Top fintech stories this week – 21 December 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Data & Analytics
AI firm Dataiku gets £80m funding
Aiming at UK expansion.
Crypto data firm Nomics nabs $3m funding
Arthur Ventures leads the round with Coinbase participating.
Understand your cyber risk
To manage your cyber risk, you must understand it.
Compliance software provider Egress gets $40m funding
Led by FTV Capital and supported by AlbionVC.
The case for plugging nature into the economy
How can banks factor in extreme climate events and environmental disasters risks to improve their credit risk ratings?
Banking Technology Awards 2018: and the winners are…
The Banking Technology Awards 2018 winners announced!
Equifax Ignite-s data analytics in UK
Data analytics and insights platform lands in UK.
YayPay celebrates $8.4m funding for data science drive
Start-up seeks growth in cash-flow and receivables markets.
Finastra Universe London 2018: overcoming the data frontier
When privacy is not an issue.
White paper: Segments of one – customer insights in digital banking
Easy-to-implement use cases for personalised marketing and sales.
Data privacy provider Privitar picks up investment from Citi
UK firm plans to expand its US teams on the East Coast.
Top fintech stories this week – 7 December 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
How technology and AI are set to transform compliance
A three-level structure: humans at the top, AI at the bottom, an automated decision support system in the middle.
Swift adds information check pilot for gpi payments
The pilot for global payments innovation starts with 14 banks.
White paper: Adaptive Authentication – Superior User Experience and Growth through Intelligent Security
White paper on the state of authentication and the evolving threat landscape.
Tibco acquires data manager Orchestra Networks
It will get EBX to add to its Connected Intelligence platform.
White paper: Six ways thin clients and virtualisation deliver a fatter ROI
Six ways thin clients can improve your return on investment (ROI).
Becoming a digital bank
Digital transformation must be a far-reaching and whole-hearted undertaking.
Professional cybercriminals put the heat on fintech
Danger skulks everywhere in EPC’s latest report on threats and fraud.
The five attributes of a successful digital banking experience
What factors need to be considered to create powerful digital self-service apps and similar differentiators?
White paper: Three Ways Data is Changing Customer Experience in Banking
Learn how future-facing banks are using data analytics to create profitable offerings.
How to turn bad data into a new revenue stream
The cost of data redundancy is expected to be $3.3 trillion in 2020.
Capture Consent: How to protect your business and your clients
Capturing consent without diminishing your customer experience.
Achieving growth of SME lending by harnessing digital customer data
An organisation’s data strategy is there to serve the overall business strategy.
Fenbushi’s Dispatch-ed for blockchain building in Asia
San Francisco-based Dispatch offers DLT app creation.
Technology for the new world
Business as usual is no longer an option. You can bank on that.
Data start-up Banked backed with £1.5m funding
Lead investor is Backed VC.
Data mining
If data really is the new oil, where is the pipeline flowing?
DNB Bank finds data skills in Collibra
Part of the bank’s wider data strategy.
White paper: The Digital Banking Transformation Playbook
How can your financial institution compete?
Pay.UK seeks better data for New Payments Architecture
Calling for fintech to contribute to its “Enhanced Data” project.
Cambodian paytech Clik-s with £2m funding
Round led by Limestone Technology and OpenWay.
Huawei battles for European banks’ trust
Chinese IT and telecoms giant has Santander as its flagship European customer.
Fintech Inn 2018: why Lithuania has enlisted the Stig
All the best bits from the largest fintech event in the Baltic region.
Mirror, mirror on the wall, is Singapore’s AI fairest of them all?
Regulator wants fairness, ethics, accountability and transparency.
Bangladeshi lendtech ShopUp receives $1.62m investment
Automating online credit assessment for MSMEs.
Meniga gains foothold in Southeast Asia with UOB deal
Meniga’s tech to help UOB’s customers “keep track in real time of their savings and expenses more easily and clearly”.
Talend seeks some data talent in Stitch acquisition
Stitch will be rebranded as Stitch Data Loader.
Standard Chartered teams with Instabase for clever KYC
As the fintech comes out of the bank’s eXellerator.
