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FinMkt closes $5m Series B
It provides highly customisable tech for the online lending industry.
PayPal helps entrepreneurs with MetLife and Village Capital
The alliance will reach out to more than 100 fintech health entrepreneurs.
NatWest launches voice tech for banking pilot
It’s testing exclusively with Google smart speakers for this pilot.
EBA Outsourcing Guidelines or Operational Resilience – which to prioritise?
Operational resilience (OpRes) is the new, grown up way of regulating the financial sector.
Top fintech stories this week – 9 August 2019
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Credit unions and Payrailz launch CU Payz
The new fintech partnership is designed to give credit unions ‘next-generation products’.
ScaleFactor closes $60m Series C funding round
The platform has since raised $100m in 12 months.
JP Morgan Chase invests in accounting software platform FreshBooks
A JPMC representative will be joining FreshBooks’ board.
Fintech partnerships: the real benefit of Open Banking for incumbent banks
A deep dive into where the real value lies in Open Banking for incumbents.
Tesla-fy your bank
Will banks ever truly reinvent banking?
Daily News at Sibos: be at the heart of the biggest fintech event of the year
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Getting to the future: learn, unlearn, persist. Repeat.
But unlearning is the only path to survival. Even if you can’t learn to like that, you learn to value it.
Robinhood gets greenlight from FCA to launch trading app in UK
The 2013-founded Silicon Valley start-up offers a cheaper way to buy and sell US stocks and shares.
Piggy bank start-up ERNIT sells up
One source says the company is trying to see what the market appetite is for a solution like theirs.
Backbase is named a leader in the Forrester Wave™: Digital Banking Engagement Platforms, Q3 2019
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Deutsche Bank creates digital bank Fyrst
Currently the project is suspended by the former subsidiary Postbank.
Klarna bags $460m equity funding
It’s now the most valuable EU fintech with a valuation of $5.5 billion.
Experian closes $20m of Series B1 in CompareAsiaGroup
Making this its fifth major investment in Asia Pacific since 2017.
Libra cryptocurrency users face taxing problem
It is not clear how Facebook intend to solve this problem.
Standard Chartered Bank launches Shanghai eXellerator lab
It will tap into China’s advances in artificial intelligence, biometrics and mobile payments.
SmartStream partners with Finanz Informatik Solutions Plus
This will support reconciliation processes for financial institutions.
SVS Securities enters administration
The FCA has opened an investigation into the company.
ASOS and Klarna bring flexible payments to the US
The US will pay in four scheduled bi-weekly instalments to reflect the US salary schedule.
BHF Rural Bank pilots programme with PearlPay
BHF becomes first ever Filipino rural bank to use core banking solutions.
Ipagoo enters administration
This was to protect the interests of Ipagoo’s customers.
Grayscale selects Coinbase to store $2.7bn worth of assets
Coinbase Custody had reached $1 billion in crypto AUM in May.
Standard Chartered and Linklogis debut joint transaction on blockchain platform
The bank leveraged Linklogis’ WeQChain platform.
Indonesia shuts down 826 illegal fintechs in 2019
The regulator began a crackdown last year.
KKR to acquire majority stake in Heidelpay
The CEO of Heidelpay will remain as a long-term shareholder.
Judo bank breaks Aussie record with $400m round
90% of previous investors took part in the second funding round.
Big banks are driving fintech to the mainstream
And it’s happening faster than you think!
Open banking law to boost fintech competition
It aims to shake up competition for consumers and boost start-ups against the big banks.
Crealogix moves to SaaS model
Profits have fallen but sales increased to over $100 million.
Nationwide to open innovation centre in London
The London facility will accommodate around 1,000 workers.
Top fintech stories this week – 2 August 2019
FNZ acquires GBST, LSE to buy Refinitiv, and more!
New Zealand regulator suspends AxiCorp’s derivatives licence
The suspension is effective from 29 July 2019.
TSE launches data sandbox for securities tech
Tokyo Stock Exchange calls for data and innovation partners.
FNA raises $5.5m for AI-driven regtech
The firm collaborates with regulators manage financial risks.
