SoftBank and Alibaba to invest $445m in Paytm E-Commerce
Values the Indian firm at about $1.9 billion.
Payments
NatWest links with Vocalink to foil fraudsters
Bank bolsters defences for detection of invoice fraud.
3dcart picks Payoneer for new payments partnership
E-commerce platform turns to Payoneer to send payments to more than 200 countries.
Banking Technology April 2018 issue out now
You sought symmetry. And fintech came to you.
Pindrop is tongue-licking good for biometrics
Jaws drop as it launches Tongueprinting.
Top fintech stories this week – 30 March 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
None better than non-clients for Citi mobile app
It’s an open house as non-Citi clients can connect their accounts to app.
PayTech Awards 2018: recognising successful individuals and teams
Celebrating people that make things happen!
FCA welcomes EU agreement on Brexit
Everyone be cool. This is Brexit.
Braintree facilitates integrated payments with new tool
PayPal-owned Braintree is stepping up its paytech game with the launch of Braintree Extend.
PSCU’s a high achiever with Achieva Credit Union return
It’s all warm and good-humoured in Florida.
Uber looking for Dutch payments licence
It’s a drive to diversification.
Nabil Bank outsources card paytech to Compass Plus
Nepal-based Nabil Bank has migrated its card processing business to Compass Plus’ processing centre.
Fintech funding round-up: 27 March 2018
Features Candex, MarketInvoice and Konsentus.
Malauzai to fuel mobile tech for Axiom Bank
Florida’s second-largest community bank is targetting the underbanked.
White paper: The transaction effort score – driving revenue through reduced customer effort
Welcome to the Avoka Transaction Effort Score.
Infographic: the power of $1
Instarem presents a series of infographics to find out what $1 can do for you.
Invisible payments come to Highbury
WoraPay tests out its order and pay platform as part of the Arsenal Innovation Lab.
New Zealand trials open banking
ASB, BNZ, Datacom, Paymark, Trade Me and Westpac join the pilot.
SimbaPay unleashes Pan-African remittances chatbot
In collaboration with e-payments and commerce firm Interswitch.
Carbanak and Cobalt crime crew caught
Mastermind behind €1 billion cyber bank robbery arrested in Spain.
Equistone to acquire payments provider Small World
Private equity investor will buy a majority stake.
Amex buys UK payments start-up Cake for $13.3m
Cake Technologies provides app to pay restaurant bills in London.
Revolut’s a disposable raver for virtual cards
UK start-up plans to combat fraud with disposable virtual cards.
Mind trials contactless donation terminals with Santander
Mental health charity using terminals in ten shops in UK.
Say ciao to new ItaliaFintech association
Group represents 19 firms with nearly one million clients.
Australian neobank Xinja launches card and app
“This isn’t a finished product, it’s a step in our journey with our customers.”
Swift goes universal for real-time payment tracking
gpi Tracker extended to all payment messages.
Top fintech stories this week – 23 March 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Square boxing clever for slow cash flow
Releases its new Instant Deposit service for UK businesses.
RBC first Canadian bank to open API developer portal
Royal Bank of Canada is initially offering five API packages.
Payments platform Currencycloud launches Global Collections
London-based firm unleashes multi-currency accounts receivable product.
Digital bank bunq launches Apple Pay; comes to Italy and Spain
bunq is expanding into Spain and Italy, and has also introduced Apple Pay, the first in the Netherlands.
Affirm introduces in-store capabilities; integrates virtual cards with Apple Pay
Affirm InStore, an alternative to traditional credit cards at brick-and-mortar merchants.
PSR turns focus to consumer protection and ATM survival
UK’s Payment Systems Regulator reveals its ambitions in annual plan for 2018/19.
Alipay moves into Mexico via Openpay
Openpay has a network of more than 17,500 associated points of sale in the country.
Hyperwallet and Lyric Financial bring advance royalty payments to artists
Mass payout platform Hyperwallet has teamed up with Lyric Financial.
Introducing PayTech Awards!
Celebrating excellence in the use of IT in the finance and payment industry, and the people who make it happen.
IBM betting on multi-cloud
At its Las Vegas event Big Blue goes gambling.
Japan Post Bank stays Earthport bound for payments push
To deliver cross-border services across North America and Europe.
