Barclays takes stake in SME lender MarketInvoice
First high street bank to enter into a partnership with the fintech firm.
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Ion Bank charges up with Jack Henry’s lending solution
US bank will use ProfitStars for commercial lending.
Financial wellness platform PayActiv partners with ADP Marketplace
PayActiv provides a way for employers to help their employees manage their financial lives.
Xero buys paperless accounting hero Hubdoc
“Business has never been so beautiful.” Awww. Pass the sick bag.
On expectations, gardening and promises kept: banking edition
Cross fences, walk on the grass till you find your tribe.
Australian challenger bank Judo Capital gets $140m funding
SME plans are on Judo’s hip pocket.
Bancomat to unleash digital payments in Italy
Bancomat Pay will integrate SIA’s Jiffy service.
IBM ties up with Thai Krungsri Bank for $140m digital overhaul
Pushing Krungsri’s plans to become a tech leader.
Al Baraka Bank Lebanon kicks off core banking revamp
It is a long-standing user of Misys’ (now Finastra) Equation.
UK payments start-up ApTap readies to bootstrap
Fintech challenger founded by Imperial College London graduates.
US regulator opens up national bank charters to fintech
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency now welcomes applications.
Portugal unveils fintech innovation lab
Meet Portugal FinLab.
Barclays and JP Morgan lead $14m funding in Cloud9
Cloud9 will speed up roll-out of its SaaS-based voice communications platform.
FATF steps up fight against crypto crimes
Financial Action Task Force concerned over AML and CTF activities.
Everex to create Myanmar-Thailand blockchain payments corridor
In partnership with Shwe Urban and Rural Development Bank.
How we banked a billion people and what to do next
Financial inclusion has advanced where governments have prioritised it.
ebankIT to power digital banking for Canada’s Coast Capital CU
Canada’s largest credit union by membership turns to ebankIT.
Tips for writing a Banking Technology Awards winning entry
Let us know why your project deserves the recognition.
Bank Leumi to sell card business to Warburg Pincus for $682m
Warburg Pincus opens its fintech warchest yet again.
Barclays battered in Current Account Switch Service contest
Latest CASS figures reveal the winners and losers.
Fintech infrastructure firm C88 gets $28m funding
Funding round led by Experian, alongside many other investors.
TransferMate finds €21m investment mate in ING
They want more SME customers and corporate clients.
Poland’s Horum Bank readies for launch abroad
Seeking a licence from one of the Baltic countries.
CLS and IBM furnish fintech with hosted blockchain service
Duo unveils services hosted on DLT platform LedgerConnect.
mBank and Commerzbank prep pan-European challenger
Project Kopernik (Copernicus) will initially target Germany.
Be at the heart of the biggest fintech event of the year – Sibos 2018
Explore opportunities with Daily News at Sibos.
City of London Group to acquire Acorn to Oaks for £1.4m
A2O focuses on SME and insurance products.
How loan providers will be using blockchain
The concept of blockchain is still very alien to many.
Stripe lines up APIs for programmable payment cards
APIs rule for US mobile payments firm.
Isbank opens API portal in Turkey
Initially offering 14 APIs for developers.
Monzo challenges Starling with joint account launch
Starling has had a head start.
VTB Bank in Armenia updates mobile and online services
Only 7% of transactions were made online in the first six months.
TSB’s April IT crash leads to £107m loss
Results in a loss of customers and increased post-migration costs.
Feedzai to help Credorax fight merchant fraud
Feedzai uses big data technology to stop payment fraud in real-time.
Switch brings voice tech to its CardSavr API
CardSavr will use natural language processing for managing cards on file.
Top fintech stories this week – 27 July 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
UK – New Zealand: a fintech bridge too far?
How Kiwis and Brits are exploring various ways to participate in each other’s markets.
Starling faces payment and app issues, again
The bank struggled with its payment processor in the past.
Banking Trojan Kronos reborn
New version rebranded Osiris and is being sold on underground markets.
Deutsche Bank debuts digital signatures for corporates
Accelerated account openings have arrived.
