Chinese regulators planning digital banking go-ahead
New set of rules could see a bevy of digital challengers in China.
Innovation
Ping An Technology builds innovation lab with Intel to boost cloud tech
The lab will also “supercharge” Ping An’s AI-based services.
How start-up Minka is building LatAm’s plumbing for real-time payments
Exclusive interview: “We’re a small start-up doing the work of big players,” says Minka CEO.
For love or money
The technology liberates us in the most terrifying way.
Payments industry underestimates Facebook Pay at its own peril
Tony Craddock, director general of the EPA tells FinTech Futures his views on the tech giant.
WisdomTree takes lead in $17.65m Securrency investment
It plans to pursue the integration of blockchain technology into the ETF ecosystem.
Why start-up boards are here to stay
Start-up boards are often overlooked and underappreciated.
BNY Mellon Markets appoints Paresh Shah as global COO for FX
He joins BNY from HSBC, where he held the role of COO Americas for FX.
Pepper CEO: Banks should provide tools for users’ financial empowerment
Michal Kissos Hertzog speaks to FinTech Futures.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 11 January 2020
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
New challenges due to Open Banking and the benefits of instant payments
APIs are no longer seen as a difficult technical matter, but as a crucial building block.
China drafts rules to tackle risky half a trillion financial leasing sector
Only 2,985 of the 10,900 leasing firms in China are active businesses.
Cautious optimism and a customer-first approach for financial services in the 2020s
Alessandro Tonchia gives his fintech predictions as we enter a new decade.
The Messy Middle Manifesto
Everything that matters happens because of those who stick it through the Messy Middle.
Bank of England and FCA plot internal data analytics shake-up
UK regulators outline plans to improve their data handling capabilities.
Ask the expert: how do I increase usage and engagement rates among my customers?
Tips on how to deepen engagement and create case studies for future growth.
Mitigating network outages in the financial services sector
How poor service levels from IT vendors are reflected in network outages and how to fix it.
Receipt Bank raises $73m in Series C funding round
Bookkeeping fintech will use funds to boost international growth.
Emirates NBD completes third phase of its core banking systems upgrade
The project sees the roll-out of the new core banking system for Emirates NBD Saudi Arabia.
Tokyo: fintechs welcome!
Japan is keen to turn Tokyo into the number one financial hub in Asia.
Reasons behind the rise of fintech companies popularising stock market investing
Being financially successful is ‘cool’ and is a growing aspiration for younger generations.
JP Morgan vows to ban fintech apps from using customer passwords
It’s working towards issuing tokens that send third parties a narrow range of data in a secure form.
Better serve your customers by focusing on your employees
This isn’t a question of profit or people, but rather people in order to profit.
BoE’s Carney says finance is too slow on tackling climate change issues
Carney is due to become the United Nations’ special envoy for climate change.
HSBC plans new restructure with France and USA in firing line
The global bank is aiming to cut costs and weed out loss-making divisions.
Razer Fintech, Grab and Singtel bid for Singapore digital banking licence
There are only five of the new licences up for grabs.
The desktop of 2020 and beyond
Clearly, these desktop application integration platforms need to evolve too.
Credit card challenger Koto to launch in UK come 2020
“We are offering credit with a fixed fee from day one,” says Koto’s CEO.
A market course correction will rein in overblown valuations in 2020
Recent disappointing IPO stories are sending investors back to the drawing board.
CBI’s CEO on gender diversity in banking and how it’s changing
She is optimistic about the last eight years she’s spent as a CEO.
A 2019 challenger bank review
B-North’s COO takes a look back at what 2019 had in store for banks.
Next year looks bright for community banking
Credit unions and community banks raise their game in 2020.
Gen Z are the bank customers of the near future
Learn how banks can balance engaging with this group, millennials and older customers.
Challenger banks in the Middle East
Featuring challenger banks in the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Virtual ATM provider Sonect raises $8.6m in Series A
The start-up raised CHF 8.45 million from existing investors in this round, which was oversubscribed.
Signing up to the future
A legal evangelist explains why she expects the future of contracts to be autonomous.
How pursuing an OpenAPI strategy has helped Saxo build an ecosystem
An ecosystem doesn’t live and breathe by itself.
FinTech Futures Industry Survey 2020
We are calling on our readers to provide us their views!
Finovate Podcast: Episodes 11-20
Don’t miss the latest episodes from the Finovate Podcast series.
Financial Stability Board warns of bigtech banking risk
Tech firms’ relationship with finance could create instability, says FSB.
