Barclays app turns on retailers with “turn off” spending feature
Customers can stop transactions at chosen retailers for greater control.
Mobile
Ripple powers Coinone’s remittance app in South Korea
The nation’s “first blockchain-powered remittance mobile app and web service”.
White paper: Segments of one – customer insights in digital banking
Easy-to-implement use cases for personalised marketing and sales.
BioCatch brings behavioural biometrics to ACI Worldwide
Paytech ACI plans to stop fraud for banking customers.
Next Caller has Interactions for phone-based threat assessment
Intelligent virtual assistance firm Interactions seeks better fraud protection.
PayPal gives a Toss about Viva Republica’s $80m funding
Aimed at expanding the firm’s consumer app Toss.
Buzzvault app jumps into insurtech space
Home insurance app for a personal asset vault.
StanChart first in Hong Kong for digital savings account on-boarding
HKID security features validation and facial recognition.
Migrants bank Rebtel targets US launch
Swedish bank is for an “overlooked and undervalued customer in mind – migrants”.
Boku takes on mobile with $112m Danal acquisition
Will take on all its pure mobile security solutions.
India’s FinXtree fires up for fresh fintech products
Plans to develop digital products for lending and blockchain solutions.
Metro Bank keeps on digital with international payments
Easily done through the app, not a branch.
Voyager Innovations first for Singapore’s faster fintech patent
Seven months a save via Intellectual Property Office of Singapore.
Banco Sabadell’s InnoCells moves on Mexico with UnDosTres investment
The bank’s corporate venture arm picks a paytech.
Airtel Nigeria plans payment service bank
Telco seeks out nation’s mobile market.
White paper: Adaptive Authentication – Superior User Experience and Growth through Intelligent Security
White paper on the state of authentication and the evolving threat landscape.
Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam goes with Rambus for digital payments
Focusing on security and privacy through tokenisation.
Banking Technology December 2018/January 2019 issue out now
Does fintech dream of electric leaps? Brightness and brilliance within.
HDFC Bank’s app upgrade goes sour
The app simply didn’t work at launch.
Paytech Verrency brings life to mobile bank Liv
Multi-year agreement means Liv will use Verrency’s cloud-based payments.
Becoming a digital bank
Digital transformation must be a far-reaching and whole-hearted undertaking.
Zopa unleashes UK challenger bank
New entity will sit alongside its existing P2P lending business.
Professional cybercriminals put the heat on fintech
Danger skulks everywhere in EPC’s latest report on threats and fraud.
Yandex.Money moves mobile wallet forward with Moven
Will use Moven’s open APIs to embed new features and functionality into its mobile app.
UNPay expands QR code payments
Firm says it is supporting the Singapore government’s effort to promote more cashless payments.
Ohpen stays young at heart with new API Portal
Dutch firm wants to reduce IT implementation time with OAP.
The five attributes of a successful digital banking experience
What factors need to be considered to create powerful digital self-service apps and similar differentiators?
Bank-in-a-box launch is MuchBetter
UK paytech wants to be boxing clever.
Starling Bank eyes Euro accounts and more partnerships
UK challenger reveals its plans for next year.
Openbank takes off with AWS
Moving the entire front-end digital bank systems to the cloud.
Betalo unleashes Swedish neobank PFC
With a name like Personal Finance Co. its plans are obvious.
Revolut secures Singapore and Japan licences
US and Canada may be delayed but in APAC it prepares for Q1 2019 launches.
Ukraine’s Monobank to launch Koto app in UK
New app and card to offer loans from next year.
WorldRemit and Brac on track for Bangladesh payments
New partnership allows bank and mobile money transfers to the country.
Paytech Modo in good mood with $13m investment
Deutsche Bank-backed firm powers on with its interoperability intentions.
Line and Mizuho plan new mobile bank in Japan
Messaging app and bank to establish JV through their subsidiaries.
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.
Infographic: WhatsApp messaging in the financial sector – tips to using it and staying compliant
Telemessage has some helpful messages on messaging and compliance.
UK challenger bank Monzo seeks £20m funding
It goes crowdfunding with a “much bigger round”.
BBVA picks penguin-powered AI advisor with $9m funding
Bank’s Propel Venture Partners leads Series A in Charlie chatbot.
