SBI and Wefox unleash new Asian insurtech
Shake-up planned as SBI Wefox Asia enters the insurance market.
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Paytech Allpago powers on to Chile
PSP will help international merchants to accept local cards.
Hapoalim first bank in Israel to sign up for Swift gpi
Global payments innovation makes its debut.
South Korea all clear for fintech sandbox
Nation’s Financial Services Commission pushes industry onward.
Snoop Dogg gets “smoooth” for Klarna
New marketing campaign gets weird.
UnionBank in Philippines sets up first digital branch with Appian tech
Offers internet-connected self-service kiosks and virtual reality boxes.
UniCredit on edge of tomorrow with new innovation team
Advisory board blends internal and external specialists.
Glacier Bancorp coolly deploys Roostify’s digital mortgage solution
US regional bank holding company reports “significant increase in online applications” since launch.
ID Finance sells Russian POS finance business to Paylate
Spanish firm lets it go as wants to focus on Latin America.
Canada calls for open banking answers
Department of Finance Canada awaits your awesome feedback.
Sberbank brings fingerprint payments to Russia’s supermarkets
Starting with Moscow, but will this catch on?
Swift releases pay later API standards
To prompt worldwide adoption.
Watch out as ABN Amro runs rings around wearable rivals
Dutch bank offering contactless payments with ring, watch or bracelet.
Fiserv to acquire First Data for $22bn
Job cuts on the way as a fintech titan is born.
HSBC feels $250bn FX of blockchain
Bank’s interest in DLT deepens with juicy transaction action.
Cloud-loving Temenos launches front-end and core banking products
Introducing Infinity and T24 Transact.
R3’s Corda Network goes cordless
Blockchain network will be operated by a new independent organisation.
UK challenger bank Tandem eyes IPO
Digital bank also reveals major recruitment plans in 2019.
Kabbage powers Alibaba’s pay later payments programme
Alibaba’s SME customers can get up to $150,000 of financing.
ANZ customers lose out in post office banking fallout
Anger in Australia as users lose access to banking services at local post offices.
ZhongAn and Grab clutch at SE Asia’s digital insurance market
Their joint venture will distribute products via Grab’s app.
Middleware and Mambu strengthen alliance
Offering client onboarding, loan origination, and card and payments connectivity.
RCB Bank picks Eurobase for TCM operations
The Siena system will also help with regulatory needs.
Deutsche Bundesbank eases banks into ISO 20022
By signing up to Swift MyStandards and Readiness Portal.
BBVA name dropped in Atom Bank takeover talks
UK challenger in talks to appoint advisers to its board on options for the business.
Temenos and Bloomberg on same side for buy-side action
The new solutions will provide NAV calculations.
Banking platform Joust-s for freelancers’ attention
US start-up launches multi-feature financial app.
SafeCharge payments engine sends Kiwi.com flying
Designed to accept payments from travellers anywhere in the world.
AXA teams up with Dreams for millennial savings
Coming from the Nordics and across Europe.
Bank Leumi UK opts for Volante’s open banking solution
Selects VolPay to implement PSD2 compliance.
OCC updates legacy clearing system with Cinnober
Options Clearing Corporation freshens up.
Citi partners with MoneyBack for customer rewards
Do any of these niche APIs partnerships see much use?
Tide rides with ClearBank on UK SME banking market hunt
Looking for action and funds from £775 million RBS Alternative Remedies Package.
Xinja sees success in second crowdfunding round
Half a million in under nine hours.
White paper: How do I buy an Enterprise Resource Planning system?
An ERP solution is the best fit for a growing and aspirational fintech company, but how do you choose the right one?
AccessPay gets £9m investment for wealthtech connections
As leading investor Beringea looks for investments in north of UK.
Crypto trading platform Currency.com launches
A firm that has a website as a name is unveiled.
Dashing OCBC Bank unleashes SME dashboard
“We anticipate that this will become a command centre for them.”
Banco Carregosa goes open with PaymentComponents
AplonAPI is the baby of PaymentComponents and Infosistema.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 14 January 2019
Featuring N26, RBS and Loot, Google in Ireland, and Alipay in Pakistan.
