UK credit fintech Pillar raises £13m pre-seed round
The round, led by Global Founders Capital and Backed VC, saw participation from a number of angels.
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First United Bank & Trust taps Finotta for personalised mobile banking
First United says the partnership will support its “vision to elevate 10 million lives by the year 2030”.
White paper: Successfully implement and operationalise ML models to optimise & accelerate credit decisions
Make artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models more accessible in your credit lifecycle.
NLP platform for financial services Accern raises $20m
Accern CEO says: “With this funding, we will scale sales and marketing to empower more citizen data scientists.”
Co-branded credit card platform Concerto launches with $21m funding
The early-stage round was led by Matrix Partners and saw participation from PayPal Ventures.
Banks must capitalise on the data opportunity or face extinction
Traditional banking systems remain largely built on the rails of decades-old technology.
Futureproof your financial databases
Your database environment is the bedrock of your business.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Here’s why you should check out these fintech jobs
Exciting open vacancies at Tendable, Seedrs and Xero. Apply today!
How the regulation of fintech could help the UK stay competitive in the sector
The UK must balance innovation and competition with the need for customer protection through effective regulation.
White paper: Banking in the cloud – how to do it right
Gain best-practice insight on how you can generate more value from your cloud strategy.
How can neobanks meet the challenges presented by cybercrime?
Advances in AI and ML could help neobanks better protect themselves against cybercrime.
Case study: Privacy preserving genome wide association studies powered by Duality
How to pool together large amounts of data from different entities, privately and securely, to provide the basis for accurate data discovery and analysis.
Brex acquires bookkeeping software firm Pry Financials for $90m
Pry CEO Andy Su says: “With Brex’s scale and reach, we can have a much bigger impact right away.”
Anti-fraud platform SEON raises $94m Series B to fuel global expansion
The start-up will use the fresh capital to expand throughout North America, LatAm and APAC.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three UK tech jobs with great benefits
Exciting open vacancies at Experian, Klarna and Hazy. Apply today!
What the FinTech? | S.3 Episode 5 | AI in financial services
In this episode of the What the Fintech? podcast, we’re joined by Kevin Levitt of Nvidia.
Stripe-backed one-click checkout fintech Fast folds
Fast CEO Domm Holland says: “Sometimes trailblazers don’t make it all the way to the mountain top.”
How GoCodeGreen is aiming to make fintech software net-zero
Eric Zie, CEO and founder of GoCodeGreen, talks to FinTech Futures about the push for sustainable software engineering.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three top fintech jobs in the UK this week
Exciting open vacancies at Starling Bank, Crowdcube and Hazy. Apply today!
Video: FinTech Futures attends FinovateEurope
FinTech Futures attended the FinovateEurope conference in London on 22-23 March 2022, take a look at our highlights video below.
Credit fintech Liquidity lands $775m to fuel growth
Apollo partner Joshua Black will also join Liquidity’s board of directors.
Langley FCU taps Diebold Nixdorf for ATM-as-a-Service offering
Langley FCU will replace its entire ATM fleet with new DN Series devices.
LSEG acquires digital ID verification data provider Global Data Consortium
GDC is a global provider of identity verification data to support clients with know your customer (KYC) requirements.
White paper: Inter-bank privacy enhanced information sharing – fraud detection and prevention
The use of privacy-enhancing technologies that enable banks to share customer account and device information.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 1 April 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Video: SmartStream on the use of AI and ML for regulatory alignment and transaction reporting
FinTech Futures chats with Jethro MacDonald, product manager at SmartStream.
US fintech Mosaic secures $25m Series B funding
The Mosaic platform was launched in 2019 and is designed to ‘reboot’ financial planning and analysis.
White paper: State of customer experience in financial services
Insight on the shifts driving the CX priorities and practical information on how best to address them.
What the FinTech? | S.3 Episode 4 | Risk, resilience and regulations
In this episode, we’re joined by Wayne Scott, regulatory compliance solutions lead at NCC Group.
Digital banking solutions provider Alkami buys data insight fintech Segmint for $135.5m
Alkami intends to integrate Segmint’s machine learning tech with its digital banking capabilities.
DevOps: how utilising automation can help financial institutions get ahead
Financial institutions need to embrace digital transformation to keep pace in a highly competitive market.
How lessons from the FBI email hack can stop businesses banking on the wrong strategy
Much like the FBI, banks are highly regulated and trustworthy, making them an attractive target to hackers.
The systemic risks and vast opportunities in fintech
We speak with Megan Long, senior consultant at Deloitte, about the vulnerabilities, risks and innovations in the fintech ecosystem.
Capital markets fintech Capitolis raises $110m Series D funding
Former UK chancellor George Osborne has joined the company’s board.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three great fintech companies that are hiring right now
Exciting open vacancies at Starling Bank, Experian and Monzo. Apply today!
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 25 March 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Mizuho partners Google Cloud to power digital transformation
MFG says it is working with Google Cloud to deliver on the evolving needs of its customers.
It’s time for banks to take responsibility for their ESG data
In the wake of COP26 last year, the ESG regulatory agenda is advancing at pace.
USAA hit with $140m fine from FinCEN for Bank Secrecy Act violations
USAA admitted to failing to accurately report in a timely manner thousands of suspicious transactions to FinCEN.
Employment data platform Argyle lands $55m Series B to “reinvent credit decisioning”
SignalFire founding partner Ilya Kirnos will also join Argyle’s board of directors.
