Santander’s PagoFX to launch in Spring and rival TransferWise
The venture now has a 50-person London-based team.
Peer-to-Peer/P2P
UniCredit finds two new partners in Tel Aviv’s PayKey and equensWorldline
PayKey is a social app payments integrator, and equensWorldline a pan-European payments processor.
Santander hires head of P2P payments
In this newly created role, Trish Burgess will lead the strategy and deployment of P2P.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 03 February 2020
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Tally launches 2.0 version of UK Faster Payments-linked app
Tally is not a cryptocurrency, because it’s linked to a tangible asset.
How start-up Minka is building LatAm’s plumbing for real-time payments
Exclusive interview: “We’re a small start-up doing the work of big players,” says Minka CEO.
Supplement: the 2019 fintech review
Ruby Hinchliffe dissects her top five 2019 fintech trends from this year’s top stories!
Latvia’s Robocash set to raise $5m for P2P investments in Southeast Asia
European investors can now back 12-month commercial loans in Singapore.
UK P2P firm Zopa receives £140m injection to keep banking hopes alive
Zopa’s temporary licence was set to expire.
Facebook Pay launches for US users on Messenger and Facebook
The social media giant says it’s a separate venture to the Libra project.
Irish P2P firm Flender raises €75 million in funding
Third round of debt financing gives SME lender a boost.
P2P lender Funding Score sinks into administration
Investors nervous as recovery firm takes control.
Kaleyra and Epiphany launch first open banking hub in Italy
The hub will give banks a space to launch PSD2-compliant products.
Making payment easy across Africa and beyond
Thabo Makoko, explores how the continent can improve its payments infrastructure.
UK lendtech Zopa brings transparency to credit score calculations
Zopa says it’s the first lender to show how it determines who to lend to.
Viva Republica cosies up to Standard Chartered in plan to form Korean challenger
A successful licence bid would create the third internet bank in the country.
Banking Technology October 2019 issue out now
Lessons from Africa.
Five lessons global banks can learn from African fintechs
Mobile payments have been positioned as a ground-breaking idea but Africans have been doing that for a while.
Sibos 2019: Final wrap-up of talks, interviews and daily news
See our final wrap-up of the London-hosted four day event!
Deutsche Bank joins Interbank Information Network
The blockchain-based platform has more than 300 member banks.
White paper: The payments transformation race – criteria for success
Download the report from Icon Solutions and Aite today!
Digital Nigerian bank Kuda raises $1.6m in pre-seed funding
Kuda is the first digital-only bank in Nigeria.
Bank of America announces “record-breaking” P2P app payments
The bank received 163 million transactions in less than nine months.
Tesla-fy your bank
Will banks ever truly reinvent banking?
Top fintech stories this week – 26 July 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five stories this week!
WhatsApp Pay coming to India later this year
It will need to comply with all of the regulations ahead of its launch.
Friday the 13th is coming – is banking ready?
The deadline for PSD2 compliance is rapidly approaching – will your firm be ready?
Banking Technology July/August 2019 issue out now
Drawing the curtains on a bright tomorrow.
Visa and PayPal’s new deal
While the US service is powered via a partnership with JPMorgan Chase, PayPal’s Instant Transfer in Canada is powered by Visa’s push payments system, Visa Direct.
FCA introduces new rules for P2P platforms
P2P platforms must implement changes by 9 December 2019, but the application of MCOB is immediate.
ACI invests in Mindgate to drive real-time payments growth
The paytech is India’s market leader in processing UPI transactions.
White paper: How to drive business impact with payments
Download this free white paper to learn about how payments can improve your business.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 09 May 2019
This week, Mastercard, Facebook and many more!
Emerging economies payments start-up Thunes closes $10m Series A round
Plans to accelerate growth across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Amazon Pay launches Android P2P payments in India
Users can pay Amazon delivery associates from their bank accounts via UPI QR codes.
First real-time payments launched in Saudi Arabia
Vocalink partners with Saudi Payments for market-first development.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 23 April 2019
Facebook, Stripe, and Europe’s biggest IPO.
Facebook to drop P2P Messenger payments in Europe
The service will be discontinued in the UK and France on 15 June.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 8 April 2019
Africa Fintech association, City watchdog’s orders, and a new blockchain alliance!
StreetShares to launch credit cards for veteran-owned businesses
A new credit card for the 2.5 million veteran-owned small businesses in the US.
