JP Morgan hires ex-Google exec for AI ambitions
The war for talent rages on.
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Kony partners with Payveris on digital money movement
Includes P2P and A2A payments, bill pay, and fraud mitigation.
How come nobody gives me fish anymore? Going “all the way down” in digital banking
Bankers, use the skills you have to continue the journey and give customers something meaningful.
CULedger gets $8.5m to support blockchain for credit unions
Part of a $10m funding goal.
Standard Chartered and Siemens to pilot blockchain-based smart guarantees
Collaborating with digital trade provider TradeIX.
Diebold Nixdorf receives $650m capital commitment
The loan is coming from two unidentified, institutional lenders.
Latvian entrepreneurs buy Colorado National Bank for $9m
Co-owners of payments firm to profit from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Top fintech stories this week – 24 August 2018
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The opposite of digital: spending the millions, forgetting the customer
Every incremental triumph you celebrate in the office, is a moment of weirdness for the client.
Finastra totally powers Unity Bank lending in US
Total Lending solution to be used for commercial and consumer ops.
German minister calls for independent EU Swift payments network
To bypass the US sanctions on business with Iran.
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JP Morgan breaks broker hearts with free trading app
You Invest undercuts most digital trading competition.
US wakes up to SME cybersecurity needs
The cybersecurity act disregarded SMEs, and this latest bill aims to fix that.
The case for conversational banking
Adopting AI is a way for banks to create much more engaging experiences and solve a number of customer problems.
MUFG Union Bank picks FIS Profile core banking system
EXCLUSIVE. The final was a duel against Temenos’ T24.
Top fintech stories this week – 17 August 2018
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US savings start-up prizes its Grand entrance
Company offers prize-linked savings service and mobile app.
Temasek favouring fintech investment over US banks
Singapore-based firm sees it as a more profitable industry.
Cardlytics hooks Wells Fargo as partner
Bank will launch Cardlytics Direct nationally and across all digital channels.
Planning like a banker: do not try this at home
The most heartbreaking thing is our institutional inability to learn from what we learn.
Diebold Nixdorf looks for buyers
ATM services firm hires Credit Suisse and Evercore to help with potential sale.
Central 1 gives a voice to banking with Alexa
Canada’s first banks to add voice controls.
CSI helps banks open up to APIs
Computer Services Inc’s new product embraces open banking.
Seasons FCU warms to Bankjoy’s digital banking
Connecticut credit union falls for mobile and digital banking tech.
Bitt the builder for Curaçao and Sint Maarten’s digital guilder
Caribbean central bank turns to fintech portfolio firm.
FBI sounds alarm over ATM cash-out attack
It’s warning banks that cybercriminals are preparing a global fraud scheme.
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World Bank turns to CBA for world’s first blockchain bond
Using DLT to end extreme poverty.
Q2 to acquire Cloud Lending Solutions
Digital banking solutions provider loves the lending look.
Top fintech stories this week – 10 August 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Are banks and bank branch offices headed to the toilet?
Are we seeing banks running out of fresh ideas for how they interact with their customers?
US challenger Grasshopper Bank hops into view
Selects core banking software – Temenos’ T24.
US Bank to sell card processor Elan
EXCLUSIVE. Finastra, FIS and Fiserv believed to be in final bid.
Varo Money selects Temenos for core banking
EXCLUSIVE. T24 is starting to break into the US.
Four de novo banks coming to Carolinas
Three US start-up banks are being launched in North Carolina, with one also powering up in South Carolina.
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White paper: PSD2 – opportunities beyond compliance
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