FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 8 November 2024
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Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered taps Wise Platform for cross-border payment service upgrade
Standard Chartered intends to connect with Wise’s infrastructure “over the coming quarters”.
Standard Chartered’s India and South Asia CEO Zarin Daruwala to retire
Standard Chartered says it will provide an update on Daruwala’s successor “in due course”.
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HKMA unveils latest additions to stablecoin issuer sandbox
The new sandbox aims to facilitate the “sustainable and responsible” development of HK’s “stablecoin ecosystem”.
Blockchain-powered clearing and settlement fintech Partior raises more than $60m in Series B funding
Partior was founded as a joint venture between JP Morgan, DBS Bank and Temasek in 2021.
Supply chain fintech TASConnect snaps up Solv Malaysia and Solv Vietnam
The acquisition of Solv Malaysia has been completed, while the Solv Vietnam purchase remains ongoing.
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Standard Chartered strikes corporate multibank connectivity through Starfish Digital partnership
The bank’s new service seeks to benefit its corporate clients’ inter-bank connectivity and cash management processes.
CardsPal founder and CEO Saim Yeong Harng steps down three months after Utu acquisition
Utu acquired the Singapore-based lifestyle app in June following its $33 million Series B.
Standard Chartered Ventures launches new BaaS fintech Audax
Audax has been designed to help banks and financial institutions accelerate their digital transformation.
Diego De Giorgi named as new group CFO of Standard Chartered
He succeeds Andy Halford as GCFO and GED, who is preparing to retire in August 2024.
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Standard Chartered exits several markets in Africa through sale of subsidiaries to Access Bank
Access Bank will acquire Standard Chartered’s subsidiaries in Angola, Cameroon, The Gambia and Sierra Leone.
Standard Chartered partners Worldpay from FIS to expand payment collections offering
With the partnership, the bank aims to expand the footprint of its solution across Asia and other markets.
Zodia Custody names Julian Sawyer as its new CEO
Sawyer has previously served as CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp, and was co-founder of Starling Bank.
Fintech Talents 2022: Where are we with open finance?
Speakers at the Fintech Talents Festival sat down to unpack the current state of play with open finance.
Standard Chartered and UpSwot launch pilot for SME business analytics solution
The solution will provide the bank’s SME clients with data-driven insights and forecasting capabilities.
Standard Chartered trials duplicate financing prevention solution
The Trade Financing Validation Service is powered by fintech MonetaGo’s Secure Financing system.
SC Ventures launches digital onboarding platform Appro in UAE
Appro is designed to reduce application times for a range of banking products from several hours to three minutes.
Money 20/20 Europe: How is the rise of fintech transforming the next generation of banking?
Kahina Van Dyke believes the biggest shift in legacy financial services is learning to unlock human potential.
Standard Chartered combines transformation, technology and operations functions
Roel Louwhoff is Standard Chartered’s new chief transformation, technology and operations officer.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 25 March 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
New global head of enterprise transformation at Standard Chartered
Aniruddha Paul moves to Standard Chartered from ING, where he was chief data officer.
Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures launches supply chain finance platform
SC Ventures says TASConnect will unlock “significant value” for organisations.
PRA fines Standard Chartered £46.55m for reporting failures
The penalty is the PRA’s highest ever fine in a PRA-only enforcement case.
Standard Chartered nabs ING COO Louwhoff as new group CTO
Roel Louwhoff joins up with StanChart in Singapore after seven years at ING.
Pedro Sousa Cardoso returns to Emirates NBD as new chief digital officer
Cardoso joins from Standard Chartered, where he worked as a senior managing director.
Standard Chartered to invest $500m in Asia’s largest BNPL platform Atome
Investment forms part of a 10-year partnership to deliver mobile financial services in the region.
Sibos 2021: ISO 20022 “isn’t the solution to all your problems”, says panel
Payments panel at industry conference cautions sector about incoming standard.
Challenger bank Mox appoints former ING exec Barbaros Uygun as CEO
Current CEO Deniz Güven will step down with effect from 27 September.
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Standard Chartered sets aside $107m for new digital bank in Singapore
UK-listed lender forms joint venture with Singapore’s National Trades Union Congress.
Swift hires new CTO in former Standard Chartered CISO Cheri McGuire
McGuire says she joins at a time of “pivotal” transformation.
Standard Chartered appoints Anshu Sharma Raja as new CIO of CPBB
She replaces Paul Macpherson, who the bank says is leaving to pursue other opportunities.
Six global banks endorse Swift’s new platform for international payments flows
The transaction management platform is set to launch in November 2022.
Standard Chartered appoints Roel Louwhoff as new technology exec
The former ING exec will begin his new role in November 2021.
Standard Chartered partners Franklin Templeton to launch financial wellness platform
Autumn will allow users to plan and manage their financial and physical wellbeing.
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