Tokyo: fintechs welcome!
Japan is keen to turn Tokyo into the number one financial hub in Asia.
Digital
Reasons behind the rise of fintech companies popularising stock market investing
Being financially successful is ‘cool’ and is a growing aspiration for younger generations.
RBS recruits army of digital influencers to promote banking app Bó
The sponsored posts were published after RBS was accused of writing fake reviews for Bó.
Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers hit by system outage
The incident took place from around 4am on New Year’s Day.
JP Morgan vows to ban fintech apps from using customer passwords
It’s working towards issuing tokens that send third parties a narrow range of data in a secure form.
BBVA trials Amazon platform for banking products
The Spanish bank is exploring options via a partnership with a Michelin star restaurant.
Better serve your customers by focusing on your employees
This isn’t a question of profit or people, but rather people in order to profit.
Omnio lands €15m in private placement
Further €10 million anticipated in January 2020.
Standard Chartered appoints new CIO of corporate, commercial & institutional banking
Rene W. Keller joins Standard Chartered from Deutsche Bank.
SME challenger bank B-North raises £2m funding
The bank’s first regional “Lending Pod” will open in Manchester in Q2 2020.
BoE’s Carney says finance is too slow on tackling climate change issues
Carney is due to become the United Nations’ special envoy for climate change.
HSBC plans new restructure with France and USA in firing line
The global bank is aiming to cut costs and weed out loss-making divisions.
Razer Fintech, Grab and Singtel bid for Singapore digital banking licence
There are only five of the new licences up for grabs.
Former Starling Bank CTO plans 2020 launch of crypto digital bank
Mark Hipperson is CEO of Ziglu, an app that will allow users to trade cryptocurrency
ISO 20022: stepping in the right direction
Market participants should assess the impending transformation and work on action plans.
The desktop of 2020 and beyond
Clearly, these desktop application integration platforms need to evolve too.
Credit card challenger Koto to launch in UK come 2020
“We are offering credit with a fixed fee from day one,” says Koto’s CEO.
Til a mortgage do us part
Is three months of bank statements really enough to determine whether someone can afford a mortgage?
A market course correction will rein in overblown valuations in 2020
Recent disappointing IPO stories are sending investors back to the drawing board.
Our top women in fintech and banking 2019 short list
A short-list of rising stars and household names in banking and fintech.
Top 10 challenger banks by valuation and funding
It’s been a record year for fundraising across the challenger bank space.
UK challenger Supreme Fintech set to launch globally in February 2020
The start-up is gearing up for its 1 February 2020 launch.
Cattolica University launches blockchain project with Italian firms SIA and Reply
The national project will run in collaboration with the Bank of Italy.
A 2019 challenger bank review
B-North’s COO takes a look back at what 2019 had in store for banks.
Ripple raises $200m in Series C funding round
Ripple says the investment marks its “record year”.
Next year looks bright for community banking
Credit unions and community banks raise their game in 2020.
Wealth Wizards seeks £30m funding and new investors
The wealthtech aims “to make expert financial advice affordable and accessible to everyone”.
Gen Z are the bank customers of the near future
Learn how banks can balance engaging with this group, millennials and older customers.
Challenger banks in the Middle East
Featuring challenger banks in the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Israel.
How would Boris Johnson’s 2% digital tax affect UK fintech?
The tax will target big social media platforms, search engines and online marketplaces.
OP Financial Group signs Minna Technologies to advance open banking
Finland’s largest financial group calls the partnership “the right match”.
Virtual ATM provider Sonect raises $8.6m in Series A
The start-up raised CHF 8.45 million from existing investors in this round, which was oversubscribed.
Signing up to the future
A legal evangelist explains why she expects the future of contracts to be autonomous.
How pursuing an OpenAPI strategy has helped Saxo build an ecosystem
An ecosystem doesn’t live and breathe by itself.
Adflex CEO: Cards are definitely fighting back
Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) will disrupt the age old four-player system.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 20 December 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
FinTech Futures Industry Survey 2020
We are calling on our readers to provide us their views!
How the Grinch stole my identity: Three tips for fraud prevention this Christmas
As many as 8% of US consumers are affected by identity fraud at Christmas time.
Finovate Podcast: Episodes 11-20
Don’t miss the latest episodes from the Finovate Podcast series.
Three trends to watch in 2020
Red Hat dissects how 2020 will be a chance for banks to catch on to innovation.
