UK challenger bank LQID smoothly starts up
To “bridge the gap” between digital and high street challengers.
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US challenger banks: who’s who and what’s their tech
A comprehensive list of challenger banks and banking services in the US and the tech they are using.
Prudential Singapore calls for fintech scale-ups
Second edition tackles mix of fintech, insurtech, healthtech and medtech.
New York state stands against fintech sandboxes
“Toddlers play in sandboxes. Adults play by the rules.”
Crypterium releases crypto-fiat solution
Its tool allows users to top up their mobile phone balance.
Mitek helps bring mobile deposit to credit unions
Assisting with the fight against cheque fraud and mobile enterprise digital transaction.
Danske Bank steps up fintech partnership hunt
Potentially open to action in Nordic insurtech and lendtech.
ICE is Bakkt to the future for digital assets
Intercontinental Exchange forms a new company.
Euronext moves cash markets to its Optiq platform
It wants Optiq to pump up performance.
Zilliqa and Infoteria pair up to push blockchain DApps
APAC plan to promote adoption of decentralised applications.
Blockchain firm Swych goes cross-border gifting
US users can now send digital gift cards to friends and family in India in real time.
Top fintech stories this week – 3 August 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
How to organise a successful funding round for your start-up
Lessons learned from Penta’s CEO and co-founder following its €2.2 million seed round.
Big data start-up Quantexa raises $20m for big plans
Series B funding round led by Dawn Capital.
San Marino pursuing blockchain fame
Tiny republic plans legislation for a blockchain hub.
DocuSign to acquire CLM software provider SpringCM for $220m
All part of its plan to modernise companies’ systems of agreement.
We.trade’s first international blockchain transaction made by UniCredit
A retailer-to-retailer transaction between Germany and Spain.
Financial wellness platform PayActiv partners with ADP Marketplace
PayActiv provides a way for employers to help their employees manage their financial lives.
Xero buys paperless accounting hero Hubdoc
“Business has never been so beautiful.” Awww. Pass the sick bag.
On expectations, gardening and promises kept: banking edition
Cross fences, walk on the grass till you find your tribe.
MarkitSERV to replace Libor in derivatives markets
IHS Markit’s trade processing service enjoys a win.
US Treasury seeks fintech industry to treasure
Plans to make regulatory landscape better.
UK payments start-up ApTap readies to bootstrap
Fintech challenger founded by Imperial College London graduates.
US regulator opens up national bank charters to fintech
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency now welcomes applications.
Entrust Datacard acquires SMS Passcode
Entrust hopes to further establish itself in the authentication space.
Outsourcing to the cloud: the impact of the EBA recommendations
The lowdown on the impact on financial institutions and cloud service providers.
Portugal unveils fintech innovation lab
Meet Portugal FinLab.
Barclays and JP Morgan lead $14m funding in Cloud9
Cloud9 will speed up roll-out of its SaaS-based voice communications platform.
FATF steps up fight against crypto crimes
Financial Action Task Force concerned over AML and CTF activities.
UK leads the way with record $16bn fintech investment
KPMG report highlights state of affairs in UK and Europe.
Finra wants fintech feedback on US broker-dealer industry
US-based Financial Industry Regulatory Authority open to ideas.
How we banked a billion people and what to do next
Financial inclusion has advanced where governments have prioritised it.
AlphaPoint’s blockchain fuels crypto exchange DCEX
DCEX is using Ripple’s digital currency, XRP, as its base currency.
ebankIT to power digital banking for Canada’s Coast Capital CU
Canada’s largest credit union by membership turns to ebankIT.
Fintech infrastructure firm C88 gets $28m funding
Funding round led by Experian, alongside many other investors.
MyFirmsApp on best behaviour with messaging app
Staying smart for the UK’s smartphone soft spot.
Chase Pay and Samsung Pay partner for retail action
JP Morgan Chase takes its payment ambitions up a gear.
GMEX takes gold-coated stake in Usave Blockchain
All part of a plan to build a digital exchange for physical gold.
CLS and IBM furnish fintech with hosted blockchain service
Duo unveils services hosted on DLT platform LedgerConnect.
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