Morgan Stanley pays $5m fine for misleading investing clients
The bank’s retail “wrap fee” programmes incurred non-transparent charges.
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Partnerships to drive industry forward in post-COVID world
The coronavirus pandemic has caused immediate changes to the financial services industry.
Revolut announces redundancy of 60 employees due to coronavirus
“We have made every effort to protect every job,” says fintech.
Global fintech sees worst Q1 since 2016 for VC-backed deals
The quarter saw just 404 deals and ended on $6.1 billion.
Addition Financial picks Backbase to provide customer personalisation
The Florida credit union shuns a “one-size-fits-all” approach.
IBM signs payments modernisation deal with 75 Canadian credit unions
Big Blue to outfit Canadian CUs across three provinces.
Thai payments start-up Digio raises $4 million in Series B funding
The round featured Thailand’s interbank payments provider.
Temenos helps UK banks speed up BBLS distribution “in days”
UK banks have seen a surge in demand for BBLS loans.
Merchant payments fintech Primer raises £3.8m
The newly-launched fintech has secured investment from Balderton Capital.
Path Solutions deploys business intelligence solution at Al Baraka Bank Sudan
Sudanese bank implements iMAL*BI solution.
Pandemic forces corporations to balance technology investments on risk and agility
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Citizens Bank taps Teslar Software to improve portfolio management
The Arkansas-based bank turned to Teslar following a recommendation from a compatriot lender.
Truist Financial selects TSYS for payments processing
Newly merged commercial bank kicks on with its tech deployment.
Avaloq extends contract with First Abu Dhabi Bank in Switzerland
The deal entails using Avaloq’s business process-as-a-service (BPaaS) systems.
Business banking app Countingup lands £4m led by ING
ING says Countingup is a “digitally disruptive solution”.
Paysafe snaps up Standard Chartered director for chief banking role
Sharp will be in charge of the firm’s payment partner networks.
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Payments start-up Banked raises £2.3m in seed funding
Real-time payments firm aims to challenge incumbent dominance.
Kestrl to offer UK consumers ethical banking alternative
The debit card launch is expected sometime in Q3 following a June beta.
Newcastle Building Society names Manila McLean as new CIO
Manila joined the firm from Tesco Bank in 2019.
BHD Leon picks Temenos Transact to power geographic expansion
The Dominican bank is aiming for a wholesale digital transformation.
Japan wants to make it easier for banks to buy stakes in fintechs
The move follows the success of fintech financers during the coronavirus pandemic.
SadaPay drives contactless adoption with Mastercard in Pakistan
The digital wallet aims to deliver three million cards over the next five years.
Masthaven Bank shakes up leadership with new CEO
Leigh Bartlett moves into the CEO position as founder Andrew Bloom steps back.
UK challenger 220 lands former Standard Chartered COO as adviser
Angela Knight worked at Standard Chartered for an uninterrupted 22 years.
Alpian lands $12.6m in Series A
Alpian is applying for its own banking licence.
Truliant Federal Credit Union picks Lodestar Technologies’ data solution
Truliant FCU wants to make better use of its enterprise data.
Citi’s Proxymity lands $20.5m from HSBC, JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank
The funding round will see it become its own London-based entity.
BNP Paribas head of digital Jean Devambez steps down
Devambez had spent 12 years at the French banking group.
Bank of the Philippine Islands deploys Avaloq Banking Suite as SaaS
The new client is Avaloq’s first in the Philippines.
ANZ promotes Emma Gray to new group executive data role
Gray is rewarded for her work as chief digital officer.
Only the best wealth management CRM can meet today’s regulatory challenges
It is not possible to overplay the economic and reputational importance of compliance.
Webinar: Transform your customer experience with modern information management
Real-life examples of how FIs delivered value to customers, reduced technology costs & transformed their businesses.
Luminor Bank deploys facial recognition for customer onboarding with Ondato
The Baltic bank will launch the new solution across Latvia and Estonia in the near future.
Path Solutions and Thomson Reuters extends GCC systems partnership
iMAL core banking and Onesource tax solutions to be offered in tandem.
UK banks see surge of interest in Bounce Back Loans Scheme
In the first minute after 9am, Barclays had received 200 applications.
IHS Markit acquires Singapore-based Catena Technologies
Previously a fintech consultancy, Catena was overhauled in 2014.
The State of Digital Transformation in Financial Services 2020
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COVID-19: Highlight of the week
We focus one particular coronavirus news item affecting the fintech industry.
