Banco BNI Europa in lendtech project with Alterest
Streamlining investment analytics and risk management between the bank and its credit originating partners.
Partnerships
India and Singapore sign fintech MoU amidst ongoing joint projects
India and Singapore are making each other eyes when it comes to fintech partnerships.
Signicat and Mitek join forces in digital onboarding drive
Signicat and Mitek team up to create a solution for Europe-based financial services providers.
Money20/20 Europe: creating safe spaces – platforms and collaboration
The platformication of everything continues and large tech companies must be part of that process.
UniCredit invests €3.1m in Meniga
The biggest personal finance management (PFM) deal in Europe to date.
Banking Technology Awards 2018 now open for entry!
Recognising excellence in the use of IT in financial services.
First Bank teams with WorldRemit for digital money transfers to Nigeria
In 2017, Nigeria received over $22bn in remittances, making it the largest recipient in Africa.
BBVA joins Fintonic’s lending platform
Crossing PFM functionality with a full lending platform.
MassChallenge Fintech accelerator: start-ups wanted
Big corporations increasingly say they see start-ups as friends, not enemies.
A new paradigm for regulatory change
Regulatory change is constant in the financial services industry.
ING pushes for open banking with SME financing platform and Yolt expansion
ING is leveraging open banking and making their SME and retail offer more attractive than ever across Europe
Robo-advisor Munnypot is so hot for Capita
Capita becomes a shareholder in UK robo-advice investment platform.
Instarem buddies up with BeeTech for payments on blockchain
Will use Ripple’s network RippleNet for action in Asia-Pacific and South America.
Orange and Google looking to fund fintech start-ups
Interested in IoT, cybersecurity, cloud and AI in EMEA.
Finicity and Mortgage Cadence team for mortgage tech
Finicity’s Verification of Assets (VoA) solution integrated with Mortgage Cadence’s loan origination platform.
Five Nordic banks mull KYC joint venture
They are DNB, Danske, Nordea, Handelsbanken and SEB.
UK challenger bank Starling seeks £80m funding
Also ends its partnership with TransferWise.
Form3 and Mambu unveil real-time cloud payments
Will provide access to real-time payments processing in the UK and Europe.
Fintech hub H:32 launches in Berlin
Innovation is addressed at Hardenbergstrasse 32.
Nordea and Invesdor fuel financing for Finnish firms
Offering alternative financing solutions for growth companies.
Disruption on its way, are banks ready?
A disruption is typically an opportunity long before it becomes a threat.
US banking app CapWay readies to launch
Targeting millennials who are either underbanked or uncertain.
Big bank’s mobile app Beem IT goes live in Oz
Australian app created by CBA, NAB and Westpac.
Tandem reaches 100,000 clients, signs for Form3 paytech
Wants to match Lloyds Bank in terms of customer numbers in ten years time.
ICICI Bank unveils innovation labs
Indian bank follows the digital trend.
nCino partners with Tech Qualled to help veterans get into fintech
nCino celebrated the Memorial Day in the US with a new partnership.
Mortgage tech firms Blend and Ellie Mae team up
Blend will leverage Ellie Mae’s electronic disclosure delivery.
BondIT raises $4m in new funding
BondIt’s Series B round led by major investor Fosun Group.
ING launches developer portal
Dutch bank wants to work more closely with external developers.
Top fintech stories this week – 25 May 2018
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Crédit Mutuel turns to IBM for major digital revamp
All in for IBM’s AI, cloud and cybersecurity.
Tinkoff Bank to launch new development hub in Sochi
Russian bank working with the Talent and Success Foundation.
Commerzbank makes first major FX pilot transaction via blockchain
First deal involving a large German corporate.
identitii teams with RPA firm Blue Prism
Will design tech to digitise and automate corporate payment and trade transaction processes.
Capitolis unleashes FX novation service
In partnership with Citi, HSBC, BlueCrest and Brevan Howard.
IBM steps up AI and blockchain ambitions in France
Adding 1,800 jobs and new tech training.
KBC in instant payments project with Temenos
Fresh from Temenos Community Forum 2018 in Dublin, Ireland.
OCBC goes all Touché feely for biometric-based payments
All at the touch of two fingers.
Samsung opens AI centres in UK, Canada and Russia
To explore the potential of user-centric AI and IoT action.
Dead fintechs don’t wear Plaid
Shy US app provider expands to Canada.
