How cloud native observability can be the right choice for your firm
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Report: Global banks and the transformation illusion slowing progress
There’s a direct correlation between the rate of a bank’s digital transformation and its ability to win and retain customers.
Platform One appoints former SEI operational director Terry Leavy as new COO
Leavy joins the company following a decade-long stint at US financial services firm SEI.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Numarics, Zuvy, Shinkansen and Chari
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
SumUp taps Form3 for access to UK Faster Payments, appoints CPO
SumUp has also appointed Anna Kuriakose as its new chief product officer (CPO).
Former Goldman Sachs partner joins Clowd9 as CFO
Christian Channell joins the cloud-native platform following a 25-year career at Goldman Sachs.
Indonesia’s Allo Bank taps Tencent Cloud to enhance digital banking services
Tencent Cloud will deploy its database management system TDSQL, to help the bank manage data efficiently.
Mbanq’s BaaS offering supports US debut of SME-focused Cheqly
Cheqly’s services include business accounts, physical and virtual Visa cards, ACH payments and wire transfers.
Corlytics snaps up Clausematch in latest regtech acquisition
The deal marks Corlytics’ second acquisition of the year after buying ING SparQ in January 2023.
Jirnexu co-founders step down from leadership positions at the company
The company’s co-founder Hann Liew confirmed his and Lucas Ooi’s decision this week.
Melton Building Society taps Finastra for digital transformation
This is the third building society client deploying Finastra’s Essence solution.
Mascoma Bank implements OnView deposit suite with VSoft partnership
Mascoma Bank will utilise VSoft’s Teller Deposit, Branch Deposit and ATM Deposit solutions.
Wise to offer its infrastructure to help fintechs issue accounts and cards
Wise Platform will roll out the new features in Australia initially, and has already signed two clients.
Honouring the innovators: PayTech Awards 2023 winners revealed
Celebrating exceptional achievements and talent in payments industry worldwide.
BBVA to hire over 2,600 technology experts in 2023
Of the amount foreseen for 2023, the bank says 1,200 professionals have already joined this year.
Visa to acquire payments and banking platform Pismo for $1bn
The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close by the end of this year.
US fintech Ramp buys AI customer support platform Cohere.io
Cohere.io’s entire team, including CEO Yunyu Lin, will join Ramp as part of the deal.
UK fintech TreasurySpring secures $29m Series B funding
The funding follows its $10 million Series A held in June 2021, and brings its total capital raised to $42 million.
PE firm Flexpoint Ford acquires loan origination fintech Baker Hill
The transaction is expected to close soon following customary regulatory approvals.
How SaaS and generative AI are positively impacting ‘experience thinking’
SaaS and generative AI are compelling the industry to concentrate on what users see and do.
Puerto Rico’s Segura Bank taps Temenos to power new digital bank offering
The new digital banking platform for Latin Americans is expected to go live in the coming months.
Video: SmartStream at Money20/20 Europe – Streamlining data reconciliation with AI
SmartStream’s Jethro MacDonald discusses how SmartStream Air turns messy data into usable data.
Okoora launches integrated payments, banking and risk management platform
To facilitate its expansion, the start-up has submitted licence applications in multiple European countries.
What the FinTech? | S.4 Episode 10 | Collaboration and transformation
In this episode of the podcast, we speak with Simon Boonen, fintech partnership lead at ING.
Bankable acquires embedded finance platform Arex Markets
With the acquisition, Bankable will be able to embed credit and working capital into the payment flows of fintechs.
Demystify Podcast: Engine by Starling Bank with CCO Nick Drewett
Demystifiying the rationale behind Starling’s strategic shift to Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS).
US risk intelligence firm Blackbird.AI lands $20m Series B
Blackbird.AI helps organisations detect and respond to threats that can cause reputational and financial harm.
Europe funding round-up: DJUST, Apron, Trezy and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across Europe.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Kanastra, Majority & Cloudbankin
Our weekly fintech round-up for you to get the latest funding news from around the world.
US fintech start-up Paro lands $25m Series C funding
With the latest funding, Paro has raised $67 million to date.
Wealthtech OneVest secures CA$17m in Series A funding
It will use the funding to accelerate growth, expand into the US market, and to expand its team.
Keytrade Bank in core banking tech overhaul with Infosys Finacle
Keytrade Bank chose Infosys Finacle due to its “worldwide expertise, implementation plan and price offering”.
Report: The case for open source database software in finance – key drivers and strategies for adoption
Dispelling the myths and looking at the business benefits and cost savings of moving to open source.
Webinar: Unlocking efficiency – cloud-native observability for financial services
Join FinTech Futures and Chronosphere on 19 July for am informative discussion on cloud native observability.
FIS acquires BaaS start-up Bond for undisclosed sum
In an internal memo, FIS shares that it completed the Bond acquisition on 8 June.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Payrails, Griffin and more
Our weekly round-up for you to get the latest fintech funding news, this time from across Europe.
US fintech Mosaic secures $26m Series C funding
The round was led by OMERS Ventures with participation from Founders Fund and General Catalyst.
Lunar to provide access to its Nordic payment infrastructure to partners
Swedish paytech Trustly is set to be the first firm to tap into Lunar’s account infrastructure.
Indian lendtech firm Lentra secures $27m in Series B extension
Lentra plans to use the new funds to fuel its international expansion and product development.
Ikano Bank in Europe-wide core banking tech overhaul with TCS Bancs
Ikano Bank’s pan-European accounts, deposits, and unsecured retail lending will be consolidated on TCS Bancs.
