Kuwait’s central bank goes live with TCS Bancs
After a five-year upgrade.
Corporate & Commercial Banking
Starling Bank taunts traditional banks in 2019 plans
UK challenger aiming for the one million customer mark.
£20k billboard in London calls for RBS investigation
Set up by victims of the bank’s alleged SME client mismanagement.
White paper: Enabling information-driven financial services
Find out how to utilise data to increase revenue and reduce risk
Emirates NBD upgrades payments system with TCS
TCS Bancs scores again.
QNB revamps payments systems with Infosys Finacle
Qatar National Bank consolidating across various countries with unified hub.
ACI Worldwide plugs National Bank of Kuwait into Swift’s gpi
First bank in the country signing up to gpi.
Top ten digital bank initiatives in 2018
There have been a lot of digital bank projects in 2018. Here are our favourites.
MUFG picks TCS Bancs to consolidate payments
MUFG replaces a host of disparate payments systems with one regional hub powered by TCS Bancs.
Three Midwestern credit unions sign up for Fiserv’s DNA
The lucky three are Ideal Credit Union, TopLine Federal Credit Union and Dakota West Credit Union.
HSBC launches mobile collections service in Thailand
Collections for customers via credit cards, bank transfers, e-wallets and cash.
Finastra scores win in Myanmar with KBZ Bank
Fusion Treasury will enable the bank’s STP.
Nordea launches instant reporting for commercial break
Bank says this “turns open banking into a commercially viable product”.
Santander smartly acquires invoicing and expenses app Albert
Bank says app is popular among freelancers and micro-enterprises in the UK.
Hammurabi Commercial Bank in Iraq signs for ICS Banks
As the core banking supplier extends its footprint in Iraq.
Banking Technology Awards 2018: and the winners are…
The Banking Technology Awards 2018 winners announced!
Evry wins $75m Handelsbanken contract
Evry will provide Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) core banking and payment solutions.
Mayapada Group taps Pohon Dana for lending in Indonesia
Conglomerate pushes into fintech via investment.
Reserve Bank of India’s governor quits for personal reasons
Tensions with the finance ministry are rumoured to lie behind the departure.
Metro Bank keeps on digital with international payments
Easily done through the app, not a branch.
Top fintech stories this week – 7 December 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
R3 and European banks complete euro commercial paper transaction
Second attempt with Commerzbank, ING, Natixis and Rabobank.
Itaú, Wells Fargo and StanChart make $100m club loan on blockchain
Proof of concept used R3’s Corda Connect platform.
Cynergy Bank launches rebrand following acquisition
Previously known as Bank of Cyprus UK.
Starling Bank eyes Euro accounts and more partnerships
UK challenger reveals its plans for next year.
Sberbank buys BPO firm Intercomp
Only revealed now after regulatory approval.
Case study: Citi – terms of endearment
A series of initiatives support Citi’s business clients in the quest to do business in real time.
CreditLadder receives FCA approval for payments
As well as approval for account information services.
Technology for the new world
Business as usual is no longer an option. You can bank on that.
Spain’s Liberbank partners with French lendtech October
The bank is stepping up its fintech game.
Data start-up Banked backed with £1.5m funding
Lead investor is Backed VC.
Cashflow controller Fluidly gets $5m funding flow
Round led by Nyca Partners.
ANNA Money, a business account that meows
The card makes the “purrfect” sound.
Starling Bank’s £10m funding helps it make a stand to Monzo
As it prepares for a £80m round push.
Standard Chartered teams with Instabase for clever KYC
As the fintech comes out of the bank’s eXellerator.
Coconut smashes crowdfunding goal in a day
Over £650k raised, from an initial goal of £500k.
BBVA delivers first syndicated loan on blockchain
BNP Paribas and MUFG also participated in the deal.
PNC to equip commercial clients with Giact’s ID verification tech
Giact Systems and PNC Bank say they have formed a “strategic alliance”.
Natixis signs up with Fenergo for client management
Fenergo CLM will be rolled out across Natixis’ Corporate and Investment Banking division globally.
ICICI Bank integrates banking and accounting with Open
Targeting India’s micro, small and medium enterprise sector.
