CO-OP Financial Services brings digital power to LA credit union
Becomes fintech energy provider to Water and Power Community Credit Union.
Innovation
Metro Bank unveils open banking developer portal
Built in collaboration with Google’s Apigee team.
Banking Technology Awards 2018: celebrating people that make things happen!
Taking place on 13 December in London.
Top fintech stories this week – 13 July 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Citi meets its payments Smart Match with HighRadius
Will match open invoices to payments received for Citi corporate clients.
Citizens Financial launches digital bank
Divine banking providence – aka Citizens Access – comes to Rhode Island.
Data manager Hazelcast gets new cast of customers
New faces include Lloyds, UBS, and National Australia Bank.
Gold-as-currency enabler Glint goes for £15m funding
UK-based start-up wants to shine in US and Japan.
Evry one wins with Handelsbanken’s handy wristband payments
Norwegian bank offers payments from micro bank cards in wristbands.
AEON and Fujitsu trial biometric payments
Will start in September 2018 in Japan.
Meniga to build BPER’s digital banking solution
Italian banking group turns to white-label solution provider.
Turkey launches fintech task force
Wants to make nation a global hub.
Big boy problems: the challenger banks’ challenge
In the disruption era, disintermediation is the big boys’ loss for sure, but not necessarily the disruptors’ gain.
BitGo brings right flow to Cinnober crypto exchange solutions
Will use BitGo’s crypto wallet solution.
Comdirect bank sells Ebase to FNZ Group for €151m
Fintech buys bank.
Eye in the sky: how drones can shape underwriting
Drones are hitting the mainstream – but how do they impact insurance?
Fujitsu fires up five-day blockchain production framework
For customers seeking or refining projects based on DLT.
Share-buying Dabbl app overfunded in first Seedrs campaign
Designed as a low-barrier entry for the public.
Thinking Capital and Equifax go to BillMarket for Canadian SMEs
The duo have launched a new solution, BillMarket.
Plum first chatbot to integrate Monzo and Starling
Users can link bank accounts without having to share login details.
How Latin America’s fintech market could exceed $150bn by 2021
The rise and rise of LatAm fintech.
Index Ventures unleashes $1.7bn fund
London-based company looking for action in US and Europe.
Nordnet rejects AI Amelia’s advances
Swedish digital bank says it’s not you. It’s me. (Sort of.)
IBM docks with Banca Carige for $500m American JV
Looking to help Italian bank with AI, big data, analytics and cognitive tools.
Alibaba’s Jack Ma teams with Ganesh Ventures for Indian start-up action
Ma’s new eWTP Ecosystem Fund brings a boost.
Accenture to power RiskBlock’s insurance platform for blockchain
Accenture joins as lead framework architect.
BeSmartee and LoanFuel make mortgages mobile
LoanFuel will integrate BeSmartee’s technology into its mobile app.
Aixigo relaunches digital portfolio management system
Enhancements for portfolio to intake and manage data sets from legacy systems.
Antelop to provide mobile e-wallet for Greek Piraeus Bank
Mobile payments coming to Piraeus customers.
City spotlight: tech bin ein Berliner
Berlin has established its credentials as a premier European blockchain hub.
Versatile payments ring Xenxo passes $1m funding
India-based firm still looking for more money.
Equifax and Consents Online in open banking pact
Will develop solutions for UK consumers and small businesses.
International Cybersecurity Congress 2018: calling time on secretive banks
Within and outside Russia’s borders.
IBIS3G core banking system lives on
Berner Kantonalbank will develop it to IBIS4D.
Investment app Moneybox gets £14m funding
Some handy change for UK-based spare change investment app.
Enveil unveils data defender tech
ZeroReveal Compute Fabric is revealed by cybersecurity firm.
Tradeshift meets its MakerDAO for blockchain payments
MakerDAO is creator of Dai, a decentralised stablecoin.
Country spotlight: France – la vie en rose
The French fintech market is going full speed ahead.
France set to regulate ICOs
New action plan for business growth and transformation Act will be introduced by the end of 2018.
Powering self-employment with fintech
Fintech is well placed to deliver innovative solutions to challenges that the mainstream industry has ignored.
