BNP Paribas set to buy French life insurance business Neuflize Vie from ABN Amro and AXA
Neuflize Vie was founded in 1990 as part of a joint venture between AXA and ABN Amro.
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Visa seeks to “revolutionise the card” with array of new product launches
New products include a Passkey service, Visa data tokens and the Visa Flexible Credential for payments.
eBook: Future-proof your fintech – strategies to succeed in 2024 (and beyond)
Download this free e-book to unlock fintech success: optimize CX, boost retention, and drive profit with innovative strategies.
Cache Valley Bank in front-to-back office tech revamp with Finastra
Cache Valley Bank also plans to migrate all on-premises software to the cloud over time.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 17 May 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes BBVA, Deutsche Bank, Lemonway and more.
French fintech Lydia launches digital banking app Sumeria
Lydia says it plans to pump over €100 million into Sumeria over the next three years.
Commerce Bank goes live with instant payment service FedNow through Temenos Payments Hub
The bank has also tapped Temenos’ US Model Bank to “meet the unique business needs of the US market”.
The UK’s digital identity crisis
The UK needs to prioritise and accelerate digital identity adoption to avoid falling behind.
FinTech Founders Video: essential traits for a successful founding team
Four fintech founders discuss the essential traits that can help founding teams fly.
UK challenger Tandem appoints Suavek Zajac as new CTO
Zajac’s most recent positions include serving as CTO at Blackberry and the UK-based fintech Railsr.
Emirates NBD taps Pine Labs to enhance merchant acquiring services
Emirates NBD will implement Pine Labs’ Credit+ solution.
Chiba Bank to deploy Moneythor personalisation engine for Chibagin app
The partnership aligns with Chiba Bank’s mid-term plan to shift to a customer-focused business model.
Taxonomies of courage: ESG metrics and what then?
Knowing what the answer is, it turns out, is immaterial until you are prepared to do something about it.
What the FinTech? | S.5 Episode 8 | The evolution of the UK’s crypto landscape
In this episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Bivu Das, UK Managing Director at Kraken.
Deutsche Bank to explore asset tokenisation applications as part of MAS’ Project Guardian
The bank will collaborate with Interop Labs and Memento Blockchain as part of the project.
Bankart migrates payment processing to Diebold Nixdorf’s Vynamic Transaction Middleware
The integration is to replace Bankart’s legacy payment processing platform provided by ACI Worldwide.
President’s Choice Financial taps Temenos for retail core banking solution
PC Financial will adopt Temenos’ retail core banking solution as SaaS on Microsoft Azure.
CTBC Bank Philippines partners Hitachi Asia for digital banking revamp
The bank has worked with Hitachi Asia to redesign its web interface and mobile banking applications.
What are the strengths, weaknesses and concerns around open banking?
The industry must ensure that open banking tech serves the strategic needs of consumers and institutions.
BBVA makes $13bn hostile takeover bid for Banco Sabadell
Banco Sabadell’s board had previously rejected an offer from BBVA claiming it significantly undervalued the company.
Cultures have no borders
The financial services industry has a key role to play in shaping a truly borderless financial world.
WaFd Bank to deploy Fiserv’s CashFlow Central for small business customers
The digital payment and cash flow management solution is the result of Fiserv’s partnership with Melio.
New demands demand new technology
The financial services sector is changing rapidly, driven by new technologies and new approaches.
Ecology Building Society set for 2025 core banking overhaul with Monument Technology
Ecology Building Society says technology modernisation will help “attract future customers at pace and scale”.
Monzo secures additional $190m funding from new and existing investors
The digital challenger had previously raised $430 million in March.
Demystify Podcast: BaaS in the USA with Arcady Lapiro of Agora
In this podcast episode, Dave and Dharm chat with Arcady Lapiro, founder and CEO of Agora.
New Peoples Bank taps Jack Henry for core processing
The bank is to adopt Jack Henry’s core processing solution and digital banking platform Banno.
Surely not everybody was kung fu fighting
In terms of digital transformation, it turns out that almost everyone was kung fu fighting. And it’s time you did too.
NAB partners UK fintech Banked to boost merchant adoption of A2A payment solutions
NAB says the first group of business clients to adopt A2A payments will go live “in the first half of 2024”.
Dubai Fintech Summit 2024: How the UAE is fostering fintech innovation
There is a huge sense of urgency, commitment and purpose behind fintech in the UAE.
Lloyds Banking Group collaborates with Red Hat to adopt modern open source engineering practices
Lloyds is aiming to boost its “developer experience, software quality, and speed to market”.
Mambu to power Canada’s Brunswick Credit Union amid MV Solar UK launch
The credit union’s implementation of Mambu in Canada arrives in tandem with the UK launch of MV Solar.
Reimagining the future of money: freedom-bearing, human-centric
Protecting privacy is critical for digital money and CBDCs in order to obtain public trust.
Digital challenger GoTyme Bank acquires salary lender fintech SAVii
GoTyme Bank’s acquisition claims to serve over 500,000 employees across 150 Philippine enterprises.
AYA Bank taps SmartStream for transaction lifecycle management solution
The bank has selected SmartStream’s TLM Reconciliations Premium Digital Payments Control solution.
Start-up Swaystack launches personalised engagement platform
The platform seeks to enable banks and credit unions to cultivate personalised digital experiences.
The digital transformation divide in Europe’s banking industry
Europe must harness the full potential of the digital revolution for the continent’s unbanked.
Bank of Ireland invests €34m in customer service enhancements
The funding brings the bank’s total commitment to customer service enhancements to nearly €150 million.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 3 May 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Microsoft and more.
Banking Technology Magazine May 2024 issue out now
Cover story: PLASTIC MEASURES – Banking must follow a more sustainable path.
