TransferWise partners with two Swiss banking services
TransferWise will tap neon’s 30,000 users.
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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.
ING Belgium deploys Minna Technologies’ subscription manager
ING Belgium has roughly 1.8 million digital banking customers.
solarisBank lands $67.5m in Series C round
The funding was led by German VC firm HV Holtzbrinck Ventures.
IDnow hopes to bring video authentication to UK banks’ onboarding
Customers include Commerzbank, solarisBank, N26, and UniCredit.
ScaleFactor winds down after COVID-19 cripples sales
The start-up raised $100 million between July 2018 and August 2019.
FCA suspends Wirecard’s UK subsidiary
This has prompted a handful of fintechs to issue warnings to their customers on Friday.
NatWest launches its no-card payments service Payit
The service uses open banking infrastructure.
Samsung chooses Curve to power its new Samsung Pay Card in UK
This is a one of a kind partnership for Curve and Samsung.
Zopa lands UK bank licence, set to launch credit card and saving account
The company announced its plans to become a bank nearly four years ago.
Santander’s Asto offers loans to SMEs on Funding Options
The bank joins a roster of more than 200 lenders.
Why UK challenger banks haven’t taken on the insurance market
“The insurance community is not necessarily responsive to change,” says insurtech CEO.
P2P payments app Chipper Cash lands $13.8m
The San Francisco-based start-up operates across seven African countries.
Cloud banking provider nCino files for IPO in US
nCino plans to raise $100 million in its IPO.
Intesa Sanpaolo pushes for UBI Banca acquisition
The verdict next month will reveal if the acquisition can go ahead.
Clearhaus provides payment rails for PaynoPain
Both firms entered the market in 2011 to bring APIs to payments.
Checkout.com lands $5.5bn valuation, looks to US listing
The firm has landed a $150 million Series B funding round it began in May.
Two founders turned bankruptcy into growth
The start-up landed a €2.5m seed investment this year from Paris-based investor BlackFin.
Payfone identity verification firm lands $100m
The firm uses mobile data to create a “trust score”.
Designing the digital services that US SMBs deserve
They’re also intrinsically linked to the powerful notions of freedom and the American Dream.
UK regulator probes Visa’s acquisition of Plaid
The UK’s CMA is looking into potential anti-competitive implications.
UK court rules against Mastercard and Visa on interchange fees
CMSPI estimates maximum pay-out for UK merchants to be roughly £15.2bn.
Kazakhstan’s ecommerce banking app Kaspi quietly expands in CIS region
Kaspi made more than half a billion last year in profits.
Greensill acquires Colombian fintech Omni to turbocharge LatAm growth
Omni operates across Chile and Colombia.
Santander’s PagoFX rolls out business offering and adds more currencies
Eight currencies from the Middle East and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have been added.
UniCredit teams with fintech Taulia to boost trade finance capacity
The fintech will allow the bank to serve more clients in and outside of Europe.
Italian neobank illimity launches its open banking platform
The bank launched just nine months ago.
IIFL helps bridge the funding gap for India’s fintech start-ups
The firm says it will fund, mentor and use the fintechs’ products.
IBM returns to M&A market with cloud acquisition
The acquisition is IBM’s first since its $34bn buyout of Red Hat in 2018.
What does survival of the fittest mean for fintechs in a post-COVID-19 world?
COVID-19 has already led to a shift in mindset for many businesses.
Monzo co-founder joins new UK challenger bank GBB as non-exec chair
The soon-to-be bank will offer property development loans.
Canadian and Taiwanese regulators sign fintech sandbox agreement
The regulators will build a “referral mechanism” between their fintech sandboxes.
Metro Bank in talks to acquire UK P2P lender RateSetter
RateSetter would be bought up at “a knockdown valuation”.
Deutsche Bank to create new international private bank
The new global private bank will likely hold roughly €250 billion.
FX fintech Wallex lands Series A led by Ant Financial-backed VC
The value of the round has not been disclosed.
Stripe adds Bacs Direct Debit to compete with UK rivals
Stripe will directly compete with UK home market player GoCardless.
British Business Bank appoints interim CEO, accredits 10 more firms
Catherine Lewis La Torre starts on 1 September.
ING’s multibanking start-up Cobase gets two new shareholders
The start-up will expand beyond Western Europe.
