Barclaycard wakes up to Costa Coffee’s contactless cup
UK’s first reusable coffee cup with integrated contactless payment technology.
Partnerships
Spain’s Liberbank partners with French lendtech October
The bank is stepping up its fintech game.
US Faster Payments Council alive and kicking
FPC plans pacey paytech for all.
DNB Bank finds data skills in Collibra
Part of the bank’s wider data strategy.
Thank Mbanq for its first Banking-as-a-Service accelerator
Silicon Valley-based bank chooses Singapore as first location.
Ingenico and Sberbank enable MIR cards for online purchases
Allowing Russian consumers to make international online purchases.
Tandem Bank earns its Stripe-s for auto savings
UK challenger bank also opens community beta testing for new feature.
Unisys elevates Monmouthshire Building Society’s digital services
Hello online banking.
Ripple’s blockchain sends speed to CIMB’s payments network
CIMB’s product SpeedSend has corridor with Australia, US, UK and Hong Kong.
FinLab accelerator fires up for Thailand SMEs
Its smart business transformation programme gets support from UOB.
Jaja Finance teams with ASDA for JajaPay launch
Firm offers white-label consumer credit facility.
Revolut to get $500m boost from Softbank
To enable US expansion.
Sizing up the real threat of challenger banks
Challenger banks’ current profitability is almost entirely unrelated from the threat they pose to incumbents.
MUFG and Bradesco create Ripple-s with new cross-border payment service
Planned service between Japan and Brazil will use Ripple’s technology.
Personal finance app Fintonic links up with Amazon
“A new way of cooperating between the fintech sector and online distributors.”
Singapore Exchange and regulator in cross-DLT settlement breakthrough
They have developed delivery versus payment capabilities for the settlement of tokenised assets.
Fintech Inn 2018: why Lithuania has enlisted the Stig
All the best bits from the largest fintech event in the Baltic region.
Avaloq’s new venture capital fund aims for fintech Avalon
Banking tech provider plans new adventures with Avaloq Ventures.
Focus Solutions unleashes wealthtech portal and hub
Hub unveiled with BITA Risk and Investment Software Limited.
Bank of England calls for payments messaging panel applicants
The panel will input into the implementation of ISO 20022.
UK fintech and FIs get dating guide
New guidelines aim to accelerate fintech growth.
Mash and Nets partner for pay later solution across Nordics
Will be first available in Finland and Sweden.
American Express breaks into China’s payments market
First US credit card company to get Chinese central bank approval.
Independent Community Bankers of America launches fintech accelerator
It thought about it… then unleashed ThinkTech with the Venture Center.
Grab gets $50m funding from Kasikornbank
They also unveil GrabPay by KBank, a co-branded mobile wallet.
US community banks forge Alloy Labs Alliance
“No bank wants to be the next Sears.”
JP Morgan finds nice match in fintech Wematch
Trading tech firm Wematch will join in-residence programme.
CardFlight partners with Payscape for merchant base race
Payscape will offer CardFlight’s SwipeSimple tools.
Oracle and B-Hive call for fintech start-ups
Duo launches six-week programme for mature start-ups and scale-ups.
TransferWise teams with Dutch digital bank bunq
International money transfer specialist has a new partner in Dutch challenger bank bunq.
CredoLab and GoBear unveil credit solution for underbanked
Collaboration between alternative credit scoring specialist and personal finance comparison site.
Three UK and Meniga team for Wuntu Money app
Exclusive from Meniga’s FIN42 event in Iceland.
DTCC starts testing phase of blockchain platform
Project includes 15 of the world’s largest banks.
Openbank picks AxiomSL for regtech reporting
Includes central bank, trade and transaction reporting.
Emirates NBD debuts API sandbox
Says it’s the first bank in the UAE to introduce such a platform.
SPD Bank and Temenos unveil innovation lab
Partnership will enable Shanghai Pudong Development Bank to use APIs.
First blockchain securities exchange to launch in Mauritius
Mindex, GMEX Group and HYBSE team up for new platform.
Visa and Billtrust team to digitise US B2B payments with Business Payments Network
Visa and Billtrust have joined forces to develop Billtrust’s Business Payments Network (BPN).
N26 and Rasa to launch extra languages and features for its chatbot
N26’s chatbot is already live in English in both Facebook and Salesforce.
HSBC and ING in industry-first blockchain trade finance transaction
HSBC India, ING Bank Brussels, Reliance Industries and Tricon Energy experiment with blockchain.
