ICYMI funding round-up: TruePay, BankiFi, Aurelia, Jeff & more
Another collection of funding rounds and raises from all over the world you might have missed this week.
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Digital challenger Varo Bank lands $510m in Series E funding round
Funds will be used to boost product and tech development and fuel customer growth.
Live Oak Bank switches retail and commercial accounts to Finxact core
North Carolina bank ticks off penultimate stage of ongoing transformation.
Mastercard grows open banking offering with Aiia buy
The acquisition of the European open banking provider marks the latest move by Mastercard in the space.
Eat your vegetables
Everyone wants to do the parts of their job they like and avoid the parts they don’t like. But the job is the job.
Yolt shuts down app to focus on open banking technology services
The Yolt app has more than 1.6 million downloads.
JP Morgan pays €25m to settle French fraud case
US lender settles over arrangements with Wendel Investment Group.
Hamburg Commercial Bank goes live on Broadridge payments system
German lender aims to revamp its processing capabilities.
Standard Chartered sets aside $107m for new digital bank in Singapore
UK-listed lender forms joint venture with Singapore’s National Trades Union Congress.
China Bohai Bank taps Bairong for AI-powered digital upgrade
China Bohai Bank will utilise Bairong’s fraud and loan monitoring systems.
Railsbank hires Stuart Gregory as new chief product officer
Gregory joins from fintech firm Wise, having previously worked for Paysafe and Visa.
Report: “Fintech vs Fintech”? The rise of digitalisation in banking
FinTech Futures launches its latest report looking into the changing nature of digital technologies in our industry.
UK industry body unveils five-year strategy to catch US and Asia
The industrial strategy aims to shore up existing UK successes in order to overtake Asia and the US.
Major Indian banks launch Account Aggregator project
New programme aims to extend financial services to millions of new customers.
Point raises $46.5 million to build out premium debit card
US challenger aims to create an anti-credit card.
Dock: meet in person on 24 November 2021 in London
Get ready for face-to-face interaction! Free VIP passes for banks & financial institutions.
Thought Machine to hit unicorn status with £150m funding round
Core banking vendor expecting mammoth capital raise this month.
CIBC acquires Costco’s Canadian credit card portfolio
CIBC will also become the exclusive issuer of Costco Mastercards in Canada.
Fired credit union employee deletes 21GB of internal data in 40-minute spree
Juliana Barile accessed her old account and destroyed sensitive documents.
PayTech Awards 2021 Winner: VTB Bank – Best Green Initiative
Settlement Centre at VTB Bank: green, efficient and innovative.
It’s time to put our heart back into our ecosystem – and build what matters
Access to financial services is a crucial tool to help our most marginalised citizens escape poverty.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – BillDesk, Banco Inter, OPay & more
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, every week.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three amazing jobs to apply for this week
Exciting vacancies at BNY Mellon, Checkout.com and Finastra. Apply today!
ICYMI funding round-up: SurePay, Capitalise, FV Bank & more
Another collection of funding rounds and raises from all over the world you might have missed this week.
Former HSBC boss to head up UK green infrastructure bank
The state-owned policy bank aims to level up UK infrastructure through targeted green investments.
Bank of the Bahamas goes live with Newgen Software
Caribbean bank deploys new software to revamp end-to-end loan process.
Mambu takes the Cake with new digital banking deal
Cloud core banking vendor wins deal with new Vietnamese digital bank Cake.
Exclusive: Oracle FS wins major core banking deal with Gulf Bank
The front-to-back operation is set to be a major undertaking.
Your financial digital twin
What if you had a digital twin that could manage your money faster and better than you?
White paper: Accelerate financial services innovation
Read this e-book to discover the benefits of Open Source hybrid cloud technologies financial services organisations.
Technical brief: Scalable, actionable anti-money laundering infrastructure
Open source AML solutions offer lower costs, rapid technology evolution, and broad community-based innovation.
Report by 451 Research: The role of AI in automating processes and decisions
451 Research interviewed 593 business and IT leaders and found that 36% are prioritising process automation.
Analyst paper: Improving the customer experience – the top objective for financial innovation
An in-depth look at innovative models that use new technology solutions, data, and AI capabilities.
Brazil’s Banco Inter agrees deal to acquire US fintech USEND
The digital banking firm is looking to expand into North America.
How do you eat an elephant?
When working on a large or complex project, you should look to break it up and take it one step at a time.
Nigerian central bank partners with Bitt to deliver new digital currency
The Barbadian fintech says digitising the Naira will benefit the entire Nigerian financial ecosystem.
US Bank boosts fintech investment with stake in two VC firms
The bank says becoming a limited partner in the firms will enhance its fintech offerings.
Reserve Bank of India plans CBDC trials by 2022
India’s central bank is still being “extremely careful” about its tests.
Data availability and disaster recovery: lessons for banks and fintechs
Fintechs and banks should have a foolproof disaster recovery strategy in place to avoid data loss.
Banking Technology September 2021 issue out now
Cover story: expansion plans – how to achieve global growth efficiently.
