Top fintech stories this week – 1 February 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
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Superstructures: fintech reaches new heights.
Nviso offers no hiding face with new biometric tech
Facial recognition solution “reveals how people really feel about money”.
Fintech app Acorns receives $105m funding
Alongside a partnership to create educational content.
Swift links up with R3 for trading on blockchain
Their trial will monitor the movement of goods and payments on gpi.
CULedger grabs $10m funding to its blockchain credit
Plans to use DLT for credit union-focused platform.
Cross River and Railsbank create transatlantic API action
Banking on both sides of the Atlantic through a single API.
IBM, PNC Bank and health insurers set up blockchain network
To improve the efficiency of the health sector.
M1 Finance takes on banks with new checking account
Called M1 Spend, it integrates within the US firm’s current app.
Wirecard launches API developer portal
Initially designed for issuing solutions, but full scope on the way.
Samsung to unveil crypto wallet
The Galaxy S10 will allow users to trade, transact and store coins.
Webinar: The ROI of AI – Converting conversational AI into revenue for banks
Learn how to increase customer lifetime value, customer retention and reduce costs
Barclays raises Rise Growth Investment funds for fintech start-ups
Will offer new investment capital of £10 million per programme.
Swift gpi delights in double digit growth
Global payments innovation service’s values also exceed $300 billion daily.
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Featuring JAJA, South Korea, Sberbank and R3.
Women technologists find their future in commercial banking
An ideal domain for the problem-solving and relationship-building skills that distinguish women technologists.
PayTech Awards 2019 now open for entries
Be a part of the celebrations!
Canada urges blockchain on for digital ID dream
CEO of Canadian Bankers Association makes his case.
Top fintech stories this week – 18 January 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Canada calls for open banking answers
Department of Finance Canada awaits your awesome feedback.
HSBC feels $250bn FX of blockchain
Bank’s interest in DLT deepens with juicy transaction action.
R3’s Corda Network goes cordless
Blockchain network will be operated by a new independent organisation.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 14 January 2019
Featuring N26, RBS and Loot, Google in Ireland, and Alipay in Pakistan.
NICE robots enter Legal & General workplace
These virtual attendants offer “faster response times for customers”.
Trov expands on-demand insurance in US
Now available in Delaware, Nevada, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
OCC fights for US fintech charter in court
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency seeks to dismiss CSBS litigation.
Top fintech stories this week – 11 January 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Euro Exim Bank deal puts Ripple on correspondent course
“Traditional correspondent banking system” gets some competition.
Welcome to the fintech library!
A compilation of books from the world of business, finance and technology.
Video: Fraud Orchestration with FCase
How to take fraud management systems from basic standalone detection to a more enterprise-focused approach.
Bank of America and Morgan Stanley plan rival stock exchange
Nasdaq and ICE get competition as nine firms unveil MEMX.
Interview: Mark Gabriel, Sunrise Banks – on a financial wellness mission
How partnerships with fintechs can help in the quest to service the underserved.
Banking for “digital nomads”
Foregoing the traditional way of working from nine to five in a typical office culture and hierarchy model.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 8 January 2019
A short and sweet round-up of the week’s selected news stories in a video format.
USAA customers to get $12m back for payment errors
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau also fines bank $3.5 million.
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Life’s a brag in BBVA’s digital dominion
Reaches “tipping point” as 50% of its customers now use digital channels.
Bitcoin begins year in price doldrums
Not an ideal tenth anniversary celebration.
Beam me up crypto confidentiality
New project aims to improves privacy via Mimblewimble protocol.
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