Top fintech stories this week – 17 May 2019
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Santander Spain plans a large jobs cut
Around 10% of its total workforce in Spain.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 09 May 2019
This week, Mastercard, Facebook and many more!
Santander plans UK’s first combined voice and phone ID authentication
Customers will create a unique “voice print” at enrolment.
Santander and LSE instrumental in Nivaura’s $20m funding
UK firm offers platform for the issuance of financial instruments on blockchain.
IBM strikes $700m deal with Santander for digital drive
Five-year tech agreement includes AI, blockchain and big data plans.
Santander Spain and Raisin in open banking duet
Life is a dream. For banks and fintechs.
Top fintech stories this week – 25 January 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Job losses loom as Santander closes 140 UK branches
Up to 1,270 staff could be affected by this wave of closures.
Barclays and Santander join £56m funding in MarketInvoice
UK-based SME lender plans fintech-bank partnerships.
Old guard and challenger banks sit at UK’s switching scheme table
Incentivised Switching Scheme welcomes 11 banks.
Santander smartly acquires invoicing and expenses app Albert
Bank says app is popular among freelancers and micro-enterprises in the UK.
Openbank takes off with AWS
Moving the entire front-end digital bank systems to the cloud.
BBVA and Santander join launch of EU blockchain platform
Get ready for the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications.
Technology for the new world
Business as usual is no longer an option. You can bank on that.
Huawei battles for European banks’ trust
Chinese IT and telecoms giant has Santander as its flagship European customer.
Openbank picks AxiomSL for regtech reporting
Includes central bank, trade and transaction reporting.
Vizolution evolves with £10m funding from three major banks
Santander, Royal Bank of Scotland, and HSBC supporting the Wales-based tech supplier.
Top fintech stories this week – 19 October 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Trade Information Network launched by seven banks to transform trade finance
CGI selected to provide tech to Trade Information Network.
BLOM Bank first in Lebanon to launch Swift gpi service
BLOM Bank says it’s “now more than ever ready for the future of cross-border payments”.
Openbank launches investment robo-advisor
Santander’s digital banking subsidiary in Spain stays busy.
Santander to build £150m tech hub in UK
Prepare to get bowled over Milton Keynes!
Scotland’s DataVita secures £4.6m funding from Santander
Data centre and cloud services provider not short of bread.
We.trade’s first international blockchain transaction made by UniCredit
A retailer-to-retailer transaction between Germany and Spain.
Top fintech stories this week – 20 July 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Santander sets up digital investment unit for blockchain
Led by the director of the bank’s blockchain lab.
Santander-backed Asto finance app preps for beta launch
London-based firm wants to be a pocket business helper.
Infosys Finacle powers Santander UK’s corporate core banking revamp
Finastra’s Equation core banking system on the way out.
Eight looking great for fast track blockchain
Project includes Santander, BBVA, BNP Paribas, Commerzbank and Societe Generale.
Top fintech stories this week – 18 May 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Santander and Broadridge debut blockchain for investor voting
JP Morgan and Northern Trust acted as custodian banks.
Santander UK to launch digital financing platform for SMEs
Mambu believed to be providing its core banking tech to Santander’s new SME platform.
Where top European banks are investing in fintech – CB Insights
European banks are investing in wealthtech, lendtech, paytech, regtech and blockchain.
Santander and Ripple unveil blockchain-based consumer payments
Santander One Pay FX is now available.
Mind trials contactless donation terminals with Santander
Mental health charity using terminals in ten shops in UK.
It’s all Appian for Santander’s speedy BPM plans
US-based provider of low-code applications helps out with business process management.
Top fintech stories this week – 9 February 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Santander and Ripple to launch blockchain-based consumer payments
Santander will launch DLT-based international payments for retail customers in Spain, Brazil, Poland and the UK.
Tesobe powers Santander’s first hackathon
Springs into action via Open Bank Project’s sandbox technology and expertise.
