Emirates NDB turns to Intellect Design for transaction banking overhaul
Part of the bank’s $410m transformation project.
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Planixs receives £3.5m funding for better banking tech plans
The UK-based firm will expand its cloud-based solution Realiti.
Alpha-Cash acquired by heidelpay for PoS action
Following the acquisition of PayLater and Universum.
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HSBC tests retail e-wallet payments in Hong Kong
Beta testing begins with an initial batch of 15 businesses.
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ASX to sell $385m stake in tech provider Iress
“It no longer provides the strategic value to ASX that it once did.”
Dwolla helps Status Money’s cash rewards for savings
Status Money will use its new relationship with Dwolla to access the ACH network.
AI Foundry and Ellie Mae use AI for speedy lending
Two firms will integrate their technologies for mortgage origination process.
UK’s Southeast Financial Services unveils SmartRemit app for Bangladeshi expats
London-based subsidiary of Bangladesh’s Southeast Bank rolls out beta version.
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Metro, Starling and ClearBank get the RBS grant, South Korea plans fintech push, and more.
South Korea plans interbank payment network
The nation’s Financial Services Commission gives fintech another boost.
Emirates NDB updates to Calypso 15 for treasury ops
Aligned with its four-year transformation strategy.
BlackBerry buys AI cybersecurity firm Cylance for $1.4bn
BlackBerry says it is “now a billion-dollar cybersecurity firm”.
Mastercard and AWS grow payments for supply chain
Firms use digital identity, payments and blockchain for improved capabilities.
Japan to unleash national digital currency J-Coin Pay
60 financial institutions team up for new smartphone payment service.
Tappy Tech and Timex team for wearable tokenisation
Traditional timepieces get an UPPU-grade.
Validus Capital raises $15m for SME financing
Series B round led by Dutch public-private development bank FMO.
Saradar Bank freshens up branch with sweet S17 in Beirut
Lebanese bank wants to combine a café, a co-working space and a digital offering.
French card firm Evolis creates Japanese subsidiary
The company is aiming for a long-term presence in the country.
Discovery’s digital bank to go live next month
South African financial services company satisfied with testing.
OakNorth in the clear with ClearBank payments tech
Those UK challengers are up to something.
Fun days for insurtech start-up Sunday with $10m funding
Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore are the next stops for the Thai firm.
Ping An plans $8bn IPO of fintech subsidiary
Insurtech postponed IPO of OneConnect last year due to stock-market unrest.
NatWest unveils bank account aggregator
Its “first real-life customer feature using open banking”.
ID.me brings identity proofing to Department of Veterans Affairs
“No identity is left behind.”
Rebrand takes analytics firm OmniSci to promised land
Will double workforce by end of the year and move into new San Francisco headquarters.
CMB Wing Lung Bank live with new custody banking tech from GBST
CMB Wing Lung Bank is live with a new back-office solution for its custody business, GBST’s Syn~Ops Custody.
Arceo flies into US cyber insurance space
Start-up wants to bridge the insurance and cybersecurity worlds.
UK finance software firm Yordex gets £500k funding
Investment company Bloc Ventures takes a shine to its new adventures.
UK lendtech DivideBuy feeling spry with £60m funding
Firm offers interest free credit and plans to develop its tech.
Brazil’s BTG Pactual makes digital token move
ReitBZ is a security token offering designed for nation’s real estate market.
Starling Bank promises 400 new UK jobs with £100m grant
UK challenger also pledges to invest £95 million of its own money.
Commerzbank completes securities transaction test on blockchain
Pilot with Continental and Siemens – and transaction based on R3’s Corda platform.
Hackers use fake Google reCAPTCHA to hide banking malware
Phishing campaign at Polish bank serves as a warning for us all.
Entrust Datacard acquires Thales’ data security business
Will get the general purpose hardware security module, nCipher Security.
SocGen mulls thousands of job cuts from investment unit
As it seeks to consolidate its brokerage business through a partner.
NSF makes £1.3bn takeover bid for UK lender Provident Financial
Non-Standard Finance makes unsolicited offer to buy its struggling rival.
Metro, Starling and ClearBank win RBS fund
The Capability and Innovation Fund’s first pool grants a total of £280m.
Sasfin takes equity stake in South African lendtech Payabill
Johannesburg-based firm looking for more SME action.
