BaaS start-up Unit partners Thread to offer embedded banking services
Unit says the collaboration with Thread will “empower more companies to offer unique banking solutions”.
Partnerships
CIBC Innovation Banking invests €35m in SME-focused fintech Ageras
The funding will support Ageras’ future strategic acquisitions and the expansion of its software suite.
Great Southern Bank selects Fiserv for core banking upgrade
The bank will utilise DNA from Fiserv as its new core processing platform.
Timberland Bank taps Plinqit for financial wellness and savings tools
Customers can now access digital tools designed to improve financial literacy and establish saving habits.
Yes Bank taps IBSFintech to digitise services for corporate clients
The partnership aims to enable paperless communication across treasury and trade finance processes.
KeyBank taps BlueSnap to facilitate cross-border e-commerce payments
KeyBank says BlueSnap’s operating model will give clients the flexibility to process global payments.
CIBC partners MX for fintech customer data access agreement
CIBC customers will be able to securely share their financial data with third-party fintechs via an API.
Valley National Bancorp invests $25m in fintech-focused VC The Garage
The Garage builds and invests in early-stage start-ups in fintech, artificial intelligence and cyber.
Payments veteran Steve Ledford retires, leaves The Clearing House
The self-described “payments nerd” says he is leaving the payments industry after 41 years.
Digital lending platform Auxmoney secures €500m to fund new loans
The financing has been provided by American multinational Citi and French investment bank Natixis.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 5 August 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Deutsche Bank to automate trade document checking with Traydstream partnership
The partnership will boost the bank’s efforts to digitise and automate its documentary trade business.
Mansfield Building Society partners DirectID to streamline mortgage applications
Mortgage applicants can now securely provide their bank statements online via open banking.
The Co-operative Bank taps Finastra for treasury infrastructure upgrade
The bank is moving its treasury activities to the cloud with Finastra’s Kondor solution.
UK challenger Monument partners Persistent to build digital banking platform
Persistent’s “building block” approach will allow the challenger to add new SaaS components as required.
African neobank 4G Capital goes live on Mambu’s cloud banking platform
The micro and small business-focused bank is looking to scale across East Africa.
Rêv acquires Global Payments’ card business Netspend in $1bn deal
The new combined entity intends to deliver “financial empowerment and product innovation”.
Ohio’s KeyBank taps Quavo for dispute management platform
KeyBank will deploy Quavo’s QFD solution to automate its fraud and dispute processes.
Mollie appoints former Worldpay exec Michaela Weber as VP of partnerships
Mollie is looking to boost its global partner network.
Bank of New Zealand taps NCR for ATM-as-a-Service solution
The move forms part of the bank’s digital transformation efforts.
Italian paytech Nexi partners Microsoft to develop digital payments solutions
The strategic partnership will see the pair work together to “digitise the European payments space”.
Treasure Financial and Grasshopper Bank team up to improve financial visibility for businesses
The new platform will allow businesses to optimise the rate they’re generating on their cash balances.
Great Western Credit Union completes merger with Stroud Valleys Credit Union
GWCU says it now has a combined total of over 21,000 members.
Equity management firm Qapita buys India-based ESOP Direct
Qapita is aiming to boost its presence in India.
Germany’s Airbank taps Klarna Kosma for open banking platform
Klarna Kosma’s open banking offering will provide Airbank access to an international network of banks.
Portugal’s Universo taps Mambu to expand digital financial services offering
The partnership will allow Universo to provide a “personalised end-to-end financial experience”, Mambu says.
Santander CIB teams up with SAP to digitise global transaction banking services
The two firms will collaborate to develop “invisible banking” solutions that improve client-to-bank connectivity.
Lebanese fintech Purpl partners Mambu to scale operations
Mambu’s cloud platform will power Purpl’s remittance and digital wallet solution.
UnitPlus partners Vodeno and Aion for ‘pay-with-portfolio’ ETF solution
Customers can pay with funds drawn directly from their portfolio using the UnitPlus debit card.
Rabobank selects US fintech InvestCloud for financial planning tools
Goal-based financial planning features will be made available to Rabobank’s customers.
OneConnect partners Pismo for unified digital banking solution, OneCosmo
Pismo and OneConnect entered into a strategic partnership in April this year.
Arvest Bank teams up with Google Cloud to boost digital transformation
Arvest says it plans on overhauling its current IT systems, including migrating its data centres to Google Cloud.
Scottish Building Society taps AML firm Jade ThirdEye to upgrade security
Jade ThirdEye will upgrade the firm’s existing transaction monitoring solution.
Philippines’ Atram taps additiv for digital wealth management tech
Atram’s new digital wealth management platform will utilise additiv’s orchestration engine, DFS.
Pennyworth partners Moneyhub for financial planning tool
The offering is targeted towards those with salaries between £40,000 and £150,000.
BNP Paribas partners fintechs to develop digital asset custody offering
The new combined solution will allow clients to issue, transfer and securely keep regulated digital assets.
Credit union tech provider Mahalo Banking raises $20m
Mahalo Banking provides online and mobile banking solutions for credit unions.
Al Rajhi Bank Malaysia taps Feedzai for risk management platform
Feedzai’s RiskOps platform will help strengthen the security of ARBM’s upcoming digital bank offering.
EXL, Corridor Platforms and Oliver Wyman partner up for new risk decisioning product
The solution leverages analytics, AI and cloud to deliver “instant” credit decisions to support digital lending.
How to deliver effective transformation with fintechs
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