Poland’s at the Heart of fintech sandbox action
Polish Financial Supervision Authority joins the sandbox craze.
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Wealthtech woes mean jobs go at Ohpen UK office
EXCLUSIVE. Firm says office is still open but 19 staff lose their jobs.
Paytech Sezzle sizzles with $100m line of credit
Alternative e-commerce payment system is so hot right now.
Five Degrees teams with ieDigital to launch banking portfolio
New solution marries engagement platform with core banking system.
Gohenry crowdfunds £6.2m for US expansion
To teach American kids about money.
KBC Ireland app to go multibanking
Thanks to open banking and PSD2.
TSB’s new CEO aims for banking redemption
Debbie Crosbie to join troubled bank from CYBG. She’ll be busy.
Singapore regulator makes payments top Bill-ing
Monetary Authority of Singapore finalises its Payment Services Bill.
Barclaycard wakes up to Costa Coffee’s contactless cup
UK’s first reusable coffee cup with integrated contactless payment technology.
Spain’s Liberbank partners with French lendtech October
The bank is stepping up its fintech game.
Boys from the BlackRock launch investment firm Genuine Impact
London-based company powers up with investment intelligence platform.
Data start-up Banked backed with £1.5m funding
Lead investor is Backed VC.
Your fintech horoscope
FinTech Futures’ very own Mystic Git outlines your futures.
US Faster Payments Council alive and kicking
FPC plans pacey paytech for all.
Discovery debuts digital bank
Financial services company launches new digital offering.
Finleap takes a jump with €41.5m Ping An investment
To reach new tech firms and partners.
Initiative Q queues up new payments network
Israeli entrepreneur Saar Wilf first wants to create a critical mass of users.
SuperMoney launches student loan refinancing marketplace
Financial services comparison site is venturing into new territory.
MaxMyInterest brings clever cash management to Radius Bank
Bank to offer a new account, Radius Max Savings.
Banking Technology November 2018 issue out now
Fintech inception. Ideas come to life.
DNB Bank finds data skills in Collibra
Part of the bank’s wider data strategy.
Thank Mbanq for its first Banking-as-a-Service accelerator
Silicon Valley-based bank chooses Singapore as first location.
Ingenico and Sberbank enable MIR cards for online purchases
Allowing Russian consumers to make international online purchases.
Wealthtech d1g1t likes digits with $7m funding boost
Two private investment rounds led by Purpose Financial.
Lunar Way launches budgeting tool for consumers
The Danish non-bank gets ahead of most banks.
Tandem Bank earns its Stripe-s for auto savings
UK challenger bank also opens community beta testing for new feature.
Russia’s BCS Financial Group gets UK banking licence
Plans to develop integrated payment and investment model.
Unisys elevates Monmouthshire Building Society’s digital services
Hello online banking.
White paper: The Digital Banking Transformation Playbook
How can your financial institution compete?
Sabadell’s InnoCells invests $10m in Base10
Base10 is an investment fund for automation in financial software.
Bitcoin Cash hard fork creates civil war
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network splits in two – and views are not so civil.
Ripple’s blockchain sends speed to CIMB’s payments network
CIMB’s product SpeedSend has corridor with Australia, US, UK and Hong Kong.
Top fintech stories this week – 16 November 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Automation Anywhere going somewhere with $300m funding from SoftBank
RPA firm gets support from SoftBank Vision Fund.
FinLab accelerator fires up for Thailand SMEs
Its smart business transformation programme gets support from UOB.
UK’s Brexit deal gets some fintech love
Conservative MPs may be resigning, but some in fintech seem happier.
Digital receipts fintech Slyp-s into the market
Easy to use, easy to set up.
Barclay Simpson: Growth Versus Governance
Some fintechs may feel corporate governance is a barrier to growth.
German start-up Modifi powers up for digital trade finance
New firm created by team behind payments provider BillPay.
Canada, UK and Singapore prep for blockchain-powered payments
Central banks and regulator reveal heightened interest and assesses alternative models.
