Standard Chartered applies for HK virtual licence for new bank
The upcoming digital bank also got a new CEO.
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AirTM gets $7m funding to fuel LatAm fintech
Where economic stability remains no longer.
Webinar: Reimagining banking’s role in a micro-enterprise economy
Join us for a live webinar on Wednesday, 26 September!
UK offers fintech expertise to Nigeria
Due to Brexit, it needs to find new markets.
How come nobody gives me fish anymore? Going “all the way down” in digital banking
Bankers, use the skills you have to continue the journey and give customers something meaningful.
Lendstar’s fintech light shines no more
After five years, German firm has filed for bankruptcy.
CULedger gets $8.5m to support blockchain for credit unions
Part of a $10m funding goal.
Gold-as-currency enabler Glint seeks US sprint
Partners with Sutton Bank and Galileo Processing for American dreams.
“Skills can be learned, but values and character matter most,” Ghela Boskovich on #WomenInTech
Interview with Ghela Boskovich, head of fintech/regtech partnerships.
Salary Finance raises $20m funding to launch in US
UK personal finance firm wants to make waves across the Atlantic.
Switzerland relaxes AML rules for small fintech firms
For companies with gross revenues of less than CHF 1.5m ($1.53m).
Standard Chartered and Siemens to pilot blockchain-based smart guarantees
Collaborating with digital trade provider TradeIX.
Andreessen Horowitz leads very nice $8.5m investment in Very Good Security
“You can’t hack what isn’t there.”
Brexit for EEA financial services firms doing business in the UK
What are the options for the 8,000 firms that use EU financial services passports to do business in the UK?
ZestMoney goes zestier with $13.4m funding
Indian firm aiming to up its tech and product line.
Xinja still tapping Iress for home loans
Australian challenger seeking that fully digital loan process.
Centrum says Encore Theme for supply chain finance
India-based financial services firm will use ThemeChain system.
Irish P2P platform Flender raises €10m
Part of the €50 million investment sought.
Challenger QPay launches for students in UK and Australia
Canberra-based firm also plans to become a bank.
Starling to power RBS and Natwest digital payments
Starling’s growth has attracted attention from big players.
Popular AI and blockchain project – Project PAI – holds London launch event
Don’t miss Project PAI’s launch in London on 8 September 2018.
Money manager Mint stays fresh with Mintsights
Intuit-owned firm unveils refreshed user interface and new budgeting tool.
NASA jets in to help Entrust Datacard security
Entrust’s authentication fuelled by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
Case study: Robocash – fintech crossing the borders
How to adapt a standard financial product to local specifics, by the examples of Kazakhstan and Spain.
US credit card firm Deserve raises $17m funding
Going for Generation Z with its “financial independence” offer.
Political rhetoric and its impact on cryptocurrencies
How the regular pronouncements from governments and regulators are impacting the cryptocurrency market.
Binance Labs launches incubator for crypto start-ups
$500K for those firms selected.
Latvian entrepreneurs buy Colorado National Bank for $9m
Co-owners of payments firm to profit from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Financial planner CashCalc in a standalone pension place
New tool in preparation for FCA’s new guidance on pension transfers.
Universal Protocol Alliance launches for digital asset unity
Blockchain firms include Uphold, Cred, Blockchain at Berkeley, and Brave.
Top fintech stories this week – 24 August 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
For fintech, life after disruption is a question of identity
What does it take for a disruptor-leader to keep growing in a world where dominance is never guaranteed?
Vestigo Ventures unveils vertigo-inducing $59m fund
Good news for US fintech companies.
UK government preps banking and fintech for no Brexit deal
Just in case things don’t go to plan after 29 March 2019.
Malaysian insurer TPM launches SmartPesa’s POS devices
Policy payments on the spot.
Shoeboxed acquired by Earth Class Mail
Receipt and business card digitisation firm unboxes some major news.
Sentifi savours success at Swisscom start-up challenge
Swiss firm bested more than 230 rivals to win the challenge.
Trading platform Infinox unveils free sentiment analysis tool
“Sentiment is more than just a mirror on the market.”
The opposite of digital: spending the millions, forgetting the customer
Every incremental triumph you celebrate in the office, is a moment of weirdness for the client.
Kenya’s Equity Group turns Finserve subsidiary to fintech
Its MVNO is now an autonomous commercial enterprise.
