Data-driven design thinking helps banks drive revenue
Clients, who benefit from superior digital experiences, will be happier, too. It’s a win-win.
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Keep the change: how fintech is blurring the line between transaction and payment
As payments become more frictionless, how can banks cultivate and maintain customer loyalty?
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 9 April 2021
Featuring Clubhouse, Stripe, Harlem Capital, Paymob, and WorldRemit founder.
Real connections in a virtual world: Dock Digital
Interview with FinTech Futures’ Tanya Andreasyan about Dock, the unique roundtable experience.
Octobank acquires Earlybase to boost sales and marketing in Europe
Czeczia-based neobank makes strategic buy.
Nomura hires former Barclays exec Jain as new CIO
Jain spent 13 years at Barclays, leaving as CTO in 2019.
The future of the smartphone
I’m just saying that we have to dream big to bring about disruptive change that benefits everyone.
Raising the curtain on embedded finance: the next wave of fintech is here
Embedded finance brings an entirely new set of players targeting specific segments into finserv.
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 8 | Bank branches amid COVID-19
Leena Iyar, chief branding officer at Moxtra, joins us on this latest episode.
La Banque Postale picks Ebury for international SME transfers
French postal bank aims to expand abroad for SME customers.
Two UK towns to open all-in-one Banking Hubs pilot stores
The towns are two of nine across the UK to get one.
Santander International to deploy cloud-based Temenos system
Isle of Man and Jersey users switching over to Temenos platform.
Tandem Bank goes live on Mambu core platform
Tandem replaces Fiserv’s Agiliti with Mambu’s system.
Banking Technology April 2021 issue out now
Soaring to new heights: a record-breaking first quarter of M&A activity.
Ikano Bank picks TruNarrative to sit at regulatory centre of digital change
Swedish bank selects UK regtech firm to collate AML programmes.
CaixaBank may cut up to 8,000 jobs after Bankia merger
The bank will start negotiations with labour unions just after Easter.
Top 10 funding rounds in Q1 2021
The first quarter of 2021 has seen a handful of big rounds.
Triggers and obstacles to the development of the fintech sector in Poland
A deep dive on the benefits and challenges of the banking and payments landscape in Poland.
Leek United Building Society extends Sopra partnership
Building society to shift its Sopra system to the cloud.
Dirty little secrets and RFPs
Reshape procurement, the process, the risk matrix, the articulation of business value and your sordid office politics.
Revolut withholds $90,000 from investment manager with “no real response” for months
An investment manager’s battle to receive his $90,000.
Broadridge to acquire capital markets firm Itiviti in $2.5bn deal
Broadridge continues its M&A strategy apace.
Corporate banking’s biggest challenges in 2021, and how to solve them
Three key areas of focus are cash management, working capital, and trade finance.
Commerzbank signs five-year Google Cloud deal to migrate banking apps
“Google will now offer the bank a deeper set of platform services”.
US crypto bank Avanti raises $37m in Series A funding
The new cash goes toward capital requirements.
Minna Technologies powers subscription services at Banco Sabadell and ING
Two European banks launch new digital products with the Swedish fintech.
Webinar: Preparing for open finance – the next step in the open banking journey
How to successfully position your firm in this new era of innovation.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 26 March 2021
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Santander announces 111 UK branch closures as consumers go digital
The bank says all 840 affected staff will be offered new roles.
FCA plans whistleblower support with new campaign
UK regulator to provide greater help to those willing to come forward.
Luminor Bank selects FIS Ambit Focus for risk management
Estonian bank aims to optimise its liquidity and manage risk.
Former HSBC exec Maguire joins UK regtech Napier
Maguire takes up a position as an advisory board member at the firm.
HSBC challenges fintechs with launch of SME banking app Kinetic
“We’re taking the toolkit approach of the challengers,” HSBC lead tells FinTech Futures.
Heartland Credit Union selects KeyStone as new core system
The bank says it picked KeyStone as the heart of a new technological change.
Danish challenger Kompasbank lands banking licence
The neobank aims to target the SME sector in Europe.
SEB signs Google Cloud partnership extension
SEB to deploy Google services across wider segments of the bank.
Webinar: Getting to market faster by outsourcing PCI compliance
Cost benefits, getting more value from data, protecting card data, and managing other sensitive data.
Fintech funding deals globally 15-21 March 2021
Featuring SumUp, eToro, Plaid, SecurityScorecard, and Coalition.
US Department of Justice sets antitrust sights on Visa
Visa’s hold on the debit market in the US under investigation.
Banque Saudi Fransi upgrades treasury systems with Finastra
Saudi Arabian bank goes live on new version of Finastra platform.
