Techcombank selects Backbase for retail and corporate omnichannel banking
The decision is part of the bank’s strategy to scale and enhance its digital offerings.
Corporate & Commercial Banking
FinovateFall Supplement: be part of one of the biggest fintech events of the year
The perfect platform for your organisation to deliver a strong message to engaged fintech professionals.
Investbank Jordan seeks leap forwards in card offerings with i2c Inc deal
The bank is focused on improved card offerings for personal and corporate customers.
nCino wins first German client in Hamburg Commercial Bank
Accenture will provide project management, design, development and testing.
Asia Alliance Bank becomes second ICSFS client in Uzbekistan
New system selection hot on the heels of Trustbank at the start of the month.
UnionBank plans total cloud migration with Amazon Web Services
It aims to be the first entirely cloud-hosted bank in the Philippines.
Silicon Valley Bank inks payments processing deal with Modern Treasury
Agreement will provide processing for SVB’s clients.
Banking Tech Awards 2021 now open for entries!
The awards are open to banks, financial institutions, technology and service providers, teams and individuals.
Vista Bank Group selects Radar Payments to power pan-African processing
African challenger bank selects BPC company to underpin payments.
Fintech API firm Railz raises $12m in Series A funding round
Toronto-based start-up aims to solve “universal challenge for SMEs”.
Report: AI – the future of content management in financial services
Our latest deep-dive report focuses on the potentially revolutionary role of AI in banking content management.
Omnio picks Autorek platform to automate reconciliation
Omnio’s previous manual processes relied on Microsoft Excel, but will now be automated by Autorek.
Virgin Money picks Trade Ledger for business banking boost
UK bank lays groundwork for new business products in 2021.
Fintech funding deals globally 26 April – 2 May 2021
Featuring Brex, Paxos, Vena, Greenlight, and Current.
State Street hires Aman Thind as new global chief architect
Aman Thind will drive the US bank’s technology transformation.
Brex closes $424m Tiger Global-led round at $7.4bn valuation
“We have all types of businesses now signing up for Brex,” says co-CEO.
Clearing start-up Embedded Financial attracts $20m in seed funding
The new firm aims to take a modern approach to clearing.
VTB Bank values ongoing digital transformation at $1.5bn
Russian bank expects change programme to reap rewards in the next few years.
Saudi Arabia launches new real-time payments system with IBM and Mastercard
The kingdom enlisted the help of IBM and Mastercard for the roll-out.
Development Bank of Wales picks EQ Credit Services for lending
The bank reports a 72% increase in loan customers since 2020.
RTGS.global hires industry veteran Dave Sissens as new CEO
The full-service availability of the RTGS.global platform is expected later this year.
Top five tips as your fintech company explores European expansion
US fintech companies recognise the potential buying power of the European Union’s 550 million people.
Nomura hires former Barclays exec Jain as new CIO
Jain spent 13 years at Barclays, leaving as CTO in 2019.
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 8 | Bank branches amid COVID-19
Leena Iyar, chief branding officer at Moxtra, joins us on this latest episode.
Global fintech M&A round-up Q1 2021
Whilst some big deals never closed in Q1, plenty others took their place.
Top 10 funding rounds in Q1 2021
The first quarter of 2021 has seen a handful of big rounds.
UiPath files for IPO weeks after landing $35bn valuation
The fintech estimates a $60 billion addressable market for RPA.
Corporate banking’s biggest challenges in 2021, and how to solve them
Three key areas of focus are cash management, working capital, and trade finance.
Banque Saudi Fransi upgrades treasury systems with Finastra
Saudi Arabian bank goes live on new version of Finastra platform.
Pollinate secures $50m Series C funding for US expansion
UK firm has raised $218 million to date.
Profile Software buys Euronext’s Centevo solution
Euronext offloads asset management platform after 2019 acquisition.
Goldman Sachs analysts reveal abusive working conditions in leaked survey
“This is beyond the level of ‘hard working’, this is inhumane/abuse,” says one surveyed analyst.
Nest Bank picks Fiserv for card issuance revamp
Fiserv’s First Data brand is handling the implementation.
Banking Technology March 2021 issue out now
Creating communities: celebrating women in fintech this Women’s History Month
HSBC goes live with Demica system for trade receivables
Selection to deployment took the two firms just over a year.
Santander picks Planixs tech to power liquidity management
Spanish multinational to deploy Planixs’ Realti system.
Canadian Western Bank deploys new Temenos SME product
CWB extends a partnership with Temenos that stretched back to 2012.
Payments Canada picks Interac for real-time infrastructure
Interac will use its e-Transfer service in the design, construction and maintenance of the system.
American Business Bank picks Teslar Software to refresh commercial lending
The Los Angeles bank says it wanted a “forward thinking” partner.
It’s a matter of comms | Episode 2 | Strategy
The corporate comms strategy is the spine that would hold start-ups accountable to their investors.
