Debt restructuring company Lendstreet receives $7m funding
Lendstreet just closed a $7m investment round to fix Americans’ debt.
Consumer/Personal Finance
Envestnet | Yodlee’s AI FinCheck takes financial wellness to a new level
Data aggregation and analytics firm Envestnet | Yodlee bolstering PFM capabilities.
UniCredit invests €3.1m in Meniga
The biggest personal finance management (PFM) deal in Europe to date.
Free financial advice service Multiply secures £1.75m investment
Multiply is ready to take off spurred by £1.75m investment.
BBVA joins Fintonic’s lending platform
Crossing PFM functionality with a full lending platform.
Mobile banking case study: RBC – farewell friction
Royal Bank of Canada is moving with the times with a series of useful innovations and launches.
Top fintech stories this week – 4 May 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Top fintech stories this week – 27 April 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
PayTech Awards 2018: tips on how to write a winning entry
The entry deadline is Friday, 4 May.
RBS to launch “beta” of new digital bank in Q3
RBS is building a new digital-only bank.
FNB to launch m-wallet for South Africa’s underbanked
FNB estimates the size of the market for its m-wallet service at over 11 million people.
TransUnion to acquire Callcredit for $1.4bn
TransUnion to buy UK’s second-largest consumer credit bureau, Callcredit.
Swedbank invests €3m in banking tech vendor Meniga
Swedbank is also Meniga’s client.
Phew, PayTech Awards entry deadline extended!
The final chance to enter is Friday, 4 May 2018.
Top fintech stories this week – 20 April 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Qapital lands $30m funding
The latest round brings Qapital’s total funding to $47.3 million.
OK Google, says OCBC Bank
OCBC Bank has delivered another “Singapore’s first” in collaboration with Google.
Revolut unveils new savings solution, Vaults
Revolt’s Vault helps users turn spare change into savings.
Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban invests in Billshark
Bill reduction service Billshark receives some serious street cred.
PayTech Awards 2018: The Paytech for Good Award
Honouring organisations for outstanding social impact.
It’s time to level the playing field in cards payments
The right IT infrastructure and payments technology are a critical investment.
Case study: BBVA – salute the speed
Talk and action – chatbots and artificial intelligence (AI) in practice.
BMO launches banking chatbot with Finn.ai
The new chatbot – BMO Bolt – is available via Facebook Messenger.
TransferWise turns to Wirecard for debit card issuing
A full roll-out of the new debit card for TransferWise’s “borderless account” planned for later in 2018.
Case study: Technology innovation the main driving force for customer satisfaction
Innovation – the driving force for customer satisfaction. Case study on how to get there.
Fintech start-ups acquired by banks – CB Insights
2017 saw more acquisitions by top US banks than any other year.
Jack Henry marks 100 bank clients using Geezeo-powered PFM service
A major milestone in the Jack Henry and Geezeo partnership.
CFPB unveils five-year strategic plan
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau vows to operate “more efficiently, effectively and transparently”.
Standard Chartered signs for Moneythor’s digital banking toolkit
The project is in line with Standard Chartered’s objective to be “the digital bank with a human touch”.
Santander and Ripple to launch blockchain-based consumer payments
Santander will launch DLT-based international payments for retail customers in Spain, Brazil, Poland and the UK.
SoFi reportedly cutting 65 jobs from mortgage division
The Wall Street Journal reports the firm is looking to make its mortgage process more automated.
White paper: The bank executive’s guide to building a better business customer onboarding experience
Understand how to build an optimized online business customer onboarding experience and get it to market fast.
Quovo launches PFM widgets
Financial data provider Quovo is getting into the personal finance management (PFM) game.
Survey report: UK bank account opening comparison
Have any UK high street or challenger banks made the jump to 100% digital onboarding?
Common Cents Lab unveils millennial financial regret spending report
If you’re trying to cater to millennials, you need to understand how they think and feel about money.
