ESG and fintechs: how firms are benefiting from an ESG focus
Financial services firms have many ways to advance ESG goals while providing valuable services.
Innovation
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.
Video: NatWest at Finovate Europe 2022 – tackling payment-related fraud
FinTech Futures chats with NatWest’s Jane Barber about how to combat payments fraud.
Binance.US lands $200m in first funding round at $4.5bn valuation
The digital asset exchange will use some of the new funds on developing new products and services.
Bolt to acquire crypto API provider Wyre in push to “democratise commerce”
Bolt will integrate Wyre’s crypto stack, giving developers blockchain protocols to build financial products.
How new technology is changing the face of fraud detection in neobanks
AI and ML are key to not just recovering from, but actually preventing fraud before it begins.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three top fintech jobs in the UK this week
Exciting open vacancies at Starling Bank, Crowdcube and Hazy. Apply today!
Video: Theo Lau at Finovate Europe 2022 – the future of AI in finance
FinTech Futures chats with Theo Lau about the use of AI in finance and future tech trends.
US digital challenger Battle Bank taps Temenos for cloud banking solution
Temenos’ platform will support Battle Bank’s foreign currency, market index and precious metals products.
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.
It all started with a book about monkeys
Maybe you should take your team out of the office to do something small and impactful for a few hours.
Langley FCU taps Diebold Nixdorf for ATM-as-a-Service offering
Langley FCU will replace its entire ATM fleet with new DN Series devices.
Savings and retirement wealthtech Lilly set to launch in US
Billed as “the world’s first retirement debit and credit card”, the service will cost from $5 a month.
Unbundling the core in the cloud: the perfect architecture for future-proof banks
Is your bank running on an operating system that is functionally unbundled, real-time, modular, cloud-native, and plug-and-play?
Norway’s Signicat boosts management team with several new appointments
Signicat CEO says: “We now look forward to the next phase of our international expansion.”
Apple reportedly looking to build its own payments and lending infrastructure
Plans reportedly include bringing services such as payment processing and risk assessments for lending in-house.
Cartoon: Free solo
A new cartoon illustrating the difference in expectations between a start-up entrepreneur and a VC firm.
Eight fintech firms with impressive people and planet initiatives
Fintechs are in a unique position to build ESG criteria into the foundations of their businesses.
Banking Technology Magazine April 2022 issue out now
Cover story: WINDS OF CHANGE – Tackling the carbon cost of technology.
Cross River lands $620m investment to fuel expansion
The round was led by Eldridge and Andreessen Horowitz.
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.
Citi plans to scale global e-commerce payments platform to 30 countries
Spring by Citi enables the bank’s institutional clients to accept consumer payments online.
US fintech Mosaic secures $25m Series B funding
The Mosaic platform was launched in 2019 and is designed to ‘reboot’ financial planning and analysis.
Apollo Fintech taps ThetaRay for Sonar AML monitoring tech
Apollo Fintech will deploy Sonar on its new bank-to-bank payments service Knox Wire.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Archie, Dapio, Finary, Jia Finance, & Zimpler
Our weekly fintech round-up for you to get the latest funding news from around the world.
A panel, a chat, and confirmation that ESG is a tough nut to crack
I recently attended a hackathon at Finovate Europe focusing on ESG in the financial services industry.
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.
White paper: Next-level digital transformation in banks
How to transform the customer banking experience to compete in today’s always-on digital economy.
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.
Goldman Sachs snaps up retirement robo-advisor NextCapital
The transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2022.
Où est la boulangerie?
When you ask me a question, help me pitch my answer at the right level. That’s the point of communication.
Help us make Streamly video platform better!
Streamly is a new video platform for fintech practitioners, offering specialist video content.
Video: Morgan Stanley at Finovate Europe 2022 – driving financial inclusion
FinTech Futures chats with Morgan Stanley’s Sanghamitra Karra about the importance of financial inclusion.
Medius snaps up US-based invoice payments specialist OnPay
The deal will see Medius open a new corporate office in Q2 2022 in Jacksonville, Florida.
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.
New US banking app Swell set to launch in summer
Launching in June, the app combines checking, credit and more into one integrated account.
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.
