Mastercard’s Vocalink release payments report: Look beyond London
87% of over 75’s still don’t use banking apps.
Digital
Caisse des Dépôts chooses Murex for its asset management
Murex’s MX.3 platform pulls every part of business into one.
EBA Clearing launches request to pay solution for Europe
It’s “the missing piece of the puzzle” for financial companies.
Why BNY Mellon thinks fintechs are friends not foes
BNY’s head of digital explains how the company partners and invests in fintechs.
Digital Reasoning reveals $40m funding round and Standard Chartered partnership
Digital Reasoning uses AI to understand human communication
AI analytics platform FinTech Studios raises $5.1m
The company uses AI, NLP and ML to aid decision making.
United Bank of India launches voice banking
FSS offers the solution in partnership with Amazon.
JP Morgan and Societe Generale invest in trader fintech Wematch
Wematch is changing the way voice-traded financial markets operate.
ING reveals crypto report: The utility phase
Until crypto is useful, mass adoption will not follow.
FairMoney raises €10m to build challenger bank in Nigeria
FairMoney serves 200,000 customers who are mainly small businesses.
Greenlight raises $54m to release debit card for kids
Greenlight’s app can monitor children’s spending and set savings goals.
Nationwide invests in digital lettings agency Bunk
The investment will help Nationwide’s campaign to improve the rental market.
Making banking human again
It might sound like a contradiction, but technology needs to make banking human again.
Behind the music: Tuning the noisiness of your KYC
Scanovate’s KYC Orchestra has been doing full tours in the EU, Latin America, Israel and the US.
Gen Z fintech Mitto raises $2m in seed funding
Mitto offers parents insights into their children’s ‘purchasing’ profile.
Bud lays off 20% of its staff
One source says that majority of employees let go were in its marketing department.
Plaid reveals strategic investments from Mastercard and Visa
Plaid says there’s opportunity to align with Visa and Mastercard.
Insurtech Broker Buddha raises $4.5m in round led by Vertex Ventures
Vertex Ventures says Broker Buddha is “driving significant industry change”.
White paper: The payments transformation race – criteria for success
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Sampath Bank launches virtual teller machine
The branch-in-a kiosk solution that will provide customers with 24/7 banking services.
Grupo Caja Rural implements Strands’ technology
Strands’ tools will incorporate an AI engine, the exclusive engager component.
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Ping An Global Voyager Fund and Raisin invest in Joonko
The seed round raised €10 million.
Leveraging APIs to aggregate demand and transform economies of scale
Are businesses fully utilising the power of APIs?
Introducing: Finovate Podcast
A short, interview-based podcast featuring conversations from fintech’s elite innovators and influencers.
TreasurySpring raises £2m to develop core technology
TreasurySpring experienced three-times the expected subscription.
Digital Nigerian bank Kuda raises $1.6m in pre-seed funding
Kuda is the first digital-only bank in Nigeria.
Nucoro warns 84% of wealth management digitisation could fail
Wealth managers must re-engineer their operations to compete.
CFPB and state regulators launch US consumer network for fintech
The network will drive competition, consumer access and financial inclusion.
Max Levchin’s pay later Affirm said to be raising $1.5bn
The main investor is supposedly known as a warehouse facility.
UK fintech PrePay Solutions gets Belgium e-money licence
The licence was secured in a bid to curb Brexit uncertainty.
Italian fintech Young Platform raises €787,000 from 751 investors
‘Crypto made easy’ platform attracts Italian and British investors.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 15 September 2019
Industry’s top stories and happenings from across the globe.
DN Intersect 2019: final round up and key takeaways
The conference was predominantly focused on North America.
JD.com fintech affiliate launches new digital wallet in Thailand
JD Digits has partnered with Central Group to launch digital wallet app Dolfin.
Grupo Crédito Agrícola launches new banking app “moey!” with Meniga
The app will give Crédito Agrícola customers budget advice.
Deutsche Bank launches first Shanghai innovation hub
The new hub will be the innovation arm of Deutsche Bank in China.
Northmill receives banking licence from Swedish Authority
The neobank says it’s had a “constructive dialogue” with the SFSA
New challenger AlbaCo plans to launch with Temenos’ core banking
It expects to receive a licence from the PRA and launch in 2020.
