The ups and downs of cryptocurrencies
Predicting what will happen to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has become a cottage industry.
Innovation
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 6 February 2018
Features Virgin Money, Tech Bureau, Japan Net Bank, Waves Platform and Tokenomy.
Payments round-up: 6 February 2018
Stars SafeCharge, WorldRemit, Wing Cambodia Limited Specialised Bank, PaymentComponents and Amazon India.
Credit Union Australia feeling Rosie with Flamingo AI insurance chatbot
Provides a service for potential new members visiting its website.
Women in fintech: people will be empowered by connectivity
Swiss RE’s Cecilia Sevillano talks about her journey in the industry.
Virtual agent Amelia answers Credit Suisse’s call for tech support
IPSoft’s virtual agent Amelia is not just smart, but also has human qualities such as emotional awareness.
Start-up Intrapay enters payments fray
Intrapay has launched for business “to refresh the payments industry with customer-driven innovation”.
Santander and Ripple to launch blockchain-based consumer payments
Santander will launch DLT-based international payments for retail customers in Spain, Brazil, Poland and the UK.
Industry alignment or industry confusion – what is a financial institution?
How industry labels and market segment boxes are no longer so revealing.
UK Finance brings simpler banking to SMEs
18 business bank account providers agree to same basic set of information.
Alipay crosses Finnish line for cashless payments
Group of Chinese travellers conclude first ever cashless journey to Finland.
Israel Discount Bank gets AI energetic with Personetics
Cognitive Banking Brain powers AI digital financial assistant Didi.
The five myths of Open Banking
Five key myths have been allowed to percolate in the minds of consumers and it’s high time these were busted.
Case study: Sberbank – tech them on
Sberbank now benchmarks its performance against technology companies not other banks.
Top fintech stories this week – 02 February 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Alibaba acquires 33% stake in Ant Financial affiliate for fintech fuel
Looking to “participate in the future growth” of the fintech sector.
AHML and Tinkoff Bank to unleash digital mortgages in Russia
Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending buddies up with bank for joint venture.
Buddybank finally opens for business
Smartphone-only bank was slated to open its doors in early 2017.
Scottish billionaire mulls new bank for SMEs
Jim McColl, one of Scotland’s richest men, prepares to enter the UK banking arena.
Blockchain tech firm Stratumn opens public beta for IndigoTrace
Blockchain tech start-up Stratumn has launched the beta of its new plug-and-play software.
Interview: Udo Kock, deputy mayor, Amsterdam
What makes Amsterdam a “global village”?
Banking Technology February 2018 issue out now
Vision dreams of passion. And all the while I think of fintech.
Bankwest launches Australia’s first payments ring, Bankwest Halo
“Just grab the things you need, fist-bump the terminal and go.”
Rabobank ventures to fintech frontier with $60m fund
Welcome to Rabo Frontier Ventures – and its focus on early-stage fintech firms.
Tesobe powers Santander’s first hackathon
Springs into action via Open Bank Project’s sandbox technology and expertise.
Fintech in 2018 – collaborating for the future of fintech
How to ensure the success of innovative new solutions is assured.
Western Union unveils fintech centre in India
New 125,000 square feet facility in Pune will employ more than 1,000 individuals.
Amazon, Warren Buffett and JP Morgan Chase create new healthcare firm
The company is so new it doesn’t have a name.
Alibaba Cloud brings big data programme to Malaysia
To get experts to collaborate and compete in developing tech solutions.
Growth, wealth and modernisation drive fintech innovation in MENA region
An interesting place to be a bank or a fintech!
Figo releases RegShield for PSD2 field
German banking service provider launches its new “Licence-as-a-Service” solution.
Fintech funding round-up: 29 January 2018
Features Tender Armor, OpenDoor, Duco and Sancus Finance.
Cutting edge broking
Insurtech will bring about new ways of broking and enhance the current insurance industry.
Volante and BNY Mellon team for paytech innovation
To enable real-time payments in the US and internationally.
API developer platform TrueLayer integrates with Monzo
Takes advantage of the UK’s new open banking rules.
Will Open Banking usher in a new era of customer-centric banking?
And will it fundamentally improve customer service in the banking industry?
eCurrency Mint and Rizal to launch digital cash in Philippines
Plan to make it available by Q2 this year.
UK cybersecurity start-ups get royal touch at Pitch@Palace
Event will be hosted by the National Cyber Security Centre and the GCHQ Cyber Accelerator.
Payments round-up: 26 January 2018
Features Alipay in Israel; ABN Amro and Payconiq ending talks; and Apple’s Business Chat.
Trussle rustles up mortgage monitoring service
Monitors over 11,000 mortgage deals from more than 90 lenders across the market.
