Moody’s acquires fintech RiskFirst
The acquisition will boost Moody’s Analytics’ offering.
Financial Services/Finserv
Mbanq backs Arival Bank by acquiring shares
Arival also has its sights set on a Series A round of $10 million later this year
Banking Technology Awards 2019 are open for entries
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FIs choose Cloudera for digital transformation
Cloudera enables digital transformation for global financial services institutions.
AcadiaSoft announces technology partnership with CloudMargin
The firms collaborate to provide an industry solution for uncleared margin rules.
A banker goes a-banking, volume 4: GDPR for the masses
It is time we gave some respect back to the drops that make the ocean.
Swift shifts from MT to XML format
Payment transfers will be shifting to the ISO 20022 standard.
Robinhood raises $323 million in Series E funding
The new round of funding values the company at $7.6 billion.
Let’s work together
Bank-fintech collaboration should take priority on this year’s Sibos agenda.
MoneyLion roars with $160m funding
The company will have raised over $200 million in equity financing.
Moors and Cabot selects RBC as new clearing partner
This will enhance the firm’s back-office capabilities.
Morgan Stanley and Box launch document sharing portal
The platform promotes communication between financial advisors and clients.
Lendtech nCino acquires Visible Equity
The two companies will continue to market their solutions separately.
Ideanomics unveils plans for fintech village
It’ll be based in Connecticut with a focus on AI, robotics, finserv and more.
Dos and don’ts of sanction screening
Regulators seek to send a strong message to financials if they drop the ball on sanctions screening.
The financial services talent war is fierce: here’s how to draft in the millennials
People at all levels should be given the opportunity and tools to understand themselves at their best.
The Win 10 Rush: How financial institutions can beat the clock to upgrade their PCs
Kevin Flaherty, CEO at BLM Tech reveals the key to carrying off large-scale IT projects.
Focus on what’s important – and leave the rest to us
Smartstream’s platform takes the operational & regulatory responsibility of payments off your back.
Blackfish, wishful thinking and self-fulfilling prophecies
If you don’t want your organisation to be plagued by self-fulfilling prophecies, don’t create them.
Ask the expert: your questions on growing the business answered
What are the main reasons fintechs fail, and how can I avoid them?
White paper: AI-driven deal origination for capital markets
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Goldman Sachs invests €25 million in Raisin
The new funding brings the total volume of primary investment to €195 million.
New firm Disberse targets the aid industry
Addressing the slowness and opaqueness of the financial industry.
NetSuite supports GoCardless in global expansion
The platform helps to cut the complexities of international operations.
White paper: The architect’s guide to digital core banking in the cloud
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Humanity 101
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Banking Technology July/August 2019 issue out now
Drawing the curtains on a bright tomorrow.
White paper: How to scale a fintech
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BTG Pactual and Dalma Capital adopt Tezos for STOs
The Latin American investment bank launched ReitBZ STO earlier this year.
Top fintech stories this week – 05 July 2019
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Currencycloud raises around £32m
Investors in the first part of the Series E round have not been disclosed.
Sensibill raises $31.5m for AI-driven banking solution
The Toronto firm targets freelancers and entrepreneurs.
Caffeine and angry bankers: the comfort of bad behaviour
A radically different way of establishing authority, managing organisations and measuring success is needed.
Beware the “finhealth-washing” of financial services
Consumers need help, not slogans. Financial services companies have a chance to do right by doing good.
Killing four myths about open source in financial services
There is great value in the power of open source, from compliance to reducing time-to-market.
The curse of collective Alzheimer’s: dispatches from industry conferences
An industry asking itself the same questions for ten years despite having the answers is an ailing one.
How to enter a banking market
The lowdown and practical examples of how to launch a bank.
Three old-school self-service strategies to ditch – and what to do instead
The ATM is the only channel that provides cash access anytime, anywhere. Take advantage of its huge potential!
Metro Bank selects Artesian’s KYC solution
Data-driven automation of KYC and risk, aims to improve onboarding processes.
