Aussie fintech Verteva lands $21.4m to digitise home lending market
The start-up is headed up by two former Westpac execs.
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Fidor Bank loses O2 mobile banking contract
The contract began back in 2016.
JP Morgan first major US bank to serve crypto exchanges as banking clients
Coinbase lost its previous banking support from Barclays in August 2019.
Partnerships to drive industry forward in post-COVID world
The coronavirus pandemic has caused immediate changes to the financial services industry.
Absa rolls out PowerCARD across Africa with HPS
Absa started working with HPS last year.
Global fintech sees worst Q1 since 2016 for VC-backed deals
The quarter saw just 404 deals and ended on $6.1 billion.
Addition Financial picks Backbase to provide customer personalisation
The Florida credit union shuns a “one-size-fits-all” approach.
Swedish financial regulator picks BearingPoint to boost data analysis
The Financial Supervisory Authority plans to digitise EBA, EIOPA, and ESMA reporting data.
IBM signs payments modernisation deal with 75 Canadian credit unions
Big Blue to outfit Canadian CUs across three provinces.
Thai payments start-up Digio raises $4 million in Series B funding
The round featured Thailand’s interbank payments provider.
Temenos helps UK banks speed up BBLS distribution “in days”
UK banks have seen a surge in demand for BBLS loans.
UBS vies for Chinese digital bank licence
The rules are designed to ease foreign access to China’s financial market.
Swiss private bank Lombard Odier launches fintech strategy
An active portfolio of 50 well-diversified stocks will be put together.
Pandemic forces corporations to balance technology investments on risk and agility
125,000+ staff working remotely, 3m chat messages, 780,000 video & internet calls a day – how did Santander do it?
Goldman Sachs-backed fintech Flywire cuts 12% of workforce
A further 16 workers have been put on part-time contracts.
N26 lays off 10% of New York-based workforce
The losses are the first to be put down to operational reasons.
Business banking app Countingup lands £4m led by ING
ING says Countingup is a “digitally disruptive solution”.
Aussie neobank Xinja loses 2.25% interest rate
The interest rate caused it to hit AUD 100 million in deposits after just 19 days.
Making a case for payment initiation services (PIS)
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White paper: The digitalisation of sell-side risk management
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Singapore payments fintech Nium lands investment from Visa
The round is thought to be worth between $75-$100 million.
Payments start-up Banked raises £2.3m in seed funding
Real-time payments firm aims to challenge incumbent dominance.
Kestrl to offer UK consumers ethical banking alternative
The debit card launch is expected sometime in Q3 following a June beta.
IBM, R3, Mastercard, and Accenture form Trust over IP Foundation
The group want to create a standard for a decentralised digital identity exchange.
BHD Leon picks Temenos Transact to power geographic expansion
The Dominican bank is aiming for a wholesale digital transformation.
SadaPay drives contactless adoption with Mastercard in Pakistan
The digital wallet aims to deliver three million cards over the next five years.
Truliant Federal Credit Union picks Lodestar Technologies’ data solution
Truliant FCU wants to make better use of its enterprise data.
Citi’s Proxymity lands $20.5m from HSBC, JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank
The funding round will see it become its own London-based entity.
BNP Paribas head of digital Jean Devambez steps down
Devambez had spent 12 years at the French banking group.
Bank of the Philippine Islands deploys Avaloq Banking Suite as SaaS
The new client is Avaloq’s first in the Philippines.
ANZ promotes Emma Gray to new group executive data role
Gray is rewarded for her work as chief digital officer.
Webinar: Transform your customer experience with modern information management
Real-life examples of how FIs delivered value to customers, reduced technology costs & transformed their businesses.
Tencent buys 5% stake in Aussie fintech Afterpay
It puts Afterpay at a market capitalisation of more than AUD 8 billion ($5.1 billion).
UK fintech Fintuity offers free financial advice to NHS staff
The NHS will have access to the fintech’s online platform and financial advisers.
Luminor Bank deploys facial recognition for customer onboarding with Ondato
The Baltic bank will launch the new solution across Latvia and Estonia in the near future.
Three ways to optimise the finance function during COVID-19
It’s important to find areas of your business that can create positive returns.
The State of Digital Transformation in Financial Services 2020
Digital transformation today needs a balance between ongoing tech innovation and development of new skills.
COVID-19: Highlight of the week
We focus one particular coronavirus news item affecting the fintech industry.
Embark buys Zurich’s UK retail and investment management business
The move is part of Embark’s effort to build its presence in the UK retirement/savings sector.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 01 May 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
