MUFG launches new $185m fintech fund
With a focus on innovation and partnerships.
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Featurespace fuels Everis’ payments fraud fight
Business consultancy selects ARIC platform.
Top fintech stories this week – 11 January 2019
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Accenture ups wealth game with Orbium acquisition
Orbium is Avaloq’s partner and system integrator.
N26 plots delayed US launch with $300m funding
Mobile challenger bank is now valued at $2.7 billion.
The era of indulgent clients is over
Your user centric design goes out the window unless the entire money cycle moves in tandem.
Countingup finds its auto-match for payments invoicing
UK challenger business banking provider is up for it.
Upgrade Pack has crack at fintech with £1m funding
UK-based loyalty start-up straddles travel and banking sectors.
Unite Global to launch real-time correspondent hub
EXCLUSIVE. Norwegian firm in discussions with 30 banks for its global dream.
Euro Exim Bank deal puts Ripple on correspondent course
“Traditional correspondent banking system” gets some competition.
US bank customers enter Glassbox’s digital world of pane
Clever customer management for JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Citi.
Intesa Sanpaolo goes Orbian for supply chain support
Italian bank gets help with receivables financing.
BNY Mellon’s Pershing has wealthtech thing for Objectway
The bank’s wealth brand gets a front-end upgrade.
Alipay powers Pakistan’s “first” blockchain-based cross-border remittance service
Service provided by Telenor Microfinance Bank and Valyou.
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Kuwait’s central bank goes live with TCS Bancs
After a five-year upgrade.
TSB and Metropolitan Police go fraudster hunting
Criminals (possibly) cower in terror as dynamic duo come out fighting.
Interview: Mark Gabriel, Sunrise Banks – on a financial wellness mission
How partnerships with fintechs can help in the quest to service the underserved.
Banking for “digital nomads”
Foregoing the traditional way of working from nine to five in a typical office culture and hierarchy model.
TrueLayer launches data API in Germany
Ahead of the one-year anniversary of open banking.
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IBM bags $540m outsourcing deal with Nordea
Nordic bank is warm to the idea of IBM Z being looked after.
Fiserv outrageously happy with outsourcing wins
Bank clients can’t get enough of it in the US.
Plaid buys fintech rival Quovo for $200m
Bank account connectivity firm finds something similar in the US.
DTCC gets approved for activities in Switzerland
Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation will offer Swiss-compliant trade reporting services.
Seven Bank ATMs go biometric for account opening
Japanese bank plans to introduce face recognition capabilities.
BBVA leads $12m funding in paytech Grabango
Busy bank shows more interest in invisible payments.
Linedata acquires French start-up Loansquare
Gets its hands on a platform that connects banks and borrowers.
Interview: Roderick Simons, CTO of Yolt
What is it like to build a smart thinking money app from the ground up?
Starling Bank taunts traditional banks in 2019 plans
UK challenger aiming for the one million customer mark.
Fintech firm WB21 caught in storm of allegations
The evidence keeps piling up and the firm stays silent.
RBS secures 25% stake in digital current account Loot
Invests £2 million via its new digital Bó bank.
USAA customers to get $12m back for payment errors
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau also fines bank $3.5 million.
Zwipe seeks $14m funding for Merkur Market move
Norwegian firm looks for multilateral trading facility action.
£20k billboard in London calls for RBS investigation
Set up by victims of the bank’s alleged SME client mismanagement.
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