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Is 2019 the year Open Banking comes to life?
What providers can do to ensure its success.
HSBC, ANZ and Goldman Sachs back Bud’s $20m funding
UK-based personal finance firm backed up by big name buddies.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 4 February 2019
Features an investment record, Stripe, Global Financial Innovation Network, Swift and R3.
No lonely planet for open banking in OBIE’s latest guide
Open Banking Implementation Entity is an ecosystem warrior.
Fintech investment in 2018 soars to record $40bn
Data from CB Insights shows a 120% increase from 2017.
Euronext takes on Nasdaq with $737m Oslo Stock Exchange offer
Makes lower bid but says it has support from majority of Oslo Bors shareholders.
Equidate re-named Forge Global, boosts Series B to $85m
US-based trading platform looking to broaden its services.
Licence lust lets Lithuania’s fintech sector soar
Sector expanded by 45% in 2018 as Google and Revolut were awarded licences.
Dinosaur and tZero unleash securities trading on blockchain
Brokerage outfit and Salt Lake City-based firm in no danger of becoming extinct.
Infographic: the year of the crypto crash – 2018
Cryptocurrency prices went from all-time highs to catastrophic lows.
Bison app attracts crypto trading hunters
Powered by Börse Stuttgart and designed for buying and selling.
Broadridge partially acquires PivotData and Sol Hedge regtech
Fintech provider is expanding its regulatory capabilities.
Ephesoft whips out its cloud hyperextender
When the going gets tough, the tough take to the cloud.
Top fintech stories this week – 1 February 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Banking Technology February 2019 issue out now
Superstructures: fintech reaches new heights.
Nviso offers no hiding face with new biometric tech
Facial recognition solution “reveals how people really feel about money”.
Fintech app Acorns receives $105m funding
Alongside a partnership to create educational content.
The art of storytelling: trust as renewable energy
It’s only when you do things again and again that trust renews itself. And a narrative builds.
China plots Nasdaq-style tech board
China Securities Regulatory Commission outlines its ideas.
Saudi Arabia and UAE unite for digital currency dream
Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority and UAE’s central bank unveil Aber project.
Singapore regulator warns of national cryptocurrency scam
Websites falsely claim that Singapore is adopting a cryptocurrency as its official coin.
Swift links up with R3 for trading on blockchain
Their trial will monitor the movement of goods and payments on gpi.
R3 and SBI team up to push Corda in Japan
A new joint venture for blockchain rises in the east.
Nasdaq outbids Euronext with $770m offer for Oslo Stock Exchange
Euronext had made a bid of $713 million.
Mobile trading platform CloseCross gets $3m funding
It opens the round with investment by Amnis Ventures
Are too many finance providers conflating trust with technology?
“Trust-free” is actually abstract or faceless trust.
CULedger grabs $10m funding to its blockchain credit
Plans to use DLT for credit union-focused platform.
Infinito blockchain platform is one stop show
All-in-one and designed for businesses and developers.
Feedzai and DataRobot team up to tackle financial crime
“This is how we are democratising AI for our customers.”
Anti-financial crime firm Mimiro raises $30m
Mimiro’s machine learning platform analyses the risk of financial crime.
Why fintech start-ups and angel investors are a match made in heaven
An early-stage fintech company needs more than just capital investment to get its products off the ground.
Envestors entices start-ups with crowdfunding control
UK firm launches standalone equity crowdfunding platform.
Data firm Collibra bags $100m funding
Following a great year in revenue and expansion.
Credit card player Petal picks up $30m funding
Series B round led by Valar Ventures.
Users left in lurch as crypto exchange Liqui closes
Firm says it does not “see any economic point in providing you with our services”.
CreditVidya receives $3m funding to develop credit score tech
It aims to expand throughout various industries in India.
Monzo prepares digital receipts with Flux
As the challenger finds fintech partners for its marketplace.
TrueLayer unveils payments API
UK firm launches it in the name of open banking and PSD2.
Interview: Emre Sayin, FCase – from silos to symphony
Emre Sayin, founder and chairman of FCase, talks about data orchestration and fighting fraud.
