Caixabank inks deal with Salesforce to bring CRM to digital banking
The companies signed the agreement at Salesforce’s Dreamforce event.
Partnerships
Money20/20 USA: How Tangerine champions personalised digital banking with Meniga’s tech
From proof-of-concept to market launch, results, and lessons learnt.
UK firms Oval and Seedrs build ‘first’ in-app fintech investment opportunity
Oval is conducting a £1 million crowdfunding round to test the app offering.
ABN Amro live with Temenos payments tech in Hong Kong
Singapore and China are next on ABN Amro’s Temenos Payments roll-out list.
OP Financial chooses Nordic API Gateway for open banking
OP Financial is looking for partners focusing on CX, reliability and security.
BRICS nations aiming for common payment system
Russian official says the association is looking to reduce reliance on USD.
SoftBank confirms Yahoo Japan and Line Corp merger to create tech giant
The merger is in a bid to better position the companies against competitors.
Business payments platform Bill.com set to raise $100m in IPO
Underwriters listed include Goldman Sachs, BofA Securities and William Blair.
JP Morgan and Baton Systems develop real-time clearing system
New platform to address challenge of tying excess funds across clearing workflows.
CSConnect UK 2019: Round-up of key cybersecurity trends
The conference brought together chief information security officers (CISOs).
Cardlay raises €9m in Series B funding and signs deal with Eurocard
Danish start-up aims for expansion in Scandinavia and beyond.
CSConnect UK 2019: HSBC head stresses importance of tackling gender diversity
HSBC exec: “how do we get people not like us in?”
Challenger banks in Hong Kong
A free guide to help our readers navigate Hong Kong’s challenger banking space.
PFS sells up to Australia’s EML Payments for $290 million
EML aims to become “one of the largest fintech enablers in open banking”.
Hungary’s National Bank fintech strategy combats digitisation lag
The national bank has drawn up its own fintech guidelines “to speed things up”.
Visa invests in ultrasonic payments firm Lisnr
Lisnr plans to take on NFC and QR-based payments.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 08 November 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Clearpay helps Marks & Spencer tap millennial generation
The paytech charges the merchant rather than the consumer.
Silicon Valley Bank expands to Denmark, announces new MD Sebastian Penn
The bank is already backing more than 20 companies in the region.
DBS Bank unveils trade finance blockchain project
The new scheme is supported by a handful of collaborators.
Avaloq lays groundwork for 2020 sale
Swiss firm’s divestment from Warburh Pincus is picking up steam.
India’s Reserve Bank welcomes retail paytechs to new regulatory sandbox
The bank hopes to “spur innovation in [the] digital payments space”.
Speaking both start-up and corporate – where Google translate doesn’t help
Hear from the InsurTech Rising panel of experts on how to get the best of both start-up and corporate worlds.
Backbase Connect 2019: Final round-up and key takeaways
How banks will survive the “neo-reality”.
Backbase Connect 2019: Backbase’s CEO says its biggest challenge comes from its customers
Banks need to fully commit to a “neo-reality” digital transformation.
Goldman Sachs leads $50m Series C funding round for credit card platform Deserve
The funds will go to its “Card as a Service” (CaaS) platform.
Backbase Connect 2019: How Backbase built a digital bank in 47 minutes
From an uncustomised template to a fully-customised, integrated banking app with 13 mins to spare.
GoCardless and TransferWise launch first global network for bank debit
Customers can collect recurring payments in over 30 countries.
Vietnam’s TPBank seals deal with blockchain paytech RippleNet
RippleNet claims its first bank client in Vietnam.
Santander splashes £350m for majority stake in Ebury
The bank’s 50.1% majority stake will put £70 million towards Ebury’s expansion.
Sweden’s subscription manager Minna Technologies lands deal with Norway’s SpareBank 1
Competitor Subaio has recently signed deals with various other Nordic banks.
Westpac partners with 10x Future Technologies to build new platform
Australian bank hints at moving to 10x technology for its core.
Saudi Arabia’s Riyad Bank pumps $26.7m into new fintech start-up programme
The programme will bring together entrepreneurs and tech companies.
End-to-end innovation in digital debt management
We speak with Spyros Retzekas, COO, about what’s helped the business thrive.
National Bank of Canada launches Innovation Competition
NBC invites start-ups, developers and students to participate.
India’s Yes Bank gets $1.2bn takeover offer from unnamed tech investor
Stocks soared as high as 39% following the announcement.
Pollinate launches with backing from Mastercard, RBS
Merchant services firm’s first customer is NatWest.
Credit score fintech TotallyMoney raises £5m investment from SVB
TotallyMoney now has 2.5 million customers.
Banking Technology November 2019 issue out now
The identity challenge.
Flywire furnishes Bank of America with cross-border payments solution
Bank’s higher education and corporate clients can expect better cross border service.
