Verrency appoints former Westpac Group CTO to advisory board
Prior to joining Westpac, Wilson worked with SAP and ABN Amro.
FinTech
Takeaways from FinovateFall 2019: shiny objects vs problem solvers
Bankers and tech experts share their views on the recent Finovate event in NY.
UK fintech Kantox partners with Citi Bank for FX solution
Kantox will deliver a “customised solution” for the bank’s FX clients.
Consumer champion app Snoop goes live, founded by ex-Virgin Money execs
The UK-based fintech is accepting sign ups on its waiting list.
UK challenger bank Tide gets investment from Japan’s SBI
The Telegraph says the SBI splashed £44 million on the British fintech.
UK government appoints fintech envoy for Northern Ireland
Andrew Jenkins to become lead ambassador for fintech in the country
CoinCorner CEO: Mark Cuban “naÏve and short sighted” about bitcoin
Cuban says he prefers bananas to Bitcoin.
FinovateFall 2019: AI, ML, robotics and digital first
Three exciting days in New York witnessing the latest and greatest from over 70 fintechs.
Facebook’s Libra creating a shadow banking system, say US banks
US banks reckon Libra poses a threat to national monetary policy.
The challenges for banks and fintechs when building a partnership
Chris Ward, author at Mapa research, dissects the changing definition of ‘partnerships’ in fintech.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 04 October 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
nCino announces $80m funding round led by T. Rowe Price
The cloud developer has raised $213m since 2012
Glint Pay administrators: Customer money is safe but frozen
The app says there are no “deficiencies or inaccuracies” in funds.
Beyond personalisation
Recognising who customers are, what they believe, how they respond and act.
Banking Technology October 2019 issue out now
Lessons from Africa.
Five lessons global banks can learn from African fintechs
Mobile payments have been positioned as a ground-breaking idea but Africans have been doing that for a while.
Emerging markets seeking London’s fintech crown
City of London mayor gives UK firms stark warning.
FCA: Libra will lead to financial exploitation
Regulator fears the crypto will bypass payment services.
Revolut’s losses double to £33m as it gears up to hire staff, expand reach
The fintech’s losses have gone from £14.8m to £32.8m in one year.
International regulators investigating tech firms’ cloud dominance
Financial Stability Board casts a wary glance at cloud giants
Finastra launches apps built with FIs on FusionFabric cloud platform
Allied Payment Network and Monotto launch on Finastra marketplace.
Core banking changing lives, starting with mine
The truth is everything we do touches and by extension changes people’s lives.
Millennials more likely to report fraud than older generations, finds FTC
People aged 20-30 happier to report scams than those over 40.
UK finserv industry says public are stifling technology adoption
The industry fears it will miss out on key innovations.
Fintech Dave hits $1bn valuation after two years
Dave has four million users on its financial management app.
Bnext becomes first fintech in Spain to raise a $25m Series A, plans LatAm expansion
The round was led by DN Capital, Redalpine and Speedinvest.
SMB expenses start-up DiviPay raises $2.3m in round led by ANZ Bank
The fintech has created a virtual credit card.
Challenger bank bunq launches in UK and 21 other European countries
The bank is active in all EU countries and a handful of EEA ones, too.
Funding the revolution: the dawn of digital banking
Traditional banking giants are feeling the squeeze.
20th Banking Technology Awards: showcase your brand to decision-makers at banks
Get your brand seen by the brightest and most innovative decision-makers in the industry and network with them at a spectacular gala ceremony!
Rapyd secures $100m in funding to bolster “fintech-as-a-service”
Oak HC/FT, Tiger Global, Stripe and more get involved in funding round.
Open Banking app VibePay launches in the UK
1,000 “selected members” will test the service.
Regulators could delay Facebook’s Libra launch, says executive
Libra’s MD says regulators must be “fully onboard” first.
Will Smith and Kevin Durant part of $20m investment in Mercury
The bank launched in April this year.
What you need to know before implementing artificial intelligence & machine learning
ML solutions should be trained in the three Cs of data visualisation: Correctness, context and category.
Connected services have arrived
There’ll be 25 billion IoT devices globally by 2021 – nearly four for every person on the planet!
Swedish challenger bank PFC goes live on Mambu technology
Mambu banking engine gets green light 10 months after launch.
Revolut reveals new agreement with Visa, set to hire 3,500
Revolut is eyeing up several new markets in 2019 and 2020
Moneyfarm raises £36m, launches wealth management partnership with Poste Italiane
Moneyfarm aims to build “a more financially secure future”.
Bank of China and IBM team up to launch series of innovation labs
Big Blue helps set up first lab Singapore, with seven more to come.
