Marygold acquires Tiger Financial & Asset Management for UK expansion
Tiger’s core business is managing clients’ financial wealth across a range of products.
Financial Services/Finserv
ICICI Bank launches digital platform for the student ecosystem
Campus Power, available to all, aims to offer banking and value-added services within one platform.
Raisin Bank acquires payments division from Bankhaus August Lenz
The acquisiton, for an undisclosed sum, will be headed up by Bankhaus payments veteran Mirko Siepmann.
India’s Pine Labs acquires API fintech start-up Setu
This is the third acquisition announced by Pine Labs this year.
Citi partners METACO to develop digital asset custody capabilities
Citi will integrate METACO’s bank-grade digital asset custody and orchestration platform, Harmonize.
US fintech Glia acquires chatbot platform Finn AI
With the acquisition, Glia aims to make virtual assistants “mainstream” for financial services companies.
Women in finance – where are they?
Why is the financial sector still failing to attract talented women in 2022?
Stripe simplifies bank transfers for UK, EU and Mexican businesses
Stripe says that bank transfers, despite their popularity and ease of use, are “filled with friction”.
SME paytech SumUp raises €590m at €8bn valuation
SumUp says the latest funding is “indicative of our strength, execution, and potential”.
Is standardisation the secret weapon against trade finance fraud?
How lenders can leverage technology to mitigate duplicate trade fraud.
Mode Eleven selects Finzly’s payment core for BaaS platform
Finzly says its tech will give Mode Eleven “full control over its payment processes”.
What my aunt can teach you about decision-making
Here are the three things, the only three things, you need as a decision-maker in life and business.
Ghana’s Fido raises $30m Series A to broaden financial inclusion in Africa
Fido has now raised $38m to date and intends to use the fresh capital to launch new financial products in Ghana.
RBC partners Plaid to offer API-led connectivity with fintech services
The data access agreement will remove the need for credential sharing, enhancing security and privacy.
State of play: Money 20/20 Europe
Fintech analyst Philip Benton recaps key themes and trends at Money 20/20 Europe.
Starting small: how Nearside is trying to help create a more inclusive economy
With this rise in new small businesses comes a need for new banking services catered to these new entrepreneurs.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Five interview questions to ask to determine a company’s culture
Five questions to build a cultural profile of your new workplace before taking the job.
What the FinTech? | S.3 Episode 9 | Smart applications for AI and ML
We are joined by Jethro MacDonald, product manager, artificial intelligence and machine learning at SmartStream.
Gen Z financial assistant app Cleo raises $80m at $500m valuation
Cleo will use the funds to shore up and expand its services as a global economic winter begins to bite.
Intesa Sanpaolo sells Croatian merchant acquiring business to Nexi
The €180m deal forms part of a broader multi-year partnership in the merchant acquiring space.
Santander Mexico CEO Héctor Grisi to lead banking multinational in 2023
He will replace José Antonio Álvarez as group CEO next year, following a transition period.
Canada’s VersaBank acquires a Minnesota-based bank to fuel US growth
Upon closing, the bank will be renamed VersaBank USA National Association.
The Bank of London invests in Belfast and creates over 200 new jobs
The Bank of London says it is making a “multi-million pound” investment in Belfast.
Qatar National Bank launches open banking platform for fintechs
QNB says its open banking APIs could transform the fintech landscape in Qatar.
Why I do want to use crypto to buy my pizza
I predict that in the medium term, we will begin to consider crypto a safe and reliable form of tender.
Paytech PPRO hires Rahul Raswant as new chief financial officer
Raswant has held roles at Standard Chartered Bank and consultancy McKinsey.
US fintech Wahed Invest to receive $50m in Series B funding
The Series B round will support the start-up’s plans to launch an ethical neobank.
Denmark’s Mazepay receives pan-European payments license to streamline B2B purchases
The license will enable Mazepay to handle transactions on behalf of companies.
Coping with the cost of living: how open banking can build financial resilience
We need to see a significant step-change in open banking regulation to cushion the blow of inflation.
Banking start-up Fiinu to launch plug-in overdraft, list on LSE
Fiinu is set to be acquired by media company Immedia for approximately £37.5 million.
Digital banking tech vendor Narmi raises $35m Series B
The fresh capital will be used to develop and accelerate the overall digitisation of the US banking industry.
New banking app Chippit launches in beta in Australia
Founded in May this year, Chippit calls itself a “social banking app”.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: CapIntel, Clausematch, Swoop & more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
NatWest, Citi, Barclays trial Finteum intraday FX swap and repo platform
Given the rising interest rate environment, liquidity optimisation is a high priority, Finteum says.
Euronext migrates core data centre from UK to Italy
The move has been a strategic decision made in response to multiple factors including Brexit.
Finzly celebrates ten years of providing innovative solutions to banks
Finzly’s user conference discussed trending topics and bank innovation outside the legacy core.
CBA’s new digital mortgage brand, Unloan, underpinned by Mambu’s tech
CBA positions Unloan as “a revolutionary force in the Australian mortgage industry”.
MDXT acquires low-code/no-code SaaS workflow solution Iceflow
Iceflow creator Graham Denyer will join MDX Technology as CTO.
TS Banking Group in front-to-back office tech revamp with Temenos
Temenos’ front-to-back office technology will be delivered in the cloud.
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