Interstellar crypto exchange sets its sights on the stars
Cameroon-based firm offers a Proxima Centauri update.
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Digital money transfer service Azimo raises $20m in funding
Round led by Rakuten Capital.
Allianz leads £40m funding round in Moneyfarm
Takes UK digital wealth manager’s capital to £60m.
Big bank’s mobile app Beem IT goes live in Oz
Australian app created by CBA, NAB and Westpac.
Tandem reaches 100,000 clients, signs for Form3 paytech
Wants to match Lloyds Bank in terms of customer numbers in ten years time.
Silicon Valley Bank comes to Germany
The new branch will be based in Frankfurt.
ICICI Bank unveils innovation labs
Indian bank follows the digital trend.
nCino partners with Tech Qualled to help veterans get into fintech
nCino celebrated the Memorial Day in the US with a new partnership.
Temenos Community Forum 2018: digital to the core
A round-up of TCF 2018 – all the best bits (and pictures).
Mortgage tech firms Blend and Ellie Mae team up
Blend will leverage Ellie Mae’s electronic disclosure delivery.
BondIT raises $4m in new funding
BondIt’s Series B round led by major investor Fosun Group.
Criminals capture $1.2bn in cryptocurrency since 2017
Anti-Phishing Working Group reveals the danger… and damage.
Temenos on M&A trail to grow US business
Anti-money laundering (AML), fraud and wealth management are the focus areas.
PayPal and Google Pay deepen payments relationship
More payment options across the Google ecosystem are on the way.
Wealthtech firm WeInvest raises $12.3m, Schroders among investors
The financing comes from angel investors and Schroders.
PaySend adds KYC and risk management tech from 4Stop
Moving money with international money transfer platform PaySend just got a lot more secure.
Infographic: the generation game
Sainsbury’s Bank examines the financial habits of different generations.
ING launches developer portal
Dutch bank wants to work more closely with external developers.
SIA is partial to First Data’s European card processing for €375m
Will acquire businesses in parts of Central and Southeastern Europe.
Deutsche Bank Luxembourg turns to Avaloq for core banking tech revamp
Avaloq Banking Suite creates a single cash ledger for Deutsche Bank in Luxembourg.
Top fintech stories this week – 25 May 2018
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ABN Amro hit by DDoS attack
Dutch bank’s services either not available or very slow.
Clever UK mobile banking app Bofin preps for launch
A chartered engineer unleashes his new fintech creation.
Mitek acquires AI firm A2iA for $49.7m
US-based digital identity verification company bolsters its capabilities.
Crédit Mutuel turns to IBM for major digital revamp
All in for IBM’s AI, cloud and cybersecurity.
Payments firm Adyen plans €9bn IPO
Dutch company enjoys healthy revenue and processing volumes.
Infographic: card fraud – is biometrics the missing piece of the puzzle?
Thumbs up as Fingerprints is on hand to help with some pointers.
Tinkoff Bank to launch new development hub in Sochi
Russian bank working with the Talent and Success Foundation.
Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka live with Fiserv’s core banking tech
Implements Signature system and front-end Teller solution.
Julius Baer live with Temenos wealthtech
Private banking group has completed its migration.
Deutsche Bank to cut 7,000 jobs
One in four jobs in its equities sales and trading business to go.
Commerzbank makes first major FX pilot transaction via blockchain
First deal involving a large German corporate.
GoodData launches Spectrum UI tools
Data analytics and insights company adds some more colour.
identitii teams with RPA firm Blue Prism
Will design tech to digitise and automate corporate payment and trade transaction processes.
ShopKeep launches on Android to broaden hardware options
POS-itive news from US point of sale technology provider.
Hometap raises $12m to buy a piece of your home
US firm invests in a person’s home with a minority stake to give them a cash infusion.
Bank of England’s digital currency pushes ahead
The central bank digital currency (CBDC) begins to take shape.
Capitolis unleashes FX novation service
In partnership with Citi, HSBC, BlueCrest and Brevan Howard.
Addiko Bank puts digital banking solutions on Appian
Austrian bank finds the way to low code developer’s platform.
IBM steps up AI and blockchain ambitions in France
Adding 1,800 jobs and new tech training.
