete open source solution that achieves connection to SWIFTNet and compliance to standards   Garanti Bank Romania continues to grow rapidly on the Romanian market. As such, the financial institution decided to optimize its operations, in order to offer better services to its customers. In 2017, Garanti Bank Romania selected Allevo open source solution […]