LendingClub shuts down SME lending arm
And redirects to alternative businesses.
Digital
Standard Chartered gets customer experience revamp with Avaya
The bank will implement the Avaya OneCloud Private solution.
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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 blockchain solve Brexit?
The blockchain industry does not seem to be not stymied by the Brexit debate.
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T-Mobile launches mobile checking account
With no fees and high interest earning.
Temenos Community Forum 2019: gone to the cloud
Banks are under huge pressure from customers to replicate the good service they get from other online providers.
Payfone raises $24m in round led by TransUnion
Payfone’s Trust Platform and Trust Score to be integrated into TransUnion’s product suite.
Financial inclusion focus: smallholders, big dreams
An ambitious vision for raising smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa out of poverty through applying technology.
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Tcell introduces mobile payments TezSum in Tajikistan
The telecom operator has partnered with Wallet Factory for the project.
NPM Capital acquires 35% stake in Dutch fintech Ohpen
Ambitions to expand to large banks and pension market.
Capital Bank of Jordan selected Backbase for digital transformation
Implementation will be carried out by Backbase and one of its partners, Lisbon-based Bring Global.
Ithala SOC selects Intellect Design to support expansion plans
The system integrator will be Tech Mahindra.
New cryptocurrency exchange eToroX unveiled
The exchange supports six cryptocurrencies and eight fiat stablecoins.
NCR chosen to support Provident Bank’s digital strategy
Aiming to achieve better capabilities, easy integration with core banking systems and a more intuitive design.
Mastercard acquires Vyze for point-of-sale financing
The ai Corporation has also implemented Mastercard’s Pay by Bank feature.
NBT Bank picks Fiserv to deliver tailored digital banking services
Software development kit enables employees to respond to customer feedback.
Zions’ Bancs conversion project rumbles on
This follows a go-live for consumer lending in May 2017.
Dashlane raises $30m to up password protection
Dashlane is expanding its horizons with new features like password breach alerts and monitoring.
Digital disruption: how Estonia leads the way to our future digital economy
Digitising processes saves Estonia 2% of its GDP a year in salaries and expenses.
New challenger Xpats kicks off from Mexico
Offering three different tiers of account and services.
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.
New PFM firm Tully takes Brits out of debt
It recently graduated from Accenture FinTech Innovation Lab 2019.
Beyond bots: real conversations for a meaningful customer experience
In our rush to digitally transform, it seems we’ve tried to automate the human, rather than humanise technology.
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Virtual card platform Extend raises $11m
The funding takes Extend’s total capital to $14 million.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 15 April 2019
This week, news about challenger banks!
Vision Blue acquires Cardiff-based SamePage
Both firms are happy about how the GDFC deal went.
Rapyd and OCBC offer Singapore’s first instant mobile payments solution
Partnership leverages national PayNow transfer service.
Credit Karma closes Noddle acquisition for UK expansion
It will make Noddle’s premium services available for all.
Sberbank, Gazprombank and Digital Horizon invest in biometric future
Speech Technology Centre aims to become a global leader.
PayU acquires Wibmo for Indian mobile payments fun
It also has other high growth markets in sight.
TCF 2019: Temenos locks and loads digital banking offerings
“Making banking better” was the overarching message of Temenos Community Forum 2019.
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