Spectrum Equity invests $51m in OTC firm Quantile Technologies
Spectrum’s MD joins the Quantile board of directors.
Partnerships
A thing apart
Teamwork, trust, and support come from a place of pure emotion.
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 1 | Innovation in commercial lending
Innovation in commercial lending with special guest, Dean Snyder, EVP at AFS.
SME credit fintech Dinie lands dLocal deal one year into Brazil play
Dinie was founded in the UK, made in Germany, and designed for Brazil.
Aion Bank signs payments processing deal with Form3
Form3 to provide real-time payment processing, clearing and settlement.
SWBC picks Finicity Pay to meet new ACH requirements
Account verification needs a boost under new Nacha rules.
Pakistan launches new instant payment system Raast
Government hopes Raast can host a collection of payment types.
Walmart prepares launch of its own fintech start-up
Retailer says customers want more of its financial products.
Temenos wins Transact deal with Czechzia’s Komerční banka
The bank is aiming to launch products to the market faster.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 08 January 2021
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Nets acquires Checkout Finland through Paytrail subsidiary
Nets happy to continue a wave of consolidation across European payments.
AvidXchange acquires TimberScan provider Core Associates
Firm now claims to be largest account payable firm in the construction sector.
Arab Investment Bank picks fresh batch of Temenos solutions
Egypt-based bank adds to existing portfolio of Temenos products.
UK challenger B-North raises £250,000 and signs deal with Channel 4
Channel 4 signed an advertising-for-equity deal.
Independent broker-dealers: keep reps and build on fund-family partnerships
Let’s get the lay of the land with a quick industry-evolution review and where it’s left IBDs.
Mastercard makes undisclosed investment in Form3
The additional undisclosed funding follows its $33 million raised in August this year.
Fintech projections for 2021
Top five fintech trends to watch in 2021.
Swift calls for collaboration to help build the future of global transactions
Swift’s ambitious new strategy to reinvent global financial transactions.
MFS Africa opens up continent to PayPal’s remittance service Xoom
Present in a whopping 160 markets already, Xoom still wants more of the pie.
The music of embedded finance
Embedded finance is all about making the admin of life seamless, low-friction and invisible.
Vacuumlabs partners with GPS, the award-winning paytech behind Revolut and Starling
Delivering new products and features that enable businesses large and small to realise breakthrough innovations.
Ask the expert: what’s the “partnership problem” – and how do I solve it?
Alongside raising investment, securing the right partnerships is critical for business survival.
Bancolombia turns to SunTec for enterprise pricing solution
SunTec says it has partnered with TCS “for a first-of-its-kind deployment in Latam”.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 11 December 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Australian business banking challenger Gallantree adds crypto function
Gallantree targets entrepreneurs, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals.
Singapore and Thailand to link national payment systems in 2021
In Singapore, PayNow monthly transaction values have crossed the $3 billion mark.
Texans Credit Union selects Episys core system
The $1.7bn credit union needs 12 employees to maintain its legacy system.
Bank of England selects Appvia for two-year cloud development scheme
Appvia wins selection process started in January 2020.
Australian lender RedZed is first live on SAP’s Cloud for Banking service
RedZed goes live on SAP package deal, hosted on Amazon Web Services.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 04 December 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
West Bromwich Building Society launches mobile app with Unisys
West Brom to deploy Elevate system underpinning new customer services.
African American Credit Union Coalition signs partnership with Fiserv
Fiserv to identify research and technology needs of AACUC members.
Douugh partners with Humm Group to launch US-based BNPL product
Australian neobank plans “Credit Jar” to help users build their credit scores.
Principles for a global central bank digital currency and a single global payment system
The new global payment system should replace all current payment and settlement arrangements.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 hosted online by Tom Ward
Join comedian Tom Ward for the 2020 Banking Tech Awards. Broadcast online on 10 Dec, 3:30pm GMT and is free to attend.
Spanish mega-merger off the cards as BBVA and Sabadell call it quits
The two banks couldn’t agree price over a major combination.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 27 November 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Cynergy Bank taps Google and Wipro to launch new digital banking project
Cynergy says customer want a hybrid of digital and face-to-face.
Founder and CTO of Malauzai leaves Finastra
Daniel Piangerelli departs two years after Finastra acquisition.
European Central Bank taps SIA and Colt to connect market infrastructure
SIA and Colt will help the ECB connect through the ESMIG single access interface.
