Huddlestock and Acuity bring mobile trading to Sri Lanka
Offering the ability to “crowd-trade and access investment ideas”.
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Challenger bank Fiinu to put people before profit
Digital bank Fiinu plans to launch in early 2019.
Bankwest launches Australia’s first payments ring, Bankwest Halo
“Just grab the things you need, fist-bump the terminal and go.”
Coconut launches business current account for self-employed
Coconut “cracks open” its app-based business account for freelancers and self-employed people.
Payments round-up: 30 January 2018
Featuring Vocalink, Shieldpay, Huawei, UnionPay, Pelican, PaymentComponents, Infosistema and Banco BAI Europa.
Payoneer partners with Waze to power local payments
Currently available in Texas, California and Israel.
Linxo links up with Raisin to save Europe
A Franco-German alliance targets the European savings sector.
ABN Amro, ING and Rabobank hit by cyberattacks
All suffered a series of DDoS attacks last weekend.
ANZ internet banking goes dead
Ten hours a slave… to Twitter complaints.
Challenger bank Ummah Finance seeks CTO
UK-based start-up Ummah Finance looking for a CTO and other senior execs to join its team.
eCurrency Mint and Rizal to launch digital cash in Philippines
Plan to make it available by Q2 this year.
Payments round-up: 26 January 2018
Features Alipay in Israel; ABN Amro and Payconiq ending talks; and Apple’s Business Chat.
AutoGravity forces its way past $2bn in financing
Things are looking up for US mobile auto shopping and financing start-up.
Top fintech stories this week – 26 January 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Banking tech round-up: 25 January 2018
Features Yolt, Chevy Chase Trust, FIS, Haven Savings Bank and Connecticut Online Computer Centre.
Payfone in its element with O2 digital partnership
Initiative aims to protect mobile users from fraud.
NTT-AT to distribute Trusona ID tech in Japan
Will offer Trusona’s password-less login solution to its enterprise customers across the nation.
Mastercard eyes biometric totality by 2019
Banks issuing Mastercard-branded cards will have to offer biometric authentication.
Trulioo launches KYC tool to connect MNOs
Will work with 24 MNOs from the US, Canada, the UK, China, India, Spain, France, and Switzerland.
Juvo gets Samsung investment for smartphone boost
Samsung will bring Juvo access to billions of underbanked prepaid users across the globe.
New UK mobile bank Countingup brings heart to sole traders
Will focus on the 4.5 million sole traders, freelancers and contractors in the UK.
Payments round-up: 23 January 2018
Features DBS Bank, Xero, WeChat Pay and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Open banking: what you need to know
The landscape for financial services is changing, and the jury is still out on how the endgame is going to play out.
Banking tech round-up: 22 January 2018
Our southern stars are Bank Zero, Westpac and Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
WhatsApp steps into the world of business
To make sure businesses don’t actually have to talk to those pesky customers face-to-face.
Fintech funding round-up: 19 January 2018
Stars Varo Money, OakNorth Bank, NetPay and ISME ACE.
Amazon taps 20 locations as finalists for second HQ
It’s the hottest competition since “The Bachelor”.
Pay-per-day with Revolut’s new travel insurance way
Product uses a customer’s geolocation to provide medical and dental cover.
Fiorano fuels digital overhaul at Bank of Kigali
Rwanda’s largest commercial bank in major revamp.
Curve card comes a-calling in UK
An app that connects debit and credit cards to one Curve Mastercard.
Hypothekarbank Lenzburg unveils virtual ATMs
Swiss bank’s customers can withdraw cash from virtual ATMs with their smartphone.
Wells Fargo to scrap 800 more bank branches by 2020
Due to customers’ preference for online and mobile banking – and desire to cut costs.
Turkey: the next cashless society
Turkey is perfectly placed to become the world’s next cashless society – a true digital payment powerhouse.
IBM planning to reassign 30,000 tech services jobs
“I’ve Been Moved”?
Intelligent Environments appoints new CEO
He most recently served as VP of EMEA at Fiserv. Prior to that, head of retail banking and insurance at Oracle.
How wearables will change everything
The next wave of technological transformation will be driven by the rise of wearable technology.
G+D right tonic for Rabobank mobile payment migration
Moves its SIM-based mobile payment solution to a cloud-based application using HCE tech.
Google Pay gets clever with all payments together
Launches a one brand band.
Fintech funding round-up: 8 January 2018
Features IBM, Comcast, MState, Early Salary, Previse and Dinghy.
Yes Bank and Nearby Tech bring cardless ATM services to India
With the aim to become the payments enabler for India.
