IBM joins Sovrin Network for decentralised digital identity desires
Another chapter in IBM’s blockchain plans.
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Australia gets tough on digital currency exchange providers
Cryptocurrency firms required to meet AML/CTF obligations.
Jio Payments Bank launches in India
A joint venture between Reliance Industries and the State Bank of India.
Analytics firm MapD shoots for the cloud
San Francisco-based company unveils MapD Cloud.
SpyCloud lands $5m in funding
All is revealed by security breach detection and account takeover prevention service.
Saxo Bank launches new trading platform
Systems are go for SaxoTraderPRO.
Interview: Red Hat – fuelling open innovation in banking
Discussing cloud titans, blockchain and why the company is at the heart of the open source community.
Revolut unleashes open API to all customers
Allows users to integrate Revolut for Business accounts with third party software.
SEC charges Mozido founder with investment fraud
Michael Liberty and “friends” took some real liberties with the cash.
ClearBank and Allpay join forces for UK prepaid and bill payments
Allpay can now provide a virtual account platform.
BNP Paribas takes over Janus Henderson’s US middle and back office ops
Transaction sees French bank get more action in the States.
SoftBank and Alibaba to invest $445m in Paytm E-Commerce
Values the Indian firm at about $1.9 billion.
NatWest links with Vocalink to foil fraudsters
Bank bolsters defences for detection of invoice fraud.
MicroStrategy powering Kasasa’s new Insight solution
Community banking and marketing services firm looks to improve business intelligence.
Ripple joins Hyperledger Project
Ripple CTO says “developers will be able to access Interledger Protocol in Java for enterprise use”.
The reality of a UK fintech doing business in China
Exploring three key areas that UK fintechs need to focus on if they want to launch in China.
Five ways AI is disrupting financial services
Whether you realise it or not, artificial intelligence (AI) is taking over the world.
Banking Technology April 2018 issue out now
You sought symmetry. And fintech came to you.
Pindrop is tongue-licking good for biometrics
Jaws drop as it launches Tongueprinting.
Top fintech stories this week – 30 March 2018
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Australian challenger bank Judo Capital launches
Throws its hat into the SME ring with digital move.
One out of three ICOs fail
DigRate doesn’t dig ICO fail rate
Avaloq becomes founding partner of FinTech Scotland
O flower of Scotland, when will we see, your like again.
$500m secondary investment boosts Credit Karma’s valuation to $4bn
San Francisco-based Credit Karma has received a $500 million boost from Silver Lake.
Starling becomes first mobile-only bank to launch business accounts
Challenger confirms launch of business accounts.
None better than non-clients for Citi mobile app
It’s an open house as non-Citi clients can connect their accounts to app.
No downside for Flipside Crypto with $3.4m funding grab
To date, Flipside has operated as a sort of data-driven angel network.
Finicity in full integration with BeSmartee
Making the digital loan origination process easier for lenders and borrowers alike.
RBS acquires FreeAgent
The deal values cloud accounting firm FreeAgent at $75 million (£53 million).
“Active sponsors” and other mythical creatures of banking innovation: a survival guide
Sponsorship is a double edged sword.
SimCorp Dimension investment platform kicks in at KAS Bank
Dutch securities administration firm enters the SimCorp Dimension.
FCA welcomes EU agreement on Brexit
Everyone be cool. This is Brexit.
IoT gets chatty with DeepMind’s cloud text-to-speech
Will allow IoT devices to talk back to you.
Fintech funding round-up: 28 March 2018
Stars Canopy, Spring Labs, Equitise and Xinja.
Gro Solutions streamlines digital onboarding for Congressional FCU
Gro Checkout to streamline its digital onboarding process.
PSCU’s a high achiever with Achieva Credit Union return
It’s all warm and good-humoured in Florida.
Going for gold: what fintechs can learn from text
In the “Age of the Customer”, corporate empathy has never been more important.
Deutsche Börse and HQLAx to build securities lending solution on R3 Corda blockchain
They seek to improve collateral management of high quality liquid assets.
Mizuho and IBM develop new AI tech for financial market forecasting
Will use Dynamic Boltzmann Machine to help forecast market trends and volatility.
