MyBucks and Bibimoney are SIM-Skin kings of Africa
Joint venture aimed at continent’s microloan market.
Innovation
Case study: Citi – terms of endearment
A series of initiatives support Citi’s business clients in the quest to do business in real time.
Swift Institute calls for gender diversity in fintech
Issues call for proposals and offers €15,000 grant to deal with issue.
Smart Pension solution Envizage-s financial well-being
UK-based fintech uses guidance engine for new product.
IndusInd Bank buttons up with interactive credit card
Indian bank gets pushy with three payment options on one card.
PSR pushes for payee confirmation paradise
UK’s Payment Systems Regulator wants your views for a fair CoP.
Beijing plots to make fintech grand thing
The capital reveals its tech development plan up to 2022.
AIB opens up to APIs
Irish bank introduces AIB Developer Portal.
Swift’s gpi bags first bank win in Bulgaria
Central Cooperative Bank to implement the global payments innovation service.
SCT Inst: gaining traction one year on
Interview with Javier Santamaría, chair of EPC, to mark the first anniversary of SCT Inst.
How open will your bank become?
Open banking means different things to different CEOs.
Nordea and Finnish friends to digitalise share trading on blockchain
Joined by Asiakastieto, OP, Privanet and Tieto for a feisty fintech force.
Danske Bank isn’t messing around with Tech Stars competition
Bank teams with Women in Business for Belfast-based fintech innovation.
SBI Ripple Asia leads payment fraud fight in Japan
Proof of concept will run on the Corda network.
White paper: Opportunity knocks – the future of Open Banking
Essential reading for banks, building societies, fintechs, payment service providers and others.
Avoid your auntie Mabel: career tips for optimists, curious cats and rebels
Play something that you care to win with people who are playing the same game.
DBS switched on for Suzhou start-ups
Bank stays busy via MoU and yearns for playtime at Suzhou Industrial Park.
BBVA and Santander join launch of EU blockchain platform
Get ready for the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications.
Swift India all MonetaGo for banking on blockchain
Pilot programme kicks off.
Technology for the new world
Business as usual is no longer an option. You can bank on that.
IBM and Columbia University call for blockchain start-ups
Two juicy new accelerator programmes are waiting for you.
Webinar: How to Kick-start Your Digital-First Banking Transformation
Register for a Backbase webinar, taking place on 28 November.
Poland’s at the Heart of fintech sandbox action
Polish Financial Supervision Authority joins the sandbox craze.
KBC Ireland app to go multibanking
Thanks to open banking and PSD2.
TSB’s new CEO aims for banking redemption
Debbie Crosbie to join troubled bank from CYBG. She’ll be busy.
Singapore regulator makes payments top Bill-ing
Monetary Authority of Singapore finalises its Payment Services Bill.
Barclaycard wakes up to Costa Coffee’s contactless cup
UK’s first reusable coffee cup with integrated contactless payment technology.
US Faster Payments Council alive and kicking
FPC plans pacey paytech for all.
Discovery debuts digital bank
Financial services company launches new digital offering.
Finleap takes a jump with €41.5m Ping An investment
To reach new tech firms and partners.
Initiative Q queues up new payments network
Israeli entrepreneur Saar Wilf first wants to create a critical mass of users.
The transformation of the European payments landscape
Instant payments are becoming the new normal.
Banking Technology November 2018 issue out now
Fintech inception. Ideas come to life.
Thank Mbanq for its first Banking-as-a-Service accelerator
Silicon Valley-based bank chooses Singapore as first location.
Tandem Bank earns its Stripe-s for auto savings
UK challenger bank also opens community beta testing for new feature.
White paper: The Digital Banking Transformation Playbook
How can your financial institution compete?
Ripple’s blockchain sends speed to CIMB’s payments network
CIMB’s product SpeedSend has corridor with Australia, US, UK and Hong Kong.
Top fintech stories this week – 16 November 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
FinLab accelerator fires up for Thailand SMEs
Its smart business transformation programme gets support from UOB.
UK’s Brexit deal gets some fintech love
Conservative MPs may be resigning, but some in fintech seem happier.
