International Women’s Day: a great time to reflect on progress, but there’s still a long way to go
A look at initiatives that help a better work/life balance – and assist women to get to the most senior roles.
Financial Services/Finserv
Top fintech stories this week – 8 March 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Three ways to support women in tech
Make room for women, invite them in and give them the tools they need to transform your organisation and industry.
UK and Turkey push Islamic finance through fintech
TheCityUK and Borsa Istanbul set out their ambitions.
SoftBank and Microsoft power Grab’s $4.5bn funding frenzy
Other investors in its current Series H funding round include Toyota, Hyundai, Ping An, and Yamaha.
Tencent taps University of Hong Kong for fintech talent
They will offer workshops, internships and a Bachelor of Arts in fintech.
Silicon Valley Bank welcomed in Canada
The bank has received a Canadian licence and opened an office in Toronto.
Blockchain outfit SETL files for bankruptcy
UK payment and settlement infrastructure provider calls in an administrator.
White paper: How to combat fraud in 3 easy steps
How are fraudsters slipping through the net and how to combat fraud?
Fitting Hub right fit for Japanese banking on blockchain
Five regional banks plan April launch of new service.
Fabled kings, indecision and cows
Welcome to the Great Disillusionment Swamp…
Crypto boosted by Russia’s digital rights bill
The State Duma edges the nation towards cryptocurrency legislation.
Singapore regulator’s new tech group targets risky business
Monetary Authority of Singapore makes some changes and gets truly focused.
PayTech Awards 2019: celebrating most innovative projects and services
Enter the Awards by Friday, 5 April!
How new AML tech is freezing the fraudsters
Over 90% of UK current accounts are now covered by the new Mule Insights Tactical Solution (MITS).
Teenage kicks hard to beat for Innovate Finance
FinTech for Schools is out… and about in the UK.
Poland’s Alior Bank calls for fintech start-ups
Acceleration programme wants ideas in security, data analysis and finserv.
White paper: Intelligent business software solutions enabling fintech companies to grow
How can you grow your fintech firm with a business software solution?
Open banking – build it and they will come?
It is the innovative data wranglers that will decide the success of open banking.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 4 March 2019
Featuring N26, South Korea, Brex and TymeBank.
UCL and Barclays unleash deep tech venture builder
Conception X turns dissertations into a deep tech start-up.
Banking Technology March 2019 issue out now
Pay attention. Fintech in the ascension.
Top fintech stories this week – 1 March 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
FinovateEurope 2019: days of creation
Fintech is currently in an exciting creative phase.
UK Finance wants to bring ethics to banking sector
Good luck getting that to work.
Experian calls off £275m ClearScore acquisition
UK’s Competition and Markets Authority expressed concerns.
Assets, habits and the wand that chooses the wizard
Can you tell which bit of generalities “we have data, customers and scale” actually holds value for the future?
Mastercard and Angaza shine for payments in emerging markets
Will offer digital solution that “increases access to affordable necessities”.
New Valley Bank & Trust gears up for launch in Massachusetts, selects new lendtech
New Valley Bank & Trust has selected Baker Hill NextGen for its commercial and small business lending operations.
Santander and LSE instrumental in Nivaura’s $20m funding
UK firm offers platform for the issuance of financial instruments on blockchain.
Risk, finance and regulatory reporting: adopting an integrated approach
Banks with the most flexible, integrated FRR architecture will appease the regulators. How to achieve it?
Bank of Ireland unveils €2bn Brexit fund for SMEs
“Brexit isn’t ‘business as usual’.”
PayTech Awards 2019: celebrating people that make things happen
Nominate your colleagues (or yourself) for a Leadership Award by 5 April!
Europe’s army of fintech start-ups
How European fintech start-ups are competing for a market share.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 25 February 2019
Metro, Starling and ClearBank get the RBS grant, South Korea plans fintech push, and more.
South Korea plans interbank payment network
The nation’s Financial Services Commission gives fintech another boost.
Japan to unleash national digital currency J-Coin Pay
60 financial institutions team up for new smartphone payment service.
Discovery’s digital bank to go live next month
South African financial services company satisfied with testing.
Will challenger banks motivate change?
The need for digital transformation has been obvious for years and the window of opportunity is about to close.
