FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 21 June 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Sainsbury’s, Viva Wallet, Laybuy and more.
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BNPL firm Laybuy’s search for new buyer results in Deloitte receivership
Gary Rohloff, managing director of Laybuy, describes the appointment of receivers as “gut wrenching”.
Ireland’s Corlytics snaps up Deloitte UK regtech platform
The regtech platform helps institutions manage, structure, and source compliance and regulatory change.
Going for gold: when fintech meets the Olympics
With the Paris Olympics on the horizon, we take a look at the relationship between the event and fintech.
European Commission takes aim at VAT fraud with CESOP
Data transmission to the new CESOP database will start from 1 April.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three ways generative AI is being used in financial services
Explore thousands of open roles on the FinTech Futures Job Board today.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Here’s why it’s important to understand and embrace neurodiversity at work
Check out the vacancies at these firms that support neurodiversity through awareness programmes and hiring processes.
Deloitte hires Bob Savino to offer new BaaS solution for financial institutions
Savino will head up a fintech start-up team as the consultancy looks to bring a new BaaS solution to market.
The systemic risks and vast opportunities in fintech
We speak with Megan Long, senior consultant at Deloitte, about the vulnerabilities, risks and innovations in the fintech ecosystem.
KeyBank taps Google Cloud for cloud banking operations upgrade
The move will allow KeyBank to speed up the digitisation of its banking processes.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three really great jobs to apply for this week
Exciting vacancies at OakNorth, Deloitte and Oracle. Apply today!
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three companies on major hiring sprees this quarter
Exciting vacancies at Checkout.com, Deloitte and Everbridge. Apply today!
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three brilliant roles to apply for this week
Exciting vacancies at Broadridge, Checkout.com and Deloitte. Apply today!
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three really exciting jobs to apply for this week
Exciting vacancies at OakNorth, Checkout.com and Deloitte. Apply today!
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three fintech jobs you need to check out this week
Exciting vacancies at Grant Thornton, Deloitte and BNY Mellon. Apply today!
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three great roles open in the UK right now
Exciting vacancies at Grant Thornton, Deloitte and Finastra. Apply today!
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three exciting companies to keep an eye on for job opportunities
Exciting vacancies at Grant Thornton, Deloitte and BNY Mellon. Apply today!
UK’s Royal Mint unveils first 18-carat gold payment card
The card enables limitless spending and zero foreign exchange fees.
Three lessons traditional banks can learn from their younger siblings
Teamwork, transparency and creating a competitive culture is key.
Blockchain firm Saga picks FIS for treasury management
Deloitte helped Saga pick its supplier.
Fractal Labs wins Deloitte’s first fintech portfolio investment
The company is based in Deloitte’s London fintech lab.
VAKT on guard for commodities on blockchain
Partners with Deloitte and ThoughtWorks for post-trade processing.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 11 December 2017
Featuring the Gibraltar Parliament; Cboe Global Markets; and Waves Platform, Ethereum and Deloitte teaming up.
Deloitte: passwords about to become a thing of the past
New research from Deloitte has pointed the finger at biometrics for one of the big trends of 2018 as we start to forget our passwords
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 14 November 2017
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s (13 November) action, here’s our latest blockchain and Bitcoin round-up. Featuring Bitcoin Gold, OTC Exchange Network, Deloitte and Github. Bitcoin Gold (BTG), the newest fork of the Bitcoin blockchain, has officially gone live. It’s not the first to breakaway from Bitcoin, as previously in August, Bitcoin Cash (BCC) launched. […]
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 25 September 2017
Exchange traded funds, certification, a rewards network and a new cryptocurrency. Our latest blockchain and Bitcoin round-up features Evolve Funds Group, DNV GL, Deloitte and Codemojo. Evolve Funds Group has filed a preliminary prospectus with the Canadian securities regulators for Canada’s first cryptocurrency exchange traded funds (ETFs), Evolve Bitcoin ETF (aka BITS). “Accessing Bitcoin is […]
Blue chips are down as Deloitte hit by cyberattack
Yet again, another fintech firm has been hit by a cyberattack. This time it’s Deloitte’s turn – with confidential emails and plans of some of its blue-chip clients compromised, according to the Guardian. The cybersecurity attack went unnoticed for months and the Guardian says it understands that Deloitte clients across all of its sectors – […]
