Deutsche Bank launches motion code Calma Card with Mastercard in Spain
The major companies say it’s the first Spanish card to use motion code technology.
Partnerships
Starling Bank partners with QuickBooks to sync up ledgers with transactions
Accounts ledgers will update automatically with each transaction.
EQ Bank signs international payments deal with TransferWise
EQ Bank has integrated TransferWise’s API directly into their infrastructure.
FinovateEurope 2020: what’s new?
Big changes are coming to Finovate!
Bank of Lithuania opens up reporting API tests to three local fintechs
ConnectPay, Interpaylink and Paysolut will all be part of the regtech sandbox.
Mexican neobank Flink gains seed funding from Spanish firm Latina
The Spanish technology company sees a bright future in Flink.
AxiomSL joins Temenos MarketPlace
Vendor will place its ControllerView solution on the Temenos catalogue.
Freelance payments platform Paydesk partners with TransferWise
TransferWise’s API will mean users won’t have to consult their bank to get paid.
Banking Technology December 2019 / January 2020 issue out now
A year in review.
DBS Wealth Management extends ten-year partnership with Avaloq
The agreement will see an expanded version of Avaloq Banking Suite deployed in Singapore.
Open banking start-up Bud signs three-year deal with HSBC
The deal follows Bud’s huge staffing restructure and market change.
Mastercard and Doconomy bring carbon tracking to Bank of the West and Nordea
The news was unveiled at Madrid’s UN Climate Change Conference COP25.
Santander and Elavon extend 15-year payments partnership
The two firms will continue a payments partnership signed in 2004.
Canadian credit unions launch Interac Debit on Google Pay
Google Pay integration with Interac Debit allows users to pay with their phones.
Start-up Saga launches stabilised SGA token with major bank and exchange advisors
JP Morgan Chase’s chairman and former deputy attorney-general of Israel are on the board.
The 20th Banking Technology Awards winners have been announced
It was a brilliant celebration of excellence and innovation in the banking industry.
LatAm Evertec acquires commercial payments enabler PlacetoPay
The acquisition is a gateway for Evertec to tap Colombia and Ecuador.
German SME challenger Penta teams up with card reader SumUp to tap offline businesses
Penta is breaking out of its online-savvy customer niche.
Berlin’s Raisin partners with Credorax to offer its German users retail deposits
Raisin is the first – and currently the only – company to offer Credorax’s retail deposits.
Legal & General outsources more of its investment arm to Charles River
The firm is moving closer to a centralised, cloud-based platform.
Appreciate Group and CleverGift collaborate on UK digital gift card
The card will be UK’s first multi-brand digital gift card.
Reserve Bank anticipates cardless retail landscape in Australia
Merchant fees on card payments in Australia came to AUS $4.3 billion last year.
South Korea to launch open banking system this month
5.51 million open banking accounts have now been registered.
What’s next for investment in tech?
Will fintech firms re-evaluate the costs & benefits of public and private ownership?
CMFG Ventures hands BankBI Series A investment to tap US market
BankBi will use CMFG Ventures’ US credit union connections.
Turkish banks and FIs sign majority stake in JCR Eurasia
Turkey seems to be establishing a national credit rating agency.
Dubai regulators sign fintech agreement with Luxembourg commission
The two countries build on a previous deal inked in 2007.
Russia’s Sberbank inks contract with driverless car tech firm
The Russian bank will challenge Yandex which currently has the monopoly.
Smartstream partners with Union Systems to tap Africa’s finserv space
Union Systems has a presence in 19 African countries.
Co-operative Bank launches personalised loan marketplace with Freedom Finance
Successful applicants “could receive funds the same day”.
N26 selects Eurobase Siena to manage its treasury operations
Siena will manage the treasury operations of N26’s 3.5 million customers.
Tandem Bank signs up TrueLayer for account aggregation
The UK challenger’s 800,000 customers will gain access to their other accounts in-app.
Clearhaus and Newgen Payments sign payments partnership
Two firms will create white label solutions for PSPs.
MoneyLive 2019: Here Mobility to help banks react to Uber and Grab’s financial play
The firm is offering a white label mobility solution to banks.
MoneyLive 2019: Banks have to be humble even if they’re everywhere, says ING exec
Banks tend to over-promise to customers through their adverts, says ING CIO
Epiphany CEO: We’re the only “truly open” banking platform in the industry
The CEO says other banking technology providers are “not really open”.
Nationwide opens API sandbox for mortgage processing
The UK institution has been in contact with a number of third parties.
Thought Machine becomes Google Cloud partner
Google Cloud is already popular among Thought Machine’s clients.
How paytech helps the gaming world tap the under-banked populations
Paysafecard and G2 Esports reveal how paytech taps underbanked gamers.
Nium powers cross-border payments for Cambodia’s PhillipBank
Cambodian institutions are increasingly engaging with their global counterparts.
