UK payments start-up ApTap readies to bootstrap
Fintech challenger founded by Imperial College London graduates.
Innovation
US regulator opens up national bank charters to fintech
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency now welcomes applications.
Portugal unveils fintech innovation lab
Meet Portugal FinLab.
Barclays and JP Morgan lead $14m funding in Cloud9
Cloud9 will speed up roll-out of its SaaS-based voice communications platform.
UK leads the way with record $16bn fintech investment
KPMG report highlights state of affairs in UK and Europe.
Finra wants fintech feedback on US broker-dealer industry
US-based Financial Industry Regulatory Authority open to ideas.
Brazilian urban mobility payments firm Veloe arrives
Bradesco and Banco do Brasil jointly launch new venture. Tech provided by Technisys.
AXIS Capital launches insurtech investment arm
Company aims to up its investment game via AXIS Digital Ventures.
ebankIT to power digital banking for Canada’s Coast Capital CU
Canada’s largest credit union by membership turns to ebankIT.
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MyFirmsApp on best behaviour with messaging app
Staying smart for the UK’s smartphone soft spot.
GMEX takes gold-coated stake in Usave Blockchain
All part of a plan to build a digital exchange for physical gold.
CLS and IBM furnish fintech with hosted blockchain service
Duo unveils services hosted on DLT platform LedgerConnect.
mBank and Commerzbank prep pan-European challenger
Project Kopernik (Copernicus) will initially target Germany.
Be at the heart of the biggest fintech event of the year – Sibos 2018
Explore opportunities with Daily News at Sibos.
What the future of payments and cryptocurrencies will look like
Three key factors currently preclude cryptocurrency from gaining widespread payments acceptance.
SoftBank, Yahoo Japan and Paytm make mobile payments mammoth
Smartphone payment service called PayPay. Genius!
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission launches fintech hub
CySEC will also look for regtech action.
How loan providers will be using blockchain
The concept of blockchain is still very alien to many.
Stripe lines up APIs for programmable payment cards
APIs rule for US mobile payments firm.
Isbank opens API portal in Turkey
Initially offering 14 APIs for developers.
Monzo challenges Starling with joint account launch
Starling has had a head start.
Switch brings voice tech to its CardSavr API
CardSavr will use natural language processing for managing cards on file.
Hitachi and KDDI trial biometric payments on blockchain
They aren’t KDDI-ing with their coupon settlement system experiment.
Deutsche Bank debuts digital signatures for corporates
Accelerated account openings have arrived.
Swift unleashes gpi for corporates pilot
Corporates and banks to test a new multi-bank payments tracking solution.
Figure Eight dates Google Cloud for machine learning
Figure Eight will serve as the data launch partner for Google Cloud AutoML.
Fellow bankers: “ecosystem” is not a “safe word”
Ecosystems are buzzing living things for those who are part of them.
German digital platform WeVestor powers up
Berlin-based firm targeting entrepreneurial investors.
Credit Suisse unveils $261m fintech fund
Its NEXT Investors team will be looking for the next group of firms to invest in.
The rise of wealthtech
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are revolutionising wealthtech.
Jabbar unveils digital exchange Kambio Ventures
A blockchain-enabled marketplace for tokenised asset-backed securities.
PSR calls for feedback on card acquiring services
Payment Systems Regulator wants a happy UK payments place.
FinLeap makes it nice and Beesy with Italian venture
Fintech company builder founds first firm in Italy.
Digital Asset takes Google Cloud to blockchain
Google developers get access to tools and services for DLT dreams.
Interview: Ching Ching Tan, Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Ngee Ann Polytechnic and CFTE have launched a new “AI in Finance” course.
OCBC Bank turns tellers into digital ambassadors
Wants to upskill its workforce.
Socure unveils digital identity bot Aida
Named after the world’s first computer scientist, Ada Lovelace.
US personal finance app Even gets $40m funding
Second round of financing led by Khosla Ventures.
Blockchain network Nervos nervelessly nets $28m funding
Backed by investors Polychain Capital and Sequoia China.
