Supplement: FinovateEurope 2019
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Digital
Open banking: growing in customer trust in 2019
By 2022, the open banking market could be generating £7.2 billion in value.
Solera buys Nordic insurtech in4mo Oy
Texas-based firm plays it cool when it comes to what it paid.
Colombia’s fintech wakes up to open banking
New alliance between Colombia Fintech and Open Vector is a start.
US insurtech Jetty lands $25m funding
New York-based start-up’s Series B round led by Khosla Ventures.
Scotiabank taps Mexican talent for fintech accelerator
Canadian bank teams with Monterrey university for Mexico City action.
Morgan Stanley stocks up with $900m Solium acquisition
Wealthtech move marks its biggest deal since the financial crisis.
Sensors working overtime as AIStorm raises $13m funding
A storm is coming… a good one for IoT, biometrics and wearables.
Euronext ups Oslo Stock Exchange offer to $790m
What a saga! The battle in Norway against Nasdaq continues.
Databricks keeps building with $250m funding
Now valued at $2.75 billion – and with the continuous support of Microsoft.
First crypto clipper malware found on Google Play
The clipper impersonates a legitimate service called MetaMask.
UBank releases AI loan advisor Mia
Can you put up with her “cheeky personality”?
Canadian challenger Motusbank moves in
Ontario credit union Meridian unveils its new digital bank.
Bnext aims to be Spain’s Monzo
Bright pink cards are certainly appealing.
2gether Global preps open beta beyond Spain
The “banking platform” has now released some of its promised features.
Morocco’s CFG Bank in digital banking revamp with Kony DBX
CFG’s strategy is built on “simplicity, transparency and sustainable customer relationships”.
BB&T and SunTrust $66bn merger leads to mega tech revamp
New deal is designed to keep their banking competitive.
Possible Finance definitely raises $4m funding
Stunning Seattle-based lendtech looking for fintech nirvana.
IBM invests $2bn in AI tech in New York
Including an AI hardware centre for research.
Death not the end for QuadrigaCX crypto drama
Only one man had the password to access funds. He’s dead.
Citi and HSBC capitalise on Capitolis FX tech
Streamlining the novation processes.
Visa fights back against Mastercard with £247m Earthport offer
Payments firm Earthport is being fought over by two well-heeled lovers.
Ursa Finance bears down on UK challenger banks
UK challenger wants to de-automate banking.
SoftBank leads $440m funding round in UK challenger bank OakNorth
Plans expansion in North America.
Announcing Genome beta launch at White Nights Berlin 2019
Genome opens for public beta in Berlin on 12 February 2019 introducing a unified finance ecosystem like no other.
Wells Fargo well and truly has banking problems
Some problems still linger for mobile and online users.
ChartIQ finds a path to $17.4m funding
US-based fintech has now raised a total of $20 million.
Deutsche Bank gets collateral tech from CloudMargin
“The first time a tier one bank will use a public cloud-based for collateral management.”
InterSystems and Global Accelerated Ventures call for fintech start-ups
Looking to advance innovation in finance.
Top fintech stories this week – 8 February 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Innovating at scale: to compete with fast-rising challengers, banks need to gain agility
How large established financial brands can draw lessons from challenger banks’ customer-centric success.
Sberbank and 500 Startups IT Demo Day: blockchain cuts little ice in Moscow
They favour AI, ML and cybersecurity, which they believe hold greater appeal to investors.
Sohar International adds biometrics to banking app
Very few details have been revealed about the implementation.
New York’s a wonderful town for Fiserv DNA
Fiserv signs its largest core processing deal with New York Community Bancorp.
Oney Bank is Well into Wirecard for biometric payments in Romania
Consumers will be able to pay with the app in over 30 stores.
Lloyds unleashes open banking app
Follows in the wake of Barclays.
SIA blockchain sureties a sure thing in south Italy
“The first blockchain project in Italy to manage sureties.”
Wirecard reveals investigation into accounting allegations
The firm had previously called reports “inaccurate, misleading and defamatory”.
BBVA psyched up for $5m DataSine investment
Bank’s Propel Venture Partners invests in psychology/ML tie-up business.
Personal Capital gets $50m in personal capital
Digital wealth management company is in a happy Silicon Valley.
