Mollie appoints former Worldpay exec Michaela Weber as VP of partnerships
Mollie is looking to boost its global partner network.
Partnerships
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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Mexico’s NanoPay selects BPC to boost its anti-fraud protection
BPC’s SmartVista solution will enable NanoPay to better protect its credit card customers.
Finastra and HSBC partner up to deliver BaaS FX offering
The firms say the move will enable banks to embed FX services “directly” into corporate and branch channels.
UK challenger Kroo expands partnership with ClearBank
ClearBank has worked with Kroo since 2019 in its journey towards becoming a fully regulated bank.
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Remittance start-up SendSprint launches in UK in partnership with Flutterwave
Flutterwave will provide the infrastructure to enable SendSprint to process cross-border transactions.
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Deutsche Bank partners Abbove for wealth management services in Belgium
Abbove says the partnership marks another step in the wealthtech’s private banking development strategy.
Neobank Kinly taps open finance fintech MX for data aggregation solutions
Kinly says it will leverage clean data and personalised financial alerts from MX to help Black American communities.
Morocco’s Attijariwafa Bank partners Thunes for cross-border payments
The partnership will enable “nearly 30 million” Moroccan bank account owners to receive remittances.
US banking start-up BetaBank taps Finxact for cloud-native core
Chicago-based BetaBank submitted its banking charter application in April this year.
Recognise Bank taps TruNarrative for digital customer onboarding solution
The RiskNarrative platform will digitise a number of AML and KYC processes via a single API.
Creditas lands $50m Series F extension, acquires Andbank’s Brazilian banking licence
Firm hopes new licence will help diversify its sources of funding and grow its portfolio of credit products.
ING spins out digital post-trade market infrastructure tech to GMEX Group
GMEX intends to combine Pyctor with its MultiHub offering.
Mambu partners Visa for end-to-end card issuing and processing
The company is developing an integration with Visa DPS.
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Linkbancorp taps Jack Henry for digital banking and lending upgrade
Linkbancorp will look to utilise Jack Henry’s Banno Digital Platform and LoanVantage offerings.
Wyre partners MoneyGram to allow crypto-to-cash conversion
It’s hoped the integration will address a “major pain point for users” in the crypto ecosystem.
