Westpac partners with 10x Future Technologies to build new platform
Australian bank hints at moving to 10x technology for its core.
Corporate & Commercial Banking
Appway: Firms must seize “opportunity of disloyalty”
Wealth management is a traditionally “sticky” industry.
End-to-end innovation in digital debt management
We speak with Spyros Retzekas, COO, about what’s helped the business thrive.
German bank association fires shots at Libra, calls on politicians and central banks for digital euro
The association wants a crypto led by European commercial banks and politicians.
Case study on Bank of America: How robots help serve and protect the bank
In a bank of this size, there are many areas that would benefit from automation of repetitive tasks.
India’s Yes Bank gets $1.2bn takeover offer from unnamed tech investor
Stocks soared as high as 39% following the announcement.
Great Plains National Bank signs on Teslar Software
Oklahoma-based bank aims to revamp manual processes.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 01 November 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Pollinate launches with backing from Mastercard, RBS
Merchant services firm’s first customer is NatWest.
Commonwealth Trade Bank selects Intellect Design Arena’s IDC system
Newly renamed bank to use IDC across multiple operations.
Banking Technology November 2019 issue out now
The identity challenge.
Flywire furnishes Bank of America with cross-border payments solution
Bank’s higher education and corporate clients can expect better cross border service.
Starling Bank launches dual currency debit card with pounds and euros
The card will go live alongside its business euro account launch.
DTCC appoints Lynn Bishop as chief information officer
Bishop also supports the advancement of women in STEM careers.
Citi partners Global Processing, PPRO to support new payments offering
Spring by Citi will be offered to institutional clients.
Standard Chartered opens second innovation lab in Hong Kong
The hub will be located at the bank’s 42-storey skyscraper in central Hong Kong.
Spanish fintech PecunPay chooses IBM to implement Red Hat platform
The start-up is trying to keep up with ever-changing mobile apps.
SMB lender BlueVine launches banking service with Mastercard debit card
SMBs will see 1% interest on their balance and no monthly fees.
Core banking challenger Neocova launches in central USA
New firm on the block wants to change how community banks are served.
B-North aims to bring back brokers to the UK SME market
The fintech is in the process of acquiring its banking licence.
Glue42 partners with RocketFin to bring behaviour mining to banks’ regtech suite
Glue42 works with the likes of JP Morgan Chase.
Mastercard snaps up SessionM to support merchant loyalty services
“Consumers’ expectations about their experiences with brands are changing,” says Mastercard exec.
US fintech community dealt blow by federal court as charter is denied
The OCC will be appealing the decision by the US courts.
Crunch launches mobile accounting platform for UK’s self-employed
The cost £5.5 million and four years in development.
GMG, Wecan and Capelli bring blockchain to real estate sector
The product is dubbed ‘Wecan Tokenize’.
Santander to sell Puerto Rico arm to FirstBank in $1.1bn deal
FirstBank will own all 27 bank branches on the island.
Instabase raises $105m sent to unicorn status
The bank app has raised $132 million since it began in 2015.
Santander to launch online deposit platform in US
It is said to be a rival to Goldman Sachs’ Marcus offering.
Investor rights lawyers investigate Wirecard securities fraud
Earlier this year, white-collar crime investigators raided Wirecard’s offices in Singapore.
Making payment easy across Africa and beyond
Thabo Makoko, explores how the continent can improve its payments infrastructure.
Can compliance directors successfully reposition themselves as business leaders?
The role of banking compliance is in mid-evolution.
Calastone takes on ex-BNY Mellon exec Dan Kramer for US expansion
Kramer managed end-to-end customer experience at BNY Mellon.
Cashforce solves forecasting challenge for treasuries, raises €5m funding
INKEF Capital and Citi Ventures led the Series A round.
Nigerian fintech Lidya launches SME lending platforms for Poland and Czech Republic
The company’s USP is to create 100 million jobs worldwide.
Nine UK fintechs land in Australia under the countries’ bridge programme
The companies will be showcased at Melbourne’s Intersekt conference.
OTP Bank welcomes “later-stage” start-ups to its partnership programme
Applications need to be made by 22 November 2019.
Queen’s Speech reinforces UK’s aim to be world-leading regulator
The report found London has the world’s highest concentration of finserv firms.
Revolut hires JP Morgan to manage $500m funding round and issue a $1b loan
The loan will turn into shares if Revolut receive a US banking licence.
China to ditch some foreign ownership limits next year as trade-war concession
Limits to be scrapped for securities, futures and fund management firms next year.
EBA publishes work programme for 2020
The EBA will focus on six strategic areas in 2020.
