Insurtech start-up Kin raises $47 million
The company will launch a home insurance carrier in Florida.
Innovation
Temenos acquires Kony for $559m
The transaction is due to be completed by early Q4 2019.
PNC becomes first US bank on RippleNet
The bank joined the blockchain payments platform in September 2018.
Bad bosses and hardy flowers
Moving away from bad bosses is not good advice, it is essential advice.
Empaxis teams with InvestCloud to launch TAMP1
The platform is designed for small to medium-sized investment managers.
Schroders Personal Wealth troubled by IT issues
The launch of the joint venture between Lloyds and Schroders have prompted widespread complaints from staff.
Doing smarter, cleaner business: The analytics potential of trade data
Banks’ data-rich future should not begin and end with trade flows.
Is your fintech brand an awkward teenager?
From unpredictable growth spurts and occasional breakouts, to sleeping in.
Top fintech stories this week – 23 August 2019
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booyah! bank blasts off in US
It’s backed by FDIC member, Surety Bank.
JP Morgan to shut down Chase Pay app in early 2020
This venture will soon be joining the US bank’s other shelved platforms this year.
Wild West to crypto best: How compliance separates cowboys from champions
Major players will be forced into closer collaboration with regulators.
Paysafecard and G2 Esports extend collaboration
More than 400 million people worldwide had watched an e-sports event by 2018.
Tala raises $110m for expansion plans
PayPal Ventures also participated in the round.
The cloud journey for market infrastructures
Some steps to ensure cloud-based is successful and meets the approval of regulators.
Alterna Bank partners with nCino
The agreement marks nCino’s first Canadian credit union customer
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Top fintech stories this week – 16 August 2019
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US neobank Zenus gets licence
Zenus will allow anyone in the world to open an account.
Secured cards: public relations ploy or financial health builder?
They can be a critical tool for financially vulnerable people.
Declaring time of death and other ways of surviving doing business with big banks
Don’t be afraid to declare time of death when it is true: it is not an admission of defeat.
Blade raises $4.3m from Coinbase
The crypto derivatives exchange is launching in three weeks.
Reshaping the banking experience
It’s time to stop looking at digital as the only key to client satisfaction.
Ask the expert: your questions on growing the business answered
When is the right time for a founder to take a step back from the business?
Turn to commercial banks for treasury management innovation
Commercial banks are taking up a starring role.
Monarch creates first recurring crypto payments system
The solution will enable the likes of Netflix and Hulu to accept crypto.
Banking Technology Awards introduces awards for tech vendors
Ovum Technology Innovation Awards are now open for entries!
FinMkt closes $5m Series B
It provides highly customisable tech for the online lending industry.
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Top fintech stories this week – 9 August 2019
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ScaleFactor closes $60m Series C funding round
The platform has since raised $100m in 12 months.
Fintech partnerships: the real benefit of Open Banking for incumbent banks
A deep dive into where the real value lies in Open Banking for incumbents.
Tesla-fy your bank
Will banks ever truly reinvent banking?
Getting to the future: learn, unlearn, persist. Repeat.
But unlearning is the only path to survival. Even if you can’t learn to like that, you learn to value it.
Commerzbank tests blockchain payment solution with Daimler Trucks
Current payment systems require a human to trigger the process.
RBC launches student experience on mobile app
The ‘Mobile Student Edition’ is designed to tap into the Gen Z market
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Klarna bags $460m equity funding
It’s now the most valuable EU fintech with a valuation of $5.5 billion.
Nasdaq uses AI to root out stock-market abuse
It detects irregular trading patterns and alerts officials according to machine-learning.
Federal Reserve reveals real-time payment system plans
FedNow will be available to all US-based banks by 2024.
