AstroPay promotes Sofia Lanza to chief banking officer, appoints new CFO
Founded in 2009, AstroPay provides payment solutions and digital wallet services across the globe.
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ANZ New Zealand selects FIS for core banking upgrade
The firm will be the first bank outside the US to utilise FIS’ Modern Banking Platform.
Founderpath bags $145m to fund bootstrapped SaaS ventures
Founder Nathan Latka says the firm has deployed over $50m in capital over the last 12 months.
What comes after cashless?
Data lies at the heart of the financial services sector’s digital transformation.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Is now the time to ask for a raise?
Explore thousands of open roles on the FinTech Futures Job Board today.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 12 August 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Q&A: How Linqto is helping democratise the private investment space
Linqto’s COO Joe Endoso chats with FinTech Futures about the platform’s goals and ambitions.
Nigerian fintech TeamApt becomes QED’s first African investment
The new funds will help fuel TeamApt’s planned expansion across Africa in the coming months.
Composing the future of banks
Flexibility, agility and innovation are core competencies that will keep banks competitive through the next decade.
State of play: BNPL
BNPL has become one of the most divisive credit products of the modern age.
PayTech Awards 2022 Winner: Crezco – Best Real-Time Payments Solution for Business
Get paid faster and reconcile invoices automatically with instant open banking payments.
Banking Tech Awards 2022 – nomination deadline extended
The deadline for nominations for the Banking Tech Awards 2022 is now Friday 19 August.
Great Southern Bank selects Fiserv for core banking upgrade
The bank will utilise DNA from Fiserv as its new core processing platform.
Timberland Bank taps Plinqit for financial wellness and savings tools
Customers can now access digital tools designed to improve financial literacy and establish saving habits.
The blurred line between ‘utility’ and ‘value’
You’ll always need a little more tech than you needed yesterday, but at least you don’t need to build it all.
Jack Henry snaps up Payrailz for undisclosed sum
The acquisition is expected to close on 31 August 2022.
Yes Bank taps IBSFintech to digitise services for corporate clients
The partnership aims to enable paperless communication across treasury and trade finance processes.
Income verification platform Truework lands $50m Series C funding
Truework says the funds will support its product development and hiring plans.
Neobank Nuri files for insolvency due to “challenging” market conditions
The Berlin-based neobank says the action will not affect its services, customer funds or investments.
Klarpay AG CEO on bridging the gap between online companies and transactional banking
Klarpay solves one of the biggest challenges faced by digital businesses – access to efficient transactional banking.
KeyBank taps BlueSnap to facilitate cross-border e-commerce payments
KeyBank says BlueSnap’s operating model will give clients the flexibility to process global payments.
Crypto.com gains new licences in South Korea via two acquisitions
The firm has acquired payment service provider PnLink and virtual asset service provider OK-BIT.
Does a recession lead to more financial fraud?
A recession brings new challenges to FIs within a changing fraud landscape.
Digital makes the world go round: a reflection
We have the tools and resources to do more, and to do better, but more action is needed.
PayTech Awards 2022 Winner: BHMI & Payshop – Editor’s Choice
Payshop runs on BHMI’s Concourse – a unified payments back office solution.
Indian wealthtech platform Dezerv bags $21m Series A
The new funding has raised the company’s valuation to $100 million.
Tax automation fintech Avalara snapped up by Vista for $8.4bn
Vista Equity Partners will acquire all outstanding shares of Avalara for $93.50 per share.
UK challenger Dozens set to close by end of the month
The Dozens app is set to close by the end of August.
Mexican start-up Clara lands $150m debt financing from Goldman Sachs
The debt financing will boost its lending operations and accelerate its expansion throughout Latin America.
Digital lending platform Auxmoney secures €500m to fund new loans
The financing has been provided by American multinational Citi and French investment bank Natixis.
Singapore’s UNOAsia raises funds ahead of digital bank full launch
The firm is gearing up for the commercial launch of UNO Digital Bank in the Philippines.
Plugging in: financial services in the metaverse
If there’s one industry buzzword this year that is on almost everybody’s lips, it has to be ‘metaverse’.
Embedded finance: navigating the challenges
There are a few challenges to be aware of before entering the world of embedded finance.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 5 August 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Deutsche Bank to automate trade document checking with Traydstream partnership
The partnership will boost the bank’s efforts to digitise and automate its documentary trade business.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Is salary compression pushing you into a new job?
If you’re demotivated by salary compression in your workplace, it may be time for a change.
South Asia fintech funding round-up: Twid, Jify, OneLoad and Bluecopa
A handy round-up of recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across India and Pakistan.
US fintech funding round-up: Leapfin, Compliance.ai, Revolv3 and more
Our handy weekly fintech funding round-up covering news from US start-ups.
Umba acquires 66.6% stake in Kenyan microfinance lender Daraja
The Central Bank of Kenya says the deal will “support the stability of Kenya’s microfinance banking sector”.
The Co-operative Bank taps Finastra for treasury infrastructure upgrade
The bank is moving its treasury activities to the cloud with Finastra’s Kondor solution.
