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FinTech Futures update: business as usual
Our team is here to help the market navigate today’s challenging business landscape.
Temenos and ClearBank team up for UK cloud payments
The partners will offer access to real-time payment services.
Appian unveils software to help banks operate amid coronavirus outbreak
The application is only available to companies with more than 1,000 employees.
Fiserv acquires POS partner Bypass Mobile
The two firms will work on new “purchasing experiences”
Mastercard set to propel bunq’s Green Card throughout Europe
The cards have seen a CO2 reduction of roughly 30.8 million kg so far.
Video: Hot-seat with Steven Marshall, CCO of Crown Agents Bank
He reveals how a legacy institution can stay relevant and adapt in this digital wave.
MatchMove applies for one of Singapore’s full digital bank licences
The company has teamed up with three other bidders.
HSBC confirms Noel Quinn as permanent CEO
He has held the job on an interim basis for seven months.
Disrupting small business banking
I think what we (business owners) really want is an experience driven bank.
Stress testing: Turning an obligation into an opportunity
Challenges can be mitigated through greater automation and enhanced data management.
Square lands conditional banking licence from FDIC
The bank will be based in Utah.
Neobank for America’s middle-class One lands $17m Series A
The 40-person challenger has opened early access to its private beta.
Bank of England dips into US repo to lend banks $15bn
It’s the largest sum the central bank has issued since the financial crisis.
Goldbell Financial Services picks Mambu to power debt investment
Singapore finance provider picks Mambu’s SaaS banking platform.
Penta lands $20.3m to help German and Italian SME
The round was co-led by RTP Global and HV Holtzbrinck Ventures.
Revolut launches accounts for under-18s in the UK
Only the children of Premium and Metal account holders will have access.
Iwoca launches lending platform to help banks and fintechs tap UK SMEs
The platform has already bagged Monese and Xero as a partners.
Daon to provide biometric authentication for digital bank Tonik
Tonik was founded as Southeast Asia’s first digital-only bank.
US Bank connects customers with Fiserv data solution
API-based service to aggregate US Bank customers’ data.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia admits to consumer protection violations
The Australian bank is set to be fined around AUD 5 million.
Cyber-incidents are on the rise: What can your firm do to defend itself?
Senior management should ask themselves five key questions.
Monzo launches first business banking accounts
UK challenger bank steps into the business space with new accounts.
Revolut loses CFO after just six months, brings in interim CFO from SLA
David MacLean joined Revolut from Metro Bank last July.
Challenger bank Arro Money to shut down in April
The challenger bank’s operator wants to go in a “new direction”.
Santander snaps up Nationwide’s deputy CEO to support UK transformation
The Spanish multinational bank has committed €20bn to its digital transformation.
Scotiabank commits to helping Canada’s emerging AI start-ups
The bank will give start-ups and tech entrepreneurs access to funding and expansion opportunities.
Crypto start-up Bakkt lands $300m Series B from Microsoft and PayU
The fundraising was closed last Friday, the same day Bitcoin experienced a multi-month low.
Central banks free up US dollar liquidity amid coronavirus pandemic
The price on the US dollar liquidity swap arrangements will go down by 25 basis points.
Open banking: A move towards greater or lesser transparency in banking?
Will it reduce or increase information asymmetry between consumers and finserv companies?
Finovate Podcast: Episodes 21-30
The Finovate Podcast is a short, interview-based podcast featuring conversations from fintech’s elite innovators and influencers. For more than a decade, the global event series has brought together tens of thousands of people from across the fintech spectrum to see cutting-edge technologies. Now you can find out what goes on behind the scenes, as key influencers and […]
Yapeal awarded Switzerland’s first fintech licence
Challenger plans to reinvent retail banking in the country.
ING invests $5m in natural language processing start-up Eigen
The capital from ING brings Eigen’s total Series B to $42 million.
Al Wifaq International Islamic Bank selects ICSFS Islamic system
Newly established Iraqi bank picks ICSFS over five other providers.
Over one million users migrate from Yes Bank’s to ICICI Bank’s UPIs
The collapse of Yes Bank is causing ripple effects for UPI partners.
Agora Services lands $2m in seed funding
The founder previously built French digital bank Fortuneo.
UK challenger ikigai to launch flat-fee investment account
“I think the pain points are quite similar across different income levels,” says co-founder.
Interior Savings Credit Union picks Fiserv DNA
Canadian credit union shifts to new system to drive “flexibility”.
Who owns your data?
The answer to competition is not to block access to customer data.
What can we expect in the next decade?
From big data and cloud to developments in distributed ledger technology and more.
