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FinTech
Urban FT acquires CFC Technology Group
The pairing aims to tilt the playing field for community-based institutions.
Thomson Reuters acquires HighQ
It enhances their aim of providing more cloud-based software for legal professionals.
China Merchants Bank picks OneSumX for regulatory reporting
The bank claims that Wolters Kluwer offers unrivalled expertise.
Zegami raises £1.25m to advance visual data tech
The platform aims to democratise data as a resource.
Uber-izing banks
The secret is not just about being frictionless and digital.
Top fintech stories this week – 19 July 2019
PayTech Awards winners announced!
Temenos acquires AI firm Logical Glue
It claims to bring transparency and explainability of AI automated decisions to the banking industry.
Separating the wheat from the chaff
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Mastercard chooses Infinicept for start-up programme
The firm created Payment Facilitator in a Box.
Blackfish, wishful thinking and self-fulfilling prophecies
If you don’t want your organisation to be plagued by self-fulfilling prophecies, don’t create them.
Near raises $100m for new platform offering
The investment comes from PE firm, Greater Pacific Capital (GPC).
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HPE Discover 2019: has the thought of branch transformation pushed you over the edge?
There is none more passionate than the HPE NonStop user community.
Flybits lands $35m in Series C round
Investors include Point72 Ventures and Mastercard.
Equistone acquires Moody’s Analytic Knowledge Services
The existing management team will remain in place.
Bonify eyes European expansion with new investment
The fintech has over half a million users.
Ask the expert: your questions on growing the business answered
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FNZ acquires German investech Ebase for €154m
Ebase was previously owned by Comdirect Bank
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Goldman Sachs invests €25 million in Raisin
The new funding brings the total volume of primary investment to €195 million.
Most successful Kickstarter campaigns revealed: is crowdfunding the future of fintech funding?
Kickstarter projects had an overall success rate of 36%, with $4.2bn pledged to successfully launched projects.
TrueLayer integrates with Revolut to access open banking data
Emma will be the very first integration.
NLP software firm RiskGenius closes Series B round
The company provides NLP processing tools for the insurance industry.
Bsurance to enable Cashpresso’s buyer protection
Ensuring the safety of purchasing by instalments.
Bitt approved for legislation by Barbados regulators
The fintech completed an eight-month Sandbox Framework.
Altonomy closes $7m seed financing round
The firm provides liquidity for crypto assets.
New firm Disberse targets the aid industry
Addressing the slowness and opaqueness of the financial industry.
ADGM issues robo-advisor regulatory framework
Fairness, accountability and transparency are key principles.
TEM becomes first cryptocurrency created at Royal Mint
The private crypto keys and genesis block have been stored in the vault.
Gardenia Technologies wins the NadiFin accelerator
It takes home a €100,000 investment from MiddleGame Ventures.
SGX upgrades to Nasdaq’s multi-matching trading engine
The tech provides “a more robust and efficient platform”.
Blockpass enters Hong Kong broker market with 2GoTrade
The partnership is a first for the ID verification provider.
Top fintech stories this week – 12 July 2019
N26 has superhero-landed in the US, new hip bank in Spain, and more!
N26 lands in the US
Starting with users in the waiting list.
Bitbond celebrates STO raising $2.3m
The token offering makes Bitbond the first issuer to have its prospectus approved by BaFin.
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Lightico closes $14.5m investment for digital customer experience
In the last year, Lightico has quadrupled in employee count.
Turing Technology completes second funding round
Following the release of CryptoMood, an AI market data analysis tool.
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