Green fintech start-up Tred launches new carbon-tracking banking app
At the end of each month, Tred users are nudged to offset any carbon their spending has emitted.
Innovation
Portugal’s Universo taps Mambu to expand digital financial services offering
The partnership will allow Universo to provide a “personalised end-to-end financial experience”, Mambu says.
Santander CIB teams up with SAP to digitise global transaction banking services
The two firms will collaborate to develop “invisible banking” solutions that improve client-to-bank connectivity.
Banking Tech Awards USA 2022 Winner: FINOS – Tech Leadership
How can fintechs leverage open source in finance to accelerate innovation and efficiency?
Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad launches new banking app, Be U
The fully cloud-native digital banking app aims to broaden financial inclusion in Malaysia.
UnitPlus partners Vodeno and Aion for ‘pay-with-portfolio’ ETF solution
Customers can pay with funds drawn directly from their portfolio using the UnitPlus debit card.
Banking Tech Awards USA 2022 Winner: Citizens Pay – Best Innovation
What retailers need to know about buy now, pay later (BNPL).
OneConnect partners Pismo for unified digital banking solution, OneCosmo
Pismo and OneConnect entered into a strategic partnership in April this year.
Tax automation platform Fonoa raises $60m Series B
Cash will go towards doubling the company’s headcount and expanding into new markets.
The gathering momentum of CBDCs
CBDCs offer a means for secure digital payments with legal tender status, and no bank account is required.
Pennyworth partners Moneyhub for financial planning tool
The offering is targeted towards those with salaries between £40,000 and £150,000.
Webinar: The future of payment protection – biometric authentication
How can businesses strengthen their fraud defences with biometric authentication.
Best, the enemy of better in mobile banking
The challenge for the industry is how to go beyond what they have and deliver platforms beyond the transactional.
BNP Paribas partners fintechs to develop digital asset custody offering
The new combined solution will allow clients to issue, transfer and securely keep regulated digital assets.
Aussie paytech mx51 raises $22m Series B
The Series B round was led by an undisclosed “global fintech investor”.
The best time to plant a tree
The right time to act was in the past. But that doesn’t mean don’t act now. It means act doubly fast.
European proptech Casavo secures €400m in equity and debt funding
The Series D equity raise, led by Exor, represents Europe’s largest proptech financing to date, Casavo says.
Credit card start-up X1 raises $25m Series B, readies for full US launch
The Series B round was led by Google Analytics co-founder Wesley Chan’s new fund FPV Ventures.
How to deliver effective transformation with fintechs
Banks are increasingly interested in partnering with B2B fintechs to enable quicker digital transformation.
Operational resilience in the face of technology innovation
Operational resilience is not a destination but a continuous journey.
Buyer’s guide: How to find the right multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution
Improve security, cut down on fraud, and create the best possible customer experience with the right MFA solution.
Passwordless authentication guide – improve customer experience
Are you still subjecting your customers to passwords or do you have a plan to go passwordless?
Case studies: How leading firms accelerated onboarding times by up to 79%
How three companies in the fintech, credit/payments, and healthcare spaces have used Prove’s Pre-Fill onboarding solution.
FinTech Futures Jobs: How to deal with rejection during the job hunt
The process of applying for a job is stressful and often exhausting – but don’t feel disheartened.
Remittance start-up SendSprint launches in UK in partnership with Flutterwave
Flutterwave will provide the infrastructure to enable SendSprint to process cross-border transactions.
How Zolve is helping US immigrants land on their feet
Zolve helps immigrants accelerate their financial health through products that build wealth in the long run.
Banking Technology Magazine July / August 2022 issue out now
Cover story: MAKING THE DREAM WORK – Helping Ukraine in a planet-friendly way.
Recurring-revenue business lender Capchase secures $400m debt financing
The funds will be used to support SaaS start-ups across the US and Europe.
Financial Stability Board outlines need for international crypto regulation
The FSB is calling for regulation of cryptoasset activities on an international level.
A witch hunt after all
Championing diversity and inclusion should be everyone’s responsibility.
Digital asset management platform Safe raises $100m
Funds will enable the firm to grow an ecosystem of applications on top of its smart contract account protocol.
Crédit Agricole builds its own fintechs
Crédit Agricole launched a start-up studio, La Fabrique, to build its own fintechs and disrupt the sector.
Three things you probably didn’t know about Brazil’s growing fintech sector
Millions of Brazilians can now gain access to a financial system that traditionally excluded them.
Brazilian payments app PicPay to launch crypto exchange and stablecoin
PicPay sees crypto as a way to decentralise payments and other financial services.
ING spins out digital post-trade market infrastructure tech to GMEX Group
GMEX intends to combine Pyctor with its MultiHub offering.
How to make your fintech a solutionary organisation and not a problem-solving one
Imagine the change you could cause simply by taking a solutionary approach to your fintech’s ESG policies.
Asia primed for embedded finance boom
E-commerce firms can use the embedded finance technology to modernise their financial processes.
Less than two weeks until nomination deadline for Banking Tech Awards 2022
The deadline for nominations for the Banking Tech Awards 2022 is Friday 22 July.
Cross-border salary payments platform Kadmos nets €29m Series A
The new funds will be used to grow its 30-person team and for further product development.
What the FinTech? | S.3 Episode 10 | Making money work harder
In this episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Jay Swanston, chief platform officer at Moneybox.
