Fintech tour Frankfurt: ready for a post-Brexit world?
TechQuartier represents the first effort to help fintechs settle in the city.
Banking
Goldman Sachs leads $52m funding round for JUMO
Goldman Sachs, Proparco and Finnfund come on board as JUMO’s new investors.
TransPecos Bank launches new digital brand, outsources tech to Nymbus
The operations of BankMD will be outsourced to Nymbus via its SmartLaunch platform.
ASEAN Financial Innovation Network launches API exchange
A consortium led by Virtusa will develop and operate it.
Santander to build £150m tech hub in UK
Prepare to get bowled over Milton Keynes!
How banks and disruptive fintech start-ups can create new economic models
Start-ups want to create valuable new products cost effectively and in a spirit of openness and mutuality.
UK government and banks plan anti-fraud initiative
Partnership will see UK Finance and panel of experts tackle scams.
VPBank launches lively new digital bank Yolo
Vietnamese bank targets younger generation with “unlimited connectivity” to lifestyle service providers.
New York sues US to halt fintech charters
Another regulator kicks up a fuss over national bank charters.
UK’s Nationwide targets £4.1bn tech investment
Adds another £1.3 billion to its five-year plan.
Thinking Capital and National Bank to offer funding to Canada’s SMEs
Bank meets fintech. A love story for the 21st century.
State supervisor keeps on fighting against US fintech charter
Conference of State Bank Supervisors will renew its litigation against OCC.
Nordea takes open banking to Sweden
So I say thank you for the innovation, for giving it to me.
Global Digital Banking Conference – Europe 2018: cash is being murdered
The future of payments gets some attention at RFi Group’s London event.
Global Digital Banking Conference – Europe 2018: fintech ain’t that cool
RFi Group’s London event reckons the death of banks is overestimated.
Banco Sabadell and Mutua Madrileña support Spanish VC Antai
They participated in a $20m funding round.
Hydrogen and TD Bank in their element for DIY financial planning
Bank’s clients will have new tools to build their own financial plans and portfolios.
Top fintech stories this week – 14 September 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Interview: Yves Tyrode, BPCE – journey to the centre of tech
Yves Tyrode, chief digital officer at BPCE, is on a mission to deploy a whole new digital strategy.
White paper: The state of IT incident response in financial services
The financial services sector is beset by ever more high-profile IT failures.
Learning to dance: the trick in life, politics and organisational reform is there is no trick
Conversation is an art that takes practice, commitment and presence – it’s like learning to dance.
NCR nets trio of US credit union wins
California, Texas and Arizona show some love to Digital Insight solutions.
SoftBank trials blockchain-based mobile payments
Teams with Synchronoss and TBCASoft for proof of concept.
Euro banking watchdog gets anti-money laundering bite
Oh European Banking Authority, what big teeth you have!
Sociable payments start-up B-Social boots up in UK
“Avoid those awkward moments with just a few taps.”
Indra keeps tech up at Argentina’s Wilobank
A newly-launched fully mobile bank in Argentina.
Meed to unveil mobile banking programme in US
Partners with Valley National Bank of Oklahoma for December launch.
Strategic guide to selecting a digital banking platform
What is essential in choosing a platform that meets your long-term strategy and ensures the viability of your bank?
Qudini on cue for NatWest’s cute queue service
UK bank piloting new queuing and appointment booking software.
Barclays opens up mobile banking app to rival accounts
“First” UK bank to allow customers to bring their other current accounts into app.
Monese enables Google Pay with PrePay Solutions
About time for a mobile-only bank.
Bank of China US ups compliance with Fenergo
Welcome to the world of acronyms: KYC, AML and CDD.
Payrailz brightens up Suncoast Credit Union payment services
The biggest credit union in Florida has a wailz of a time.
Fraud detector Ravelin reels in £8m funding
Series B round led by BlackFin Capital Partners.
Quelle surprise! Europe’s banks continue branch cull
Latest figures from European Banking Federation reveal cuts and more.
Fiserv gives voice to First Hawaiian Bank with Alexa
As more and more customers use voice-enabled features.
Kasasa unveils new compliance solution, RegGen
Firm is now entering the regtech space.
Unisys on hand for Sutherland’s UK mortgage tech platform
It’s a five-year, seven-figure deal.
SS&C to acquire fintech data provider Intralinks for $1.5bn
Acquisition brings cloud-based virtual data rooms for banking clients.
Novo business banking launches in US
New bank offers a current account and debit card solutions for start-ups.
