Rabobank ventures to fintech frontier with $60m fund
Welcome to Rabo Frontier Ventures – and its focus on early-stage fintech firms.
Digital
Payments round-up: 30 January 2018
Featuring Vocalink, Shieldpay, Huawei, UnionPay, Pelican, PaymentComponents, Infosistema and Banco BAI Europa.
RELX buys fraud prevention firm ThreatMetrix for $830m
Deal is expected to close in the first half of this year.
The importance of knowing your payments are secure
The explosion of e-commerce has led to an increase in online fraud and money laundering.
Cryptocurrency mining scam catches 15m people out
Running undetected for over four months.
Top fintech stories this week – 26 January 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 25 January 2018
Starring Coinsilium Group, GMEX Technologies and Vaultbank.
Tradeshift explores new Frontiers with innovation lab launch
To boldly go where many other fintech firms have been before.
Unified monitoring: how banks can plan for success, not just prepare against failures
How to stay competitive among other brick-and-mortar operations.
2,000+ bank branches closed in US in 2017
Digital is all the rage now for US banks.
Mastercard eyes biometric totality by 2019
Banks issuing Mastercard-branded cards will have to offer biometric authentication.
Trulioo launches KYC tool to connect MNOs
Will work with 24 MNOs from the US, Canada, the UK, China, India, Spain, France, and Switzerland.
A new twist on an ancient game
Lotto games have been around since before 205 BC in China, and used to finance major infrastructure projects.
Payments round-up: 23 January 2018
Features DBS Bank, Xero, WeChat Pay and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Member Driven Technologies adds four US credit unions
They all opt for Symitar Episys core banking platform.
Open banking: what you need to know
The landscape for financial services is changing, and the jury is still out on how the endgame is going to play out.
How can insurtech ramp up your firm’s digital renaissance?
Explore the crucial elements of an effective digital strategy.
Three steps to improving customer engagement with AI
What does 2018 have in store for AI, and how can companies get the most out of it?
Finicity’s Mvelopes gets Budget Makeover
A ten-week crash course in personal finance.
Fintech funding round-up: 19 January 2018
Stars Varo Money, OakNorth Bank, NetPay and ISME ACE.
IBM hits growth for first time in 23 quarters
Did it in style – exceeding analyst revenue expectations by almost $500 million.
Banking tech round-up: 19 January 2018
Featuring Fiserv, HSLC, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Contovista, Piraeus Bank, Intellect Design Arena and Bank of Baroda.
Coinbase gets the Memo.AI engineering talent
Digital currency wallet Coinbase looks for growth.
Top fintech stories this week – 19 January 2018
Catch up on our top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Top six trends in payments
What trends will be impacting the payments industry this year?
Fintech funding round-up: 18 January 2018
Featuring BB&T Corporation, Solgari and Tinkoff Bank.
Security is NOT a priority – especially in Japan
New research from Gemalto indicates many PR gimmicks and posturing are empty promises.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 18 January 2018
Features Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Jibrel Network, Yes Bank and HashCash.
InsurTech Rising Live: Digital Week
Featuring industry leaders discussing the issues impacting insurtechs today.
Banking tech round-up: 16 January 2018
Featuring Finastra, Cyberport, ME Bank, FIS, FinReach, Deutsche Postbank and Saxo Bank.
Google Cloud offers updates on Spectre and Meltdown flaws
It has managed to weather the storm better.
Intel’s Spectre and Meltdown headaches continue
Its share price has also been dropping all week.
Top fintech stories this week – 12 January 2018
Catch up on FinTech Future’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Payments round-up: 11 January 2018
Featuring lots of partnerships – with Ripple, MoneyGram, Worldpay, Iyzico, MSTS and Apruve.
Staying ahead of the competition
InsurTech Bytes, the specialist InsurTech podcast series, speak with Allianz about their business strategy.
Intelligent Environments appoints new CEO
He most recently served as VP of EMEA at Fiserv. Prior to that, head of retail banking and insurance at Oracle.
How wearables will change everything
The next wave of technological transformation will be driven by the rise of wearable technology.
Payments round-up: 10 January 2018
With special guest stars Worldpay, Como Global, Mastercard, Here Technologies, Dream Payments and Wirecard.
When it comes to regtech, going it alone isn’t an option
Collaboration is the name of the game for regtechs trying to get ahead, according to Chris O’Driscoll of PA Consulting.
New year, new us: say hello to FinTech Futures!
We’re starting 2018 with a bang!
