US Bank connects customers with Fiserv data solution
API-based service to aggregate US Bank customers’ data.
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What the Fintech? A new podcast from FinTech Futures | Episode 1
Trending topics, useful insights, strong opinions, and a fintech jailhouse – all in our brand new podcast!
Open banking: A move towards greater or lesser transparency in banking?
Will it reduce or increase information asymmetry between consumers and finserv companies?
Finovate Podcast: Episodes 21-30
The Finovate Podcast is a short, interview-based podcast featuring conversations from fintech’s elite innovators and influencers. For more than a decade, the global event series has brought together tens of thousands of people from across the fintech spectrum to see cutting-edge technologies. Now you can find out what goes on behind the scenes, as key influencers and […]
Yapeal awarded Switzerland’s first fintech licence
Challenger plans to reinvent retail banking in the country.
Mastercard and Samsung sign Pay on Demand partnership
The two firms aim to arm businesses in emerging markets.
What can we expect in the next decade?
From big data and cloud to developments in distributed ledger technology and more.
Payments trends and the “first world unbanked”
Cash is the most inclusive financial instrument, and many firms seem to forget this fact.
SpotOn raises $50 million in Series B featuring former Twitter CEO
Payments firm plans to extend product development.
Step aside China, it’s Southeast Asia’s turn in the spotlight
The region is full of promise and possibility for investors and entrepreneurs alike.
Do not fail fast, learn fast instead
Being advised to fail and do so at speed, as if that, somehow, was not a relative thing anyway.
Budget 2020: What’s the fintech impact?
FinTech Futures picks out the fintech tidbits in this week’s announcement.
Rizq launches in UK as Sharia-compliant challenger bank
Rizq plans to benchmark itself as close as possible to existing challengers.
Report on cloud transformation in banking: The 2020 state of play
Investigating how a new year and a new decade have impacted the drive towards a cloud-based future for banking.
Celebrating Finovate’s #WomeninFinTech
For fintech to be for everyone, it needs to be from everyone.
Challenger bank Copper latest to tap America’s teens
Copper is yet to reveal its launch date but has opened a waiting list to teens.
Leap Finance raises $5.5m to help finance Indian students abroad
Start-up wants to change the way students are given credit.
PFM app Bean shuts down 15 months after BGL Group acquisition
Bean no longer accepting new sign-ups and set to close later this month.
Banking Technology March 2020 issue out now
Keep calm and carry on: Where does COVID-19 leave the Chinese fintech market?
Mambu to power Australian credit firm Nimble
Nimble is switching up on its tech to power digital bank aims.
Is the future of banking not open but closed?
Europe and USA have to create their own ecosystems to compete with the East.
Exclusive interview: Sarah Porretta, MaPS – UK’s ten-year journey towards financial wellbeing
Fintech will have a significant role to play in the UK government’s plan for the nation to achieve financial wellbeing.
Standard Bank shifts SAP core system to Microsoft Azure cloud
South African bank’s “Project Embrace” kicks off with a core switch.
Webinar: Investing in UK’s financial wellbeing strategy – 5 agents for change
Innovative ways to make financial wellness happen.
The global unbanked shoppers
The gap between the population of the banked and unbanked is continuing to broaden.
Starling Bank looks to Irish banking licence for European expansion
The challenger bank has been aiming for an Irish licence since last year.
Ask the expert: why do fintechs fail, and how can I improve my company’s chances of success?
Looking at the basic elements for success for any fintech – and indeed, for any start-up or high-growth business.
Robinhood outage locks users out of recovering US market
Many users are now trying to seek class action against the app.
Three digital transformation lessons wealth management firms can learn from luxury fashion brands
Build online trust with customers and identify ways to replicate the offline experience.
JP Morgan hires Capital One’s Gill Haus to lead digital technology
Gill Haus starts this week as head of digital technology for the consumer bank.
Canadian challenger Neo Financial plans 2020 launch
Neo plans a credit card and rewards-based savings.
Silicon Valley, London… New Zealand: Why this emerging fintech hub shouldn’t be overlooked
The country’s emerging tech scene is much bigger than you might expect.
South African fintech Jumo raises $55m to fuel geographic expansion
Jumo plans to break into both Cote d’Ivoire and India in 2020.
The financial services technical “Grand Design”
A financial services organisation must plan and design what it will look like.
Open Banking home finance start-up Youtility raises £4.5 million
Venture funding round to be used on new products and new hires.
How Ripple and Azimo are using XRP for remittances in the Philippines
Azimo and Ripple speak to FinTech Futures about their new partnership.
The impact of COVID-19 on the Chinese market
The effects of the coronavirus on the local fintech market isn’t all negative.
Revolut bags $500m from TCV to drive daily account usage
The challenger wants to “accelerate daily usage of accounts”.
Central bank of Brazil plans launch of QR-based instant payments system PIX
All banks with more than 500,000 customers will have to use the new system.
How APIs overcome the challenges of digital transformation
No transformation is pain-free.
