Analytics firm MapD shoots for the cloud
San Francisco-based company unveils MapD Cloud.
Innovation
Saxo Bank launches new trading platform
Systems are go for SaxoTraderPRO.
Interview: Red Hat – fuelling open innovation in banking
Discussing cloud titans, blockchain and why the company is at the heart of the open source community.
Revolut unleashes open API to all customers
Allows users to integrate Revolut for Business accounts with third party software.
SoftBank and Alibaba to invest $445m in Paytm E-Commerce
Values the Indian firm at about $1.9 billion.
NatWest links with Vocalink to foil fraudsters
Bank bolsters defences for detection of invoice fraud.
Sberbank takes to the cloud
Russian bank teams with system integrator I-Teco for SberCloud platform.
Ripple joins Hyperledger Project
Ripple CTO says “developers will be able to access Interledger Protocol in Java for enterprise use”.
Moxtra teams with OCBC Bank to pilot new mobile app
To deploy and test the new “Secure Chat Banking” mobile app.
Brazilian challenger Nubank bags $150m funding
Taking on the big banks and making inroads in the credit card space.
Bambu goes global with new office and talent
In fintech, when the going is good, the good go global.
Case study: BBVA – salute the speed
Talk and action – chatbots and artificial intelligence (AI) in practice.
Five ways AI is disrupting financial services
Whether you realise it or not, artificial intelligence (AI) is taking over the world.
Banking Technology April 2018 issue out now
You sought symmetry. And fintech came to you.
Pindrop is tongue-licking good for biometrics
Jaws drop as it launches Tongueprinting.
Top fintech stories this week – 30 March 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Australian challenger bank Judo Capital launches
Throws its hat into the SME ring with digital move.
Avaloq becomes founding partner of FinTech Scotland
O flower of Scotland, when will we see, your like again.
None better than non-clients for Citi mobile app
It’s an open house as non-Citi clients can connect their accounts to app.
No downside for Flipside Crypto with $3.4m funding grab
To date, Flipside has operated as a sort of data-driven angel network.
PayTech Awards 2018: recognising successful individuals and teams
Celebrating people that make things happen!
The Finbourne supremacy fires up with wealthtech club
Working on a shared cloud-based investment management platform.
“Active sponsors” and other mythical creatures of banking innovation: a survival guide
Sponsorship is a double edged sword.
FCA welcomes EU agreement on Brexit
Everyone be cool. This is Brexit.
TSB joins lendtech race with Business Marketplace
Plans to become UK’s first high street lender to link to rival’s digital deals.
IoT gets chatty with DeepMind’s cloud text-to-speech
Will allow IoT devices to talk back to you.
Fintech funding round-up: 28 March 2018
Stars Canopy, Spring Labs, Equitise and Xinja.
Uber looking for Dutch payments licence
It’s a drive to diversification.
PKO turns to Coinfirm for blockchain-based documentation verification
Polish bank goes for full implementation of Trudatum platform.
Deutsche Börse and HQLAx to build securities lending solution on R3 Corda blockchain
They seek to improve collateral management of high quality liquid assets.
The gift of the gab: three chatbots leading in insurtech
Chatbots can do more than just use a script to move customers through a sales funnel.
Mizuho and IBM develop new AI tech for financial market forecasting
Will use Dynamic Boltzmann Machine to help forecast market trends and volatility.
PaymentComponents and Natech partner for open banking push
AplonAPI will be integrated with Natech’s core banking solution.
NatWest unleashes ClearSpend app for company card control freaks
Free mobile app for commercial card customers.
Broadridge acquires Israeli digital tech firm ActivePath
To strengthen its governance and communications businesses.
MUFG wanders over to ExaWizards for magical AI alliance
Plan to conduct development studies of online finance products.
Banco BNI Europa unveils account opening via videoconference
Portuguese bank brings verve and vivacity to video world.
Fintech funding round-up: 27 March 2018
Features Candex, MarketInvoice and Konsentus.
Tesobe powers API for Forty Seven Bank
London-based banking start-up will use open source API solution.
Predictive analytics firm Endor raises $45m in ICO
Israeli firm combines computing and MIT-developed proprietary social physics.
