Research digitisation will be the next advantage in the financial markets
Banks are now turning to research digitisation to gain significant advantage and improve client service.
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Fintech funding deals globally 15-21 March 2021
Featuring SumUp, eToro, Plaid, SecurityScorecard, and Coalition.
Banking’s long road to BaaS
The opportunity for BaaS is huge and compelling, but the journey to get there is long and complex.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 Winners: Strands – Best Open Banking Solution
Opening up banking and account aggregation services.
UK’s CMA launches consultation into OBIE successor
The CMA asks firms to send in suggestions before 29 March.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 Winner: Infopro – Best Core Banking Solution Provider
Infopro Digital Banking “moves core banking into the next generation”, says CEO
Codat secures investment from Amex and PayPal
Codat gains big backers as it gears up for US launch.
FinTech Futures Industry Survey & Report 2021
A deep-dive into the trends defining 2021 and beyond, based on a comprehensive survey of the industry.
UK Finance plans future revamp for Open Banking body
The OBIE is morphing into a new organisation to support innovation.
The big fight: banking vs technology companies
In over 30-years of banking, I have never seen a more complex and competitive landscape as there is now.
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 5 | Rising to the top
Featuring Alexandra Boyle, head of strategic client group for Europe at OpenFin.
B2B financial software marketplaces: the bridge to market transformation
B2B financial software marketplaces connect players across the breadth of an industry.
Nordic API Gateway lands nine new bank partners in Bankdata deal
The deal prequels Nordic API Gateway’s European expansion plans for 2021.
Austin fintech Routefusion bags $3.6m with help of Plaid co-founder
Partners already include AFEX and MoneyCorp.
The 2020s: how the way we pay will change forever
Consumers started to move from contactless to contact-free in 2020.
Saudi start-up Hakbah raises $1.2m in seed funding
Hakbah aims to “modernise and ease” savings in Saudi Arabia.
Lithuanian paytech kevin. raises €1.5m in seed funding
Lithuanian firm plans availability across Europe by Q4 2021.
UK fintech TrueLayer launches its payments API to rival cards
PayDirect claims just a 3.5% payment failure rate.
Plaid raising at $15bn as employees pitched $1,200 per share
US fintechs have enjoyed a wealth of VC interest since the Plaid-Visa deal hit headlines.
Rapyd raises $300m in Series D, plans more acquisitions
It will double the engineering and product teams and expand the “self-service” element of the platform.
Ten trends set to influence the payments industry
The financial services and payments sectors have a bright future, should these trends continue to develop.
RBI invests in Romanian open banking start-up Finqware
Finqware initiated account aggregation for seven Croatian banks last year.
Under the hood of London payments platform Currencycloud
Currencycloud talks tech, structure, product development and bank relationships.
Visa and Plaid call off $5.3bn merger after US regulatory pressure
The two had initially intended to close the deal by June 2020.
How FIs can reduce friction and drive value in the payments system
FIs can help clients proactively identify and respond to potential problems.
Unit raises Series A funding to offer banking intergration
The start-up has raised a total of $18.6 million to-date.
How banks are tackling the “Frankenstein” workaround
The future of banking lies in a modular approach,” says Fineco.
Fintech digital transformation challenges during COVID-19
How to get ahead in realising revenues and returning profits to shareholders.
Banking Technology December 2020 / January 2021 issue out now
Ready to take 2021 by the horns.
The Fintech Review: 2020
We cover embedded finance, competition, open banking, and CBDCs.
Modularbank lands €4m to set up UK commercial operations
The start-up claims to be cashflow positive since its inception.
Stripe launches BaaS-type service for merchants with top US banks
“[The] banking experience should be as easy as spinning up a virtual server.”
Nordigen unveils free open banking platform to industry’s dismay
Nordigen claims it is the first to launch a free open banking platform.
US crypto exchange Gemini banks on ClearBank for UK operations
Gemini launched in the UK two months ago.
UK BaaS provider Griffin lands £6.5m to fund banking licence
Ex-Airbnb software engineer David Jarvis leads Griffin.
Banking Technology November 2020 issue out now
Without limits: The Barclays accelerator races ahead
Accusoft releases new software development kit for PDF functionality
ImageGear PDF enables developers to add a variety of PDF functionalities into an application.
TrueLayer nabs former Amazon and AmEx exec as new CPO
Ossama Soliman joins TruLayer as its new chief product officer.
Yolt to launch Mastercard debit card through PPS partnership
Money management app takes a deeper step into the payments sphere.
Visa to acquire LatAm API-based payments fintech YellowPepper
The value of Visa’s acquisition is also undisclosed.
