South Africa’s FNB turns to township trade
First National Bank partners with Selpal for new customers.
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Australian challenger bank Judo gets $350m funding boost
Receives debt facility agreement with Credit Suisse.
Danske Bank isn’t messing around with Tech Stars competition
Bank teams with Women in Business for Belfast-based fintech innovation.
UK challenger bank Monzo to launch business current account
Will apply for funding from Alternative Remedies Package to make this happen.
DBS switched on for Suzhou start-ups
Bank stays busy via MoU and yearns for playtime at Suzhou Industrial Park.
Convoy inspires Tandem Bank’s Hong Kong expansion
Financial services company invests $15m in UK challenger and forms partnership.
TAB Finance signs for Oradian’s cloud-based core banking system
Oradian is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) banking technology provider based in Croatia.
IBM and Columbia University call for blockchain start-ups
Two juicy new accelerator programmes are waiting for you.
US regulator plays hardball over ICO securities
Yo fintech! Don’t mess with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Boys from the BlackRock launch investment firm Genuine Impact
London-based company powers up with investment intelligence platform.
Initiative Q queues up new payments network
Israeli entrepreneur Saar Wilf first wants to create a critical mass of users.
Banking Technology November 2018 issue out now
Fintech inception. Ideas come to life.
Thank Mbanq for its first Banking-as-a-Service accelerator
Silicon Valley-based bank chooses Singapore as first location.
Sabadell’s InnoCells invests $10m in Base10
Base10 is an investment fund for automation in financial software.
FinLab accelerator fires up for Thailand SMEs
Its smart business transformation programme gets support from UOB.
German start-up Modifi powers up for digital trade finance
New firm created by team behind payments provider BillPay.
Australian neobank Xinja goes live with SAP Cloud for Banking
After a “rapid” three-month implementation.
Lighter Capital increases funding limit to $3m
US firm will provide start-ups working capital in exchange for 2% to 8% of their business’ future revenue.
Sandbox Express steams into Singapore’s fintech station
Monetary Authority of Singapore quickly thinks up pre-defined sandbox concept.
Avaloq’s new venture capital fund aims for fintech Avalon
Banking tech provider plans new adventures with Avaloq Ventures.
SIX FinTech Ventures invests in Vestr and Shift Cryptosecurity
SIX’s Swiss venture fund makes first two fintech investments.
Finance app Portify fortifies with £1.3m funding
UK start-up gets money from Kindred Capital and Entrepreneur First.
Independent Community Bankers of America launches fintech accelerator
It thought about it… then unleashed ThinkTech with the Venture Center.
Five considerations for a successful rebrand
Rebranding is a self-discovery and reflection process, and as much about the journey as the destination.
Zopa closes £60m funding for bank dream
Largest funding round to date.
Wevest wants to be best with digital asset manager launch
Berlin-based firm unleashes Wevest Capital.
Oracle and B-Hive call for fintech start-ups
Duo launches six-week programme for mature start-ups and scale-ups.
Cash management app Slide glides into the market
So SMEs can take control of their finances.
RBS tests its SME digital entity Mettle
New standalone entity is looking for early access applications.
Fintech Sharegain raises $5m and rolls out securities lending platform
It has raised a total of $12m so far.
Blockchain start-up INVioU looks to raise $2m
INVioU looks to “create new possibilities of factoring for small businesses by using blockchain technology”.
Vizolution evolves with £10m funding from three major banks
Santander, Royal Bank of Scotland, and HSBC supporting the Wales-based tech supplier.
Bank Zero launches trial in South Africa
Bank Zero is mobile-driven, 45% black-owned an 20% women-owned.
Core banking tech developer Riby secures funding from Microtraction
Riby has developed a cloud-based core banking system for African co-ops and credit unions.
FinovateAsia 2018: Best of Show winners unveiled
Congratulations to the trio of winners!
Wahed Invest obtains $8m from existing investors
It claims to be the first Islamic fintech start-up to reach a valuation of $100 million.
BGL Group acquires PFM app Bean
BGL will buy Saverd, the company behind personal finance management (PFM) app Bean.
Futrli lands £4m funding in Series A round
Futrli was born from its founder’s “own typical experience as a small business owner”.
ANZ and Moneythor partner for “financial wellness” venture
ANZ will implement Moneythor’s digital banking toolkit.
Fintech Moven unveils global expansion plans
Taking Moven’s digital banking platform to banks worldwide.
