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PRA grants Allica its banking licence
It’s now planning for a full launch and will ultimately offer working capital solutions and cash management.
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Thriving in a hyper-connected world.
B-North chooses Mambu and nCino for core technology
B-North is still awaiting a licence from the FCA.
Neobank Arival surpasses crowdfund target
The three-year-old bank has raised £1,214,136 so far.
PNC launches fintech start-up inside the bank
The first development has been indi, a mobile phone-based bank account for gig workers.
NorthOne joins forces with Radius Bank for small business mobile banking
Development partner, Treasury Prime, designed that API technology to streamline account opening.
The key segment to nurture in 2020 and beyond
The biggest challenge may be the paradoxical ways SMBs view their relationship with their bank.
Empaxis teams with InvestCloud to launch TAMP1
The platform is designed for small to medium-sized investment managers.
SME lending: banks aren’t using enough data
And it could be hurting their bottom line.
Westpac partners with Coupa for e-procurement
The partnership anticipates the government’s digitisation of procurement.
Welsh Delio secures £3.3m equity round
Delio will expand into Asia, the Middle East and North America.
JCB acceptance expands to UK and Ireland
The Japanese card issuer has partnered with EVO Payments.
Top fintech stories this week – 16 August 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Investment group Octopus acquire “indispensable” Seccl Technology
Seccl wants to help smaller firms “get a shoe in” with big providers.
Atom Bank, iwoca, Modulr and Currencycloud get £10m BCR grant
Public commitments include new UK job.
Indian start-up Scripbox acquires competitor Upwardly
The platforms chose collaboration over competition.
Swedish fintech Northmill launches new saving service
Customers can lower their interest rates in a matter of minutes
SoftBank supports start-ups under the radar
The Japanese technology giant invested $5 billion into Latin American “unicorns”.
Female founders become Accenture Lab’s new focus
This year Accenture wants to narrow the gender gap in fintech
Banking platform for freelancers Joust raises $2.6m
The neobank allows workers to get paid faster.
JP Morgan Chase invests in accounting software platform FreshBooks
A JPMC representative will be joining FreshBooks’ board.
Tesla-fy your bank
Will banks ever truly reinvent banking?
Trov partners with Lloyds and launches white-label insurtech platform
Later this year, Trov and Lloyds Banking Group will release an insurance product on the ‘Powered by Trov’.
BHF Rural Bank pilots programme with PearlPay
BHF becomes first ever Filipino rural bank to use core banking solutions.
Code Investing launches instant decision SME loan portal
The online broker solution is a UK-first for loans up to £5 million.
Aspire scores $32.5 million raise
The company graduated from Y Combinator Winter 2018 batch.
JP Morgan and OnDeck part ways
While OnDeck pursues a banking charter.
SME lender B-North welcomes funding
Manchester-based B-North has applied for a banking licence.
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.
Lithuania seeks to attract more fintech firms
Thought leaders in Vilnius wish to increase their C-suite intake.
New challenger revverbank picks Fusion for core banking capabilities
The proposition will be underpinned by Microsoft’s Azure platform.
Capital on Tap partners with Marqeta
It has provided nearly £1 billion in funding to more than 60,000 small businesses in the UK.
PayMate raises series D to accelerate growth
The Indian B2B paytech raises money for domestic and international growth.
Waddle and RBS pilot partnership
RBS is one of the first banks to offer an automated working capital solution to its customers.
Top fintech stories this week – 19 July 2019
PayTech Awards winners announced!
How banks can take a new look at SMEs
Brand new, designed from the ground up platforms will enable the creation of trust by unlocking the door to data.
Ebury joins forces with Unicaja Banco
Partnership offers global transaction services to the bank’s SME customers.
SumUp enhances payments for SMEs with €330m funding
Following the acquisitions of Debitoor and Shoplo.
