Blockchain’s potential to change the face of trade finance
Blockchain could be the most effective platform to help digitise trade finance processes.
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Mexican fintech Flink lands $57m in Series B round
New investment follows the company’s $12 million Series A round in February.
Risk as an opportunity: fintech’s gold standard
How can fintechs continue to grow while also meeting increasingly stringent regulatory requirements?
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Mastercard, Ramp, PayPal & more
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, every week.
ICYMI funding round-up: Pngme, Recognise Bank, pawaPay, Finexio & more
Another collection of funding rounds and raises from all over the world you might have missed this week.
PayTech Awards 2021 Winners Supplement out now
Impactful and innovative paytech projects, products, services and people in the spotlight.
B2B payments fintech Balance raises $25m in Series A funding
US firm says its payments platform will help improve the online checkout experience.
E-guide: Loan management technology trends
A quick guide to loan management technology trends that empower today’s lending and loan servicing operations.
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 16 | Waking up on the right side of embedded
Louisa Murray, COO for UK and Europe at Railsbank, joins us on this latest episode of the podcast.
FinTech Collective raises $250m for new early-stage investments
The venture capital firm’s total AUM now exceeds $500 million.
Ramp hits $3.9bn valuation with $300m Series C funding round
The start-up has also agreed a deal to acquire “negotiation-as-a-service” platform Buyer.
Guide: This is the future of AI in finance – it’s time to get ahead
Helping every role in the AI project get ahead by providing powerful, scalable solutions to meet business, data science and IT needs.
White paper: Modernising information management systems in financial services
Tackle the new challenges of the digital age with Nuxeo’s Content Services Platforms.
MovoCash partners with Fiserv to expand money movement options
Fiserv’s debit payments network will give MovoCash customers another way to access their cash.
Cartoon: The prodigal son
This new cartoon illustrates the return of tech workers back to San Francisco.
Real estate fintech Reali raises $250m funding
The California-based firm will use the funds for national expansion and product development.
Trading technology firm DriveWealth secures $450m Series D funding
Fintech will use the funds for continued product and service expansion and additional hires.
Nymbus to offer Marstone’s digital wealth suite following new partnership
Partnership will see the two US firms integrate their offerings.
Transact365 – change the way you process online payments
Localise, globalise and optimise your business with Transact365’s range of payment and banking solutions.
The importance of customer-centric strategies for traditional banks
To thrive and grow, banks must identify how they can be more customer-centric.
eBook: Five ways data is redefining financial services
Find out about Snowflake’s modern data approach for financial institutions.
Fintech funding deals globally 16 August – 22 August 2021
Featuring DriveWealth, Sightline Payments, Bitpanda, PalmPay and Reali.
Webinar: Mobile financial super apps – what’s your strategy and what are you waiting for?
Learn how you can win the mobile banking app battle and secure your future banking business.
Aspiration Partners to go public in $2.3bn SPAC deal
It claims it will be the first ESG-focused financial services institution to go this route.
Fintech innovation and the cloud: securely connecting the future of banking
Hybrid or multi-cloud environments can potentially provide banks with added flexibility and security.
eBook: Three data trends in financial services
How banks, brokerages, and fintech start-ups can collect, store, analyse, and share data easily and securely.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Goldman Sachs, Paysafe, HSBC & more
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, every week.
Sightline Payments becomes Nevada unicorn with $244m raise
Sightline closed an earlier $100 million funding round in April.
Christian Financial Credit Union picks NCR tech for digital banking revamp
Michigan credit union praises NCR for “seamless integration”.
Israel Discount Bank of New York picks Argo for anti-fraud
Texas-based Argo will deploy its OASIS platform.
US fintech One lands $40m in Series B funding
Start-up aims to bring “all-in-one banking” to middle-class Americans.
The birth of personal banking assistants
Banks should aim to utilise more data to become a personal banking assistant for your money/wealth.
Brex acquires Israeli start-up Weav in $50m deal
US fintech will aim to leverage Weav’s API technology.
Plaid announces Series D extension featuring AmEx and JP Morgan
CEO Zach Perret says its new backers are “storied companies”.
Branch raises $48m Series B to serve independent contractors
Payments firm provides instant access to wages and a zero-fee bank account.
Blockchain security start-up CertiK lands $24m in Series B extension
The “Series B+” investment comes just one month after the firm’s $37 million Series B round.
Cartoon: Pac-Man, our friendly neobank
This new cartoon illustrates some of the daily threats faced by neobanks.
Chime secures $750m funding to reach $25bn valuation
The San Francisco-based firm has now raised over $2 billion in total funding.
Video: Compass Plus on developing a new universal payments processor
FinTech Futures interviews Maria Nottingham, Executive Vice President of Compass Plus.
US Bank acquires SME expenses firm Bento Technologies
US Bank aims to combine its payment and expenses offerings for SMEs.