Deloitte buys consulting firm Market Gravity
Deloitte has acquired design consultancy firm Market Gravity as it looks for a lift and the chance to moisten its creative juices. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in London with teams in New York, Edinburgh and Toronto, Market Gravity works across multiple sectors including financial services, retail, energy, telecoms and automotive. It recently helped UK-based […]
SAP fires up Leonardo platform for digital innovation
SAP has made a raft of announcements (and promises) at its annual Sapphire conference in Orlando, Florida. Bill McDermott, CEO of SAP, says the company continues to be committed to its “empathy” strategy unveiled last year and the time is now for “the urgency of action”. The vendor has unveiled its new SAP Leonardo platform […]
Hong Kong trade finance goes Deloitte-fully blockchain
Deloitte, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and trade finance banks in Hong Kong have developed a distributed ledger technology (DLT) proof of concept (PoC) for trade finance. Industry participants include Bank of China (Hong Kong), the Bank of East Asia, Hang Seng Bank, HSBC and Standard Chartered (Hong Kong). The blockchain project has created […]
Irish Funds and Deloitte power blockchain for regulatory reporting
Irish Funds is working with Deloitte and others to develop a blockchain proof of concept (PoC) for regulatory reporting. The project will focus on the Resident Investment Fund Returns (Money Market and Investment Funds Returns Reporting – MMIF) regulation and will use blockchain and smart contract technology to create a platform for regulatory reporting accessible […]
Deloitte opens blockchain lab in Dublin
Deloitte has launched its new EMEA blockchain lab at Whitaker Court in Dublin’s “Silicon Docks” district in the Republic of Ireland. The new lab follows Deloitte’s recent lab launch in New York. At that time, Eric Piscini, principal with Deloitte Consulting, said 2017 could be its “make-or-break year” for blockchain. The Dublin-based blockchain team will […]
Deloitte opens blockchain lab in New York
Deloitte has launched a blockchain lab in New York’s Wall Street. 2017 could be its “make-or-break year” for blockchain, says Eric Piscini, principal with Deloitte Consulting. Joe Guastella, another principal with Deloitte Consulting, says its “ecosystem for education, ideation [we missed you jargon], strategy, application prototyping and development is there to support Deloitte’s clients and […]
Fintech funding round-up: 8 December 2016
Fintech funding stories can be fun if they are brief. Featuring MoneyLion, SETL and Finicity.
Top fintech stories this week – 18 November 2016
Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place! FNZ to build new BPO centre EXCLUSIVE. For Société Générale’s private banking business Mizuho Bank gears up for new core banking system go-live Keen to modernise after large-scale system failures in 2011. Big three explore blockchain for consumer […]
Metro Bank, SETL and Deloitte explore blockchain for consumer payments
SETL, Deloitte and Metro Bank say they have completed “a series of firsts”. SETL provided a contactless smartcard for digitised payments (based on blockchain), Deloitte applied its Smart Identity blockchain ID system, and Metro Bank hosted a connected client account.
Deloitte launches its first Bitcoin ATM
Deloitte has unveiled its first Bitcoin ATM in its Toronto office in Canada – as it looks to promote cryptocurrency technology. The Toronto office, home to its Rubix blockchain division, initially offered the bitcoin ATM to employees only. But this was quickly followed by a public launch. Deloitte’s Rubix strategy director, Iliana Oris Valiente, says […]
Deloitte pilots smart transaction reporting with blockchain
Deloitte Luxembourg has developed a proof of concept for regulatory transaction reporting in a distributed ledger technology (DLT) environment. In its DLT proof of concept, counterparties of the transaction will seal and report their deal using a smart contract, whose terms include all the aspects needed for the transaction reporting. The regulators will be able […]
Student Loans Company puts IT contract with HCL under review
Student Loans Company (SLC), a large government-owned lender in the UK, is believed to have halted its IT renovation project as it puts the contract with the supplier under review. SLC embarked on this massive project in early 2014 – awarding the contract to HCL. HCL bid jointly with Deloitte and Misys. HCL would be […]
Ripple and Temenos power Deloitte’s payments project
Deloitte is pioneering an integration project combining Ripple’s protocol and Temenos’ core banking software for direct bank-to-bank settlements in real time. Deloitte says the overall objective of the Ripple integration is to enable financial institutions to send payments, either in local or foreign currency, in real time without relying on intermediary banking relationships. Ripple offers […]
