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Morgan Stanley bets on Brazil’s fintech lending boom
Follows the well-heeled footsteps of Goldman Sachs.
Poland is world’s first for banking records on blockchain
Billon and Polish Credit Office team up for innovation and information.
Mitsubishi, MUFG and Standard Chartered in payments pilot over RippleNet
First time for a Japanese company to conduct cross-border payments over RippleNet.
Irish eyes are spying with AIB’s social media prying
O Big Brother, where art thou?
VPBank vavooms with new digital credit card
Vietnamese bank’s consumer finance division offers MPlus+.
Santander UK to launch digital financing platform for SMEs
Mambu believed to be providing its core banking tech to Santander’s new SME platform.
Canada’s equity settlement blockchain project reaches viability
Payments Canada, Bank of Canada, TMX Group, Accenture and R3 all involved.
Webinar: Results are in – European banks & their state of digital sales
Register for a live webinar, taking place on Thursday, 31 May at 3PM BST
HSBC and ING in blockchain-backed trade finance breakthrough
“First” scalable trade finance transaction on R3’s blockchain platform.
Convergence of RPA and AI: the changing landscape in banking compliance
Robotic process automation and artificial intelligence are transforming the regulatory compliance landscape in banks.
FinovateSpring 2018: cybersecurity, branch banking, partnerships, financial wellness, and more
Headlining speakers discuss the hottest topics of FinovateSpring 2018.
Banco BNI Europa invests €15m in auto financing start-up Lendrock
Portuguese bank rocks Spanish firm’s world.
Barclays CEO fined to tune of £640,000 over whistleblower antics
Give us this day our Staley bread; and forgive him his trespasses.
Banco del Pacifico live with new digital onboarding tech
Ecuador-based bank using Cyberbank Omnichannel from Technisys.
CBA charged the dead
Death is no excuse when it comes to banking fees.
Apple and Goldman Sachs to unveil new credit card
Could be on its way in 2019.
Top fintech stories this week – 11 May 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Third party expertise the key for fintechs to unlock open banking potential
Identifying and partnering with regulated third parties is the key to seizing the market opportunity.
Garmin Pay just the ticker for Starling Bank
Watch out for this new contactless payment option.
RBS walloped with $4.9bn fine for lending legacy issues
US Department of Justice lays down the law.
Interview: Jean-Michel Hilsenkopf, Temenos – seeing things differently
Discussing the major themes in digital banking today.
True love’s first deck and other innovation spells
Three tricks to make the industry veterans smile and give the youngsters a three-second head start.
HSBC unveils facial-recognition banking for corporate customers
“Speeds up log-in times to less than a second.”
Volt Bank powers up Down Under
For its core banking tech, Volt Bank has opted for Temenos’ T24.
Horicon Bank in digital tech revamp with Malauzai
Malauzai’s digital banking tech interfaced to Horicon Bank’s core banking system, Finastra’s Fusion Phoenix.
Credit Kudos a bureau hero in open banking roll-out race
“First credit bureau to offer open banking services to lenders and individuals.”
Nordea plans payments perfection with Connect injection
For online buying for consumers and merchants.
HSBC UK’s latest app stands connected for one screen dream
Lets customers see accounts from different banks on one screen.
PaymentComponents and Infosistema API framework bags Portugal win
Caixa de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo de Mafra chooses AplonAPI.
Six and the Citi unveil API partnerships in Hong Kong
Covering cards, customers, money movement, onboarding, and pay with points.
St Raphael’s Garda Credit Union extends Temenos contract
Deal includes digital channels platform, Temenos Connect, and T24 upgrade.
Virgin Money gets £1.6bn takeover offer from CYBG
Combined entity will have six million personal and business customers.
Maybank to invest $7.6m in digital upskill of employees
Maybank launches “FutureReady” digital upskilling programme for all employees.
Compliance in finance: why written note-taking will no longer stand up as evidence
Banks that get this right will be stealing a march on competitors.
Global Findex 2017: financial inclusion on the rise but gaps remain
Globally, 69% of adults – 3.8 billion people – now have an account at a bank or mobile money provider.
The finance industry’s dirty little secret: what the Net Promoter Score isn’t telling you
Your focus should be on consumer behaviour, not good intentions.
JP Morgan Chase to patent blockchain-based interbank payments tech
Application filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Myawaddy Bank signs for Infosys Finacle core banking tech
This is the second core banking tech deal for Finacle in Myanmar.
IBM acquires data tech firm Armanta
Armanta will be integrated into IBM’s Watson Financial Services portfolio.
