Infographic: Open Banking – progress update
Courtesy of the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE).
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HSBC preparing challenger bank on the side
A beta version of this new SME bank may come this year.
Sunrise Banks: the dawn of seamless payments experiences
Social enterprise banking, payments, and creating user experiences by using data.
Jaja Finance launches first product following £7m funding
Making credit cards simple to get.
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Elements of fintech, pure in substance.
Line launches cryptocurrency Link
Japanese firm says it will not make an initial coin offering.
Bangkok Bank calls for banging fintech start-ups
Bank is egged on by Nest to drive Thailand’s ecosystem.
Finastra sittin’ on the dock of the Bahrain FinTech Bay
Vendor looks for fintech action in the Middle East.
Terra firmly raises $32m funding for digital money ambitions
Plans to copy models of payment platforms like AliPay and PayPal.
How insurers and start-ups are targeting the growing cyber insurance market
Sarah Stephens interviews a panel to find out how they’re targeting the cyber insurance market.
Dfinity raises $105m funding for blockchain supercomputer dream
Sees itself as “The Internet Computer”.
Ebury becomes first fintech to go live with Swift gpi
Global payments innovation powers on.
Standard Chartered applies for HK virtual licence for new bank
The upcoming digital bank also got a new CEO.
JP Morgan hires ex-Google exec for AI ambitions
The war for talent rages on.
AI wealthtech Pagaya closes $14m funding round
Its tech is meant to help institutional investors and asset managers.
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UK offers fintech expertise to Nigeria
Due to Brexit, it needs to find new markets.
How come nobody gives me fish anymore? Going “all the way down” in digital banking
Bankers, use the skills you have to continue the journey and give customers something meaningful.
Azimo partners with Interswitch for cross-border payments in Nigeria
Creating a Europe-Nigeria channel for the underbanked.
CULedger gets $8.5m to support blockchain for credit unions
Part of a $10m funding goal.
UBS to sell robo-advisor SmartWealth to SigFig
Swiss bank already has an equity stake in SigFig.
Gold-as-currency enabler Glint seeks US sprint
Partners with Sutton Bank and Galileo Processing for American dreams.
“Skills can be learned, but values and character matter most,” Ghela Boskovich on #WomenInTech
Interview with Ghela Boskovich, head of fintech/regtech partnerships.
Switzerland relaxes AML rules for small fintech firms
For companies with gross revenues of less than CHF 1.5m ($1.53m).
Standard Chartered and Siemens to pilot blockchain-based smart guarantees
Collaborating with digital trade provider TradeIX.
Popular AI and blockchain project – Project PAI – holds London launch event
Don’t miss Project PAI’s launch in London on 8 September 2018.
NASA jets in to help Entrust Datacard security
Entrust’s authentication fuelled by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
Political rhetoric and its impact on cryptocurrencies
How the regular pronouncements from governments and regulators are impacting the cryptocurrency market.
Binance Labs launches incubator for crypto start-ups
$500K for those firms selected.
Universal Protocol Alliance launches for digital asset unity
Blockchain firms include Uphold, Cred, Blockchain at Berkeley, and Brave.
Thailand plans to peak with central bank digital currency
R3 and its DLT platform Corda on call for Project Inthanon.
For fintech, life after disruption is a question of identity
What does it take for a disruptor-leader to keep growing in a world where dominance is never guaranteed?
US lender receives Series C $62m funding Upgrade
Financing led by CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund.
Sentifi savours success at Swisscom start-up challenge
Swiss firm bested more than 230 rivals to win the challenge.
ML instinct fuels Aberdeen Standard Investments’ new fund
It will use machine learning to identify sources of potential returns.
Kenya’s Equity Group turns Finserve subsidiary to fintech
Its MVNO is now an autonomous commercial enterprise.
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Barclays seeks to boost e-trading innovation
Newly-created role will also look at AI and ML for improvements.
Revolut goes hardcore with crypto cashback Metal card
To those about to withdraw we salute you.
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