The future of financial wellness: banks need to do more to support Gen Z in 2024
Gen Z is facing the bleakest financial outlook of any generation for the last century.
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IDB Invest and IFC team up to launch the Amazon Finance Network
The global network aims to boost the economic development of the Amazon region.
Monzo co-founder Jonas Templestein departs after nine years
Templestein shared a letter he sent to his co-workers announcing his departure last week.
Credit Union 1 migrates core to Jack Henry’s Symitar platform
Jack Henry says its open banking infrastructure was the decisive factor for CU1 to migrate its core.
Italian competition authority interrupts migration of 2.4m Intesa Sanpaolo accounts to Isybank
The watchdog says more than 5,000 of Intesa Sanpaolo’s own customers sought its intervention.
UK fintech Plum signs strategic partnership with Greece’s Eurobank, lands €10m investment
Plum intends to grow its presence in Greece as well as the surrounding region.
Eurosystem eyes up alternative payment solutions in latest retail payments strategy update
The aim of the strategy is to “develop pan-European solutions for payments at the point of interaction”.
Valley Bank CIO Stuart Cook leaves to join start-up True Digital Network as CEO
Cook previously served as chief innovation officer at Valley National Bank for 11 months.
Congratulations to the winners of the Banking Tech Awards 2023
Check out the winners and highly commended from the 24th annual Banking Tech Awards ceremony.
Why AI won’t solve legacy problems
Not every problem is a nail that needs a hammer when it comes to AI.
Metro Bank to axe 20% of jobs and review branch opening hours in push to cut costs
The bank is due to cut around 800 jobs as it looks to save up to £50 million per year in costs.
UK challenger Aldermore Bank enters strategic partnership with Mambu
Aldermore joins 18 regulated UK banks and 22 non-bank lenders and EMIs which run on Mambu.
The ‘Boots’ theory of socioeconomic unfairness
The people who need fair credit products the most may not have access. That’s economic unfairness.
Apple’s partnership with Goldman Sachs is reportedly nearing its end
Apple has reportedly proposed ending its partnership with Goldman Sachs within the next 12 to 15 months.
State of play: GenAI in financial services
Generative AI is currently in the ‘experimental phase’ in the financial services industry.
HSBC appoints CEO and COO for new embedded finance JV
HSBC executives Vinay Mendonca and Shehan Silva have been appointed as CEO and COO of the new JV, respectively.
Codebase launches BaaS solution in Egypt with Visa and eFinance
The BaaS model will enable Egypt’s non-bank firms to integrate banking services into their product lines.
JP Morgan receives approval from ADGM to upgrade licence, plots UAE expansion
The US banking giant is aiming to boost its presence and service offerings in the UAE.
ASR Nederland explores sale of digital bank Knab
ASR first acquired the brand in July this year after buying up Aegon’s domestic operations in the Netherlands.
Australian banks join forces to protect customers from scammers with new Scam-Safe Accord
The industry will also make an AUD 100 million investment towards a new confirmation of payee solution.
Shareholders give Metro Bank refinancing deal the green light
The £925 million rescue deal also grants Spaldy Investments a 52.88% ownership stake.
Jack Henry’s president of bank solutions, Stacey Zengel, to retire in 2024
A longstanding company executive, Zengel has worked with Jack Henry for the last 24 years.
HSBC launches $150m venture debt product for high-growth scale-ups in Australia
Loans are anticipated to range from $6.6 million to $19.8 million.
Are we AI ready?
As we continue to layer AI technology into our day-to-day lives, the risks continue to multiply.
Demystify Podcast: What banking can learn from telecoms with Herve Manceron, Skaleet
What banking can learn from the telecoms industry that has already undergone cloud technology transformation.
European Central Bank highlights continued sector-wide risk in latest Financial Stability Review
The ECB says residential and commercial real estate markets face “downside surprises” due to inflation.
Barclays could reportedly cut around 2,000 jobs in push to reduce costs by £1bn
Reuters reports that the bank’s managers are looking to increase profitability and are reviewing proposals.
Funding Circle and Atom Bank to provide an additional £150m in financing to UK SMEs
The third such partnership between the two firms takes Atom’s total lending with Funding Circle up to £800m.
Mexican fintech start-up Trafalgar taps Thought Machine for core banking technology
Trafalagar plans to launch its new platform, running on Vault Core, in Q2 2024.
Mashreq taps Visa and Ecolytiq to launch climate banking platform
The platform uses transaction data to produce carbon footprint analytics.
Sweden’s SEB selects Blacksmith KYC to automate corporate client data collection
Blacksmith claims to have specifically tailored the platform for SEB following a year-long pilot project.
This can’t be right
The only way to support people who need money is to give them fair, affordable and speedy access to it.
BBVA Switzerland selects Metaco’s Harmonize to power digital asset operations
Metaco will work with the bank’s existing partner Avaloq to deploy its digital assets offering.
Blue Ridge Bank set to trim BaaS fintech partnerships down to a “limited number”
The bank was flagged by the OCC last year for “unsafe or unsound” practices concerning its BaaS business.
Jordan Ahli Bank taps Fintech Galaxy to comply with open banking standards
The bank’s customers will now be able to share their financial and banking data with third-party apps.
Scottish challenger Alba Bank taps nCino to power SME lending
The SME-focused challenger landed its UK banking licence with the FCA and PRA in March.
US challenger HMBradley winds down consumer business, eyes B2B space
“Our consumer brand growth was falling short of our goals,” says HMBradley CEO and co-founder Zach Brunke.
Google parent company Alphabet in talks to seize major stake in UK challenger Monzo
Monzo could close its latest round of funding before the end of the year as it eyes up a potential IPO.
BNF Bank chooses Aspire Systems as strategic partner for implementing cutting-edge Temenos digital banking solutions
Aspire Systems has partnered with BNF Bank on a transformation journey to implement Temenos digital banking solutions.
WeLab launches Bank Saqu as its second digital bank in Asia
The newly launched digital bank aims to target the younger generations, with a focus on solopreneurs in Indonesia.
