IBM hits growth for first time in 23 quarters
Did it in style – exceeding analyst revenue expectations by almost $500 million.
FinTech
UK and France governments strike accord for fintech innovation
Tech sectors plan to get closer together with a digital conference to promote deeper integration.
Banking tech round-up: 19 January 2018
Featuring Fiserv, HSLC, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Contovista, Piraeus Bank, Intellect Design Arena and Bank of Baroda.
Fintech: the hottest industry in Switzerland
Marc Bernegger, Swiss entrepreneur, talks about fintech and the changes it is bringing to the finance industry.
Blockchain – not for payments?
Blockchain still has the subject of heated discussion and massive investments of time and money.
Coinbase gets the Memo.AI engineering talent
Digital currency wallet Coinbase looks for growth.
Blockchain security firm Ledger raises $75m funding
Investment takes the company’s total capital to more than $85 million.
ShopKeep all over First Data’s Clover POS technology
Cloud payments and point-of-sale (POS) system start-up ShopKeep deepens ties.
Featurespace now features new CFO
Starting off the new year with a new chief financial officer – Jonathan Crossfield.
Flywire acquires payments firm OnPlan Holdings
Buys OnPlanU and OnPlan Health, both subsidiaries of OnPlan Holdings.
Top fintech stories this week – 19 January 2018
Catch up on our top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Amazon taps 20 locations as finalists for second HQ
It’s the hottest competition since “The Bachelor”.
IBM and Cargills Bank bring cognitive security thrills to Sri Lanka
Using IBM QRadar, a security intelligence platform, along with QRadar Advisor with Watson.
Top six trends in payments
What trends will be impacting the payments industry this year?
US Congressman looking for answers about Spectre and Meltdown
Has written letters to the CEOs of Intel, AMD and ARM.
Cisco’s ex-boss launches VC firm
He also praises eating insects.
Fintech funding round-up: 18 January 2018
Featuring BB&T Corporation, Solgari and Tinkoff Bank.
Security is NOT a priority – especially in Japan
New research from Gemalto indicates many PR gimmicks and posturing are empty promises.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 18 January 2018
Features Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Jibrel Network, Yes Bank and HashCash.
Euronext acquires InsiderLog for €5.8m
Buys 80% of the capital of Stockholm-based insider list management firm.
NAB asks Alexa for hands-free banking
Users can now perform tasks such as requesting their account balance or getting details on their latest deposits.
UK Open Banking crew call on Contego to verify you
Open Banking Implementation Entity wants help with identities.
Interview: Dmitry Leus, Imperium Investments – how to protect money?
Reading smart books and applying other successful investment strategies will not lead to success.
Envestnet | Yodlee unveils API solution for PSD2 compliance
To comply with the UK’s PSD2 and open banking API specifications for account information services.
Close to you – how white-label partnerships will continue to evolve
They have deepened and broadened, now covering more services than have been traditionally associated with the term.
TCS drools over two delicious insurtech deals for $2.7bn
Two separate deals with Prudential and Transamerica.
Workday acquires machine learning start-up SkipFlag
SkipFlag uses deep learning to help enterprises make sense of data they collect each day.
Bricks and clicks mix with Metro Bank online current account launch
Join from your own home, office, coffee shops, sheds and hot tubs.
Atos aims for fintech affinity with new trinity
Unleashes three new initiatives to tap into fintechs, insurtechs and regtechs.
Standard Chartered creates fintech investment unit
New adventures beckon as SC Ventures plans to invest in fintechs and other start-ups.
Microsoft and Alibaba officially have AI that’s smarter than humans
They beat humans using the Stanford Question Answering Dataset – aka SQuAD.
AI firm Savedroid launches ICO
German AI savings technology firm looks to raise capital – both crypto and conventional.
Fiorano fuels digital overhaul at Bank of Kigali
Rwanda’s largest commercial bank in major revamp.
Curve card comes a-calling in UK
An app that connects debit and credit cards to one Curve Mastercard.
Panama stock exchange tips its hat to Nasdaq tech
Bolsa de Valores de Panamá goes for matching engine technology via the Nasdaq Financial Framework architecture.
Banking tech round-up: 16 January 2018
Featuring Finastra, Cyberport, ME Bank, FIS, FinReach, Deutsche Postbank and Saxo Bank.
Nationwide wide of the mark for UK open banking launch
Joins five banks in missing the deadline.
Houlihan Lokey to buy Quayle Munro for data analytics drive
Los Angeles-based investment bank to acquire UK independent advisory firm.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 16 January 2018
Post-trade scenarios, a cryptocurrency app and a trading platform. Stars Swift, DeVere Group and Horizon Software.
Central Bank of Bahrain’s fintech sandbox heats up
Welcomes three new faces – investment service Wahed, BitArabia and online Bitcoin exchange Belfrics.
