Kuwait plots payment system and digital Dinar
Central bank will take its time with fintech initiatives.
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Itaú, Wells Fargo and StanChart make $100m club loan on blockchain
Proof of concept used R3’s Corda Connect platform.
Job losses in Lithuania as Barclays hands ops centre to HCL
End of an era and not all employees will get a job at the Indian firm.
Ripple and friends form Blockchain for Europe alliance
To teach the power of blockchain across the continent.
US regulators rouse banks to AML innovation
Banks get love and tech support to strengthen the financial system.
It’s on for paytech Switch’s $2m funding
Gets its largest round of funding to-date.
Banking Technology December 2018/January 2019 issue out now
Does fintech dream of electric leaps? Brightness and brilliance within.
Trading firm Imperative Execution kills it with $9m funding
Follows a $5m investment round last year.
Polish BGŻ BNP Paribas goes digital with Backbase
Bank pushes its revamp and wants to link up with fintechs.
E-book: Become the responsive bank
Why embracing the latest technology can increase brand advocacy and customer acquisition.
ISO 20022 not snowed under by icy responses
Bank of England says responses to messaging standard were “largely supportive”.
Italian banks’ blockchain project picks up pace
More banks, more data and more news for Spunta Banca Project.
European Council seeks better AML game
It has released an action plan to tackle this crime.
Ebanx to process LatAm payments for Camel Financial
Camel is the financial arm of e-commerce firm DHgate.
Tibco acquires data manager Orchestra Networks
It will get EBX to add to its Connected Intelligence platform.
HDFC Bank’s app upgrade goes sour
The app simply didn’t work at launch.
White paper: Six ways thin clients and virtualisation deliver a fatter ROI
Six ways thin clients can improve your return on investment (ROI).
Paytech Verrency brings life to mobile bank Liv
Multi-year agreement means Liv will use Verrency’s cloud-based payments.
Axyon AI bags €1.3m from European banks
UniCredit and ING Ventures are keen investors and partners.
Q2 acquires Gro Solutions
Digital banking solutions firm buys account opening technology provider.
US tech watch: Gradifi, Numerated, Jibo, Corvus, Botkeeper
Boston bosses this one. A wave of cash for finance and insurance tech start-ups, and a robotic assistant goes dark.
Zopa unleashes UK challenger bank
New entity will sit alongside its existing P2P lending business.
Coinbase backs Flipside Crypto amid “healthy” currency selloff
The crash in digital currency values has tossed fuel on the already raging fire of skepticism.
Certua launches create-your-insurance toolbox
Insurance-as-a-Service just became a thing.
PASS Consulting bags 15 German bank tech wins
Guarantee banks switch to its SolutionWorld Banking solution.
Cynergy Bank launches rebrand following acquisition
Previously known as Bank of Cyprus UK.
Mastercard and Microsoft in digital identity drive
They dream of a “universally-recognised” system.
Professional cybercriminals put the heat on fintech
Danger skulks everywhere in EPC’s latest report on threats and fraud.
Hong Kong puts insurtech on fast track
Hong Kong Insurance Authority plays catch-up with the global fintech industry.
Insurtech Lemonade has a pop at Europe
US insurance firm has “no intention of stopping at water’s edge”.
Accenture buys banking tech vendor SEC Servizi
Firm looking for core banking and digital action in Italy’s financial sector.
Aussie challenger bank Xinja seeks second funding round
Potential investors can register now.
French 14 find firm favour in R3 blockchain trial
Corporates complete regional CordaKYC trial with AFTE.
Yandex.Money moves mobile wallet forward with Moven
Will use Moven’s open APIs to embed new features and functionality into its mobile app.
UNPay expands QR code payments
Firm says it is supporting the Singapore government’s effort to promote more cashless payments.
Calastone to launch blockchain-powered funds marketplace
Coming in May 2019 via its new distributed market infrastructure.
From here to æternity: first live implementation of next-gen blockchain
A step forward for open-source smart contracts blockchain protocol with æternity’s Roma release.
Banks sucked into Marriott’s massive data breach
Data from up to 500 million guests could be affected.
UK’s new SME dispute scheme gets disputed
An MP says caps on payouts are too low and there are concerns over costly court action.
ECB’s pan-European instant payments service goes live
Target instant payment settlement (TIPS) now operational.
