Amex throws Curve a curveball
American Express blocks customers from adding Amex cards to Curve.
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Fintech app Acorns receives $105m funding
Alongside a partnership to create educational content.
Mobile trading platform CloseCross gets $3m funding
It opens the round with investment by Amnis Ventures
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Silver-tongued Argenta launches conversational banking
Belgian bank teams with message mavens Sparkcentral and Smooch to make it happen.
First Data joins AIB in €100m bid for Payzone
Duo targeting Dublin-based payments firm.
Personal finance app Fintify gets FCA approval
Can now operate as a registered account information service provider.
Oxygen gets $2.3m funding for digital banking life
San Francisco-based firm offers free banking services to freelancers.
Samsung backs Mobeewave in latest funding wave
Mobile paytech now has a total of $20 million.
TrueLayer unveils payments API
UK firm launches it in the name of open banking and PSD2.
M1 Finance takes on banks with new checking account
Called M1 Spend, it integrates within the US firm’s current app.
Tencent-backed WeBank eyes Australian expansion
Chinese digital bank is applying for trademarks Down Under.
First Direct unleashes social media payments
Today is fdpay day as peer to peer payments are on the way.
BBVA Groww-s investment app via $6m funding round
Bank’s Propel Venture Partners one of the backers for Indian firm.
Spanish neobank Bnc10 readies for launch
It’s already made its waiting list available.
Onfido opens up to Bitcoin payments
Blockchain technology and identity management converge via partnership with BitPay.
Facebook to integrate Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp
Company says it is at the start of a “long process”.
ATB Financial looks on Brightside with new challenger bank
Always look on the Brightside of life.
Samsung to unveil crypto wallet
The Galaxy S10 will allow users to trade, transact and store coins.
Absa AI automates account switching in South Africa
Bank’s CIO Jacques Barkhuizen calls it a “world first”.
Fintech Agora fires up for small American FIs
Start-up offers a digital leap without a core banking revamp.
Mexican challenger bank Albo raises $7m
Series A funding round led by Mountain Nazca.
RIP Microsoft Wallet
Of our elaborate plans, the end. Of everything that stands, the end.
IBM bags $260m banking tech deal in Philippines
Bank of the Philippine Islands speeds up its digital revamp plans.
Job losses loom as Santander closes 140 UK branches
Up to 1,270 staff could be affected by this wave of closures.
O2 Banking app enters Raisin’s world of savings
Bank will use Raisin’s platform WeltSparen in Germany.
Allied Payment Network fortified via Plymouth Growth investment
The deal in Indiana was valued in the “multi-millions”.
PayPal joins $40m funding party for fintech app Dosh
Follows on from $44 million in last year’s Series A round.
Nutmeg gets £45m support led by Goldman Sachs
And from previous investor Convoy, as it eyes Hong Kong expansion.
Volt first Aussie challenger to get full banking licence
The digital start-up will focus on smartphones.
Australia prepares payments for digital age
It’s consultation time as the Australian Payments Council wants your input.
Swiss fintech KiWi gets $3m funding for SME lending and payments
To expand in Mexico and neighbouring markets.
ANZ hits up Eftpos for Apple Pay capabilities
It also allows for cash-backs.
Wirecard on time for Swatch watch payments
Deal means users can add digital boon cards to SwatchPAY!
PayTech Awards 2019 now open for entries
Be a part of the celebrations!
UK challenger bank Tandem eyes IPO
Digital bank also reveals major recruitment plans in 2019.
ZhongAn and Grab clutch at SE Asia’s digital insurance market
Their joint venture will distribute products via Grab’s app.
Banking platform Joust-s for freelancers’ attention
US start-up launches multi-feature financial app.
AXA teams up with Dreams for millennial savings
Coming from the Nordics and across Europe.
Xinja sees success in second crowdfunding round
Half a million in under nine hours.
