Japan’s fintech boosted by nonbank money transfers
The Financial Services Agency will grant licences for a more competitive nation.
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Wirecard brings Chinese payments to Austria
Alipay and the like will be offered at 150 businesses in the beginning.
FCA appoints new chair for Financial Services Consumer Panel
Wanda Goldwag will start role from 1 March 2019.
NsKnox raises $15m with Microsoft’s aid
Fighting the fraud fight for payments.
TransferTo is at two with payments nature
Paytech rebrands as two firms – DT One and Thunes.
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German financial regulator stops shorting of Wirecard shares
Follows on from accounting investigation in Singapore.
GoCardless gathers payments pace with $75m funding
UK paytech targets bank debit network with Series E investment.
Fintech charms US state regulator into modelling
Conference of State Bank Supervisors will implement changes based on feedback.
iSignthis muscles into Lithuania’s paytech space with BBS acquisition
iSignthis will pay €150,000 upfront for BBS (half in cash and half in issued shares) and then a further earn-out fee.
EU does cross-border payments on the cheap
Consumers protected against “excessive charges for currency conversions”.
PayPal to close offices in Malaysia
All PayPal Malaysia employees will be affected by this closure.
Barclaycard teams with SAP for precise corporate payments
Brings procurement and payment together in one place, Ariba Network.
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Ant Financial to buy WorldFirst for $700m
It was expected and gives Chinese firm a handy boost to its e-commerce plans.
Bankers, let’s get real: here’s the question you need to answer (truthfully) today
Will your current strategic roadmap get you where you want to be in five years?
Fintech investment in US hits record $52.5bn
KPMG’s “2018 Pulse of Fintech” report is good news for the States.
FinovateEurope 2019: Best of Show winners revealed
Let those that win bask in the fintech glory… and this brief news report.
Blockchain Exchange Alliance preps tech for payments push
With a heavy emphasis on partnerships and acquisitions.
Mastercard taken by Token’s charms for open banking hub
Californian company will power the paytech’s connectivity layer.
MUFG and Akamai unleash blockchain-based payment network
New joint venture called the Global Open Network.
Stripe leads $40m funding round in paytech Rapyd
Fintech-as-a-Service platform looks for Rapyd success.
Visa plans innovation centre in South Korea
Payments firm confirms that preparations are “in the works”.
Societe Generale selects HPS for payments power in Africa
Paytech will help bank with processing activities at ten African subsidiaries.
SumUp acquires Polish e-commerce platform Shoplo
To sum up, the UK payments firm will expand its product suite.
UK fintech investment reaches record $3.3bn
Industry body Innovate Finance serves up the stats.
Barclays and Ripple back SendFriend’s $1.7m funding
Philippine paytech finds lots of friends as it readies for US launch.
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Colombia’s fintech wakes up to open banking
New alliance between Colombia Fintech and Open Vector is a start.
Scotiabank taps Mexican talent for fintech accelerator
Canadian bank teams with Monterrey university for Mexico City action.
Nets pushes into Poland with Przelewy24 and DotPay/eCard acquisition
Nordic firm has acquired 51% stake in the consolidated payments group.
Sensors working overtime as AIStorm raises $13m funding
A storm is coming… a good one for IoT, biometrics and wearables.
Visa fights back against Mastercard with £247m Earthport offer
Payments firm Earthport is being fought over by two well-heeled lovers.
Announcing Genome beta launch at White Nights Berlin 2019
Genome opens for public beta in Berlin on 12 February 2019 introducing a unified finance ecosystem like no other.
Top fintech stories this week – 8 February 2019
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New York’s a wonderful town for Fiserv DNA
Fiserv signs its largest core processing deal with New York Community Bancorp.
Oney Bank is Well into Wirecard for biometric payments in Romania
Consumers will be able to pay with the app in over 30 stores.
SIA blockchain sureties a sure thing in south Italy
“The first blockchain project in Italy to manage sureties.”
E-commerce: the biggest overseas markets for UK consumers
Consumers in the UK buy a higher proportion of goods from overseas than almost any other wealthy country.
Wirecard reveals investigation into accounting allegations
The firm had previously called reports “inaccurate, misleading and defamatory”.
