Singapore regulator warns of national cryptocurrency scam
Websites falsely claim that Singapore is adopting a cryptocurrency as its official coin.
Digital
R3 and SBI team up to push Corda in Japan
A new joint venture for blockchain rises in the east.
Nasdaq outbids Euronext with $770m offer for Oslo Stock Exchange
Euronext had made a bid of $713 million.
Are too many finance providers conflating trust with technology?
“Trust-free” is actually abstract or faceless trust.
Silver-tongued Argenta launches conversational banking
Belgian bank teams with message mavens Sparkcentral and Smooch to make it happen.
CULedger grabs $10m funding to its blockchain credit
Plans to use DLT for credit union-focused platform.
Infinito blockchain platform is one stop show
All-in-one and designed for businesses and developers.
Santander Spain and Raisin in open banking duet
Life is a dream. For banks and fintechs.
First Data joins AIB in €100m bid for Payzone
Duo targeting Dublin-based payments firm.
Envestors entices start-ups with crowdfunding control
UK firm launches standalone equity crowdfunding platform.
Personal finance app Fintify gets FCA approval
Can now operate as a registered account information service provider.
Cross River and Railsbank create transatlantic API action
Banking on both sides of the Atlantic through a single API.
Credit card player Petal picks up $30m funding
Series B round led by Valar Ventures.
Oxygen gets $2.3m funding for digital banking life
San Francisco-based firm offers free banking services to freelancers.
Users left in lurch as crypto exchange Liqui closes
Firm says it does not “see any economic point in providing you with our services”.
Revolut locks in on banking and trading licences
CEO unveils his cunning plan to build a global licensing team.
Indian banks unveil blockchain-linked funding for SMEs
The 11 lenders include ICICI, Axis, Yes Bank and Standard Chartered.
Monzo prepares digital receipts with Flux
As the challenger finds fintech partners for its marketplace.
Samsung backs Mobeewave in latest funding wave
Mobile paytech now has a total of $20 million.
IBM, PNC Bank and health insurers set up blockchain network
To improve the efficiency of the health sector.
TrueLayer unveils payments API
UK firm launches it in the name of open banking and PSD2.
Interview: Emre Sayin, FCase – from silos to symphony
Emre Sayin, founder and chairman of FCase, talks about data orchestration and fighting fraud.
M1 Finance takes on banks with new checking account
Called M1 Spend, it integrates within the US firm’s current app.
Mizuho makes move on Chinese fintech start-ups
Signs MoU with Zhongguancun Development Group for fresh talent.
Wirecard launches API developer portal
Initially designed for issuing solutions, but full scope on the way.
First Direct unleashes social media payments
Today is fdpay day as peer to peer payments are on the way.
BBVA Groww-s investment app via $6m funding round
Bank’s Propel Venture Partners one of the backers for Indian firm.
Spanish neobank Bnc10 readies for launch
It’s already made its waiting list available.
South Korean crypto exchanges unleash AML initiative
Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, and Upbit wake up to the threats.
DBS chief innovation officer Neal Cross leaves for fintech start-up
Calls time on five lively years and moves to PictureWealth.
Onfido opens up to Bitcoin payments
Blockchain technology and identity management converge via partnership with BitPay.
Facebook to integrate Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp
Company says it is at the start of a “long process”.
ATB Financial looks on Brightside with new challenger bank
Always look on the Brightside of life.
Finxact secures $30m funding for core banking action
New investors include American Bankers Association and Accenture.
Absa AI automates account switching in South Africa
Bank’s CIO Jacques Barkhuizen calls it a “world first”.
Lendtech Pepper Money looks for UK banking licence
Its ambitions are nothing to be sneezed at.
Webinar: The ROI of AI – Converting conversational AI into revenue for banks
Learn how to increase customer lifetime value, customer retention and reduce costs
Mastercard trumps Visa with £233m offer for Earthport
Visa had made a £198 million offer earlier.
Top fintech stories this week – 25 January 2019
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Age of Konsentus for Mastercard’s open banking
Firm selected by paytech titan to deliver TPP identity and regulatory checking solutions.
