Australian neobank Xinja launches card and app
“This isn’t a finished product, it’s a step in our journey with our customers.”
Mobile
Distribution: the lifeblood of insurance
Karn Saroya of Cover talks about how they made a mobile-only insurtech business a success.
Fintech funding round-up: 22 March 2018
Features Averon, eToro and Constellation Digital Partners.
Square boxing clever for slow cash flow
Releases its new Instant Deposit service for UK businesses.
LendingTree unleashes free credit monitoring
Online loan marketplace is expanding its horizons.
Digital bank bunq launches Apple Pay; comes to Italy and Spain
bunq is expanding into Spain and Italy, and has also introduced Apple Pay, the first in the Netherlands.
Affirm introduces in-store capabilities; integrates virtual cards with Apple Pay
Affirm InStore, an alternative to traditional credit cards at brick-and-mortar merchants.
Alipay moves into Mexico via Openpay
Openpay has a network of more than 17,500 associated points of sale in the country.
Personetics brings cognitive banking to Banca Transilvania
Romania’s second largest bank will integrate AI guidance into its digital banking.
Fintech funding round-up: 21 March 2018
Features M-BIRR, Funding Xchange, MarketInvoice, Digital Reasoning and regtech bouncer Enforcd.
UK regulator grants Tide e-money authorisation
UK-based SME banking start-up Tide is “entering adulthood” as it turns 15 months old.
Introducing PayTech Awards!
Celebrating excellence in the use of IT in the finance and payment industry, and the people who make it happen.
Church of England converts congregations to cashless
Payments heaven is a place on Earth… or at least in England.
Innovate Finance Global Summit 2018: avoiding the consequences of a looming techphobia
Attitudes towards the dream of the internet are in danger of souring.
Mobile card control tech vendor Ondot expands to Asia
Ondot Systems’ Mobile Card Services solution is coming to Asia.
BBVA doesn’t hide “invisible payments” strategy
Bank is developing payment methods based on biometrics to make checkout at stores “invisible”.
New Pelikin app fits the bill for globetrotting millennials
The start-up is looking for investment on Australian equity crowdfunding platform Birchal.
Absa takes payments shot with Sling Pay
South African bank unveils new app that allows users to send money, data and airtime.
N26 raises €110m and eyes US expansion
German mobile challenger bank will also consolidate its presence in Europe.
bPay teams with seven brands to launch contactless payment watches
Contactless watches for every taste.
BMO launches banking chatbot with Finn.ai
The new chatbot – BMO Bolt – is available via Facebook Messenger.
Standard Chartered unveils group’s first-ever digital bank in Africa
The pilot location for the new digital bank is Côte d’Ivoire.
Infographic: the importance of face-to-face banking
Technology might be proliferating, but customers still value personalised service above all else.
Tandem acquires money management app Pariti
UK-based challenger bank Tandem is buying Pariti, a money management app with 95,000 users.
Interview: Caren Robb, Letshego – look on the bright side
Creating inclusive banking for remote communities.
Moneyou’s Tikkie app comes to Germany
The app and its tech were jointly developed with the Munich-based FinTecSystems.
Standard Bank sells mobile paytech Oltio to Mastercard
Mastercard has acquired Oltio, a mobile paytech firm in South Africa.
BNP Paribas Fortis and Tink team up for mobile banking
BNP Paribas Fortis will incorporate Tink’s technology into its mobile banking apps.
Ziraat Bank launches proprietary mobile wallet
Bankkart Mobil was built by Ziraat Teknoloji, VeriPark and MagiClick Digital.
The four personalities of digital transformation
Tech-obsessed, tech-active, tech-aware and tech-reluctant.
Top fintech stories this week – 9 March 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
FinovateEurope 2018: Best of Show winners announced
A uniting theme of the FinovateEurope Best of Show winners this year: data.
Challenger bank Atom raises £149m
The latest funding round includes £85.4 million from Atom’s existing investor, BBVA.
Orange Bank turns to IBM Watson for virtual advisor tech
Orange is brining “unique customer experience” with its new virtual advisor, Djingo.
India’s government looks for flexible fintech
Nation seeks to promote financial inclusion and make regulations more flexible.
Australia’s New Payments Platform: Adventureland
The payments reforms in Australia are going full steam ahead.
Snapsheet teams with Aviva Canada for virtual insurance claims
This marks Snapsheet’s first step into the Canadian market.
Third of UK customers ready to trust tech firms with bank account
Customers happy to sign over access to their financial data to “trusted” tech companies.
UK challenger Revolut rejoices as it breaks even
Revolut is leading the charge for challenger banks by breaking even for the first time.
Ingenico brings touch of glass to PIN payments
Users can insert cards in compact smartcard reader and enter PIN on personal mobile device of merchant.
