AI co-pilot solution Reflexivity raises $30m Series B led by Greycroft and IBKR
The raise builds on a $10.5 million Series A closed by Reflexivity, then known as Toggle AI, in 2021.
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October 2024: Top five fintech partnership stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top fintech partnership stories of the month.
What the FinTech? | S.5 Episode 18 | Tech innovation in business banking with Allica Bank
In this podcast episode, we chat with Ravneet Shah, CTO of UK-based SME banking challenger Allica Bank.
October 2024: Top five fintech funding rounds of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top funding rounds to take place over October.
Wildfire Systems lands $16m Series B led by Intuit Ventures and Mucker Capital
The new cash injection brings Wildfire’s total funding to date to $36 million.
Interface.ai emerges as “most valuable AI company in banking” with Avataar-led $30m funding round
Interface.ai provides pre-trained agentic AI solutions specifically tailored to community banks and credit unions.
Announcing the panellists for Banking Tech Insights: Limitless Banking on 14 November in London
FinTech Futures’ Banking Tech Insights: Limitless Banking event is free to attend. Register your interest today.
October 2024: Top five core banking stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top core banking stories of the month.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 25 October 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Afin Bank, Zip, Socure and more.
Socure inks $136m deal to acquire AI-powered risk decisioning platform Effectiv
The deal is expected to close next month, with the entire Effectiv team set to join Socure.
Sibos 2024: Data lakes and deepfakes
It’s a brave new world out there, and the bad guys have all the tools and none of the legacy to hold them back.
Sibos 2024: AI and the human-centric future of financial services
To be future ready will require us to be not only data-ready, but empathy-enabled.
Banking Tech Awards USA 2025 now open for entries
The deadline for entries is 7 February 2025.
Webinar | 27 November 2024 | EMEA fintechs: unlock innovation with generative AI with AWS and NVIDIA
Register now for this webinar as we explore how generative AI enables fintechs to innovate quickly.
Procurement fintech Zip raises $190m Series D at $2.2bn valuation
Zip’s company value has increased 47% since its $100 million Series C last year.
Sibos 2024: The evolution of connectivity and preparing for what’s next
When it comes to the future, now is the time for planning and action.
FCA debuts AI Lab to promote safe use of AI in UK financial sector
The AI Lab is designed to facilitate the “safe and responsible use of AI in UK financial markets”.
Daily News at Sibos 2024
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Sibos 2024: A lack of payment interoperability is hurting businesses; here’s how to fix that
To achieve seamless payment interoperability, the industry needs a multi-pronged approach.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Abhi, Emerge, Diesta, and Axyon AI
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
FinVolution expands into Pakistan with Daira launch
Daira is a new lending platform offering low-interest, flexible loans for customers in Pakistan.
Sibos 2024: A delicate balancing act – addressing the ‘speed vs security’ dilemma in cross-border payments
In today’s world, customers are constantly demanding faster and more convenient cross-border payments.
BaaS is dead, long live BaaS 2.0
As the sector evolves away from the wild west of BaaS 1.0, it can enter its more responsible era.
Warburg Pincus snaps up minority stake in Brazil’s Contabilizei for $125m
Warburg Pincus has now become Contabilizei’s largest shareholder.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Bitlayer, Quartr, FutureMoney, Solifi and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Autonomous AI agents: outsourcing decision-making as the new CX paradigm in finance
AI agents are poised to become integral to how we manage and interact with our finances.
FusionIQ hires Eric Noll as new CEO upon completion of “significant new fundraising round”
Erik Oros, Timothy Powers, and Scott Ganeles will join chairman Noll as FusionIQ’s new directors.
LendingClub and Pagaya acquire intellectual property of shuttered fintech Tally
Tally closed in August, citing insufficient funding as the primary reason for its shutdown.
Sibos 2024: The future of sustainable finance – opportunities, challenges, and the road ahead
Sustainable finance is no longer an optional add-on for banks—it is central to their future competitiveness.
Logik.io bags $25m Series B for AI-driven CPQ platform
Logik.io previously raised $16 million through a Series A in May 2023.
Webinar | 28 November 2024 | AI in financial services: Navigating the evolving regulatory landscape
Join our FinTech Futures webinar to examine the regulatory landscape for AI in UK finance.
Temenos appoints Barb Morgan as new chief product and technology officer
Morgan succeeds Prema Varadhan, who is stepping down after 25 years with the company.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Plumery, Concreit, Connected Data, and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Bank of Hangzhou partners Malaysia’s Maybank to support cross-border businesses in China
The partnership will focus on “enhancing cross-border business and advancing digital innovation”.
Ex-TNEX chief Bryan Carroll heads new Credit-Decisioning-as-a-Service start-up SMEApprove
The platform seeks to assist banks in lending to underserved SME clients across emerging markets.
HSBC launches embedded finance venture SemFi with Tradeshift
SemFi provides embedded payment, trade and financing solutions from HSBC.
Video: Wake Forest University at FinovateFall 2024 – Empowering the next generation of fintech leaders
Mohamed Desoky of Wake Forest University discusses the rising popularity of fintech-focused academic programmes.
VaticAI appoints Mitch Eggers as new COO and chief scientist
Eggers will spearhead VaticAI’s data science for AI-driven audience intelligence products.
New UK fintech Covecta launches configurable AI platform
The Covecta platform’s first release will be available in both the UK and the US.
Indonesia’s Krom Bank taps AWS Cloud for digital banking upgrade
Krom’s core ledger is being powered by SaaS cloud banking platform Mambu.
