Spanish fintech Pagantis closes €65m for e-commerce financing
It aims to expand its services to Portugal, Italy and France.
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Vista Bank picks Temenos for African digital expansion
Infinity and T24 Transact will update the bank’s systems.
Lack of buyers puts an end to UK’s Raphaels Bank
One of the nation’s oldest banks is being wound down.
IPsoft’s 1Bank is one for conversational banking
New solution is powered by virtual agent Amelia.
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Mastercard drops Earthport bid for Transfast acquisition
The firm will now get this cross-border account-to-account money transfer network instead.
FSS takes stake in Africa’s Ecentric Payment Systems
Paytech acquires 46% stake as part of its African expansion plans.
Salt Edge teams up with UK-based PFM app Emma
Integration will enable Emma users to connect their accounts from banks throughout the UK.
NatWest prepares biometric card pilot
The bank will trial fingerprint technology-enabled cards with Gemalto.
Starling Bank enters Moneyhub’s payment gateway
“The first challenger bank to support PSD2 PISP legislation.”
Irish insurtech hub brings feast in southeast
Institute of Technology Carlow powers up new centre for insurance start-ups.
UK crypto consumers completely clueless
FCA reveals findings from first cryptoassets research.
Bank of England orders Visa to fix outage issues
The bank’s action follows the pan-European incident in June 2018.
US Senate attacks lax Equifax cybersecurity defences
Senate reveals investigation into 2017 data breach that affected 146 million US consumers.
First State Community Bank picks Jack Henry’s lending suite
New tech is provided by Jack Henry’s ProfitStars division.
UK fintech regulator puts bigger fines on the menu
FCA confirms increase in Financial Ombudsman Service award limit.
Bank Leumi touches Eurobase with Siena platform for FX treasury
The deal is only for the London-based subsidiary of the Israeli bank.
State Bank of India selects FSS for one nation of payments
One nation, one card, one deal, one story. Too much? One can’t say.
Ibanera signs for iSignthis banking and payment tech
iSignthis’ subsidiaries Probanx and BSS will provide CorePlus and CoreConnect systems.
Omidyar Network releases fintech venture fund with Flourish
New firm Flourish launches evergreen fund backed by founder of eBay.
“Hello USA!” eToro goes live in America
Its US launch will enable customers in 32 states to trade and invest in six cryptocurrencies.
GreenKey Technologies secures investment from IPC
IPC gets exclusive rights to GreenKey’s machine learning voice solutions.
Top fintech stories this week – 8 March 2019
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Soldo gets sold on Irish e-money licence
It will be able to operate from Ireland post-Brexit.
UK and Turkey push Islamic finance through fintech
TheCityUK and Borsa Istanbul set out their ambitions.
Commerzbank and Deutsche Börse complete DLT repo transaction
It involved the simultaneous swap of the tokens as a legally binding transaction.
Swift gives short shrift over RBI penalties to Indian banks
It says the failures lie with automated payment processes at the banks.
SoftBank and Microsoft power Grab’s $4.5bn funding frenzy
Other investors in its current Series H funding round include Toyota, Hyundai, Ping An, and Yamaha.
Tencent taps University of Hong Kong for fintech talent
They will offer workshops, internships and a Bachelor of Arts in fintech.
SIX picks Corda blockchain to support digital exchange
Many of SIX’s traders are also R3 investors and members.
HSBC launches PSD2 developer portal
Developers can test APIs for three services.
Silicon Valley Bank welcomed in Canada
The bank has received a Canadian licence and opened an office in Toronto.
Blockchain outfit SETL files for bankruptcy
UK payment and settlement infrastructure provider calls in an administrator.
Nationwide revives 10x Future Technologies with £15m funding
Former Barclays CEO’s fintech firm gets boost after losing Virgin Money deal.
Wave acquires Canadian SME account provider Every
Software firm plans to integrate more financial products and services.
Ant Financial tag teams Hoperun for new core banking product
The Chinese firms have released their Distributed Core Banking Platform (DCBP).
German savings marketplace Raisin acquires MHB Bank
Fintech buys bank. Yes, we worked that out thanks.
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Fitting Hub right fit for Japanese banking on blockchain
Five regional banks plan April launch of new service.
