Uruguayan fintech Bankingly gets $5m investment
Financial inclusion, backed by U2 singer Bono.
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Wealthtech woes mean jobs go at Ohpen UK office
EXCLUSIVE. Firm says office is still open but 19 staff lose their jobs.
Five Degrees teams with ieDigital to launch banking portfolio
New solution marries engagement platform with core banking system.
Gohenry crowdfunds £6.2m for US expansion
To teach American kids about money.
KBC Ireland app to go multibanking
Thanks to open banking and PSD2.
TSB’s new CEO aims for banking redemption
Debbie Crosbie to join troubled bank from CYBG. She’ll be busy.
Barclaycard wakes up to Costa Coffee’s contactless cup
UK’s first reusable coffee cup with integrated contactless payment technology.
Spain’s Liberbank partners with French lendtech October
The bank is stepping up its fintech game.
Data start-up Banked backed with £1.5m funding
Lead investor is Backed VC.
US Faster Payments Council alive and kicking
FPC plans pacey paytech for all.
Discovery debuts digital bank
Financial services company launches new digital offering.
MaxMyInterest brings clever cash management to Radius Bank
Bank to offer a new account, Radius Max Savings.
Banking Technology November 2018 issue out now
Fintech inception. Ideas come to life.
DNB Bank finds data skills in Collibra
Part of the bank’s wider data strategy.
Thank Mbanq for its first Banking-as-a-Service accelerator
Silicon Valley-based bank chooses Singapore as first location.
Ingenico and Sberbank enable MIR cards for online purchases
Allowing Russian consumers to make international online purchases.
Lunar Way launches budgeting tool for consumers
The Danish non-bank gets ahead of most banks.
Tandem Bank earns its Stripe-s for auto savings
UK challenger bank also opens community beta testing for new feature.
Russia’s BCS Financial Group gets UK banking licence
Plans to develop integrated payment and investment model.
Unisys elevates Monmouthshire Building Society’s digital services
Hello online banking.
White paper: The Digital Banking Transformation Playbook
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Ripple’s blockchain sends speed to CIMB’s payments network
CIMB’s product SpeedSend has corridor with Australia, US, UK and Hong Kong.
Top fintech stories this week – 16 November 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
UK’s Brexit deal gets some fintech love
Conservative MPs may be resigning, but some in fintech seem happier.
Digital receipts fintech Slyp-s into the market
Easy to use, easy to set up.
Canada, UK and Singapore prep for blockchain-powered payments
Central banks and regulator reveal heightened interest and assesses alternative models.
Santander invests in German fintech Bonify
Its first investment in Germany of “a few million”.
Revolut to get $500m boost from Softbank
To enable US expansion.
Sizing up the real threat of challenger banks
Challenger banks’ current profitability is almost entirely unrelated from the threat they pose to incumbents.
White paper: Modernise core banking
How to deliver true digital customer experience.
Australian neobank Xinja goes live with SAP Cloud for Banking
After a “rapid” three-month implementation.
Swiss watchdog investigates Credit Suisse and UBS over Apple payments boycott
Alleged boycott of Apple Pay and Samsung Pay in favour of TWINT.
I love what you’ve done with the place: digital transformation beyond the real estate
Stay focused on the business and don’t become too attached to the wallpaper.
Cloud security firm Netskope is dope with $168m funding
Massive round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
UK’s Nationwide takes stake in financial manager Moneyhub
Building society’s investment gives it a minority stake.
MUFG and Bradesco create Ripple-s with new cross-border payment service
Planned service between Japan and Brazil will use Ripple’s technology.
UK challenger CivilisedBank tries again for banking licence
Bank gets more funding for this attempt.
Paytech Poynt scores NAB points with $100m funding
Series C raise includes Elavon and National Australia Bank.
Cambodian paytech Clik-s with £2m funding
Round led by Limestone Technology and OpenWay.
