US national banks granted authority to hold crypto for customers
US banks and federal savings associations can offer cryptocurrency custodial services.
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A look inside Barclays’ fintech accelerator Rise
FinTech Futures sits down with Magdalena Kron, who leads Rise London’s team.
Morgan Stanley publishes greenhouse gas emissions on loans & investments
The bank is joining the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials.
Charity donation fintech Goodworld launches in Australia
Its feature #donate allows donors to send instant donations via social media.
Kenyan lender I&M to become majority owner of Uganda’s Orient Bank
Last year, Orient Bank reported a net loss equivalent to $284,374.
Money manager for freelancers Flow lands Dutch PSD2 licence
The idea for Flow originated on an alpaca farm in Drenthe.
Faroe Islands speed up ecommerce with Clearhaus and Terminal.fo
The Faroe Islands are “experiencing a boom in the number of online businesses”.
FCA and City of London to create COVID-19 inspired digital sandbox
The sandbox will be for both start-ups and “large financial institutions”.
Disposable card issuer Privacy.com lands $10.2m
The start-up has issued around five million virtual card numbers.
Italy’s Banca Mediolanum launches sustainable challenger Flowe
The bank currently employees a team of 56.
Swiss digital asset tech partner Metaco lands $17m Series A
Investor Standard Chartered says “digital assets are here to stay”.
Bond bags $32m from Coatue, Goldman Sachs and Mastercard
Bond’s offering is based on “developer-focused” applications.
Meet OneBanks: the fintech picking up after banks’ branch closures
The start-up wants to create a bank-agnostic branch network.
Webinar: Streamlining manual processes amid COVID-19
Experts from Banco Santander, Foxit Software and Xendoo discuss digitising paperwork during the coronavirus crisis.
Islamic P2P lender Qardus launches in UK for SMEs
The new P2P lender offers unsecured loans of up to £100,000.
Viva Wallet selects ClearBank as UK banking provider
Viva Wallet bought a Greek neobank back in January.
LemonTree Software aims to disrupt back and middle-office systems
Its CCO speaks to FinTech Futures about the firm’s one-platform and auto-code approach.
ING appoints ex-Google and Confused.com exec as Yolt CEO
Weng Kan led Google’s attempt to edge into the insurance market in 2015.
Why mid-sized players should embrace the direct-to-consumer model
It’s imperative for businesses to be able to help customers directly.
Real-time payments: driving future innovation in the US
The maturing RTP infrastructure is a catalyst for wider payments transformation initiatives.
Tide freezes lending after funding falls through
The fintech said the BBLS “doesn’t meet the requirements” of prospective investors.
Canadian data aggregator Flinks lands $11.8m led by NAventures
The fintech is moving into wealth and expanding to the US.
German business banking start-up Penta tops up Series B by €4m
The financing round adds to the fintech’s Series B in March.
Mastercard invests in long-term fintech partner Verestro
The fintech has worked with Mastercard since 2011.
Starling Bank launches two new paid business accounts
The roll-out includes its second multi-currency account.
How open is open banking?
If open banking was to deliver on its promise, the opportunity for growth would be enormous.
Starling Bank applies for £35m grant from BCR
The UK challenger bank was awarded £100m last year.
ChannelMeter raises $4m for content creator banking service
The start-up is launching its new service ‘Creator Cash’ this month.
PBI lands €45m & acquires salary-backed loans business
The fintech was founded by ex-UniCredit execs.
Major banks take another step towards ‘truly European’ payment system
Some 16 of Europe’s major banks are set to initiate the implementation.
American Express GBT launches SME cashflow platform Neo1 in UK
The free online service helps finance teams manage cashflow.
Fintech start-up Simpl targets India’s low credit card adoption
Just 3.85% of Indian consumers have credit cards.
Sopra Banking Software taps Tink’s data channel
Sopra Banking Software serves roughly 1,500 banks and financial institutions.
Société Générale to acquire French neobank Shine
The deal is thought be be around €100 million.
Six new lenders accredited for UK CBILS
There are now 99 CBILS accredited lenders.
Wirecard’s UK subsidiary WCS: missed red flags
Red flags include late 2018 financials and a €156,000 lost lawsuit.
TransferWise partners with two Swiss banking services
TransferWise will tap neon’s 30,000 users.
Bud launches open banking solution for payments
CEO Ed Maslaveckas says aggregation is “least disruptive” part of open banking.
Capitolis lands former Microsoft Azure director as CPO
Rahul Auradkar spent more than 12 years at Microsoft.
Mobile money gateway MFS Africa acquires Beyonic for SME play
The value of the acquisition has not been disclosed.
