Voleo and Nasdaq launch second student equity trading contest
Their plan to promote financial literacy and awareness among college-age students.
AI Foundry creates new mortgagetech solutions
Designed to speed up the pre-approval and underwriting approval process.
Wefox smashes it with $125m funding
Berlin-based insurtech looks towards Asia for expansion.
The forgotten faces of diversity: the invisibles
To be successful, diversity and inclusion must start from within – and it must be built into the culture.
How new AML tech is freezing the fraudsters
Over 90% of UK current accounts are now covered by the new Mule Insights Tactical Solution (MITS).
Shift Technology lands $60m funding for AI ambitions
Series C round brings total investment in insurtech to $100 million.
End of days as Barclays brings bPay into Pingit
bPay struggled to get users in the cutthroat world of mobile payments.
Moorwand picks ClearBank’s Banking-as-a-Service
Trying to address the confusion around BIN access and other payments.
Cognizant buys post-trade processor Meritsoft
Acquisition of Irish firm expands its Software-as-a-Service platforms.
WorldFirst acquires CurrencyVue to develop trade platform
The acquisition will help its foreign exchange capabilities.
US mobile banking start-up Chime rings in $200m funding
The challenger is now valued at $1.5 billion.
Teenage kicks hard to beat for Innovate Finance
FinTech for Schools is out… and about in the UK.
DBS Bank steps up interest in India
Singapore entity launches wholly owned subsidiary DBS Bank India Limited.
Esme Loans getting data warehouse courtesy of Microsoft
To help with AI processes in the lending process.
Poland’s Alior Bank calls for fintech start-ups
Acceleration programme wants ideas in security, data analysis and finserv.
Xinja Bank bags $2m in crowdfunding
Australian neobank gets customers invested in the business.
Personal finance app HyperJar preps for spring launch
UK-based firm readies for HyperJar-space with select pilots.
equensWorldline launches pan-European interoperability solution for payments
It’s based on the European Payments Council’s SEPA Proxy Lookup service.
Hampden & Co gets new mobile app from Crealogix
Private bank will offer service to its high net worth individuals.
The biggest development since the Euro: how ISO 20022 will transform payment market infrastructures
ISO 20022 is an all-encompassing force that will irrevocably alter the payments space for the better.
Maybank unleashes e-wallet for everyone
New service called MAE – Maybank Anytime, Everyone.
White paper: Intelligent business software solutions enabling fintech companies to grow
How can you grow your fintech firm with a business software solution?
Figo and Finreach join forces
Will offer a joint European Software-as-a-Service API platform for finance.
Zego goes to Spain for insurtech fun
London-based firm aiming to cover delivery and private hire vehicle insurance.
Signifyd unveils chargeback solution for merchants
“Friendly fraud” meets a feisty foe.
Open banking – build it and they will come?
It is the innovative data wranglers that will decide the success of open banking.
TAS Group acquires AI outfit Mantica
Gets its hands on AI and machine learning models for banking and fintech.
Quint ain’t skint with NatWest’s £16.5m funding
UK firm plans to drive growth through acquisitions.
Empty wallets turn up in QuadrigaCX crypto exchange case
The death of its CEO has left a lot of unanswered questions.
Bermuda allows local fintechs to play in US
Courtesy of US-based Signature Bank.
Yolt tests out payments with UK banks
ING-backed money app on a high on the high street.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 4 March 2019
Featuring N26, South Korea, Brex and TymeBank.
Shuhe snaps up $30m funding from internet giant Sina
Chinese start-up wants to improve its data capabilities.
United Bank for Africa launches in UK
Follows on from its recent arrival in Mali.
People’s Bank of Zanzibar goes live with ICSFS core system
State-owned bank made its selection in late 2016.
Proactis gets £20m funding from HSBC for SME action
To help SMEs with liquidity management.
New Zealand heads to open banking
Governance organisation Payments NZ reveals first API standards.
Lunar Way and Tink to the moon and back for payments
Making the most of Lunar Way’s new AISP and PISP licences.
Upgrade Pack crowdfunds towards £2.25m
UK start-up aims to expand in the US and Asia.
Fears over Bank of Ireland €2bn tech revamp cost
Five-year Project Omega could be hit by “scope creep”.
