Monzo names former Nubank exec Tom Oldham as new group CFO
Alongside Oldham’s hiring, Monzo has appointed Mark Newbery as its new UK CFO.
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Anna Maj joins French fintech Bridge as president and CEO
Bridge has also promoted co-founder Alexis Roque to deputy CEO.
Sweden’s TF Bank selects Nice Actimize for AML SaaS solutions
TF Bank has tapped Nice Actimize for its cloud-based SaaS AML Essentials offering.
Video: Socure at Money20/20 USA 2024 – Powering ID verification and risk decisioning in financial services
Socure’s Johnny Ayers discusses the evolution of the digital ID verification landscape at Money20/20 USA 2024.
Manzil Wealth introduces new halal wealth management platform in Canada
Manzil Wealth has acquired Canadian Islamic Wealth to support its new platform’s debut.
Garanti BBVA launches new e-commerce payments platform TAMi
TAMi currently offers a multi-bank POS system and prepaid cards as its two main products.
November 2024: Top five fintech partnership stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top fintech partnership stories of the month.
Santander taps Japan’s Dentsu to build new SME international trade platform
Set to launch in Q2 2025, the platform will aim to “simplify international trade for the world’s SME community”.
Demystify Podcast: Demystifying agentification and personalisation in banking with Bud CEO Ed Maslaveckas
In this double episode special, Dave and Dharm chat with Ed Maslaveckas, CEO and co-founder of fintech Bud.
Canadian credit card issuer Collabria Financial taps Trulioo for ID verification tech
Trulioo’s platform will be used to verify more than 14,000 ID documents and 700 million business entities.
HSBC Innovation Banking UK names Emily Turner as new CEO
Turner succeeds Erin Platts, who will step down in December to become CEO of Octopus Ventures.
Ally Financial reportedly considering sale of credit card business
Ally Financial first acquired the business, then known as Fair Square Financial, for $750 million in 2021.
Moody’s expands lending tech suite with acquisition of Numerated Growth Technologies
Moody’s has maintained a partnership with Numerated since January this year.
CellPoint Digital bags $30m to fuel development of new payment orchestration platform
CellPoint Digital says the funding will support the launch of its Offer Order Service Delivery platform.
Revolut unveils 2025 product vision, including mortgages, an AI assistant, and branded ATMs
Revolut Business will also introduce its first business credit product in Europe next year.
Spendesk partners Adyen to enhance spend management workflows for SMBs
The “long-term” partnership will support Spendesk in launching new products next year.
Santander’s Getnet names Juan Franco as new global CEO
Juan Franco takes over from Kush Saxena, who is stepping down for “personal reasons”.
UK’s Hope Macy completes purchase of lending software specialist Slick Solutions
Hope Macy is merging its machine learning APIs with Slick Solutions’ loan origination platform.
Atome Financial lands $200m credit facility led by HSBC
HSBC led the investment through its ASEAN Growth Fund, supported by DBS Bank, SMBC and Baiduri Bank.
Garanti BBVA International taps Worldline for instant payments solution
The cloud-based solution will ensure GBI’s compliance with the EU’s Instant Payments Regulation.
UK fintech Finastra investigating data breach impacting internal SFTP platform
Finastra says the incident was “limited to the one platform and there was no lateral movement beyond it”.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Kalder, Pemo, PostSig, StoreCash, and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 22 November 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Robinhood, CaixaBank, Nationwide and more.
SEC chair Gary Gensler to step down on 20 January
Gensler’s departure date coincides with US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
CFPB finalises rule to supervise big tech firms offering digital payment apps
The development cements proposals first put forward by the regulator in November last year.
Finova launches Finova Broker for the UK intermediary sector
Finova Broker builds on the Mortgage Keeper CRM solution, provided by Finova’s business formerly known as eKeeper.
Thunes hires Peter Cohen to lead compliance
Cohen’s resume includes roles at Triodos Bank, European Merchant Services, and Xplor Technologies.
City Bank selects Compass Plus Technologies’ TranzAxis payment gateway for e-commerce acquiring
The Bangladeshi bank has migrated its e-commerce acquiring business to the SOA-based solution.
BioCatch pilots fraud intelligence network with cohort of Aussie banks
Participating banks include NAB, ANZ, CBA, Suncorp Bank and Westpac.
Close Brothers Asset Management goes live with Objectway’s portfolio management solution
Objectway says its tech will enable CBAM to “tailor and adapt services as client needs evolve”.
CaixaBank plans to invest €5bn in technology over the next three years
As part of its strategy, CaixaBank plans to recruit 3,000 young professionals by 2027.
Central Bank of Brazil to pilot CBDC trade finance solution with Chainlink, Microsoft, 7COMm and Banco Inter
The solution will be based on Chainlink’s cross-chain interoperability protocol.
Nationwide taps HPE GreenLake for private cloud deployment
The migration of its on-premises IT estate is expected to cut Nationwide’s IT operating costs by 30%.
Beacon unveils new digital wallet offering built for immigrants to Canada
Beacon’s new service will support bill payments, salary deposits, Interac e-Transfers, and more.
Mexican fintech Minu bags $30m Series B funding
Minu has now raised $47 million in total funding to date.
Chile’s Tanner Servicios Financieros lands $40m IFC investment
Tanner Servicios Financieros is establishing “a fully licensed and regulated commercial bank subsidiary”.
What the FinTech? | S.5 Episode 21 | Taking open banking payments mainstream
In this podcast episode, GoCardless’ Paul Foster discusses the growing adoption of open banking payments.
UK paytech Cardstream names Gurinder Sumra as new CFO
Sumra previously spent over six years as CFO of Elavon’s European payment-acquiring division.
SEB Embedded taps Thought Machine to power BaaS offering
SEB Embedded has delivered its first solution for Swedish supermarket chain Hemköp.
Market Harborough Building Society launches financial education app with Doshi
The building society has used Doshi’s white-label app to launch the new offering.
