Gemini picks Eventus Systems for trade surveillance
Popular cryptocurrency exchange boosts its monitoring.
Financial Services/Finserv
TrueLayer and sync. partner up on Spanish expansion
UK-based aggregation platform taps TrueLayer to boost its service.
Manzil launches Halal Visa card in partnership with Koho
Canadian firms partner up to debut new card.
Silicon Valley Bank looks to hire 80 people in UK office
The bank has hired 30 staff in the first half of the year.
Banks need a single brain
Every bank needs a single brain to anticipate the needs, wants and quirks of every customer.
Six ways financial services will adapt to BigTech in the UK market
BigTech companies excel at giving customers what they want.
FIS debuts subscription-based core banking for US community banks
The US vendor aims to supply community banks with bundled software.
British Business Bank extends CBILS deadline
Firms have two months to consider the cases, making the final approval on 30 November.
Lana raises $12m in Series A funding round to fuel LatAm expansion
New company plans to help unbanked workers.
National Savings Bank picks ACI Worldwide risk technology
Sri Lankan bank opts to extend partnership with ACI.
Bankia becomes Avaloq’s first Spanish banking client
The Spanish firm has picked an on-premises deployment of Avaloq tech.
Robinhood’s value tops $11bn on new funding round
The new valuation increased by nearly one-third from a previous round just one month ago.
White paper: Enhancing trust with AI-driven biometrics
Learn how to improve every aspect of the identity lifecycle with intelligent ID.
FXPress agrees acquisition of Avila House
The deal enables FXPress customers access to multi-currency IBAN accounts.
The revolution will be regulated
When it comes to digital adoption, the regulator has been the biggest driver of change in the more mature markets.
American Express acquires SoftBank-backed Kabbage
Reports earlier this month put the value of the acquisition at up to $850 million.
Samsung launches Curve-powered payments service
Samsung Pay Card allows users to pay with their hardware across multiple accounts.
Form3 gains investment from major UK banks
Payments firm raises $33 million and welcomes Lloyds and Nationwide as shareholders.
European Commission approves Mastercard’s €2.85bn Nets deal
Third party firm to receive an exclusive licence for Nets tech to lower anticompetition fears.
N26 loses chief product officer Georgina Smallwood
Smallwood departs N26 to join a Berlin scooter firm.
Amazon in talks to invest in cloud services company Rackspace
The deal would involve Amazon acquiring a minority stake in Rackspace.
PayActiv raises $100m Series C funding round led by Eldridge
The round comes less than a year after it became a Public Benefit Corporation.
Making the most of business data and this summer’s mix-tape
Businesses that make the leap from operational to analytical are ones that understand the value of data.
Live webinar: The role of digital identity in a physically distanced world
Novel approaches to digital identity verification to securely onboard and engage with consumers – and at a distance.
EU warns City of longer wait for market access post-Brexit
The delay is because of the bloc’s own regulations which are also in flux.
Wells Fargo compliance chief Mike Roemer steps down
The major US bank is undergoing a risk restructure.
China expands digital currency experiment across major cities
More than 400 million people are able to trial the digital system.
MUFG Union Bank appoints Devon Bryan as new CISO
Bryan arrives at the bank from a CISO role at KPMG.
Bank of Lithuania calls for parity in EU digitalisation
Lithuanian central bank wants a more unified approach to innovation in the EU.
The social-savvy wave of entrepreneurs
They will push traditional banks to pivot their offerings once again.
What every employer needs to know about employees returning to the workplace
Advice on the measures employers should take when re-opening their workplace amid COVID-19.
Buyer’s guide to modern web-scale backup & recovery
Providing guidance and assistance for IT professionals looking to re-evaluate their current data protection practices.
GoCardless Australia readies for open banking and instant direct debits
The start-up launched In Australia and New Zealand towards the end of 2018.
Mastercard signs debit card deal with First Direct
First Direct becomes fourth UK bank to offer Mastercard debit cards.
John Legend-backed challenger Cred.ai runs beta in US
The fintech has built its own underwriting which it intends to outsource.
Linn-Co Federal Credit Union goes live on Episys core system
Credit union completes core switch despite COVID-19.
MUFG taps AxiomSL for reporting automation
AxiomSL’s Global Shareholding Disclosures will be deployed on the cloud.
Standard Chartered and Airtel Africa sign financial inclusion partnership
The two firms plan to boost services in “key” African markets.
Nationwide Building Society deploys Mortgage Brain’s Lendex
The system allows advisors to submit a mortgage application through the back office.
Singapore’s MAS pours $182m into second fintech fund
Around half of the committed SGD 250m rolled over from the first FSTI scheme.
