Not all banks are equal in the open future
Using stars as our metaphor, let us venture to the final frontier.
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Five Nordic banks mull KYC joint venture
They are DNB, Danske, Nordea, Handelsbanken and SEB.
Intelligent Environments rebrands as ieDigital
The company has global ambitions and wants its brand to travel easily.
Infographic: high-cost credit – FCA findings and proposals
UK’s Financial Conduct Authority wants to protect people who use overdrafts and high-cost credit.
UK challenger bank Starling seeks £80m funding
Also ends its partnership with TransferWise.
Form3 and Mambu unveil real-time cloud payments
Will provide access to real-time payments processing in the UK and Europe.
Fraudsters target BMO and CIBC’s Simplii Financial
Alleged to be in possession of customers’ personal and financial information.
UK challenger banks: who’s who (and what’s their tech)
A comprehensive list of the known UK bank challengers to date and the technology they are using.
UK Unite trade union fights RBS branch closures
It’s all kicked off.
Nordea and Invesdor fuel financing for Finnish firms
Offering alternative financing solutions for growth companies.
Personal finance app Fintify readies for UK-India launch
Targeting the non-resident Indian (NRI) market.
Ant Financial powers Shanghai Pudong Development Bank’s digital overhaul
Helps with risk management, AI, supply chain finance and biometrics.
Digital bank Lidya lands $6.9m funding
The latest round brings the bank’s total funding to $8.2 million.
Former MD of Metro Bank preps new SME challenger
New UK-based bank to be called Recognise.
Disruption on its way, are banks ready?
A disruption is typically an opportunity long before it becomes a threat.
US banking app CapWay readies to launch
Targeting millennials who are either underbanked or uncertain.
Germany’s largest private and commercial bank launches
Merger of Postbank and Deutsche Bank’s private and commercial clients business has concluded.
Big bank’s mobile app Beem IT goes live in Oz
Australian app created by CBA, NAB and Westpac.
Tandem reaches 100,000 clients, signs for Form3 paytech
Wants to match Lloyds Bank in terms of customer numbers in ten years time.
Silicon Valley Bank comes to Germany
The new branch will be based in Frankfurt.
ICICI Bank unveils innovation labs
Indian bank follows the digital trend.
nCino partners with Tech Qualled to help veterans get into fintech
nCino celebrated the Memorial Day in the US with a new partnership.
Temenos Community Forum 2018: digital to the core
A round-up of TCF 2018 – all the best bits (and pictures).
Temenos on M&A trail to grow US business
Anti-money laundering (AML), fraud and wealth management are the focus areas.
Infographic: the generation game
Sainsbury’s Bank examines the financial habits of different generations.
ING launches developer portal
Dutch bank wants to work more closely with external developers.
Deutsche Bank Luxembourg turns to Avaloq for core banking tech revamp
Avaloq Banking Suite creates a single cash ledger for Deutsche Bank in Luxembourg.
Top fintech stories this week – 25 May 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
ABN Amro hit by DDoS attack
Dutch bank’s services either not available or very slow.
Clever UK mobile banking app Bofin preps for launch
A chartered engineer unleashes his new fintech creation.
Crédit Mutuel turns to IBM for major digital revamp
All in for IBM’s AI, cloud and cybersecurity.
Infographic: card fraud – is biometrics the missing piece of the puzzle?
Thumbs up as Fingerprints is on hand to help with some pointers.
Tinkoff Bank to launch new development hub in Sochi
Russian bank working with the Talent and Success Foundation.
Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka live with Fiserv’s core banking tech
Implements Signature system and front-end Teller solution.
Julius Baer live with Temenos wealthtech
Private banking group has completed its migration.
Deutsche Bank to cut 7,000 jobs
One in four jobs in its equities sales and trading business to go.
Commerzbank makes first major FX pilot transaction via blockchain
First deal involving a large German corporate.
Bank of England’s digital currency pushes ahead
The central bank digital currency (CBDC) begins to take shape.
Addiko Bank puts digital banking solutions on Appian
Austrian bank finds the way to low code developer’s platform.
Finca picks Autosoft’s core banking system for Pakistan
Autosoft’s Autobanker beats Oracle’s Flexcube and Temenos’ T24 to the deal.
