Zopa lands UK bank licence, set to launch credit card and saving account
The company announced its plans to become a bank nearly four years ago.
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Mastercard set to acquire Finicity for $825m
This follows a similar acquisition of Plaid by rival Visa in January.
Thai paytech Synqa raises $80m in Series C round
Synqa plans to use the cash to expand its services in Asia.
Credit Sesame’s banking service uses i2c payments platform
More than 200,000 users have opened a Sesame Cash account.
P2P payments app Chipper Cash lands $13.8m
The San Francisco-based start-up operates across seven African countries.
PayPal and Venmo to “allow buys and sells of crypto directly”
It is understood the services will offer “a built-in wallet functionality” so you can store crypto.
Data privacy versus data security: why is it so hard to have both?
Blockchain and other DLT secure data by making it immutable.
Welsh government invests £250,000 in 10-year fintech roadmap
The country wants to create the “right conditions” for fintechs grow.
Cloud banking provider nCino files for IPO in US
nCino plans to raise $100 million in its IPO.
UK challenger Picnic Bank to address ‘fintech for good’
The start-up is looking to raise £5.5 million.
MayStreet secures $21m Series A investment
The investment will be used to accelerate MayStreet’s product development and expansion.
Be Money looks to tap America’s 11m LGBT+ community
The start-up is planning to set up shop in Los Angeles.
Two founders turned bankruptcy into growth
The start-up landed a €2.5m seed investment this year from Paris-based investor BlackFin.
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Banking on the cloud in the face of COVID-19 and beyond
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COVID-19: will fintechs crash, survive or get bought?
What can fintech firms do to ride out the storm?
Europe battles on with digital tax plans despite US walk out
Almost 140 countries are part of the talks to bring in a digital tax.
Banking is moving to a dual core
I’m not saying that digital transformation is just a case of implementing a DBP.
Santander gets US challenger bank Upgrade to unicorn status
The San Francisco-based challenger has landed a $40 million Series D.
Kazakhstan’s ecommerce banking app Kaspi quietly expands in CIS region
Kaspi made more than half a billion last year in profits.
UK fintech consultancy 11:FS cuts 12% of workforce
Out of its roughly 183 employees, 22 will be leaving the company.
Credit Sesame acquires Canadian challenger Stack for international expansion
The US loans company is absorbing all Stack employees.
Greensill acquires Colombian fintech Omni to turbocharge LatAm growth
Omni operates across Chile and Colombia.
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Santander’s PagoFX rolls out business offering and adds more currencies
Eight currencies from the Middle East and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have been added.
Fintech start-up Synapse cuts 50% of full-time staff
It also signalled its intention to move more of its workforce to Texas.
Italian neobank illimity launches its open banking platform
The bank launched just nine months ago.
RBC-backed start-up Mydoh launches banking offering for kids
The app and smart card launched more than two weeks ago.
IIFL helps bridge the funding gap for India’s fintech start-ups
The firm says it will fund, mentor and use the fintechs’ products.
IBM returns to M&A market with cloud acquisition
The acquisition is IBM’s first since its $34bn buyout of Red Hat in 2018.
What does survival of the fittest mean for fintechs in a post-COVID-19 world?
COVID-19 has already led to a shift in mindset for many businesses.
What the Fintech? Episode 7 | Open banking & savings
Co-founder & CEO of Plum offers his insights on how COVID-19 affects savings.
Icelandic challenger bank indó selects Enfuce
The challenger is gearing up for a launch later this year.
Amaiz appoints Francesca Dowling as their new head of compliance
Dowling has more than 20 years’ experience working in the regulatory field.
Open banking start-up truID raises funding to expand customer base
It has raised an undisclosed funding round to help build out its product.
Nigerian fintech KiaKia launches P2P lending investment app
Until this announcement, its P2P lending investment service has been exclusive.
Monzo co-founder joins new UK challenger bank GBB as non-exec chair
The soon-to-be bank will offer property development loans.
