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DevOps firm CloudBees gets capital injection from HSBC
HSBC uses CloudBees Core platform for its software delivery system.
How will the Internet of Things offer insurers added value?
Exploring the potential impacts of the IoT for insurers and underwriters.
Money transfer app Pangea looking to offer checking accounts
More firms are looking to jump into the challenger bank world.
BNP Paribas makes a Magic Leap to teleportation meetings
Meetings can be held via hologram in five locations.
OpenFin raises $17m for financial desktop innovation
This brings OpenFin’s total funding to $40m.
Banking on CX leadership?
Practical steps and examples of how to deliver differentiated, superior customer experiences.
ABN AMRO joins investors helping Tealium target global expansion
Tealium’s AudienceStream platform connects customer data in one place.
Top fintech stories this week – 17 May 2019
SoftBank’s big investment, as well as BCR’s pool B… and more!
Zenus Bank launches aiming to serve global clients
The US bank holds an international license.
Banking for humanity: a land of unsung heroes
Find your legacy. Find your own flavour of useful. Dust it off. And make it better.
Canadian CIBC launches platform for SMEs
It allows users to manage accounting and payroll insights.
ClickSwitch simplifies recurring payments with $13m funding
The Series B was led by Commerce Ventures and Point72 Ventures.
Nationwide, Investec and Co-op Bank share £80 million BCR grant pool
All three commit to modernise and improve business banking for SMEs.
Asset management firm AllianceBernstein picks OpenFin for new OS
A new desktop technology infrastructure, allowing integration and interoperability.
Two new next-gen banks to open in the US
Piermont Bank and Nexos National Bank.
Why retail banks should not be afraid of collaboration, even with tech giants
Collaboration for incumbents is the only way to catch up with the market and become truly consumer-centric.
New Medici Bank to harness technology to “reawaken” innovative spirit
A descendant of the Medici family sees future in Puerto Rico.
Fintechs, there’s a tsunami coming; do you hear the sirens?
And I will be able to pay for a surfboard with my new Apple Card.
FinovateSpring 2019: Best of Show winners unveiled
This year’s Best of Show winners are truly in a class of their own.
Five imperatives to help you scale your fintech
Practical advice for any fintech wanting to accelerate growth.
Open Banking: much ado about a brave new world
The intent is revolutionary. The path is non linear.
It’s time to disrupt “disrupt”
Fintech as an industry has a problem with language: namely, we don’t have one.
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Fintech with flourish. It blooms and blossoms.
My top four proactive, disruptive banking process innovations
Four areas where you can make the biggest impact both quickly and in the long run.
Emerging economies payments start-up Thunes closes $10m Series A round
Plans to accelerate growth across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
To keep bigtech at bay, banks should see fintech as friend, not foe
In the face of mounting competition, financial institutions must go a step further to stand out from the crowd.
The world of payments is well and truly open
Open banking and real-time payments are turning the traditional retail banking model on its head. Are you ready?
JP Morgan and Microsoft join forces for enterprise blockchain push
Quorum to be made available through Azure Blockchain Service.
Refundo to return tax refunds in Bitcoin
Thanks to a recent partnership with BitPay.
Klarna brings its alt payment options to retail shops
Bringing pay later to consumers in stores.
Top fintech stories this week – 3 May 2019
May issue is out!
RPA firm UiPath closes $568m funding round
Company’s post-money valuation has grown from $110 million to $7 billion.
Indio Technologies brings digital to insurance with $20m funding
The company has raised over $30 million in total.
You can’t always get what you want: digital misconceptions and alpacas
But if you try sometimes, you find, you get what you need. And need is bigger than want.
AI and ML empower advisors by predicting their clients’ economic behaviour
The advisor’s role goes beyond managing money; it has shifted to managing lives.
All tests are not created equal: choosing the right psychometric-based credit tool
Helping to navigate through the various vendors and products available in the alternative credit scoring space.
Meed Banking Club launches in the US with member exclusives
Leveraging banking services at Vast Bank, which itself is going through a major tech revamp.
Unite Global now licensed to issue WOCU currency for banking
EXCLUSIVE. The WOCU currency aims to challenge the dollar-mandated status quo in trading.
