Santander-backed Asto finance app preps for beta launch
London-based firm wants to be a pocket business helper.
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Gresham acquires payments firm B2 Group
To B2 or not to B2? Thanks for asking but headline gives it away.
Jumhouria Bank of Libya selects SmartStream for real-time control
SmartStream to provide intra-day reconciliations management.
Phoebus completes swift integration onto Capital Home Loans system
Including the migration of its mortgage book.
Austria’s central bank completes full revamp with SimCorp
Chosen to support its monetary policy and manage investment activities.
Autosoft and Finja power Allied Bank’s branchless banking
Pakistan-based bank in digital drive.
First trades go live on we.trade blockchain platform
Ten companies traded via four banks.
Additiv and Orange Business Services in juicy wealthtech hook-up
European robo-advisor Additiv makes its cloud-based tech available to banks and FIs.
11:FS Podcast: death is no excuse
11:FS Fintech Insider podcast featuring FinTech Futures’ Tanya Andreasyan.
NPSO takes charge of UK cheque clearing systems
Supported by its two new deals with the C&CCC and UKPA.
Banque Libano-Française in Iraq upgrades Temenos’ T24 core banking system
The bank will upgrade the rest of its divisions subsequently.
Dutch savings bank LeasePlan makes the jump to Ohpen’s cloud tech
We talk with Pieter Aartsen and Angelique Schouten, global board members at Ohpen.
Starling and Revolut suffer weekend outages
Curve and Pockit also reported issues.
Nordea acquires Gjensidige Bank in Norway for €578m
Gjensidige offers digital banking, mortgages, and unsecured loans.
Monzo faces challenging times with £33m losses
But user numbers did treble for UK mobile-only challenger.
Veridium’s $16.5m Series B funding led by Michael Spencer
Other contributors include Citrix Systems and investor Michael Powell.
Inspire FCU to deploy Nymbus core banking solutions
Nymbus will replace 15 technology vendors in the process.
JP Morgan Chase’s mobile app Finn goes nationwide
Finn by Chase is designed for millennials in the US.
Finserv not ready for blockchain yet, McKinsey says
The industry’s complexity makes it harder for blockchain to be implemented.
39 firms complete KYC trial on R3’s Corda blockchain
Four-day collaborative trial and 300 transactions.
Sensory’s biometric tech powers 24 banking apps
Banks iclude Alior, Axis, Banorte, ICICI, Maybank, Mizuho Bank, and Qatar Islamic Bank.
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Axe Finance goes live with Skye and signs up BPI and Al Rahji
Good times for Axe Finance.
Blockchain Summit 2018: the role of banks and how not to get lost in the hype
Banks seek to define their role amidst all the new kids on the block.
Coventry Building Society selects Temenos for digital revamp
UK-based society opts for T24 core banking system.
solarisBank bridges the gap with Blockchain Factory
Wants to become a banking partner for cryptocurrency and blockchain industry.
Banking Technology Awards 2018: celebrating most innovative projects of the year!
Enter the awards by 31 August.
Report: State of digital sales in banking
The results are in! Read the third annual Digital Sales Report.
Open banking survey: how is the digital revolution really bedding in?
How is Open Banking really bedding in? What are the early lessons?
Georgia’s TBC Bank launches digital neobank Space
SaaS engine Mambu powers new autonomous business.
Dashlane removes pain of old and forgotten accounts
Password manager platform launches Inbox Security Scan.
BizEquity brings Valuation-as-a-Service to TD Bank
BizEquity just signed its first – really big – bank.
Don’t be that guy: cautionary tales for banking and life
You’ve been warned.
Trezeo seeks funding from the crowd at Seedrs
Business account provider targets 5m people in self-employed sector.
FairFX shows SMEs a whole new world
An international business account for SMEs to go global.
Merrill Lynch app makes mobile merry work of paperwork
Part of its digital expansion strategy, focused on mobile features.
Australian challenger bank 86 400 launches
Team includes former ANZ CEO and ex-Metro Bank founder.
Infosys Finacle powers Santander UK’s corporate core banking revamp
Finastra’s Equation core banking system on the way out.
SoftBank’s humanoid robot Pepper comes to HSBC USA
Robots relish retail banking.
Five Degrees and BillPro launch European banking service
Five Degrees’ core banking solution Matrix is at the centre.
