Mexico mulls mobile payments system with Amazon
Nation’s central bank in talks with tech titan.
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Great member expectations for Fiserv’s double win
New US deals with HealthCare First Credit Union and Portland Local 8 Federal Credit Union.
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Voleo and Nasdaq launch second student equity trading contest
Their plan to promote financial literacy and awareness among college-age students.
AI Foundry creates new mortgagetech solutions
Designed to speed up the pre-approval and underwriting approval process.
Shift Technology lands $60m funding for AI ambitions
Series C round brings total investment in insurtech to $100 million.
End of days as Barclays brings bPay into Pingit
bPay struggled to get users in the cutthroat world of mobile payments.
US mobile banking start-up Chime rings in $200m funding
The challenger is now valued at $1.5 billion.
Poland’s Alior Bank calls for fintech start-ups
Acceleration programme wants ideas in security, data analysis and finserv.
White paper: Intelligent business software solutions enabling fintech companies to grow
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Signifyd unveils chargeback solution for merchants
“Friendly fraud” meets a feisty foe.
Empty wallets turn up in QuadrigaCX crypto exchange case
The death of its CEO has left a lot of unanswered questions.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 4 March 2019
Featuring N26, South Korea, Brex and TymeBank.
Wells Fargo makes record $240m settlement over fake bank accounts
Bank officials denied wrongdoing in agreeing to the settlement.
QuadrigaCX crypto exchange court case calls for $30m payout
Judge’s decision in Canada follows the firm’s collapse in January.
Bitcoin SV toughens up its cryptocurrency
The firm caught three medium severity vulnerabilities in BSV.
Banking Technology March 2019 issue out now
Pay attention. Fintech in the ascension.
ID verification firm Socure so cool with $30m funding
The Series C round takes the company’s total funding to $57.5 million.
Top fintech stories this week – 1 March 2019
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Cloud Elements on API high with $25m funding
Denver cloud boys – and girls – now have total capital of $46.2 million.
ACI to acquire Speedpay for $750m from Western Union
Deal will bring Speedpay and UP Bill Payment platforms together.
Go Figure! US lendtech gets $65m funding
Brings its total funding to $120 million for its second year of operations.
Silvergate Bank selects Finastra for payment processing
US bank wants to expand its infrastructure with an API-enabled platform.
Edison Partners lights up $62m funding for YieldStreet
US digital wealth management platform gets delicious dollars.
Microsoft’s M12 leads SpyCloud’s $21m funding round
Latest round takes Texan firm’s total capital to more than $28 million.
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Citi and Kyriba go API for faster payments
SaaS platform brings bank connectivity for treasury ops.
Breathe Life gets $3.5m funding for insurance sparkle
Seed round led by Diagram Ventures with participation from Real Ventures.
Challenger bank N26 expands to Brazil
It’s also planning its delayed launch in the US this year.
Research paper: The rise of the instant bank
The study of more than 2,000 UK banking customers.
Zurich North America acquires Sea Pine for auto insurance action
Deal for dealers as insurance firm gets access to vehicle protection products.
Finn AI and IDaaS firm Auth0 offer novel conversational AI
Finn AI looking to help its clients modernise their authentication infrastructures.
HSBC mixes with NepFin for middle market move in US
American firms via NepFin can now tap into HSBC’s commercial banking services and its network.
How Blockchain is revolutionising data processing
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PayTech Awards 2019: celebrating people that make things happen
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Dwolla helps Status Money’s cash rewards for savings
Status Money will use its new relationship with Dwolla to access the ACH network.
AI Foundry and Ellie Mae use AI for speedy lending
Two firms will integrate their technologies for mortgage origination process.
BlackBerry buys AI cybersecurity firm Cylance for $1.4bn
BlackBerry says it is “now a billion-dollar cybersecurity firm”.
Mastercard and AWS grow payments for supply chain
Firms use digital identity, payments and blockchain for improved capabilities.
