Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 4 February 2019
Features an investment record, Stripe, Global Financial Innovation Network, Swift and R3.
Digital
Goldman Sachs and Amex join Better Mortgage’s $70m funding round
US-based digital lender plans partnerships and recruitment.
No lonely planet for open banking in OBIE’s latest guide
Open Banking Implementation Entity is an ecosystem warrior.
Euronext takes on Nasdaq with $737m Oslo Stock Exchange offer
Makes lower bid but says it has support from majority of Oslo Bors shareholders.
Suits Me sir! HooYu brings verification to banking start-up
Have you thought of a colour, sir? We have some excellent Blue Serge.
Equidate re-named Forge Global, boosts Series B to $85m
US-based trading platform looking to broaden its services.
CYBG banking shifts up a gear with Red Hat
UK bank unites digital operations on OpenShift container platform.
Paytech QUID takes high road to Canada and US
Will expand to other countries after it’s settled.
Licence lust lets Lithuania’s fintech sector soar
Sector expanded by 45% in 2018 as Google and Revolut were awarded licences.
Dinosaur and tZero unleash securities trading on blockchain
Brokerage outfit and Salt Lake City-based firm in no danger of becoming extinct.
Bayerische Landesbank picks Profidata for custodian services
German bank will use the software Xentis.
UK’s Metro Bank hit by SS7 attack
Known telecommunications vulnerability exploited to target bank accounts.
Infographic: the year of the crypto crash – 2018
Cryptocurrency prices went from all-time highs to catastrophic lows.
Bison app attracts crypto trading hunters
Powered by Börse Stuttgart and designed for buying and selling.
Judgement day arrives for payments in India
Nation gets ombudsman to help with users’ complaints.
Nixon knocks PSR job on the head
MD to leave the UK’s Payment Systems Regulator in April.
TSB hit by £105m loss after IT woes
“Last year was TSB’s most challenging year.”
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WorldFirst closes US operations to save Ant Financial deal
UK currency exchange doesn’t want the acquisition derailed by regulators.
Industry brief: FRTB and XVA – Addressing real-time regulatory and business needs with in-memory computing
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All Raiffeisen banks in Switzerland finally live on Avaloq
Core banking project was delayed, but 900 sites are now up and running.
Ephesoft whips out its cloud hyperextender
When the going gets tough, the tough take to the cloud.
Temenos’ Avoka finds workspaces for retail banking
First offering from Avoka since acquired by Temenos in December.
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Superstructures: fintech reaches new heights.
Swiss lendtech Loanboox secures €20m funding
Money and capital market platform now valued at €110 million.
Nviso offers no hiding face with new biometric tech
Facial recognition solution “reveals how people really feel about money”.
State Bank of India’s customers exposed in data leakage
The bank has now secured the unprotected server.
Insurtech Clearcover raises $43m for US expansion
The auto insurance firm will invest in its API platform.
Portuguese Banco CTT gets AML tech from Fiserv
One of the nation’s newest banks will use AML Risk Manager.
Standard Chartered launches African digital banking phase two
Bringing its new service to four countries.
BPP Pay launches mobile wallet in Brazil
Taking the place of Samsung and Google Pay.
Amex throws Curve a curveball
American Express blocks customers from adding Amex cards to Curve.
Tiger makes Stripe roar with $100m funding
Latest round puts paytech’s valuation at $22.5 billion.
US lendtech CuneXus signs 100th customer
Happiness is a hundred for California-based lending platform.
TCS Bancs core system shows Solidarity in Bahrain
Insurance firm plans digital revamp.
China plots Nasdaq-style tech board
China Securities Regulatory Commission outlines its ideas.
Returnly raises $8m funding for post-purchase paradise
US payments firm focuses on retailers and brand land.
New York regulator fines Standard Chartered $40m for forex rigging
Old gits, a den of thieves and the usual suspects.
Saudi Arabia and UAE unite for digital currency dream
Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority and UAE’s central bank unveil Aber project.
