UK regtech Facctum appoints two senior executives
Onkar Inamdar joins as head of engineering and Syam Chintapenta as chief development officer.
Cloud
Peter Major joins MDT in newly created VP of fintech services role
Major previously spent more than 15 years with banking tech firm Jack Henry.
Volkswagen Financial Services in tech overhaul with Oracle
With Oracle, VWFS will look to modernise its database tech to support its European operations.
Intellect launches new open finance-based core banking platform, eMACH.ai
Intellect claims its new cloud-based platform is the largest of its kind in the world, offering 1,214 API connections.
White paper: Ensuring compliant communications in financial services
How unified communications platforms facilitate compliance, collaboration, and engagement.
Demystify Podcast with Antony Jenkins, 10x Banking
Antony Jenkins talks about his company 10x, its history from inception to the present day and his future vision for it.
Demystify Podcast with Paul Taylor, Thought Machine
Paul Taylor talks about his background, why he founded the business, and the journey Thought Machine has been on.
Liberty Bank launches on Alkami’s digital banking platform
Liberty Bank says the move to Alkami’s platform is a “crucial step” in its complete tech stack overhaul.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Toku, Finverity, Lumiant and more
Our weekly fintech round-up for you to get the latest funding news from around the world.
Vemanti taps Finastra to power new SME neobank in Southeast Asia
Vemanti will deploy Finastra’s Fusion Essence solution, with plans to launch initially in Vietnam.
Visa and Mastercard reportedly in talks to acquire Pismo
Visa has reportedly submitted a bid of $1.4bn after an initial offer of $1bn was rejected by Pismo.
Seilern Investment Management taps Finbourne for LUSID data platform
Seilern will utilise the cloud-native LUSID platform to optimise its investment decision making.
Eastnets migrates Swift and sanctions screening infrastructure to Microsoft Azure
Eastnets is one of the first Swift bureaus to migrate its full infrastructure for the Americas to the cloud.
Last chance to shine: PayTech Awards 2023 nominations deadline extended
The nominations deadline has been extended to 24 March 2023. Submit today!
FinTech Futures Jobs: Did you know learning Python is a great idea for your fintech career?
Explore thousands of open roles on the Fintech Futures Job Board today.
Dominican Republic’s first neobank launches on Temenos Banking Cloud
Qik’s CEO says they chose Temenos owing to its “successful track record” across Latin America.
Bank of Africa UK migrates to Oracle cloud
Bank of Africa UK’s new core banking system, Temenos Transact, will run on the Oracle cloud.
Kennebec Savings Bank taps Alkami for digital banking platform
The Alkami platform will provide a “consistent” user experience for Kennebec business customers.
US neobank HMBradley picks Thought Machine for core banking tech
HMBradley will utilise the vendor’s cloud-native core banking platform Vault Core to power its services.
Introducing the PayTech Awards USA 2023
Nominations for the awards are open until 2 June 2023.
Nationwide Building Society in retail payments tech revamp with Form3 and Accenture
Nationwide will migrate all types of retail payments from an on-premise platform to the Form3 cloud.
Executive panel: key banking cybersecurity developments for 2023
Ten executives from top firms, including Wells Fargo, Microsoft, TransUnion, and RBC, share their expert views.
PayTech Awards nominations close in two weeks!
The deadline for nominations is Friday 17 March, so don’t leave it too late!
Westpac pens five-year cloud deal with AWS to boost digital transformation
Westpac aims to leverage AWS’ tech to accelerate its digital transformation.
Clarency taps Form3 for access to Swift network
With the partnership, Clarency’s global customers will be able to send and receive payments on the Swift network.
Arvest Bank launches new lending product powered by Thought Machine
Arvest claims it is the first US bank to offer lending capabilities on Thought Machine’s core.
Extended deadline announced for Banking Tech Awards USA 2023 nominations
The new deadline for nominations is now Friday, 24 February 2023. Apply today!
Ecuador’s first digital bank goes live with Temenos core
Diners Club Ecuador has gone live on Temenos’ cloud-native banking platform with AWS.
UAE’s central bank launches financial services digital transformation programme
The UAE is aiming to become a “financial and digital payment hub”.
Mizuho Bank in core banking tech overhaul with Oracle
Oracle’s solutions will support “critical” functions, including direct deposit accounts and liquidity management.
BBVA migrates its investment banking platform to the cloud with AWS
BBVA says the AWS platform “provides greater computing power” to make financial market-related calculations.
Singapore’s Trust Bank taps FIS for real-time payments
Trust Bank will make use of FIS’ real-time payments platform Open Payments Framework.
Leeds Building Society embarks on major tech & ops transformation
The UK’s fifth largest building society looks to replace core tech and hire more tech staff.
German AML regtech Hawk AI lands $17m Series B
The round saw participation from investors including Sands Capital, DN Capital, Coalition and BlackFin Capital.
PayTech Awards call for nominations
The PayTech Awards 2023 will take place on 30 June at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London.
US fintech nCino appoints Greg Orenstein as new CFO
Orenstein joined nCino in 2015 and most recently served as chief corporate development and strategy officer.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Is procrastination killing your work ethic?
Explore thousands of open roles on the Fintech Futures Job Board today.
US fintech Arcus Partners appoints new CTO, Saurabh Bhole
Bhole will be tasked with leading the further development of the company’s Finity360 product suite.
Abacus Group snaps up cybersecurity firms Gotham Security and GoVanguard
The new business will be a subsidiary of Abacus Group but will continue to operate independently.
Cognizant names former Infosys president Ravi Kumar as new CEO
Kumar succeeds Brian Humphries, who will remain at the firm until 15 March to facilitate a “smooth transition”.
