Five considerations for a successful rebrand
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FinTech
Grab gets $50m funding from Kasikornbank
They also unveil GrabPay by KBank, a co-branded mobile wallet.
Talend seeks some data talent in Stitch acquisition
Stitch will be rebranded as Stitch Data Loader.
Standard Chartered teams with Instabase for clever KYC
As the fintech comes out of the bank’s eXellerator.
Jaja Finance receives £3m funding to launch card
Equity crowdfunding led by Blystad Group and Pollen Street Capital.
JP Morgan finds nice match in fintech Wematch
Trading tech firm Wematch will join in-residence programme.
Curiosity, impatience and weird premonitions or why I should never be invited to give career talks
Be the person people will call to join on their journey.
Coconut smashes crowdfunding goal in a day
Over £650k raised, from an initial goal of £500k.
Wevest wants to be best with digital asset manager launch
Berlin-based firm unleashes Wevest Capital.
Lloyds to up digital game with Thought Machine
Takes a £11m investment – 10% stake.
Oracle and B-Hive call for fintech start-ups
Duo launches six-week programme for mature start-ups and scale-ups.
Quantexa goes on data adventure with Accenture
The investment comes with a tech collaboration.
Focus Solutions releases financial advice software for FIs
“More than gamified fact-finding.”
CredoLab and GoBear unveil credit solution for underbanked
Collaboration between alternative credit scoring specialist and personal finance comparison site.
A two-speed journey: the impact AI and robotics will have on financial markets
Emerging technologies have the potential to revolutionise existing processes.
Three UK and Meniga team for Wuntu Money app
Exclusive from Meniga’s FIN42 event in Iceland.
DTCC starts testing phase of blockchain platform
Project includes 15 of the world’s largest banks.
Crypto bank Nebeus raises £1m funding
Plans for expansion into Europe, Asia and South America are underway.
Cash management app Slide glides into the market
So SMEs can take control of their finances.
London-based bank Dozens about to launch
Previously called Project Imagine.
Fintech Meniga gains new investor, Islandsbanki
Meniga has received a €3 million investment from Islandsbanki.
First blockchain securities exchange to launch in Mauritius
Mindex, GMEX Group and HYBSE team up for new platform.
Credit Karma acquires Noddle to launch in UK
Financial health company is once again expanding with sixth acquisition.
Factris receives €1.5m funding and acquires Crown Finance
The firm offers factoring to small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe.
N26 and Rasa to launch extra languages and features for its chatbot
N26’s chatbot is already live in English in both Facebook and Salesforce.
HSBC and ING in industry-first blockchain trade finance transaction
HSBC India, ING Bank Brussels, Reliance Industries and Tricon Energy experiment with blockchain.
Blockchain start-up INVioU looks to raise $2m
INVioU looks to “create new possibilities of factoring for small businesses by using blockchain technology”.
Gusto teams with ScaleFactor to automate accounting for SMEs
Gusto business users can sync payroll and benefits directly with accounting and financial data.
Laureate turns to AlphaPoint for blockchain-based asset management tech
Laureate’s asset digitisation, investor portal, and secondary trading will rely on AlphaPoint’s technology.
Mobile banking case study: Alfa Bank Belarus
How Alfa Bank Belarus tripled the number of retail banking customers by embracing mobile.
The value of regulatory diligence in fintech M&A
Proposing a framework for making valuation adjustments in fintech M&As deals.
Cyprus to unleash blockchain and fintech development
VeChain Foundation, Cream and Invest Cyprus will establish a blockchain framework for Cyprus.
Top fintech stories this week – 2 November 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Vizolution evolves with £10m funding from three major banks
Santander, Royal Bank of Scotland, and HSBC supporting the Wales-based tech supplier.
#IGForexChat 3: What does the next year hold for emerging market currencies?
FX trading provider IG is taking a look at what the next 12 months could hold for currency pairs.
DBS Bank and Agrocorp to launch a supply chain blockchain platform
From Australian farmers, to Singapore and beyond.
White paper: The ROI of Omni-channel Digital Banking
How to calculate the ROI in digital channels the right way.
What we mean when we talk about legacy: mindset, architecture, data and Dave
We lament “legacy”, we talk about it, we blame it. But we rarely define it because we have no intention of tackling it.
POPin Video Banking Collaboration unveils new brand and clients
“The industry’s first interactive mobile video banking solution” is now known as POPio Mobile Video Cloud.
Ping An rallies seven Hong Kong banks for blockchain trade finance platform
eTradeConnect is delivered by Ping An’s subsidiary OneConnect.
