£20k billboard in London calls for RBS investigation
Set up by victims of the bank’s alleged SME client mismanagement.
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Google gets payments licence in Ireland
Follows on from last month’s licence in Lithuania.
White paper: Enabling information-driven financial services
Find out how to utilise data to increase revenue and reduce risk
Chetwood Financial gets full UK banking licence and new cash
Alongside a new lending product launch.
Europe bets on bug bounties in fraud fight
Programme will run in part via platform provided by ethical hacker HackerOne.
Top ten payments projects in 2018
All free to read! Our top ten payments projects in 2018.
Sainsbury’s Bank shops around for new CEO
Its current CEO, Peter Griffiths, is leaving next year.
China Banking Association pushes trade finance on blockchain
New interbank platform unleashed with big names onboard.
Life’s a brag in BBVA’s digital dominion
Reaches “tipping point” as 50% of its customers now use digital channels.
Oslo Stock Exchange seeks rival bids to Euronext’s $713m offer
It’s quite simple – Oslo Bors wants more for an acquisition.
Coventry Building Society chucks out Accenture from core banking project
Accenture was selected as implementation partner for the T24 project.
South Africa talks tax with crypto task force
Government gets tough on cryptocurrency activities.
Bitcoin begins year in price doldrums
Not an ideal tenth anniversary celebration.
Beam me up crypto confidentiality
New project aims to improves privacy via Mimblewimble protocol.
Crypto DX.Exchange seeks to shake up Nasdaq stock markets
Firm offers digital tokens based on Nasdaq-listed companies’ shares.
Emirates NBD upgrades payments system with TCS
TCS Bancs scores again.
The Nottingham debuts new savings brand Beehive Money
On the back of a system upgrade.
Didi does in-app financial services across China
Launches mutual protection, personal credit and automobile financing products.
SuperMoney and lendtech Best Egg nest together
Financial resource solution provider teams with consumer lending platform.
Top ten lendtech stories in 2018
No groans, just loans. Our top ten lendtech stories in 2018.
Hispanic Christians find payments faith in Vivipay
National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference is mightily impressed.
QNB revamps payments systems with Infosys Finacle
Qatar National Bank consolidating across various countries with unified hub.
PaySend powers Vietcombank payments
Allowing remittances to any account or Napas cards.
Blockchain explorers get fearsome Enjin
Singapore firm unleashes “Google of the blockchain”.
ACI Worldwide plugs National Bank of Kuwait into Swift’s gpi
First bank in the country signing up to gpi.
Starling Bank gets passport to security issue hell
Vulnerability found. Arguments abound.
UK start-up Viola Black tunes in with account launch
“We are not a bank.”
Ant Financial looking to buy UK’s FX firm WorldFirst
Could take place in the next few weeks for over £550m.
Galeo Bank preps for UK launch
The London-based bank aims to offer Banking-as-a-Service.
JP Morgan Chase fined by Hong Kong regulator for money laundering fails
Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing not up to scratch.
Private blockchain Vostok makes waves with $120m funding
The Waves Platform team building blockchain for big firms.
Visa to acquire Earthport for £198m
Struggling payments firm finds the deal “very attractive”.
Fiserv fuels Mi Bank’s de novo launch
Michigan’s first de novo bank in a decade.
Texas start-ups use AI to help customers find and pay workers
The American workforce has moved significantly beyond what Dolly Parton was familiar with.
Top ten regtech stories in 2018
Regtech rules this page with our top ten stories in 2018.
Top ten digital bank initiatives in 2018
There have been a lot of digital bank projects in 2018. Here are our favourites.
Top ten insurtech stories in 2018
Ensure you’re up to speed with the insurance scene in our top ten insurtech stories in 2018.
Top ten wealthtech stories in 2018
Witness the wonders of the wealthtech world for free!
Top ten fintech start-up stories in 2018
New faces and great ambitions. Let the rockets reign in this top ten trip down memory lane.
Top ten fintech infographics in 2018
Let the visuals take over in this cool collection of infographics.
