Mexican fintech Clip raises $250m in SoftBank-led investment
The investment is the largest ever for a payments company in Mexico.
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Google Cloud’s global head of fintech partnerships bids farewell to Big Tech
Anil Saboo leaves after three years at the Big Tech.
BMO picks AWS in push to become “cloud-first organisation”
The Canadian bank plans to move strategic internal workloads to AWS.
Antelop reinvents digital cards and mobile issuance with a unified solution for banks and card issuing processors
Delivering a full range of digital card features through mobile-only integration, with no back-end dev required.
It’s a matter of comms | Episode 6 | DEI
In this #itsamatterofcomms vlog, we discuss how D&I is incorporated within ESG reporting and initiatives.
Debt collection tech gets a “personal” upgrade for COVID-19 and beyond
Building mutual trust and encouraging customers to become more financially responsible.
Exclusive: Unite Global secures second $5.25m investment from Svea
Svea exercised an option to increase its holding from 4.95% to 9.91%.
Video: BCT Digital on how big data is changing risk and credit decisioning
FinTech Futures caught up with Jaya Vaidhyanathan, CEO of BCT Digital.
Wipro hires former Yes Bank exec Anup Purohit as new CIO
Purohit has previously worked in leadership roles at RBL, Barclays and JPMC.
Standard Chartered partners Franklin Templeton to launch financial wellness platform
Autumn will allow users to plan and manage their financial and physical wellbeing.
Bloom Money aims to build migrant-led community finance
Bloom Money describes itself as the app built “by migrants, for migrants”.
Telkom launches Africa’s first virtual card for transacting on WhatsApp
Telkom Pay users can now use WhatsApp to pay any merchant that accepts Mastercard.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Nubank raises $750m; Goldman Sachs partners with Visa
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, twice a week.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three great companies on a hiring surge
Exciting vacancies at Dolby, FanDuel, and Fiducial. Apply today!
ICYMI funding round-up: RDC, Hokodo, TreasurySpring, Now & more
Plenty of funding rounds to get your teeth into this week.
Nityo invests $100m in Singapore embedded finance fintech MatchMove
The US-based firm will also become the largest shareholder in the company.
Mastercard launches new initiative to support minority-owned fintech start-ups
The Start Path programme aims to support traditionally underrepresented fintech founders.
Airbase raises $60m in Series B to boost spend management capabilities
The firm has now raised $91 million in total.
European neobroker Scalable Capital raises $180m in Tencent-led funding round
This latest funding round brings the firm’s total capital raised to over $320 million.
Experience-driven banking: experience owners
Experience owners seek to fulfil end-to-end customer journeys for their niche segment.
Moving finance systems to cloud infrastructure
How to best optimise “cloud first” and “ground to cloud” policies for ERP applications.
Klarna raises $639m in SoftBank-led funding round
The BNPL firm claims it is now valued at $45.6 billion.
Fintech start-up Nude launches new finance app to help first-time buyers
The app features a number of tools to help aspiring homeowners save up for a deposit.
Galileo hires former Google Cloud exec Derek White as new CEO
White replaces Galileo founder Clay Wilkes who will switch to vice chair.
Financial wellness platform Credit Sesame raises $51m to fuel expansion plans
The US-based fintech also announced the acquisition of Zingo, a fintech software services start-up.
The elephant in the room
We brought an elephant into the office and still some people didn’t notice. But we kept coming back.
Goldman Sachs partners with Visa for cross-border payments
The partnership aims to streamline the bank’s existing systems for both commercial and corporate clients.
Dear Luc: Should we ditch the plastic bank card?
This week our writer wonders if we should start ditching plastic cards to be more environmentally friendly.
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 12 | The cognitive barrier of poverty
Kunal Galav, regional director for EMEA at Mambu, joins us on this latest episode of the What the Fintech? podcast.
Mark Cuban-backed banking app Dave to go public in $4bn SPAC deal
The two parties claim the deal will be finalised later this year.
Payments fintech Cashfree lands investment from State Bank of India
Cashfree claims to process more than $20 billion annually.
Singapore fintech Nium acquires B2B travel payments firm Ixaris
The transaction is expected to close early in the third quarter of 2021.
Payfare expands leadership team with new CTO and CPO
Kamran Haidari joins as CTO and Braulio Lam will lead product innovation as CPO.
D&I: How to go from words to action
Three main learnings, applicable for any fintech planning to formulate a D&I strategy.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Standard Chartered, PayPal and Trulioo
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, twice a week.
Nubank raises $500m from Buffet-led Berkshire Hathaway in $750m mega-round
The Brazilian digital bank’s Series G funding round has now topped $1.15 billion.
Trulioo raises $394m in TCV-led Series D funding round
The identity verification firm has now raised $474m in total.
Klarna sways towards US over UK for stock market listing
Klarna boss Sebastian Siemiatkowski says: “It’s more likely that Klarna will list in the US.”
Aussie neobank Volt lands extended Series E investment from AFG
AFG picks up an 8% stake in Volt as part of the deal.
Irish start-up Wayflyer raises $76m in Series A funding round
Funds from the raise will be used to support Wayflyer’s product development and international expansion.
