2024: Top five banking technology stories of the year
FinTech Futures recaps five of the top banking technology stories of 2024.
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2024: Top five movers and shakers stories of the year
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top movers and shakers stories in 2024.
Gesa Credit Union and Nymbus launch ValorFI Heroes, a digital banking platform for US veterans and first responders
The platform comprises current and savings accounts, with a charitable function powered by Spiral.
Bank of Georgia implements open data lakehouse in partnership with Cloudera
The data lakehouse can “scale rapidly to integrate data from multiple sources”, Cloudera says.
SEB Embedded teams up with Enfuce and Humla to launch Hemköp Matkonto card in Sweden
The card leverages Enfuce’s cloud-based payments infrastructure and SEB Embedded’s BaaS platform.
The Tipton and Coseley Building Society taps Mast to power mortgage operations
The Tipton, which lent £116 million in mortgages last year, will use the platform to modernise its mortgage processes.
Finova names Paraag Davé as CEO and Rowan Clayton as new CPO
Finova was acquired by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities (BCTO) in August.
First Abu Dhabi Bank taps Broadridge to build out securities finance business
The bank has selected Broadridge’s Securities Finance and Collateral Management solution.
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Cover story: STAR PEOPLE – Banking Tech Awards 2024 revisited.
Danish neobank Lunar spins out BaaS division into standalone entity named Moonrise
Lunar has so far amassed 14 partnerships since launching the division in 2023.
Preparing for a quantum future: what’s next for quantum computing in financial services?
As we move closer to Q-Day, how can the financial industry prepare for a quantum future?
November 2024: Top five AI stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top AI stories from November.
November 2024: Top five fintech partnership stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top fintech partnership stories of the month.
Garanti BBVA International taps Worldline for instant payments solution
The cloud-based solution will ensure GBI’s compliance with the EU’s Instant Payments Regulation.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 22 November 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Robinhood, CaixaBank, Nationwide and more.
Nationwide taps HPE GreenLake for private cloud deployment
The migration of its on-premises IT estate is expected to cut Nationwide’s IT operating costs by 30%.
SEB Embedded taps Thought Machine to power BaaS offering
SEB Embedded has delivered its first solution for Swedish supermarket chain Hemköp.
Powering a new era of digital transformation with Huawei at GITEX Global 2024
Huawei showcased its latest innovations in financial technology at GITEX Global 2024.
CommonWealth Central Credit Union taps Jack Henry for tech upgrade
The $632 million-asset credit union is set to launch new products with Jack Henry’s core platform.
Gate City Bank goes live with Alkami’s full suite of digital banking solutions
The selection includes Positive Pay for ACH reporting and new account opening capabilities.
Zand Bank partners Alibaba Cloud and Ant Digital Technologies to drive GenAI adoption in UAE
The partnership seeks to “accelerate the applications of generative AI, blockchain and payment technology”.
BCP to invest $650m in cloud modernisation drive with Microsoft and Kyndryl
BCP will use Microsoft Azure to create a hybrid computing environment in collaboration with Kyndryl.
Interview: Jason Cao on Huawei’s fintech frontier and digital transformation innovation
Cao details the best strategies for digital amid a “highly challenging time” for the global banking industry.
Banking Technology Magazine November 2024 issue out now
Cover story: GOING GREEN – Why sustainable finance is vital.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Groov, Fundcraft, VibePay, and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Visa backs four new African fintech start-ups as part of $1bn continental commitment
OkHi, Workpay, Oze and Orda.Africa have all received investment from Visa.
NatWest teams up with Capco to deliver new ISO 20022-compliant Bankline Direct Digital solution
The host-to-host solution is poised to assist corporates and financial institutions in complying with ISO 20022.
Banking-Platform-as-a-Service provider Monument Technology makes senior tech and sales hires
The new CTO joins from SC Ventures, while the CCO comes directly from Mambu.
BCA Syariah goes live with Thought Machine’s Vault Core
BCA Syariah is a subsidiary of Bank Central Asia (BCA), one of Indonesia’s largest banks.
Saldo Bank selects Lunar’s Nordic infrastructure to streamline payments for customers in Sweden
Vilnius-headquartered Saldo Bank is the first bank to adopt Lunar’s Nordic infrastructure.
Standard Bank selects Volante Technologies’ PaaS for ISO 20022 compliance
The $166 billion-asset bank has adopted the vendor’s PaaS and embedded pre-processing solutions.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 1 November 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes nCino, Citi, Moniepoint and more.
October 2024: Top five M&A deals of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top M&A deals in October.
PSP Services buys NCR Atleos’ transaction processing and card management business in Canada
PSP Services says it will incorporate the business into its HLX Unified Commerce Platform.
October 2024: Top five AI stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top AI stories from October.
Citi pens multi-year cloud and AI tech modernisation deal with Google Cloud
Citi says it is migrating multiple workloads and applications to Google Cloud as part of the collaboration.
October 2024: Top five core banking stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top core banking stories of the month.
Gearing up for the bargain battle
Core banking modernisation can be done without a large migration team and without disruption to customers.
National Bank of Fujairah expands iGTB partnership to implement eMACH.ai Cloud on Microsoft Azure
iGTB debuted its new Microsoft Azure-managed digital transaction banking solution earlier this month.
Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union taps Alkami for digital banking upgrade
The Connecticut-based credit union will deploy Alkami’s Digital Banking Platform.
