Video: fintech news pick of the week – N26, Lunar, Pismo & more
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, every week.
FinTech
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three really great jobs to apply for this week
Exciting vacancies at OakNorth, Finastra and Oracle. Apply today!
Neobank FIBR launches to support European SMEs via local lenders
The BaaS firm aims to support post-pandemic growth through nurturing SMEs.
UK neobank Zopa raises $300m to fuel next phase of growth
The lending-focused challenger secured a UK banking licence last year.
Indian fintech start-up CRED secures $251m Series E funding
Fintech aims to incentivise members to pay credit card bills on time.
Deel hits $5.5bn valuation following $425m Series D round
Deel reports more than 4,500 customers worldwide in over 150 countries.
New social investing app AleFi launches in US
AleFi aims to help new retail traders understand the market and follow trends.
BNPL: The now and the later
How can the BNPL industry do more to protect consumers and help the world we live in?
SoFi partners Pagaya to boost access to financial services
SoFi plans to extend its credit lending services to a broader audience.
Silver Lake to acquire 10% stake in Euroclear from ICE in $825m deal
The deal could be finalised by the middle of next year and is subject to regulatory approval.
ServiceNow & Accenture white paper: How digitisation is driving bank M&A and improving performance
Find out how digitising operations can bring enormous efficiencies.
Inclusive investment start-up Wealth8 partners WealthKernel to launch new app
Wealth8 to launch a new mobile investment app for black and multi-ethnic communities.
Swedish neobank Juni raises $52m in Series A extension to launch credit product
New product will give internet-first businesses access to short-term credit.
The law of unintended consequences
I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about programmable money. And this stuff scares me.
Research paper: Transforming the banking experience through digital growth
Learn how to transform the customer experience and the risks associated with doing so.
Industry outlook report: Joining the great race
How financial institutions are transforming operations to secure their place in the future of the banking ecosystem.
N26 raises $900m in new funding to reach $9bn valuation
German neobank’s value eclipses the market capitalisation of Germany’s second-largest bank.
Asia Digital Bank partners Bianjie for blockchain-powered digital banking
The bank’s new digital infrastructure is designed to bridge the gap between centralised and decentralised finance.
Bond trading fintech Trumid secures $208m in financing to fuel growth
Cash will be used for technology development and to expand into new markets.
Embedded finance platform Alviere lands $70m in funding
New York-based fintech start-up raised the cash across two funding rounds.
Collaboration and the reinvention of banking and financial services
Banks and FIs should look to enable innovation through collaboration with the larger financial ecosystem.
Webinar: Reimagining the customer experience in wealth management
Celent and OneSpan give a closer look at the digitisation trends shaping the wealth management industry.
CFTC hits Tether with $41m fine for ‘misleading’ stablecoin claims
US regulator says Tether only backed by reserves for six and a half months between 2016 and 2018.
Accelerating financial inclusion in the era of digitisation
Finnovex West Africa takes place virtually between 26-27 October 2021.
GPS secures $300m investment to boost product development and global expansion
New financing follows an undisclosed investment from Visa last year.
Why PostgreSQL meets fintech database demands
How to get the best out of your database and to ensure your PostgreSQL deployment is stable, secure, and performant.
2022: What’s on the cards for London’s fintech scene?
What lies ahead for the UK fintech sector in the new year and beyond?
What the FinTech? | S.2 Episode 20 | Let’s get digital
Dreams CEO and founder, Henrik Rosvall, joins us for this latest episode of our What the Fintech? podcast.
Fintech start-up Tala secures $145m Series E funding
California-based firm will look to expand its product offering and grow its team.
India’s M2P Fintech plots expansion following $35m raise
CEO says firm will also “double down” on growth in India and Dubai.
Monese appoints Revolut and JP Morgan veterans to leadership roles
Steve Tryner joins as CFO and fintech veteran Stephen Chang joins as VP of operations.
CBI: Collaborative open finance ecosystems for a market success story
80% of the Italian banking market (around 300 PSPs) has adopted CBI Globe to meet the requirements of the PSD2.
The importance of democratising online trading
The growing number of new traders is a reminder that online trading cannot remain exclusive to an elite group.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three great jobs to apply for this week
Exciting vacancies at Finastra, OakNorth and Inpixon. Apply today!
Sibos 2021: Mark Carney urges collective action on climate change
Former governor of the Bank of England gave an optimistic closing keynote at Sibos 2021.
ICYMI funding round-up: Rize, Sparkle, Rupifi, PaySika & more
Another batch of funding rounds you may have missed this week in fintech.
French fintech Swile lands $200m investment to drive Latin American expansion
Start-up also plans to release two new digital-led products.
Sibos 2021: Banks must work together to make the most of CBDCs, says panel
Panel says interoperability of CBDCs is necessary to avoid inefficiencies and poor outcomes.
Standard Chartered to invest $500m in Asia’s largest BNPL platform Atome
Investment forms part of a 10-year partnership to deliver mobile financial services in the region.
Sibos 2021: Minna Technologies – making subscriptions management easy
Minna’s 2022 strategy includes expansion into the US and Australia.
