Bank of Lithuania’s sandbox seeks fintech start-ups
Central bank offers live environment for testing.
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Bank Central Asia upgrades to digital payments with Intellect
Claims to be the first digital transaction banking solution implemented in Indonesia.
Infographic: London beats NY in job growth
The European finance capital still reigns supreme.
Darktrace sees the light with $50m funding
Cybersecurity start-up now valued at $1.65 billion.
Cashforce powers BNP Paribas corporate banking
Solution connects bank’s treasury department with business and finance.
Stripe lives up to hype with $245m funding raise
US-based mobile payments provider now valued at $20 billion.
White paper: Five competitive strategies to help banks face the BigTech threat
Explore the strategies you can implement to stay competitive.
Openbank launches investment robo-advisor
Santander’s digital banking subsidiary in Spain stays busy.
FinovateFall 2018: Best of Show winners unveiled!
Meet the Fantastic Five – the top vote-getters in this year’s Best of Show voting at FinovateFall 2018.
JP Morgan expands blockchain payments network to 75 banks
Expecting to process 14,500 payments per day.
AI-powered insurtech Concirrus closes £5m funding
London-based company brings total raised to £12 million.
SIA seeks fintech paradiso with new open banking platform
Italian firm wants to embrace almost everyone.
Criminals scam UK finance industry out of £500m
UK Finance reveals facts, figures and fears.
Bitwala raises €4m to build blockchain bank account
Earlybird and Coparion as investors.
USAA begins testing AR-powered car-buying app
The app recognises cards and gives purchase info in real time.
Nummo closes $1.9m funding and sets up Advisory Council
The PFM firm aims to expand its offering.
US paytech Elan sold to Fiserv for $690m
Elan comes with revenues of over $170m.
Tandem Bank adds auto-savings rules
“Improving savings habits is one of the hardest things someone can do.”
CFCU Community Credit Union in tech revamp with Fiserv
CFCU Community Credit Union has signed for a suite of solutions from Fiserv, Digital EdgeSM.
Ugandan Orient Bank taps Profile Software for treasury management
Orient Bank in Uganda has selected Profile Software’s Acumen.
Wells Fargo plans to cut 26,500 jobs
Significant job cuts expected over the next three years, according to CEO.
NPSO releases first details on New Payments Architecture
The details are around new procurement process for the clearing and settlement layer.
ING Bank in Romania closes physical cash desks
ATMs will be the only choice to withdraw and deposit cash by the end of October.
Australian Military Bank powers digital transformation with Infosys Finacle on cloud
AMB and Infosys implement SaaS model digital banking suite in ten months.
HackerOne secures contract with US General Services Administration
HackerOne wins a $2m “bug bounty” contract with the US General Services Administration.
India’s central bank shortlists five vendors for data project
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) keen to harness the power of big data.
Banco BPM is Cristal clear on instant payments
Italy’s Banco BPM has selected Worldline’s Cristal for its instant payment platform.
Revolut records annual loss but revenue grows fivefold
Revolut’s 2017 revenue stands at £12.8m and customer base at 1.3m.
BBVA’s app shows account activity from other banks
BBVA’s has become the first bank in Spain to offer this service.
Fiserv scores three core banking tech clients in Canada
Crosstown Civic CU, Noventis CU and IC Savings sign for Fiserv’s DNA platform.
Tiffany & Co and Worldline unveil UK’s first luxury vending machine
The world’s first all-in-one Android-based payment terminal now in the UK.
Tangerine sweetens up with Meniga’s PFM tech
Canada’s direct bank ups its PFM offer with Meniga’s tech.
Fintech Bread lands $60m funding
Bread’s revenue has increased fivefold so far this year.
Scottish fintech Butterwire gets a smooth cut of funding
Reaching 150% of its crowdfunding goal.
UK seeks Asian fintech ties post-Brexit
Economic secretary of the UK Treasury, Joh Glen, tours Asia.
Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo turns to Onfido for ID verification tech
Onfido will help crowdfunding platform Indiegogo fight fraud.
Credit scoring firm Cortera lands $10m funding
B2B credit scoring company Cortera has landed $10 million in funding,
Latvian lending start-up Nordigen secures $800k funding
Gets investment from Seedcamp and Inventure.
Barclays unveils new digital platform in Western Europe
UK bank looking for more action in the corporate space.
Indian lending start-up Qbera gets $3m funding
Essel Group and its E-City Ventures are the backers.
