Dynasty Financial shows maximum interest in MaxMyInterest
Opportunities for savers to make the most of their cash are worth pursuing.
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Continuity to provide compliance tech for Affinity FCU
New Jersey-based credit union wants less guess work.
Fairstone Financial’s lending on fire with Fiserv
LoanServ will consolidate multiple records to decrease response times.
FinLeap makes it nice and Beesy with Italian venture
Fintech company builder founds first firm in Italy.
eBook: Tackling data for regulatory compliance in banking
Three ways to rethink data management to comply faster and smarter.
Investors in fintech provider FNZ plan £2bn sale
Duo want to offload stakes in New Zealand-based tech firm.
UOB invests in cognitive banking firm Personetics
UOB will also use Personetics’ tech to extend its own machine learning capabilities.
Starling Bank takes on Monzo with daring debit card design
Horizontal cards are so 2017.
Interview: Ching Ching Tan, Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Ngee Ann Polytechnic and CFTE have launched a new “AI in Finance” course.
Bank of England confirms blockchain viability for RTGS
DLT-based settlement with central bank money is alive and kicking.
Commerzbank turns to equensWorldline for payments processing
German bank signs up for ten years.
HSBC boosting cloud capabilities with Google
The expansion will improve big data, analytics and fraud detection.
Atos to acquire digital dynamo Syntel for $3.4bn
Syntel provides cloud, social media, mobile, analytics and IoT solutions.
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank goes live with DTCC’s Alert
Becomes the first Japanese global custodian on the database.
Welsh KYC firm W2 Global Data raises £1.25m funding
Company also provides AML and fraud prevention solutions.
OCBC Bank turns tellers into digital ambassadors
Wants to upskill its workforce.
BNP Paribas launches UK fund for SME lending
The bank hasn’t unveiled the amount of money bound to the fund.
Socure unveils digital identity bot Aida
Named after the world’s first computer scientist, Ada Lovelace.
Banking technology and the future workforce
Two giant conflicting narratives are at work in the banking industry.
Flinks finds a fintech friend in ASAPP Online Solutions
Canadian start-ups team up for account and lending origination.
KeyCorp and Ingo Money push digital payments platform
Transforming paper cheques and deposits into digital funds.
US personal finance app Even gets $40m funding
Second round of financing led by Khosla Ventures.
State Street to buy Charles River Systems for $2.6bn
Will acquire US investment management front office solutions provider.
Faster Payments issue affects UK banks
Problems for Halifax, Lloyds, Bank of Scotland and Monzo.
PIR Bank in Russia victim of domestic $1m hack
Hacker group MoneyTaker is up to no good, again.
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The ID Co. unveils Open Banking API platform
New solution enables customers to use the firm’s DirectID user verification tech.
P2Binvestor allies with Amalgamated Bank for SME funding
New partnership. More deals. Bigger financing opportunities for small businesses.
Top fintech stories this week – 20 July 2018
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The age of the generalist is now
Why confining enterprise architecture to the realms of IT is limiting.
Banco BNI Europa invests $30m in US consumer loans
Teams with Fintex and Upgrade for lending action.
Starling marketplace grows with Growth Street addition
The first live use of SME finance provider’s third-party API.
Italian robo-trading firm Fintech4i launches
4i – international, independent, institutional, investor-oriented.
TrueLayer receives $7.5m funding from Northzone
Aided by existing investors Anthemis and Connect Ventures.
Hong Kong hastens open banking ambitions
Hong Kong Monetary Authority publishes API framework.
BBVA latecomer to Apple Pay craze
Spanish bank is slow off the mark.
Mastercard files patent for blockchain-based transactions
Looking at consumer protection, but its interest in patents is nothing new.
IBM adds strength to Stronghold’s crypto token launch
Stronghold calls it “first and only” venture-backed USD anchor on Stellar Network.
Euroclear takes stake in fixed income tech provider Algomi
Algomi focuses on banks, institutional investors, inter-dealer brokers and exchanges.
NatWest and Large Credit Union Coalition join R3’s blockchain club
UK bank and Canadian group provide double delight.
