Linxo links up with Raisin to save Europe
A Franco-German alliance targets the European savings sector.
Digital
Fintech funding round-up: 29 January 2018
Features Tender Armor, OpenDoor, Duco and Sancus Finance.
Softbank seeks to steal PayPal’s plunder
A rival digital payments system?
ABN Amro, ING and Rabobank hit by cyberattacks
All suffered a series of DDoS attacks last weekend.
ANZ internet banking goes dead
Ten hours a slave… to Twitter complaints.
ING makes 75% incision in Payvision
Looks for growth and to broaden its payment product portfolio.
Challenger bank Ummah Finance seeks CTO
UK-based start-up Ummah Finance looking for a CTO and other senior execs to join its team.
eCurrency Mint and Rizal to launch digital cash in Philippines
Plan to make it available by Q2 this year.
The importance of knowing your payments are secure
The explosion of e-commerce has led to an increase in online fraud and money laundering.
UK cybersecurity start-ups get royal touch at Pitch@Palace
Event will be hosted by the National Cyber Security Centre and the GCHQ Cyber Accelerator.
Trussle rustles up mortgage monitoring service
Monitors over 11,000 mortgage deals from more than 90 lenders across the market.
Cryptocurrency mining scam catches 15m people out
Running undetected for over four months.
UK government puts its heart into Digital Charter
Pushing new standards to keep digital economy, cybersecurity and tech investment on track.
Bank of England recovers from IT issues
Resolves technology communications problems following a regular internal IT update.
UK’s new watchdog shows AML instinct
Office for Professional Body AML Supervision is unleashed.
Digital ID firm Signicat raises $2m
Signicat is one cool cat with its Identity Assurance-as-a-Service.
AutoGravity forces its way past $2bn in financing
Things are looking up for US mobile auto shopping and financing start-up.
Roostify integrates with LendingTree
Consumers can find a loan while Roostify keeps the mortgage origination process online.
Top fintech stories this week – 26 January 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Geezeo powers PFM platform for F&M Bank of Virginia
“Stow away” savings with Squirrel.
Banking tech round-up: 25 January 2018
Features Yolt, Chevy Chase Trust, FIS, Haven Savings Bank and Connecticut Online Computer Centre.
UK government plots cryptocurrency regulations
Amidst the drama and diatribes of Davos, two politicians open their mouths.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 25 January 2018
Starring Coinsilium Group, GMEX Technologies and Vaultbank.
Lloyds online banking goes down
Things fall apart… again.
Payfone in its element with O2 digital partnership
Initiative aims to protect mobile users from fraud.
Tradeshift explores new Frontiers with innovation lab launch
To boldly go where many other fintech firms have been before.
Expensify ends 2017 on an all-time high
US travel and expense management firm in receipt of good news.
NTT-AT to distribute Trusona ID tech in Japan
Will offer Trusona’s password-less login solution to its enterprise customers across the nation.
Unified monitoring: how banks can plan for success, not just prepare against failures
How to stay competitive among other brick-and-mortar operations.
2,000+ bank branches closed in US in 2017
Digital is all the rage now for US banks.
First Data to open new fintech centre in Ireland
US payments firm also aims to hire 150 staff from around the world.
Challenger BankiFi launches with open banking battle cry
Platform’s launching customer is Nordea’s developer portal.
Mastercard eyes biometric totality by 2019
Banks issuing Mastercard-branded cards will have to offer biometric authentication.
SoFi’s choice: former Twitter COO to take helm as new CEO
Social media’s loss is social finance’s big gain.
Trulioo launches KYC tool to connect MNOs
Will work with 24 MNOs from the US, Canada, the UK, China, India, Spain, France, and Switzerland.
Zopa enhances executive ranks with new trio
En route to its launch of a challenger bank later this year.
New UK mobile bank Countingup brings heart to sole traders
Will focus on the 4.5 million sole traders, freelancers and contractors in the UK.
Yusen Logistics favours Fiorano for digital revamp
The integration backbone for all inbound and outbound client traffic in Singapore.
A new twist on an ancient game
Lotto games have been around since before 205 BC in China, and used to finance major infrastructure projects.
Payments round-up: 23 January 2018
Features DBS Bank, Xero, WeChat Pay and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
