FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 20 May 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
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FinTech Futures Jobs: Your fintech job might change in the future
Workplace policies of your employer might well be affecting how long you see yourself sticking around in your job.
Finovate Spring 2022: Starling CEO Anne Boden on what big banks can do better
Starling Bank CEO Anne Boden delivered a keynote speech at the Finovate Spring conference in San Francisco.
KPMG UK hires Crypto UK exec to bolster digital asset services
KPMG UK says the hires will allow it to offer clients “additional high calibre expertise”.
Programmable banking
We are fast approaching the time finally being right for programmable banking.
US fintech Current launches platform API with Plaid as first partner
Current’s platform API enables fintechs to build embedded financial services solutions quickly and easily.
UK challenger Atom hires Andy Sturrock as CTO
Atom Bank’s new CTO wants to take the bank’s technology “to the next level”.
Finovate Spring 2022: The changing landscape of financial services
Digital innovation is one of the key talking points at this year’s conference.
BaaS start-up Unit raises $100m Series C, reaches $1.2bn valuation
The company intends to use the capital to “make it even easier for companies to launch and succeed”.
Neolender ThinCats taps cloud banking vendor Mambu as it looks to scale
ThinCats will leverage Mambu’s cloud banking solutions and its SaaS technology platform.
Now is not the time
Now is the only time. And every time you say ‘not now’ you make everything that little bit harder for your future self.
Nude partners GoCardless to deliver VRP inter-account payments
Via the GoCardless network Nude will be among the first in the UK to leverage Variable Recurring Payments (VRP).
BforBank taps Temenos for Google Cloud-supported future expansion
BforBank is the fully digital banking offering from French international banking group Crédit Agricole.
Tide partners Sage to offer new tax and accounting product
Tide says its new offering will reduce the “time and stress of traditional accounting” for its customers.
Paying it forward: how Zirtue aims to remove the stress from relationship-based lending
FinTech Futures speaks with Zirtue co-founder and CEO Dennis Cail about tackling predatory lenders.
Fintechs need to take the lead on mental health
Fintech firms cannot disregard the risk of poor mental health among their workforce as ‘just part of the role’.
White paper: Digital lending – how technology transforms banks
A step-by-step overview of digital lending transformation in banks, brought to you by HES FinTech and FinTech Futures.
White paper: How to select a digital lending solution – the ultimate guide
Answering some of the key questions lenders ask when choosing a software vendor for their lending automation product.
Report: Northern Ireland fintech – leaders in ESG
A deep dive into how Northern Ireland became a pioneer in the advances of fintech, regtech and ESG.
Brazilian fintech Nomad raises $32m in Series B funding
Nomad previously raised a $20 million Series A round in July 2021.
Westpac partners 10x Banking on new platform for institutional clients
10x Banking will provide the core technology for the new venture.
NatWest Group fined £1.82m for overcharging credit card interchange fees
NatWest, RBS, Ulster Bank and Coutts incorrectly treated a number of cards as being ‘commercial’ cards.
Digital assets platform Elwood lands $70m Series A
The Series A cash will go towards expanding Elwood’s product offerings and global operations.
Santander uses in-house cloud tech to digitise core banking
Santander expects to fully complete the transition within the next two to three years.
MPOWER Financing hires Wall Street exec as new head of capital markets
Zaki will lead strategic partnerships for the fintech firm as part of his new role.
Developing an inclusive culture in fintech
When you invite diversity into your organisation, you’re inviting innovation and creativity.
Brazilian fintech Dock lands $110m growth funding at $1.5bn valuation
Dock says the new capital will turbocharge its product development and international expansion plans.
Vietnam’s Saigon-Hanoi Bank taps Temenos for digital upgrade
SHB will leverage Temenos’ open architecture to deliver personalised and AI-supported customer journeys.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Changing jobs can boost your bank balance as well as your career
Exciting open vacancies at Monzo, Hazy and Tandem Bank. Apply today!
EMEA funding round-up: Cashew, Stanhope, Elucidate, Spades, Sun Zu Lab & sqft.capital
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across EMEA.
Checkout.com snaps up French ID verification firm ubble
The deal is set to close later this year.
Emotional connection in customer experience
Many digital financial services lack a “human heart”. And that should be something that worries the industry.
What the FinTech? | S.3 Episode 7 | The future of digital payments
In this episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Claire Gates, chief commercial officer at PPRO.
Egyptian B2B paytech Paymob raises $50m Series B
The Series B round, the largest fintech Series B in Egypt, was led by Kora Capital, PayPal Ventures and Clay Point.
Pakistan’s Systems Limited to acquire National Data Consultant
The deal will also see Systems Limited acquire NdcTech’s subsidiaries in the UAE and Singapore.
Mission can have a lower-case ‘m’
All business, no matter how young or small, operates in context. So think it through.
Oracle FS gains core banking tech clients in Europe and Africa
Oracle FS has landed new-name deals for its Flexcube core banking system in Portugal and Nigeria.
Capitec Bank taps nCino for business banking loan management upgrade
Capitec is South Africa’s largest digital bank, with more than 10 million customers.
Oracle FS lands two new core banking tech deals in Uzbekistan
Ziraat Bank and a challenger bank will implement a broad range of Oracle FS tech.
UAE neobank Wio hires Salem Al Nuaimi as chair and Jayesh Patel as CEO
The hires at Wio follow the digital bank’s licence approval by the Central Bank of the UAE.
