Banking Technology May 2019 issue out now
Fintech with flourish. It blooms and blossoms.
Data & Analytics
My top four proactive, disruptive banking process innovations
Four areas where you can make the biggest impact both quickly and in the long run.
What’s driving change and where’s M&A activity in the fintech sector?
A “technological arms race” to digitise processes and drive efficiencies is on!
To keep bigtech at bay, banks should see fintech as friend, not foe
In the face of mounting competition, financial institutions must go a step further to stand out from the crowd.
First Hawaiian stays with FIS but switches core systems
This comes despite the bank signing in 2015 with FIS’s fellow US heavyweight competitor, Fiserv.
Will KYT drive technology innovation in banking compliance?
The journey towards “know your transaction” has just begun, and the road ahead looks promising.
BCR opens applications for Capability and Innovation Fund Pool C
Four £10 million grants are on offer.
Indio Technologies brings digital to insurance with $20m funding
The company has raised over $30 million in total.
Digital Assets Data to enhance crypto data insights with $6m funding
The firm targets crypto hedge funds, family offices, asset management research firms
Insurtech and the future of financial modelling
The trio of financial, actuarial and management reporting: technology revolution or evolution?
Seacoast chooses Talend’s data quality and compliance solution
Talend Data Fabric has streamlined review processes.
Citi launches NextGen AI compliance project
In partnership with EY and SAS.
AI and ML empower advisors by predicting their clients’ economic behaviour
The advisor’s role goes beyond managing money; it has shifted to managing lives.
Fractal Labs wins Deloitte’s first fintech portfolio investment
The company is based in Deloitte’s London fintech lab.
Mosaic Smart Data enhances analytics game with $9m funding
Its machine learning (ML) models identify and alert the user to opportunities and threats.
FIS links up with Visa
A new tool for the FIS clients to process high-value corporate, cross-border payments.
All tests are not created equal: choosing the right psychometric-based credit tool
Helping to navigate through the various vendors and products available in the alternative credit scoring space.
Seven fintech firms join forces with Nationwide to address financial capability issues
EXCLUSIVE. Nationwide talks about its Open Banking for Good initiative and the selection of fintech partners.
First real-time payments launched in Saudi Arabia
Vocalink partners with Saudi Payments for market-first development.
Equifax acquires PayNet to boost SME credit access
PayNet CEO says deal will support “Main Street American business”.
TD Bank moves to Microsoft Azure cloud
The bank has also implemented Office 365 for employees.
Webinar: Customer consent in an open banking world
Learn how educate and empower your customers and gain their informed consent.
TrueLayer joins with ANNA to offer open banking to SMEs
ANNA hopes to launch further new features in the future.
SoftBank invests €900m in Wirecard for APAC push
Wirecard is struggling amidst fraud investigations.
Webinar: Collaboration is key to digital banking
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White paper: Empowering Investment Bankers with Data Science
How to build the modern CRM system with built-in AI and machine learning.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 23 April 2019
Facebook, Stripe, and Europe’s biggest IPO.
Figure Eight acquired by Appen
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Could graph technology reduce the risk of another economic collapse?
The unprecedented in-depth analysis enabled by graph analytics can produce risk warnings faster and better than ever.
Financial inclusion focus: smallholders, big dreams
An ambitious vision for raising smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa out of poverty through applying technology.
Tcell introduces mobile payments TezSum in Tajikistan
The telecom operator has partnered with Wallet Factory for the project.
New cryptocurrency exchange eToroX unveiled
The exchange supports six cryptocurrencies and eight fiat stablecoins.
A banker goes a-banking, volume 2: paper for the stone ages
So I had to go to the bank today. And the day’s surprises began.
Dashlane raises $30m to up password protection
Dashlane is expanding its horizons with new features like password breach alerts and monitoring.
Mastercard joins investment round for Singapore AI start-up AIDA
The company plans expansion into Japan and the Philippines.
Indian payments fintech Cashfree closes $5.5m Series A round
Investment will fund team expansion and distribution of API banking platform.
White paper: FICO for fintech – Advanced Analytic Services
Find out how fintechs and challenger banks have put a dent in the financial services universe.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 15 April 2019
This week, news about challenger banks!
PayU acquires Wibmo for Indian mobile payments fun
It also has other high growth markets in sight.
Top fintech stories this week – 12 March 2019
Teradata’s event coverage, Sopra Steria acquired SAB, and other news.
