Judgement day arrives for payments in India
Nation gets ombudsman to help with users’ complaints.
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Nixon knocks PSR job on the head
MD to leave the UK’s Payment Systems Regulator in April.
TSB hit by £105m loss after IT woes
“Last year was TSB’s most challenging year.”
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Broadridge partially acquires PivotData and Sol Hedge regtech
Fintech provider is expanding its regulatory capabilities.
WorldFirst closes US operations to save Ant Financial deal
UK currency exchange doesn’t want the acquisition derailed by regulators.
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Fintech companies have already adopted GridGain in-memory computing. Find out why!
All Raiffeisen banks in Switzerland finally live on Avaloq
Core banking project was delayed, but 900 sites are now up and running.
Ephesoft whips out its cloud hyperextender
When the going gets tough, the tough take to the cloud.
Temenos’ Avoka finds workspaces for retail banking
First offering from Avoka since acquired by Temenos in December.
Mambu wins Orange Bank core system deal in Spain
EXCLUSIVE. It may come with a win in Eastern Europe too.
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Superstructures: fintech reaches new heights.
Swiss lendtech Loanboox secures €20m funding
Money and capital market platform now valued at €110 million.
Nviso offers no hiding face with new biometric tech
Facial recognition solution “reveals how people really feel about money”.
School’s in with NatWest data academy
UK bank aims to train 1,000 workers in its first year.
State Bank of India’s customers exposed in data leakage
The bank has now secured the unprotected server.
Insurtech Clearcover raises $43m for US expansion
The auto insurance firm will invest in its API platform.
Portuguese Banco CTT gets AML tech from Fiserv
One of the nation’s newest banks will use AML Risk Manager.
Time running out for banks’ ATM upgrades to Windows 10
Old operating systems need to get ready for deadline of January 2020.
FLEX reports new takers and go-lives of flagship core tech
14 new credit unions signed, and nine go live with FLEX’s core processing tech.
Standard Chartered launches African digital banking phase two
Bringing its new service to four countries.
BPP Pay launches mobile wallet in Brazil
Taking the place of Samsung and Google Pay.
Amex throws Curve a curveball
American Express blocks customers from adding Amex cards to Curve.
Tiger makes Stripe roar with $100m funding
Latest round puts paytech’s valuation at $22.5 billion.
Fintech app Acorns receives $105m funding
Alongside a partnership to create educational content.
US lendtech CuneXus signs 100th customer
Happiness is a hundred for California-based lending platform.
TCS Bancs core system shows Solidarity in Bahrain
Insurance firm plans digital revamp.
China plots Nasdaq-style tech board
China Securities Regulatory Commission outlines its ideas.
Returnly raises $8m funding for post-purchase paradise
US payments firm focuses on retailers and brand land.
IHS Markit invests and partners with Cobalt
To develop post-trade processing services for FX markets.
New York regulator fines Standard Chartered $40m for forex rigging
Old gits, a den of thieves and the usual suspects.
New community banks readying for launch in the US
VisionBank, Trustar Bank and Moxy Bank hope to shake things up.
Saudi Arabia and UAE unite for digital currency dream
Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority and UAE’s central bank unveil Aber project.
Singapore regulator warns of national cryptocurrency scam
Websites falsely claim that Singapore is adopting a cryptocurrency as its official coin.
Swift links up with R3 for trading on blockchain
Their trial will monitor the movement of goods and payments on gpi.
R3 and SBI team up to push Corda in Japan
A new joint venture for blockchain rises in the east.
Nasdaq outbids Euronext with $770m offer for Oslo Stock Exchange
Euronext had made a bid of $713 million.
Mobile trading platform CloseCross gets $3m funding
It opens the round with investment by Amnis Ventures
Credorax turns to Temenos’ T24 Transact for payments push
Running on the Azure cloud.
