What the Fintech? Episode 12 | Transformers: more than meets the AI
Matt Sattler, head of HSBC’s innovation labs, reveals what it takes to secure a deal with the bank.
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Malaysia and Indonesian regulators sign fintech cooperative agreement
The two countries will share innovations and foster cross-border start-up development.
Zopa launches its first fixed-rate savings accounts
The range of accounts pay 1.05%, all the way up to 1.3%.
Palantir lost $579m in 2019 according to leaked S-1 filing
Big data SaaS firm had net loss percentage of 78% last year.
US unicorn AvidXchange launches secondary offering
AvidXchange says it’s had a three-year growth rate of 133%.
White paper: Data integrity in an uncertain world – how to achieve operational resilience
How automating your data management processes can help reduce costs and eliminate the potential for human error.
iSignthis files AUD 264m against Australian Securities Exchange
The feud has its roots in ASX’s removal of iSignthis shares from trading.
Moov open source platform secures $5.5m seed round
The seed funding was led by Bain Capital Ventures.
Three ways fintech can confront security and trust questions during rapid growth
Those of us in security understandably tend to lead with the risk factors.
Embedded finance: a game-changing opportunity for incumbents
Embedded finance offers a new, very large addressable market opportunity worth over $7 trillion in ten years’ time.
Indian watchdog rejects WhatsApp Pay antitrust complaint
The Competition Commission of India dismisses complaint about new market entrant.
TransferWise goes global with Mastercard partnership
The two firms extend a deal signed in 2018.
Gemini picks Eventus Systems for trade surveillance
Popular cryptocurrency exchange boosts its monitoring.
TrueLayer and sync. partner up on Spanish expansion
UK-based aggregation platform taps TrueLayer to boost its service.
Six ways financial services will adapt to BigTech in the UK market
BigTech companies excel at giving customers what they want.
Lana raises $12m in Series A funding round to fuel LatAm expansion
New company plans to help unbanked workers.
Robinhood’s value tops $11bn on new funding round
The new valuation increased by nearly one-third from a previous round just one month ago.
Commonwealth collaborates with JP Morgan on emerging tech
The initiative will focus on helping lower- and moderate-income people’s financial lives.
White paper: Enhancing trust with AI-driven biometrics
Learn how to improve every aspect of the identity lifecycle with intelligent ID.
FXPress agrees acquisition of Avila House
The deal enables FXPress customers access to multi-currency IBAN accounts.
The payments superhighway
Why everyone’s talking about cloud-based platform architecture.
The revolution will be regulated
When it comes to digital adoption, the regulator has been the biggest driver of change in the more mature markets.
American Express acquires SoftBank-backed Kabbage
Reports earlier this month put the value of the acquisition at up to $850 million.
Samsung launches Curve-powered payments service
Samsung Pay Card allows users to pay with their hardware across multiple accounts.
Form3 gains investment from major UK banks
Payments firm raises $33 million and welcomes Lloyds and Nationwide as shareholders.
European Commission approves Mastercard’s €2.85bn Nets deal
Third party firm to receive an exclusive licence for Nets tech to lower anticompetition fears.
N26 loses chief product officer Georgina Smallwood
Smallwood departs N26 to join a Berlin scooter firm.
Landlords’ banking platform Hammock raises €1.1m in seed funding
The system claims to save landlords “significant time”.
OutSystems hires new CTO and general counsel
The development firm plans new expansion.
Amazon in talks to invest in cloud services company Rackspace
The deal would involve Amazon acquiring a minority stake in Rackspace.
Making the most of business data and this summer’s mix-tape
Businesses that make the leap from operational to analytical are ones that understand the value of data.
Live webinar: The role of digital identity in a physically distanced world
Novel approaches to digital identity verification to securely onboard and engage with consumers – and at a distance.
China culls almost 6,000 P2P lenders in industry crackdown
A two-year programme has left only 29 firms in the country.
The social-savvy wave of entrepreneurs
They will push traditional banks to pivot their offerings once again.
Boston Fed collaborates with MIT on digital currency
The partnership will perform technical research related to a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Buyer’s guide to modern web-scale backup & recovery
Providing guidance and assistance for IT professionals looking to re-evaluate their current data protection practices.
GoCardless Australia readies for open banking and instant direct debits
The start-up launched In Australia and New Zealand towards the end of 2018.
John Legend-backed challenger Cred.ai runs beta in US
The fintech has built its own underwriting which it intends to outsource.
Singapore’s MAS pours $182m into second fintech fund
Around half of the committed SGD 250m rolled over from the first FSTI scheme.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 14 August 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
