Dutch neobank Bunq enters partnerships with Mastercard and Nvidia
The bank is utilising Mastercard’s open banking platform and Nvidia’s accelerated computing and AI capabilities.
Partnerships
Asia’s first full reserve digital bank, ORO Bank, launches in Bhutan powered by Finastra
The bank has partnered with Finastra to leverage its Essence solution in the cloud.
What the FinTech? | S.5 Episode 9 | Fintech innovation and collaboration
In this podcast episode, we chat with Andy Lowe, EMEA Head of Business Development for Technology at Bank of America.
Allpay and The Bank of London partner to streamline payments for the UK social housing sector
Allpay provides a range of payment channels to approximately 90% of the UK’s leading 200 housing associations.
Cyprus, the tech island: reflections on the Reflect Festival
Cyprus has emerged as a thriving tech hub over the past decade.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 31 May 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes HSBC, XYB, ABN Amro and more.
May 2024: Top five AI stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top AI stories from May.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia to pilot NameCheck solution on JP Morgan’s Liink network
The collaboration aims to “help validate bank account details used in international payments to Australia”.
Banque Raiffeisen selects Worldline for cloud-based instant payments solution
Worldline has been a long-standing partner of Banque Raiffeisen, providing it with a number of payment services.
May 2024: Top five funding rounds of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top funding rounds to emerge during May.
HSBC launches e-commerce payment solution Omni Collect in UAE in partnership with Geidea
Geidea has been selected to enhance the offering by integrating a merchant acquiring facility.
May 2024: Top five core banking stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top core banking stories of the month.
Bank Muscat’s Meethaq goes live with Temenos’ core banking tech
The bank claims to have migrated “over 200,000” customer accounts to the new cloud-based platform.
Rich Data Co inks first US deal for AI decisioning platform with M&T Bank
North America’s sixth-largest commercial bank has tapped the platform to “detect more early warning signs” in lending.
May 2024: Top five fintech partnership stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top fintech partnership stories of the month.
Stanbic Bank Kenya set for Temenos core banking upgrade with Orion Innovation
Stanbic Bank Kenya first went live with Temenos’ core banking tech in 2010.
LGT in Liechtenstein taps Finastra for instant payments
Finastra says the move will enable LGT to meet the EU instant payments regulatory timeline.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 24 May 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes JP Morgan Chase, Citi, BBVA, OpenAI and more.
OUCU Financial Credit Union to migrate to Tyfone’s nFinia digital banking platform
The $483 million-asset credit union is also making use of Tyfone’s Skip-a-Pay and Quick Pay solutions.
BBVA partners OpenAI to deploy ChatGPT among its employees
BBVA has begun deploying 3,000 ChatGPT Enterprise licenses among its employees in Spain.
EFG Hermes snaps up minority stake in AI digital wealth manager Kenzi Wealth
EFG Hermes has also signed an MoU with Kenzi to enhance its EFG Hermes One trading platform.
Demystify Podcast: The growth of fintech in the UAE – Dubai Fintech Summit special
Dave and Dharm speak with four financial services leaders at this year’s Dubai Fintech Summit.
Alpian’s $83m Series C round sees Intesa Sanpaolo’s Fideuram become majority shareholder
Fideuram first made a $20 million investment in Alpian back in 2022.
UK challenger Chetwood Financial acquires lender CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries
Chetwood states that the purchase will complement its forthcoming ModaMortgages proposition.
Bank Muamalat signs long-term partnership with Backbase for Engagement Banking platform
The Malaysian bank plans to launch a digital Islamic banking super-app “by the end of the year”.
BNP Paribas set to buy French life insurance business Neuflize Vie from ABN Amro and AXA
Neuflize Vie was founded in 1990 as part of a joint venture between AXA and ABN Amro.
Santander and Iberpay in Spain join EPC’s OCT Inst scheme as inaugural participants
Iberpay will serve as the clearing and settlement mechanism, through Santander, for OCT Inst transactions.
Interview: How Project Nemo is working to accelerate disability inclusion in the UK fintech industry
We chat with Joanne Dewar, head of Project Nemo, about the need for greater disability inclusion in UK fintech.
HSBC UK partners accounting software provider Ember for My Business Finances tool
The tool aims to help small businesses comply with the UK’s upcoming Making Tax Digital initiative.
Commerce Bank goes live with instant payment service FedNow through Temenos Payments Hub
The bank has also tapped Temenos’ US Model Bank to “meet the unique business needs of the US market”.
Vietnam’s PVcomBank launches mobile banking app powered by Temenos Digital on AWS
PVcomBank has been running on Temenos Core for retail and corporate banking for over 10 years.
Standard Chartered pilots carbon credit tokenisation in Hong Kong with Mastercard, Mox Bank and Libeara
The pilot was conducted through the fintech supervisory sandbox hosted by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
Avidbank partners Corserv to launch commercial credit card programme
The bank will utilise Corserv’s Account Issuer solution to power its new credit card offering.
Emirates NBD taps Pine Labs to enhance merchant acquiring services
Emirates NBD will implement Pine Labs’ Credit+ solution.
Chiba Bank to deploy Moneythor personalisation engine for Chibagin app
The partnership aligns with Chiba Bank’s mid-term plan to shift to a customer-focused business model.
BIS opens call to private sector participants for Project Agorá
Applications are to remain open until 31 May, with the final list of participants to be announced on 9 August.
Bradwin Roper to step down as fintech CEO of MTN South Africa
Roper, who joined the company last year, is set to depart in October.
Deutsche Bank to explore asset tokenisation applications as part of MAS’ Project Guardian
The bank will collaborate with Interop Labs and Memento Blockchain as part of the project.
Broadridge acquires Securities Industry Services business from Kyndryl
Kyndryl will provide the SIS business operated under Broadridge Canada with managed services.
Bankart migrates payment processing to Diebold Nixdorf’s Vynamic Transaction Middleware
The integration is to replace Bankart’s legacy payment processing platform provided by ACI Worldwide.
