Kabbage powers Alibaba’s pay later payments programme
Alibaba’s SME customers can get up to $150,000 of financing.
Lending
Middleware and Mambu strengthen alliance
Offering client onboarding, loan origination, and card and payments connectivity.
Factris acquires Lithuanian lendtech Debifo
As it makes its way through Europe.
New investment for LendUp spurs credit card spin off
The US company will spin off its credit card business, Mission Lane, as a separate, stand-alone entity.
CAN Capital introduces new CEO Edward Siciliano
Alternative SME financing firm has a new captain.
Linedata acquires French start-up Loansquare
Gets its hands on a platform that connects banks and borrowers.
Indonesia’s KinerjaPay collects $200m funding
Paytech gets backing from Wahana Group.
LendingFront moves forward with $4m funding
Series A round led by Information Venture Partners.
Chetwood Financial gets full UK banking licence and new cash
Alongside a new lending product launch.
Didi does in-app financial services across China
Launches mutual protection, personal credit and automobile financing products.
SuperMoney and lendtech Best Egg nest together
Financial resource solution provider teams with consumer lending platform.
Top ten lendtech stories in 2018
No groans, just loans. Our top ten lendtech stories in 2018.
Initiatives by India’s government to boost fintech
The fintech space in India has seen an exponential growth over a few years.
Top ten fintech start-up stories in 2018
New faces and great ambitions. Let the rockets reign in this top ten trip down memory lane.
Top ten banking tech case studies in 2018
Banks and FIs from around the world share their tech modernisation experiences.
Three Midwestern credit unions sign up for Fiserv’s DNA
The lucky three are Ideal Credit Union, TopLine Federal Credit Union and Dakota West Credit Union.
BBVA and EIB sign €1bn synthetic securitisation on blockchain
The first of its kind in the EU.
Lendtech Blend Network gets £10m funding
To grow its lending product and raise the UK firm’s profile.
Banking Technology Awards 2018: and the winners are…
The Banking Technology Awards 2018 winners announced!
BBVA drives first acquisition term loan on blockchain
Closes the loan with Porsche Holding Salzburg.
Lower’s a goer with AI-powered lending launch
Firm plans to sock it to ’em for mortgage decisions.
Mayapada Group taps Pohon Dana for lending in Indonesia
Conglomerate pushes into fintech via investment.
Lending platform JUMO gets $12.5m funding
Takes total raised in excess of $103 million.
Revolut gets European banking licence
Will begin operations in 2019.
Could PayPal dethrone banks when it comes to small business loans?
In the field of small business loans, PayPal is certainly changing the traditional paradigm.
India’s FinXtree fires up for fresh fintech products
Plans to develop digital products for lending and blockchain solutions.
Finicity the kingmaker for Princeton Mortgage’s SnapApp
Its Verification of Assets solution is an asset to US firm.
KKR leads $100m funding round in Cross River Bank
New Jersey-based bank plans expansion abroad.
CUNA Mutual Group acquires lendtech Mirador
US firm aiming for digital lending market for credit unions.
Itaú, Wells Fargo and StanChart make $100m club loan on blockchain
Proof of concept used R3’s Corda Connect platform.
Zopa unleashes UK challenger bank
New entity will sit alongside its existing P2P lending business.
PASS Consulting bags 15 German bank tech wins
Guarantee banks switch to its SolutionWorld Banking solution.
Chetwood’s LiveLend takes groans out of loans
“World first loan” where the rate falls as borrowers improve their credit score.
Australian lendtech Athena strengthened by $25m funding
Two ex-National Australia Bank bankers bask in the glory.
Lendico Switzerland deploys Mambu’s core banking system
This is Mambu’s first implementation in Switzerland, FinTech Futures understands.
Open Banking: how the rhetoric is becoming a reality
We need to change the first five pages of a Google search from cynicism and hyperbole to positive stories.
Roostify powers TD Bank’s digital mortgages
Bank is using DecisionBuilder lead tool to let customers find suitable loan products.
Ukraine’s Monobank to launch Koto app in UK
New app and card to offer loans from next year.
Atom Bank in tech refresh with Thought Machine
A multi-year deal will put Atom’s personal and business banking products onto Thought Machine’s Vault tech.
Achieving growth of SME lending by harnessing digital customer data
An organisation’s data strategy is there to serve the overall business strategy.
