Beijing plots to make fintech grand thing
The capital reveals its tech development plan up to 2022.
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Top fintech stories this week – 23 November 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Nordea and Finnish friends to digitalise share trading on blockchain
Joined by Asiakastieto, OP, Privanet and Tieto for a feisty fintech force.
Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange first in world to acquire full licence
Granted by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC).
Danske Bank isn’t messing around with Tech Stars competition
Bank teams with Women in Business for Belfast-based fintech innovation.
Yandex launches two e-commerce platforms in Russia
Beru and Bringly come bouncing in.
Romanian FintechOS gets €600,000 as it lines up €5m Series A
Digital banking platform has raised €1.6m so far.
Amsterdam students debut first investment via Dyme
The students are up to something.
FCA’s crypto force looking into limiting exchange tokens
It used the word “prohibition”!
White paper: Opportunity knocks – the future of Open Banking
Essential reading for banks, building societies, fintechs, payment service providers and others.
Bitcoin SV fights back hard in hash war
Calls out “contrived spikes and trash talk”. LOL.
Avoid your auntie Mabel: career tips for optimists, curious cats and rebels
Play something that you care to win with people who are playing the same game.
BBVA and Santander join launch of EU blockchain platform
Get ready for the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications.
Fenbushi’s Dispatch-ed for blockchain building in Asia
San Francisco-based Dispatch offers DLT app creation.
Poland’s Braintri merges with iCompass
Looking for international markets.
Technology for the new world
Business as usual is no longer an option. You can bank on that.
Blockchain fatigue? A brief look at the Trade Information Network venture
This network does not use distributed ledger tech, but relies on CGI’s SaaS platform.
IBM and Columbia University call for blockchain start-ups
Two juicy new accelerator programmes are waiting for you.
Xena the warrior for crypto trading with $3m funding
Series A round of financing led by Klever Internet Investments.
FCA moves to cloud with Sopra Steria
A long-standing collaboration just got cloud-ier.
CYBG to lend £400m via Salary Finance
New funding JV in UK unleashes plenty of money for personal loans.
Form3 shows good form with $13m funding
Aimed at expanding beyond the UK.
Uruguayan fintech Bankingly gets $5m investment
Financial inclusion, backed by U2 singer Bono.
US regulator plays hardball over ICO securities
Yo fintech! Don’t mess with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Poland’s at the Heart of fintech sandbox action
Polish Financial Supervision Authority joins the sandbox craze.
Gohenry crowdfunds £6.2m for US expansion
To teach American kids about money.
Data start-up Banked backed with £1.5m funding
Lead investor is Backed VC.
Your fintech horoscope
FinTech Futures’ very own Mystic Git outlines your futures.
US Faster Payments Council alive and kicking
FPC plans pacey paytech for all.
Finleap takes a jump with €41.5m Ping An investment
To reach new tech firms and partners.
Initiative Q queues up new payments network
Israeli entrepreneur Saar Wilf first wants to create a critical mass of users.
Data mining
If data really is the new oil, where is the pipeline flowing?
Banking Technology November 2018 issue out now
Fintech inception. Ideas come to life.
Thank Mbanq for its first Banking-as-a-Service accelerator
Silicon Valley-based bank chooses Singapore as first location.
Lunar Way launches budgeting tool for consumers
The Danish non-bank gets ahead of most banks.
White paper: The Digital Banking Transformation Playbook
How can your financial institution compete?
Sabadell’s InnoCells invests $10m in Base10
Base10 is an investment fund for automation in financial software.
Bitcoin Cash hard fork creates civil war
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network splits in two – and views are not so civil.
Top fintech stories this week – 16 November 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
The emerging landscape of fintech regulation
Just passing laws will not work to control fintech. Regulators will have to be much more pro-active.
