FinovateFall 2018: Best of Show winners unveiled!
Meet the Fantastic Five – the top vote-getters in this year’s Best of Show voting at FinovateFall 2018.
Innovation
AI-powered insurtech Concirrus closes £5m funding
London-based company brings total raised to £12 million.
SIA seeks fintech paradiso with new open banking platform
Italian firm wants to embrace almost everyone.
Bitwala raises €4m to build blockchain bank account
Earlybird and Coparion as investors.
Tandem Bank adds auto-savings rules
“Improving savings habits is one of the hardest things someone can do.”
NPSO releases first details on New Payments Architecture
The details are around new procurement process for the clearing and settlement layer.
Open Banking shouldn’t be written off, the revolution is just starting
Realising the benefits that Open Banking will deliver will take time.
Revolut records annual loss but revenue grows fivefold
Revolut’s 2017 revenue stands at £12.8m and customer base at 1.3m.
BBVA’s app shows account activity from other banks
BBVA’s has become the first bank in Spain to offer this service.
Country spotlight: Lithuania, blockchain nation
The Baltic nation sets out its ambitions to be the region’s fintech hub and gateway to Europe.
The future of client onboarding
Every interaction that your customer has with you is an opportunity for you to make an impression.
Gemalto and R3 launch blockchain-based digital ID platform
One identity in all online sites.
Ireland Adapt-s to fintech with €5m research programme
No confusion as Adapt Centre will lead Fintech Fusion.
Bank of England preps UK fintech for next decade
Its “Vision 2030” looks at the future of finance across the nation.
Top fintech stories this week – 21 September 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Scotland’s Strathclyde Uni unleashes fintech accelerator programme
Brave hearts can apply for an overall package of £10,000.
ING invests €7.5m in open banking ace Cobase
Dutch firm Cobase wants to expand beyond Europe.
Ivory Coast stock exchange calls for West African start-ups
Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières’ innovation lab is open for business.
Banks and traders unveil Komgo for blockchain-based trade finance
15 big names behind new Geneva-based entity.
Not learning is not a super power: language and the age of disruption
The biggest downfall of a shared language these days is in your office.
NatWest starts quantum computing testing
May be able to execute tasks at 300 times the speed of a traditional computer.
The great standstill: lack of innovation holding back the insurance industry
The insurance industry is still playing catch-up due to some fundamental barriers.
Fintech’s most popular value-props – FinovateFall 2018 Edition
Greg Palmer opens up about the four value propositions he sees the most when coaching for Finovate.
Denmark’s central bank turns to SIA for new RTGS system
Later this year the country will be connected to Target2-Securities.
Insurtech Setoo set to woo with €8m funding
Main investor in Series A round is Kamet, AXA’s insurtech start-up studio.
France Swave-s hello at UK fintech jobs
Government-backed tech incubator Swave employs seduction techniques.
Stripe makes it Terminal for programmable POS
Stripe Terminal takes an online presence into the physical world.
Singapore unveils world’s first unified payment QR code
SGQR will be adopted by 27 payment schemes.
ASEAN Financial Innovation Network launches API exchange
A consortium led by Virtusa will develop and operate it.
Santander to build £150m tech hub in UK
Prepare to get bowled over Milton Keynes!
Fidelity CEO hints at blockchain and crypto products
CEO Abigail Johnson was speaking at a Boston fintech conference.
How banks and disruptive fintech start-ups can create new economic models
Start-ups want to create valuable new products cost effectively and in a spirit of openness and mutuality.
VPBank launches lively new digital bank Yolo
Vietnamese bank targets younger generation with “unlimited connectivity” to lifestyle service providers.
New York sues US to halt fintech charters
Another regulator kicks up a fuss over national bank charters.
UK’s Nationwide targets £4.1bn tech investment
Adds another £1.3 billion to its five-year plan.
Ribbit Capital to raise $420m fintech fund
Prior investments include Coinbase, Nubank, Revolut and Robinhood.
State supervisor keeps on fighting against US fintech charter
Conference of State Bank Supervisors will renew its litigation against OCC.
Nordea takes open banking to Sweden
So I say thank you for the innovation, for giving it to me.
Global Digital Banking Conference – Europe 2018: cash is being murdered
The future of payments gets some attention at RFi Group’s London event.
Global Digital Banking Conference – Europe 2018: fintech ain’t that cool
RFi Group’s London event reckons the death of banks is overestimated.
