UK start-up Betr Lend preps for launch
New online lending and credit card company looking for CTO.
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UK start-up accelerator Buildily powers up for good causes
Will also donate 10% of its fees to micro-lender Lendwithcare.
Australian lendtech Tic:Toc rocks up $11.5m funding
Start-up making progress with digital home loan platform.
Australian neobank Xinja selects SAP Cloud for Banking
Challenger is edging closer to restricted banking licence.
How people-first branding is giving fintech start-ups the edge
People-first branding in fintech is a clear differentiator in a fiercely competitive market.
Overstock’s blockchain subsidiary bags $270m funding
Chinese private equity firm GSR Capital sees a hero in tZero.
Temenos teams with AUC Venture Lab in Egypt
Vendor promoting its core banking system to start-ups.
Nigerian digital credit platform Mines secures $13m funding
Looking for growth in Africa and new staff.
FinTech for Good Award: honouring organisations for outstanding social impact
Enter Banking Technology Awards by 31 August!
Danish start-up Jamii Pay in delicious launch
Brainchild of ex-PWC consultant Charlotte Rønje.
Idea incubator Pioneer calls for ambitious outsiders
“Apply with any project you need help with.”
Sberbank spares $400k for six start-ups
First wave of Sber#Up in-house accelerator ends.
US challenger Grasshopper Bank hops into view
Selects core banking software – Temenos’ T24.
Four de novo banks coming to Carolinas
Three US start-up banks are being launched in North Carolina, with one also powering up in South Carolina.
Paytm acquires savings start-up Balance Technology
Where will it find space for the six-member team?
Mobile money maestro Eversend launches in Africa
New firm enters alpha testing phase.
Alpha Business Bank readying to take on American SMEs
Claims to “get” small businesses.
JP Morgan sets up lab for financial inclusion in India
A $9.5m initiative for early-stage firms.
BBVA’s VC fund leads $9m funding round in finserv Steady
New funds will be used to launch additional product lines.
Australian SME lender Skippr closes $16m funding round
Financing start-up sends message of reassurance.
Quebec goes on tech quest with $6m fund
Plans to invest in 20 to 25 firms.
Australian challenger banks: who’s who (and what’s their tech)
A comprehensive list of challenger banks and banking services in Australia and the tech they are using.
Fintech: the driving force behind financial inclusion and empowerment in developing economies
Fintech start-ups are thinking “solution” to the benefit of millions people.
Arizona first US state to offer fintech sandbox
Lawmakers stop talking to do something.
UK challenger bank LQID smoothly starts up
To “bridge the gap” between digital and high street challengers.
US challenger banks: who’s who and what’s their tech
A comprehensive list of challenger banks and banking services in the US and the tech they are using.
Prudential Singapore calls for fintech scale-ups
Second edition tackles mix of fintech, insurtech, healthtech and medtech.
Nova Merchant Bank live with Intellect Design Arena’s core banking system
Nova Merchant Bank is the first taker of the Intellect Digital Core system in Nigeria.
Danske Bank steps up fintech partnership hunt
Potentially open to action in Nordic insurtech and lendtech.
ICE is Bakkt to the future for digital assets
Intercontinental Exchange forms a new company.
Zilliqa and Infoteria pair up to push blockchain DApps
APAC plan to promote adoption of decentralised applications.
How to organise a successful funding round for your start-up
Lessons learned from Penta’s CEO and co-founder following its €2.2 million seed round.
Big data start-up Quantexa raises $20m for big plans
Series B funding round led by Dawn Capital.
Australian challenger bank Judo Capital gets $140m funding
SME plans are on Judo’s hip pocket.
UK payments start-up ApTap readies to bootstrap
Fintech challenger founded by Imperial College London graduates.
US regulator opens up national bank charters to fintech
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency now welcomes applications.
Portugal unveils fintech innovation lab
Meet Portugal FinLab.
Legal & General invests £3m in lendtech Smartr365
UK Software-as-a-Service company gets a cash boost.
Barclays battered in Current Account Switch Service contest
Latest CASS figures reveal the winners and losers.
mBank and Commerzbank prep pan-European challenger
Project Kopernik (Copernicus) will initially target Germany.
