The challenges for banks and fintechs when building a partnership
Chris Ward, author at Mapa research, dissects the changing definition of ‘partnerships’ in fintech.
Consumer/Personal Finance
Beyond personalisation
Recognising who customers are, what they believe, how they respond and act.
Five lessons global banks can learn from African fintechs
Mobile payments have been positioned as a ground-breaking idea but Africans have been doing that for a while.
Funding the revolution: the dawn of digital banking
Traditional banking giants are feeling the squeeze.
TransferWise delivers cheaper international payment service to US
The service gives customers access to the real exchange rate.
Challenger banks in India: who’s who and what’s their tech
A comprehensive list of Indian challenger banks and banking services, and the tech they are using.
Sibos 2019: Mike Clarke, global product manager, Deutsche Bank
Check out his thoughts on distributed ledger technology and more!
Sibos 2019: Final wrap-up of talks, interviews and daily news
See our final wrap-up of the London-hosted four day event!
Mobile finance fintech Channel VAS lands $54m investment
Investors see potential in Africa’s “growing yet underpenetrated mobile airtime market.”
Fibank, Mastercard and Garmin launch pay watch
The tech enables contactless POS and ATM transactions.
Sibos 2019: Watch out for Asian big techs like Alipay, Accenture warns banks
Bigtechs have been quietly accumulating lots of data.
Monzo scraps Monzo Plus subscription service, replaces development team
UK challenger presses the reset button on five-month old premium offering.
Sibos 2019: IBM’s initiative for social good
AI to combat social issues is “not philanthropy”, but rather an initiative.
HSBC launches trade finance API for bank guarantees
Launch is first of a series focused in the trade finance sphere
Sibos 2019 video: Andreas Burner, CIO, SmartStream
Discover what he says about their latest AI and ML processes.
Sibos 2019: Embracing payments change will keep banks in fintech race
Schemes like Request to Pay will change the game, says panel.
Sibos 2019: “Digital transformation will happen quicker in LatAm than Europe”
McKinsey predicts “the spike” will hit soon.
BIAN takes aim at core banking modernisation with new initiative
It wants to create an efficient and effective approach to core change.
Sibos 2019: Visa’s digitisation tries to avoid “immediate displacement” of cash
Phalen admits it’s “a shame” that US firms are still cash-heavy.
Challenger bank Pepper creates new app for young investors
The mobile-only challenger bank offers Israel’s first fractional shares trading app.
Sibos 2019: Banking experts on how APIs improve efficiency
“APIs are the backbone that helps us deliver a frictionless service.”
Sibos 2019: Banks face existential threat from fintechs “willing to lose money”
Industry is “misjudging” competitive risk in payments.
Interview: Konstantin Vaysman, chairman of Mobile Finance Group – financial inclusion
And the role of mobile financial services in making this happen.
Stripe hits $35 billion valuation on back of fresh funding
Stripe’s value has increased 56% since the start of 2019.
Insurtech Cover Genius forms ‘first of a kind’ partnership with ShipStation
The partnership will effect UK, Canadian and Australian merchant customers.
Barclays and JP Morgan Chase invest in TouchBistro
TouchBistro leads “a technology renaissance” for restaurants.
Mastercard’s Vocalink release payments report: Look beyond London
87% of over 75’s still don’t use banking apps.
United Bank of India launches voice banking
FSS offers the solution in partnership with Amazon.
FairMoney raises €10m to build challenger bank in Nigeria
FairMoney serves 200,000 customers who are mainly small businesses.
Greenlight raises $54m to release debit card for kids
Greenlight’s app can monitor children’s spending and set savings goals.
White paper: The payments transformation race – criteria for success
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Sampath Bank launches virtual teller machine
The branch-in-a kiosk solution that will provide customers with 24/7 banking services.
Grupo Caja Rural implements Strands’ technology
Strands’ tools will incorporate an AI engine, the exclusive engager component.
We don’t forgive easily
If we feel betrayed, we rarely go back or give you a second chance.
Italian fintech Young Platform raises €787,000 from 751 investors
‘Crypto made easy’ platform attracts Italian and British investors.
DN Intersect 2019: final round up and key takeaways
The conference was predominantly focused on North America.
JD.com fintech affiliate launches new digital wallet in Thailand
JD Digits has partnered with Central Group to launch digital wallet app Dolfin.
Grupo Crédito Agrícola launches new banking app “moey!” with Meniga
The app will give Crédito Agrícola customers budget advice.
Tech vs. humans: Can fintech have it all?
Is interacting with a person over an algorithm a hindrance, or a help?
White paper: Moving traditional infrastructure into the smart POS world
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