From VRPs to AI: Innovation takes centre stage at day two of Fintech Talents
Payments innovation and the regulation of AI were hot topics of discussion at this year’s Fintech Talents Festival.
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AI, BaaS and identity: Inside day one of the Fintech Talents Festival
Hosted at The Brewery, London, the festival has this year attracted over 2,000 delegates and 400 speakers.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: EduFi, Performativ, Due and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Italian fintech Qomodo lands €34.5m pre-seed funding
The start-up aims to bring SmartPOS, Tap-to-Phone and BNPL payment solutions to physical merchants.
DeFi BNPL start-up AtPay taps Pismo for card issuance
Pismo is to support AtPay’s BNPL and card management programmes, ahead of its Q1 2024 launch.
The new, new thing needs old-fashioned management skills
Swapping out payments technology or core banking at a large firm is “almost like heart surgery”.
Walking the talk with composable banking
Composable architecture creates real flexibility for banks looking to make changes to their cores.
Video: iGTB at Sibos 2023 – How banks can keep up with shifting customer demands
We chat with iGTB CEO Manish Maakan about how banks can adapt their strategies to meet evolving customer needs.
Brazil’s QI Tech raises $200m in Series B funding round
The cash will be put towards product development and exploring merger and acquisition opportunities.
UAE’s Ajman Bank selects Codebase Technologies to power retail “super-app”
Ajman Bank will utilise Codebase’s Digibanc platform along with cloud solutions from Cloud4C and Microsoft Azure.
Stax Payments expands tech stack with APPS acquisition
APPS’ CEO Abe Maghaguian and COO Sarah Gerald will join the Stax leadership team as part of the deal.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: UnaFinancial, Multifi, Triple-A and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Coop taps Additiv to launch new financial services app Coop Finance+
Coop says its “super-app” will provide banking services, payments and pension solutions to its customers.
BNP Paribas and 321founded partner to launch marketplace payment management fintech Panto
The solution is set to launch commercially in H1 2024 and will be led by CEO Guillaume Massis.
Scottish challenger Alba Bank taps ClearBank for SME payment management
With the ClearBank partnership, Alba Bank aims to offer “near real-time payments” to its customers.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Statement, iink, Finzly and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Open banking fintech Plaid names Eric Hart as first chief financial officer
Hart joins Plaid from Expedia where he served for more than 13 years, most recently as CFO.
Noble Credit Union taps Fiserv for DNA core banking system
Fiserv says the credit union chose its DNA core banking system due to its “modern technology and open APIs”.
Finland’s Aktia Bank goes live with Temenos Payments Hub
The bank first began working with Temenos six years ago, when it adopted its T24 core banking system.
What the FinTech? | S.4 Episode 17 | Open banking innovation
In this episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Arthur Ribakovs, Director of Financial Partnerships at Ecommpay.
Japan’s 77 Bank taps Fujitsu to launch in-store banking tablets
The in-store tablets are backed by Fujitsu’s customer engagement solution Chordship.
Brokerage platform Alpaca plots Asian expansion with SBI partnership
As part of the strategic partnership, SBI Group has also made a $15 million investment in Alpaca.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Untangled Finance, Kennek and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
German fintech Upvest secures €30m funding and enters partnership with BlackRock
Upvest has also partnered BlackRock in a bid to make investing “more accessible” for investors across Europe.
BaaS fintech Synapse lays off 40% of staff in fresh round of job cuts
In a statement, Synapse says it has “a strong group in place” to manage its operations and customers.
Stitch raises $25m in Ribbit Capital-led Series A extension
PayPal Ventures, CRE Venture Capital and The Raba Partnership also participated.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Mundi, Revio, Pontoro and more
Our weekly fintech round-up for you to get the latest funding news from around the world.
Codebase partners Network International to launch BaaS solution in the Levant
The partnership intends to accelerate the pace of digital banking transformation throughout the Levant region.
DigitalAPICraft signs as Google Cloud vendor and appoints Marco Tedone as CTO
Marco Tedone, the firm’s new CTO, spent almost 12 years leading API strategy for HSBC.
Standard Chartered strikes corporate multibank connectivity through Starfish Digital partnership
The bank’s new service seeks to benefit its corporate clients’ inter-bank connectivity and cash management processes.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Fuze, Enigio, DKK Partners and more
Our weekly fintech round-up for you to get the latest funding news from around the world.
Sibos 2023: How Economy-as-a-Service is shaping the way we work
The Economy-as-a-Service (EaaS) model is progressively reshaping multiple sectors, most notably financial services.
Video: How Mauritius is emerging as a global financial services hub
We speak with the Honourable Mahen Kumar Seeruttun about the evolution of the financial services landscape in Mauritius.
Sibos highlights ISO 20022 as key enabler of financial innovation
Experts at Sibos evaluated how enriched data is enabling innovation in AI and the rise of predictive analytics.
Romania’s Libra Internet Bank taps Temenos to modernise payments
With Temenos Payments, the bank aims to facilitate ISO 20022 cross-border payments and reporting on the Swift network.
Chase Payment Solutions enlists Gusto Embedded for payroll services
Gusto says its solution allows Chase’s payroll processing to become “significantly simplified”.
Sibos 2023: State of play – open banking and open finance
To see real progress in open finance, it requires the industry to collaborate – a key theme of this year’s Sibos.
Video: Piermont Bank at FinovateFall 2023 – Achieving digital acceleration
We chat with Rodrigo Suarez of Piermont Bank about how incumbents can achieve digital acceleration.
Sibos 2023: Canada’s Scotiabank taps CGI to advance payments solutions
CGI says its All Payments solution is “a tech stack based on the ISO 20022 standard” used by financial services firms globally.
HSBC UK taps Nova Credit for international consumer credit data
HSBC previously invested $10 million in Nova Credit’s Series B round in September 2022.
