Nationwide wide of the mark for UK open banking launch
Joins five banks in missing the deadline.
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Central Bank of Bahrain’s fintech sandbox heats up
Welcomes three new faces – investment service Wahed, BitArabia and online Bitcoin exchange Belfrics.
By George! Erste Group’s banking platform launches in Slovakia
Developed by the Austria-based bank’s in-house fintech.
Google Cloud offers updates on Spectre and Meltdown flaws
It has managed to weather the storm better.
Fintech Lab launches insurtech accelerator in Moscow
Nine start-ups primed for action.
Root Banking rooting for Starbucks-level channel integration
San Francisco-based start-up from industry veteran Matt Krogstad is launched.
Wells Fargo to scrap 800 more bank branches by 2020
Due to customers’ preference for online and mobile banking – and desire to cut costs.
Interview: Sidd Gandhi, KyePot – dreams and savings schemes
Co-founder and CEO shares his plans for India’s chit fund (savings scheme) industry.
Cardlytics appoints new CTO
Data-driven marketing company is reinforcing its troops for the new year.
Blooom fighting fraud in world of the 401(k)
US independent robo advisor Blooom unveils new Suspicious Activity Alerts feature.
Turkey: the next cashless society
Turkey is perfectly placed to become the world’s next cashless society – a true digital payment powerhouse.
FIS fintech accelerator seeks start-ups
Ten places up for grabs in the US.
IBM planning to reassign 30,000 tech services jobs
“I’ve Been Moved”?
EU outlines €1bn supercomputer plan
A step forward in ambitions to be competitive and independent in the global data economy.
Intel’s Spectre and Meltdown headaches continue
Its share price has also been dropping all week.
Accounting platform Aplos shows faith with Gusto
For Aplos’s nonprofit and faith-based organisation client base.
Is the UK Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport the real life DOSAC?
It’s like the UK government is taking advice from the writers of “The Thick of It”.
Top fintech stories this week – 12 January 2018
Catch up on FinTech Future’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Scalable Capital launches in Switzerland
Gruetzi mitenand! The UK-based robo advisor is in an Alpine arrival.
Payments round-up: 11 January 2018
Featuring lots of partnerships – with Ripple, MoneyGram, Worldpay, Iyzico, MSTS and Apruve.
Lithuania’s central bank selects SIA to access instant payments
Will connect with RT1, the pan-European instant payments infrastructure that goes live in November.
Janata Bank moves merged and acquired banks to Oracle FFS Flexcube
Data migration project in Nepal completed with the help of JMR Infotech.
Microsoft and Commerzbank head into #openspace for German SMEs
Microsoft experts will get involved in the various #openspace formats for the development of new business models.
Staying ahead of the competition
InsurTech Bytes, the specialist InsurTech podcast series, speak with Allianz about their business strategy.
Mambu banking engine powers Kreditech’s lending leap to India
Will expand into the sub-continent in early 2018, together with its partner PayU.
Intelligent Environments appoints new CEO
He most recently served as VP of EMEA at Fiserv. Prior to that, head of retail banking and insurance at Oracle.
NLB pioneers Temenos’ T24 R17 core banking tech
EXCLUSIVE. Slovenian bank is also keen to attract top talent as part of its digital transformation strategy.
How wearables will change everything
The next wave of technological transformation will be driven by the rise of wearable technology.
UK Digital Minister visits Tate Modern instead of figuring out what job actually is
Feel free to give him a prod and tell him to get back into the office.
Cisco plugs encryption hole in network security
Introduces analytics services designed to solve a growing problem – detecting threats hidden in encrypted traffic.
Payments round-up: 10 January 2018
With special guest stars Worldpay, Como Global, Mastercard, Here Technologies, Dream Payments and Wirecard.
Urban FT and Fortress Plus to co-market digital banking
Will also offer fraud protection at the same time.
Alkami scores $70m in Series D funding
Takes Alkami’s total capital to more than $116 million. Woo! Yeah!
When it comes to regtech, going it alone isn’t an option
Collaboration is the name of the game for regtechs trying to get ahead, according to Chris O’Driscoll of PA Consulting.
New challenger bank on UK scene, Chetwood Financial
UK’s challenger bank scene has got a new entrant – Chetwood Financial.
Crealogix moves on Middle East with Innofis acquisition
Swiss firm buys 100% of Innofis – a digital banking supplier for the Middle East.
Citi unleashes single digital platform for mortgages
Makes dual agreements to integrate its suite of US mortgage products into one platform.
New year, new us: say hello to FinTech Futures!
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AI is on!
Implementation of first uses cases around real-time contextual added-value banking notifications and offers to make their appearance in 2018.
