Starling Bank partners with QuickBooks to sync up ledgers with transactions
Accounts ledgers will update automatically with each transaction.
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Supplement: the 2019 fintech review
Ruby Hinchliffe dissects her top five 2019 fintech trends from this year’s top stories!
Ask the expert: have you got the “H Factor”? Perfecting the art of the hustle
You too can embrace and hone your inner H Factor.
What is the best time to buy cryptocurrencies?
Everything you need to know when investing in cryptocurrency.
FinovateEurope 2020: what’s new?
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Robinhood does fractional shares, users can invest just 1 cent
An Amazon stock, which would cost $1,700, suddenly becomes as cheap as $1.
Mexico’s neobank Albo raises $26.4m Series A total
The round was led by Valar Ventures, PayPal founder Peter Thiel’s fund.
CULedger completes blockchain identity pilot with three US credit unions
MyCUID has been implemented in the call centres of the credit unions.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 13 December 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Time is now: US investors seek fintech opportunities abroad
Fintech investors are looking outside of the US for greater returns.
Hong Kong’s fintech WeLab raises $156 million to launch WeLab Bank in 2020
Backers included Alibaba’s Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund and China Construction Bank.
Finovate: fraud prevention, cybersecurity and regtech
The eMagazine features unique insights from the FinovateAsia and Middle East shows.
Portify raises £7m to offer gig economy and freelancers access to credit
The UK start-up landed a partnership with Deliveroo earlier this year.
Mexican neobank Flink gains seed funding from Spanish firm Latina
The Spanish technology company sees a bright future in Flink.
Token turns digital money solution into new paytech M10
M10 is building a “bank-grade digital money rail”.
Three more UK payday lenders collapse before Christmas: MMP and PiggyBank
The collapses follow regulatory clamp downs on affordability checks and compliance.
Are you a homo economicus? Fintech and the human touch
Time to embrace behavioural economics – a mixture of psychology, decision science and economics.
The time has come to make Open Banking evolve into open finance
The whole financial world must evolve decisively and with openness when approaching and preparing for innovation.
Freelance payments platform Paydesk partners with TransferWise
TransferWise’s API will mean users won’t have to consult their bank to get paid.
Apple Card fees pinch retailers’ profits this Christmas
Supermarkets are taking a stand against the fees.
Banking Technology December 2019 / January 2020 issue out now
A year in review.
Open banking start-up Bud signs three-year deal with HSBC
The deal follows Bud’s huge staffing restructure and market change.
Plug and play platform FintechOS raises £10.7m
The start-up enables banks and insurance companies to compete with challengers.
Mastercard and Doconomy bring carbon tracking to Bank of the West and Nordea
The news was unveiled at Madrid’s UN Climate Change Conference COP25.
Necessary conditions and sufficient convictions
If your “why” is simply “to make money”, your proposition may carry all the cynicism of yesteryear.
Freetrade brings first native full stack solution to UK
The exec team come from Snapchat, Google and KPMG.
Jumia to close Rwandan business
It comes just weeks after it exited Cameroon and Tanzania.
Montréal’s FlexPay raises $6m in seed round
The fintech says 24% of recurring credit card transactions are falsely declined.
Brazilian fintech Cora raises $10m, founded by Wirecard company creators
Founders Igor Senra and Leo Mendes created MOIP which was bought by Wirecard in 2016.
How to choose the right jurisdiction for opening a company
Brigewest explores how the Middle East has become an attractive region for businesses.
Findexable report: London bests other European fintech hubs despite Brexit
San Francisco secured the top spot – up from eleventh place last year.
Barclays Partner Finance offers 24-month interest-free contract on iPhone 11
The financing subsidiary says it can save consumers up to £270.
Trulioo opens GlobalGateway to Nigeria and Ghana
Nigeria & Ghana have taken significant steps toward increasing access to digitisation.
Start-up Saga launches stabilised SGA token with major bank and exchange advisors
JP Morgan Chase’s chairman and former deputy attorney-general of Israel are on the board.
The 20th Banking Technology Awards winners have been announced
It was a brilliant celebration of excellence and innovation in the banking industry.
JP Morgan Chase partners with Envestnet Yodlee giving customers more visibility on their data
All customer data will now funnel through the bank’s “secure API”.
EU agrees need for rule book on labeling financial products ‘green’
The EU hopes to validate the market and tackle issues of ‘greenwashing’.
The capitalist eco-warrior
Should companies have a purpose beyond profit?
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 06 December 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
