Canada’s EQ Bank taps Trulioo for ID verification solution
EQ Bank to leverage Trulioo’s “customised onboarding experiences” to stay ahead of industry practices.
Artificial Intelligence/AI
Awards win for SmartStream: leading innovation in reconciliation (and more)
Combining the heritage of delivering trusted reconciliation solutions with being genuinely agile.
How the EU AI Act could transform financial services
Regulators are attempting to deliver first-of-its-kind regulation to bring AI into a more desirable scope.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Fordefi, Mia Share, Kema, Coba and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
US Bank partners Pagaya Technologies for inclusive lending with AI
The bank is to instate Pagaya’s AI tech within its Simple Loan function.
Nigerian bank Carbon acquires Vella Finance, launches new AI banking platform for SMEs
The platform will enable Nigerian businesses to access loans and AI-powered transactional insights.
Digital business bank Grasshopper partners Greenlite for AI-powered due diligence tech
Greenlite’s tech will enable the bank to streamline manual data aggregation and client risk assessments.
HSBC is on an AI hiring spree with call for three new executives
The job openings are within HSBC’s digital business services unit and ventures, innovation and partnerships team.
Successful AI driven marketing strategies are inextricably linked to high quality data and efficient delivery thereof
Is your data strategy up to the challenge? Learn how artificial intelligence can help you reinvent marketing ops.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Navro, Finally, Cashinvoice, SUMA Wealth and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Pagaya secures five-year $280m credit facility led by BlackRock
The new facility consists of a $255 million term loan and a $25 million revolver.
New private bank Volans gears up for launch in Australia
Volans aims to become Australia’s number one private bank before taking the brand global.
Entrust in exclusive talks to acquire ID verification solutions provider Onfido
Reuters reports that the deal could potentially value Onfido at around $650 million.
Duco acquires intelligent document processing start-up Metamaze
Metamaze’s AI-powered tech is capable of automating data extraction from a range of document types.
Emirates NBD partners Silent Eight to bolster compliance operations
The banking group says the partnership will enhance its compliance efficiency.
B2B finance automation platform Ramp acquires Venue to revamp procurement product
The value of the Venue acquisition has not been disclosed.
Canoe Intelligence appoints former CIA analyst Noel Calhoun as new CTO
Calhoun joins the fintech from Onsights.io, where he held the role of CTO for just under two years.
Banking Technology Magazine February 2024 issue out now
Cover story: PLANT LIFE – Talking flora and quantum computing.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Kafene, General Index, Mesh and Netcetera
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
The State of AI in Enablement: 2023 Report
The report takes stock of current AI familiarity, expectations, and challenges among enablement technology users.
Conversational AI platform Kore.ai raises $150m funding to fuel growth
The funding will enable Kore.ai to scale its workforce and further develop its product offering.
Digital transformations: is the recruitment process fit for purpose in the digital age?
Are upwards of six interviews really necessary for anything other than a top-level hire?
GFT cultivates core banking capabilities with acquisition of Colombia’s Sophos Solutions
The acquisition will see GFT take on all of Sophos’ partners and 1,700 of its employees.
Large language models: risk mitigation best practices
With the rise in usage of LLM solutions, it’s important to strategise plans for effective risk mitigation.
UK fintech ieDigital snaps up AI tech provider Abaka
The fintech’s takeover of Abaka comes only four months after it also acquired US CUSO Connect FSS.
Duco names Michael Chin as new CEO as Christian Nentwich steps down
Chin previously served as CEO of Broadway Technology prior to its acquisition by Bloomberg last October.
The Philippines’ UnionBank taps Informatica for MDM solution
Informatica says the solution provides an “enterprise-wide, 360-degree view of customers”.
German AML regtech Hawk AI names Michael Shearer as new chief solution officer
Shearer previously served as group head of compliance product management at HSBC.
If 2023 was the year of AI hype, will 2024 be the year of AI governance and responsibility?
In 2024, we must ensure that issues around privacy, fairness, and biases in AI are addressed.
Save the date: The Banking Tech Awards celebrates its 25th anniversary on 4 December
Nominations for the 25th annual Banking Tech Awards will open this spring.
US-based Citizens State Bank taps Revio to fuel customer growth
The bank will adopt the Revio platform to tap customer expansion opportunities.
UK digital identity firm Yoti secures £20m in debt funding
The latest funding follows a £10 million investment by Lloyds Banking Group in March 2023.
Southeast Asian fintech Salmon acquires controlling stake in Filipino bank
Once the deal is completed, Salmon will own 59.7% of the Rural Bank of Sta. Rosa (Laguna).
US fintech Talus Pay acquires Jobox and Clarus Merchant Services
Financial terms of both the acquisitions were not disclosed.
On demand webinar: Beyond the hype – exploring the real-world use cases for AI in financial services
Industry experts from HSBC, IBM and NatWest assess the impact of AI in the financial services arena.
2023: Top five fintech start-ups of the year
Here are five of the top fintech start-up stories from 2023.
2023: Top five partnerships of the year
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top partnership stories of the year.
FinTech Founders Video: revolutionising finance with AI
In this episode of the FinTech Founders series, we explore how AI is driving innovation in financial services.
A visit to a data centre, quantum computing and how lentils determined COP28
Data centres aren’t going away, and we’ll likely need more as we head into our collective digital future.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Fiat Republic, Hakbah, Payble and Spare
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
