Singapore start-up Bambu acquires investment and trading wealthtech Tradesocio
Bambu plans to tap into Tradesocio’s presence across EMEA and India.
Software-as-a-Service/SaaS
LoanPro lands $100m Series A round led by FTV Capital
The Utah-based company says the funds will be used to further invest in growth
RationalFX selects TruNarrative to boost ID verification
The firm aims to reduce its onboarding time to “less than 5 minutes”.
Credit and payments platform Younited lands $170m investment
The new funding brings the French firm’s total raised to $400 million.
Cities and Villages Development Bank picks ICS Banks
Jordanian bank replacing legacy system with cloud deployment.
Dutch pensions bank Brand New Day picks Five Degrees core system
Neo comes in to replace older Matrix system.
Canada’s League Data picks Mambu’s cloud banking platform
The cooperative company says Mambu was the “clear choice” to modernise its core platform.
Standard Bank extends Microsoft partnership to boost cloud migration
The South African bank renews a 30-year deal with the US tech giant.
KeyBank goes live on SmartStream’s cloud-based collateral management tech
The Cleveland bank aims to reduce infrastructure costs by moving to the cloud.
Moving finance systems to cloud infrastructure
How to best optimise “cloud first” and “ground to cloud” policies for ERP applications.
Virgin Money Australia goes live on Temenos Banking Cloud
The Australian bank selected Temenos in March 2020.
Aussie neobank Volt lands extended Series E investment from AFG
AFG picks up an 8% stake in Volt as part of the deal.
Indonesian digital bank Jago signs cloud banking deal with Mambu
Newly-branded digital bank seeks to capitalise on recent success with new platform.
Morgan Stanley signs cloud partnership deal with Microsoft
Deal forms part of the US bank’s multi-cloud strategy.
Community bank-focused Synctera raises $33m in Series A round
Synctera aims to facilitate partnerships between community banks and fintechs.
Webinar: Fintech at SaaS speed – navigating the scale and security challenge
The latest trends and techniques in SaaS security and the importance of a successful app protection strategy.
Video: Infosys Finacle on adapting to business model innovation
We talk about how traditional banking models have become disrupted, and how consumer demands need new experiences
Core banking systems: the future is cloudy
A deep dive into what the new generation of core banking systems (CBS) has to offer.
UnionBank plans total cloud migration with Amazon Web Services
It aims to be the first entirely cloud-hosted bank in the Philippines.
PBCOM goes live on cloud-based Temenos core banking system
Philippine bank first signed for Temenps back in 2012.
Ohpen offloads Davinci Consulting to Yellowtail Conclusion
Core banking vendor streamlines newly-acquired Davinci Group.
An era of digital trade
Technology creates opportunities to transform existing processes across global supply chains.
Banking-as-a-Service: who is it for?
BaaS goes well beyond classic outsourcing models like ITO and BPO.
Financial services are internet-reliant, so how do you prevent downtime?
Digital experience monitoring provides a bridge so that financial institutions can embrace this new digital-first era.
Leek United Building Society extends Sopra partnership
Building society to shift its Sopra system to the cloud.
SEB signs Google Cloud partnership extension
SEB to deploy Google services across wider segments of the bank.
Banking’s long road to BaaS
The opportunity for BaaS is huge and compelling, but the journey to get there is long and complex.
Croí Laighean Credit Union signs for Temenos SaaS platform
Temenos wins another Irish credit union for Community Banking platform.
Low-code fintech OutSystems bags $9.5bn valuation in $150m raise
It claims to tackle the shortage of developers across 22 industries.
Three things banks must do to thrive in 2021
It is the banks who invest now and execute effectively, that will come out on top.
NCR acquires digital onboarding start-up Terafina
Terafina marks NCR’s third acquisition this year.
Sync. signs deal with Railsbank to power premium accounts
The smart banking app is looking to expand following a 2020 launch.
The end to end benefits of cloud first transformation
Cloud has become a go-to technology for many in the financial services industry.
CODE Credit Union implements Symitar’s Episys with MDT
The conversion occurred entirely virtually.
IBM buys Canadian fintech Expertus to bolster payments offerings
The acquisition strengthens its portfolio as an end-to-end digital payments solution provider.
Swiss challenger Alpian picks cloud hosted Temenos tech
Alpian plans to deploy Temenos Transact and Temenos Payments in a SaaS model.
Omdia Universe 2020-21: Temenos recognised as a leader for digital banking platforms
Based on Temenos’ combination of market impact, solution capabilities, and customer experience.
Sberbank Switzerland outsources core to Avaloq
The implementation and migration took ten months.
Goldman’s former CIO becomes chairman of Israeli fintech The Floor
“I believe The Floor has transformative potential to impact the financial services industry.”
UK challenger Monument partners with Mambu, AWS & Accenture
“Monument concluded that no appropriate single solution existed”.
