Video: Top fintech stories this week – 10 April 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Innovation
App-based payment solutions to delight merchants and their customers
The world of commerce is abuzz with the need to delight customers by providing a digitally enhanced shopping experience.
Cultivate investor platform aims for Silicon Valley in Europe
The new platform founded has been created by venture firm Blossom Capital.
Transformation in a post apocalyptic world
How do we ensure we are in a better place to serve, deliver, survive in the next Black Swan event?
Banking Technology April 2020 issue out now
All things equal: Closing the gender gap in fintech.
IBM names former Bank of America exec as new cloud head
Howard Boville steps in as Arvind Krishna takes over from chief Ginni Rometty.
What the Fintech? Episode 2 | COVID-19: Is cash still king?
Find out Nick Kerigan’s take on the impact of COVID-19 and his banned buzzword.
How banks’ platform strategies are shaking up the fintech industry
A shift to the digital landscape has not been plain sailing for financial institutions
PayTech Awards deadline extended! Submit your entry by 10 April
Premier awards for banks, financial, payment & e-commerce institutions, paytech vendors, individuals & teams!
Data affinity and customer centricity: what luxury retailers can teach wealth managers
Useful learnings from the success of luxury retail.
Stripe leads $20m Series A into ecommerce checkout service Fast
Jumping from a $2.5 million raise to a $20 million investment in a few months is fast.
Fintech powerhouse: Understanding the rise of Singapore
Singapore has emerged as a global magnet for fintech entrepreneurs.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 27 March 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Remaking traditions to reinvent industries
Innovation and the need for diversity.
Love in the time of COVID-19
Amazing teams have teams that care. That’s how leadership works. It’s a team sport.
OpenPayd appoints Fidor founder as senior advisor
Matthias Kröner joins the firm to drive its international plans.
Brex acquires trio of San Francisco start-ups
Neji, Landria, and Compose Labs all brought under the Brex umbrella
Survey: Corporate Banking & APIs – the state of play
Are there concrete API plans and strategies in place? We’d greatly appreciate your input in this survey.
National Bank of Canada migrates Murex system to Amazon Web Services
Major Canadian bank shifts MX.3 to the Amazon cloud.
Are enhanced security procedures more important than faster payments?
The industry is doing all it can to fulfil the SCA requirements laid out by the EBA.
Ask the expert: what can I do to ensure my fintech is protected during these challenging times?
As a growing a fintech, you’ve worked hard to get to where you are. You mustn’t let momentum slow.
Disrupting small business banking
I think what we (business owners) really want is an experience driven bank.
Stress testing: Turning an obligation into an opportunity
Challenges can be mitigated through greater automation and enhanced data management.
Citadele Bank invests €10m in SME Finance
The partnership will offer factoring and banking services.
What the Fintech? A new podcast from FinTech Futures | Episode 1
Trending topics, useful insights, strong opinions, and a fintech jailhouse – all in our brand new podcast!
Open banking: A move towards greater or lesser transparency in banking?
Will it reduce or increase information asymmetry between consumers and finserv companies?
Finovate Podcast: Episodes 21-30
The Finovate Podcast is a short, interview-based podcast featuring conversations from fintech’s elite innovators and influencers. For more than a decade, the global event series has brought together tens of thousands of people from across the fintech spectrum to see cutting-edge technologies. Now you can find out what goes on behind the scenes, as key influencers and […]
SpotOn raises $50 million in Series B featuring former Twitter CEO
Payments firm plans to extend product development.
Do not fail fast, learn fast instead
Being advised to fail and do so at speed, as if that, somehow, was not a relative thing anyway.
Report on cloud transformation in banking: The 2020 state of play
Investigating how a new year and a new decade have impacted the drive towards a cloud-based future for banking.
Celebrating Finovate’s #WomeninFinTech
For fintech to be for everyone, it needs to be from everyone.
Challenger bank Copper latest to tap America’s teens
Copper is yet to reveal its launch date but has opened a waiting list to teens.
Banking Technology March 2020 issue out now
Keep calm and carry on: Where does COVID-19 leave the Chinese fintech market?
The global unbanked shoppers
The gap between the population of the banked and unbanked is continuing to broaden.
Ask the expert: why do fintechs fail, and how can I improve my company’s chances of success?
Looking at the basic elements for success for any fintech – and indeed, for any start-up or high-growth business.
Three digital transformation lessons wealth management firms can learn from luxury fashion brands
Build online trust with customers and identify ways to replicate the offline experience.
Canadian challenger Neo Financial plans 2020 launch
Neo plans a credit card and rewards-based savings.
The financial services technical “Grand Design”
A financial services organisation must plan and design what it will look like.
How APIs overcome the challenges of digital transformation
No transformation is pain-free.
Flywire secures unicorn status with $120 million Series E funding round
Goldman Sachs led the latest round.
