FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 22 November 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Robinhood, CaixaBank, Nationwide and more.
Nationwide
Nationwide partners Signly to offer British Sign Language website translation service for deaf customers
Nationwide’s BSL website content is to be provided “in the form of pre-recorded signed videos”.
UK building society Nationwide to cut around 450 jobs
Nationwide confirmed it is cutting around 450 jobs as it looks to “streamline” its non-customer-facing teams.
Nationwide partners Moneyhub for open banking payments tech
Moneyhub’s open banking PIS technology allows savers to add money to accounts from day one.
Nationwide partners ID fintech Jumio for customer onboarding upgrade
Jumio leverages AI, biometrics, machine learning, liveness detection and automation to verify identity.
Nationwide searches for new chief executive as Garner steps down
The building society is looking internally for new candidates.
Form3 gains investment from major UK banks
Payments firm raises $33 million and welcomes Lloyds and Nationwide as shareholders.
Rangewell calls for Nationwide’s returned £50m to go towards COVID-19 effort
Business finance firm says the bank has abandoned finance plans “when they are most needed”.
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Banks waive overdraft interest on temporary basis
Banks & building societies have previously been shaking up their overdraft charging structures.
Santander snaps up Nationwide’s deputy CEO to support UK transformation
The Spanish multinational bank has committed €20bn to its digital transformation.
Nationwide picks AutoRek for reconciliation and data management
AutoRek to help Nationwide “face into the future.”
Nationwide leads race for £1.9bn Sainsbury’s Bank deal
An agreement had yet to be finalised but a transaction could be struck in the coming weeks.
Nationwide invests in UK energy bill saver Switchd
Switchd considers the energy market outside the six big players too.
Nationwide exec: Banks can’t do everything
App glitches can often be the customer’s fault, he says.
Nationwide invests in BankiFi to boost new business current account
Nationwide has invested in BankiFi using its £50 million fund.
Nationwide invests in digital lettings agency Bunk
The investment will help Nationwide’s campaign to improve the rental market.
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Nationwide chooses OutSystems for new digital business
OutSystems will take on the business logic and process for Nationwide.
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Natwest, Tesco, RBS and Nationwide experience banking IT outage
Customers couldn’t access credit card information with monthly bills imminent.
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Nationwide and ClearBank partner for new business account
The partnership will provide access to real-time payments.
Mastercard and Nationwide announce new partnership
Building society prepares to launch new business banking service.
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Nationwide, Investec and Co-op Bank share £80 million BCR grant pool
All three commit to modernise and improve business banking for SMEs.
Nationwide invests in new payment request service Ordo
The direct payment app launches later this year.
Seven fintech firms join forces with Nationwide to address financial capability issues
EXCLUSIVE. Nationwide talks about its Open Banking for Good initiative and the selection of fintech partners.
Nationwide and Jaywing explore “explainable” AI driven application scoring
The building society was impressed by Jaywing’s transparent model.
UK’s Nationwide analyses customer interactions with SAS
AI will look at how emails are managed at the building society.
Nationwide revives 10x Future Technologies with £15m funding
Former Barclays CEO’s fintech firm gets boost after losing Virgin Money deal.
Socotra gets $5m support for core insurtech platform
With the support of US-based Nationwide and Mitsui Sumitomo.
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UK’s Nationwide takes stake in financial manager Moneyhub
Building society’s investment gives it a minority stake.
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UK’s Nationwide targets £4.1bn tech investment
Adds another £1.3 billion to its five-year plan.
Microsoft and Nationwide invest $12m in SME lender BlueVine
Takes the company’s total funding to $590 million. Ye gods!
Nationwide seeks start-up action with £50m fund
Mobile activity by customers has prompted the society to invest in the sector.
Insurtech Betterview feeling better with Nationwide investment
Nationwide in the US. Not the UK one.
