DORA and beyond: what do new compliance standards mean for banking and finance?
DORA redefines financial sector resilience, bringing challenges and opportunities for 2025.
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India’s Mintifi raises $180m in Series E funding round
With its latest funding, Mintifi’s total capital base has reached over $1 billion.
Banking Technology Magazine December 2024 / January 2025 issue out now
Cover story: STAR PEOPLE – Banking Tech Awards 2024 revisited.
Why ‘I won’t let anything happen to you’ is more of a threat than a promise
If risk is everything, everywhere, all at once, then risk management is everyone’s job, now, always and forevermore.
Video: Highlights from FinTech Futures’ CMO roundtable and Christmas networking party
Check out the highlights video from the event held in partnership with FinTech B2B Marketing.
State of play: Pay by Bank
Pay by Bank, also referred to as A2A payments, has emerged as a credible contender to card-based payments.
What the FinTech? | S.5 Episode 23 | Simplifying core banking modernisation with SaaScada
In this podcast episode, we chat with Nelson Wootton, CEO and co-founder of SaaScada.
Crypto.com buys UAE-based brokerage Orion
Orion, based in Abu Dhabi, is Crypto.com’s fourth acquisition in three months.
Cybersecurity specialist Gen Digital acquires MoneyLion in $1bn deal
Gen says the acquisition is expected to close in the first half of its “fiscal year 2026”.
LexisNexis to acquire deepfake detector IDVerse for undisclosed sum
The transaction is set to close in early 2025, with IDVerse joining LexisNexis Risk Solutions Business Services.
Ibanera launches US prepaid card programme with FIS
The cards enable multi-currency purchases through the global Visa network.
UK’s FCA hires Colin Payne as new head of innovation
Payne joins the FCA from PwC, where he served as senior director, central banking and fintech product lead.
The evolution of digital identity in financial services
Solution providers and financial firms need to innovate continuously to meet evolving digital identity requirements.
Mexico’s Klar acquires assets of B2B payments and financing platform Tribal
The deal includes Tribal’s payment and financing solutions, business intelligence tools and risk models.
Swedish investment platform Kameo partners Neonomics for open banking payments
Kameo will utilise Neonomics’ Nello Pay solution, which launched in October.
Lithuanian fintech Paytend hires Thibault Verbiest as new chairman
Verbiest says he will “oversee the strategic direction and governance” of Paytend.
Mastercard settles collective consumer claim over UK card fees
The reported £200m settlement remains subject to the approval of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).
Demystify Podcast: Demystifying Mastercard’s quantum strategy with Steve Flinter
In this podcast episode, Dave and Dharm chat with Mastercard’s Steve Flinter about quantum computing.
Ribbon launches financial services super-app for Indian diaspora in UK with Tribe Payments
Ribbon previously tapped Tribe Payments to launch in Gibraltar earlier this year.
Unlocking finance transformation: payment trends to watch in 2025
The shift to real-time payments will continue to dominate the payments agenda in 2025.
Danish neobank Lunar spins out BaaS division into standalone entity named Moonrise
Lunar has so far amassed 14 partnerships since launching the division in 2023.
Morgan Stanley-backed Sokin acquires Norway’s Settle for undisclosed sum
The UK-based fintech has gained Settle’s European EMI licence through the deal.
Preparing for a quantum future: what’s next for quantum computing in financial services?
As we move closer to Q-Day, how can the financial industry prepare for a quantum future?
Revolut applies for New Zealand banking licence
Revolut is now in the assessment phase and says it will “collaborate closely” with the RBNZ throughout the process.
UK challenger Zopa lands £68 million in equity funding round
The funding follows Zopa’s £75 million raise in 2023.
Cartoon: Numerate
This new cartoon illustrates how the VC industry is moving towards a data-driven approach to making investments.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Sandbox Wealth, ThreatFabric, Centrapay, and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 6 December 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Citi, Lumin Digital, TSB and more.
Mambu acquires French paytech Numeral for undisclosed sum
Mambu says the addition of Numeral’s tech will be key in expanding its presence in the bank payments market.
How Mastercard is preparing for a quantum future
Quantum computing is one of many emerging technologies Mastercard is exploring for its future potential.
Banking Tech Awards 2024: Congratulations to all of this year’s winners
We’re delighted to reveal the winners of the Banking Tech Awards 2024!
xMoney Global names Greg Siourounis as co-founder and CEO
The former Sui Foundation MD will focus on “partnerships, regulatory alignment and market expansion”.
Silos and spend management: why we need to talk about Steve
To avoid regretting decisions, we all need to make better decisions.
Uptiq.AI acquires financial data integration fintech UpSwot for undisclosed sum
Uptiq.AI will now integrate UpSwot’s financial data gateway into its AI Workbench, which launched last month.
What the FinTech? | S.5 Episode 22 | Green finance and how fintech can help tackle climate change
In this podcast episode, Sage’s George Sandilands discusses the current state of play around green finance.
Fintech for good: How Dock and Parabank are working to enhance disability inclusion in financial services
Brazil’s Parabank claims to be the “first digital bank in the world made with, by, and for people with disabilities”.
French fintech Hero secures payment institution licence from ACPR
The new licence comes just months after Hero secured €11.3 million in equity funding.
Portugal’s Rauva appoints Pedro Ventaneira as new CRO
Ventaneira’s hiring follows Tomas Oliveira da Silva’s departure from Rauva to join Staq.io in April.
Business financial management fintech KPay raises $55m in Series A funding
KPay says the round is the “largest Series A globally in the payments sector in 2024”.
Video: Mambu at Money20/20 USA 2024 – Accelerating digital transformation
Mambu’s Anshul Verma and Deloitte’s Manpreet Singh discuss how FIs can boost their digital transformation.
