Personetics accommodates challenger banks
A new customisable, pre-packaged application lowering barriers for smaller banks.
Innovation
Mobile banking case study: RBC – farewell friction
Royal Bank of Canada is moving with the times with a series of useful innovations and launches.
US mobile banking challenger Chime raises $70m
It also reached over one million bank accounts this month.
Ex-Simple co-founder preps developer app for launch
Shamir Karkal wants to help developers get fintech apps to market.
Not all banks are equal in the open future
Using stars as our metaphor, let us venture to the final frontier.
CLS invests in blockchain software firm R3
Market infrastructure group provides financial support.
Webinar: From the high street to cryptocurrency – digital ID verification for on-boarding and compliance
Register for this live webinar, taking place on 20 June.
Goldman Sachs heads $250m funding round in Tradeshift
Firm says its valuation now stands at $1.1 billion.
Disruption on its way, are banks ready?
A disruption is typically an opportunity long before it becomes a threat.
US banking app CapWay readies to launch
Targeting millennials who are either underbanked or uncertain.
Four key takeaways from FinovateSpring 2018
FinovateSpring is always one of our most fun events every year.
PayPal and Google Pay deepen payments relationship
More payment options across the Google ecosystem are on the way.
Women in fintech: every business leader needs to embody the values around equality
Why women in tech shouldn’t fall into the trap that your learning journey is ever over.
Top fintech stories this week – 25 May 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
GoodData launches Spectrum UI tools
Data analytics and insights company adds some more colour.
identitii teams with RPA firm Blue Prism
Will design tech to digitise and automate corporate payment and trade transaction processes.
Hometap raises $12m to buy a piece of your home
US firm invests in a person’s home with a minority stake to give them a cash infusion.
Capitolis unleashes FX novation service
In partnership with Citi, HSBC, BlueCrest and Brevan Howard.
CrowdFlower becomes Figure Eight for AI trait
US firm hunts out opportunities in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Shared service centres key to supply chain blockchain
Exploring the potential of blockchain for SSCs.
Four Finastra’s a jolly good fintech fellow
And so say all of US. (Well, four firms do.)
Samsung opens AI centres in UK, Canada and Russia
To explore the potential of user-centric AI and IoT action.
Dead fintechs don’t wear Plaid
Shy US app provider expands to Canada.
Tradeshift Pay to take the pain from supply chain
Cloud platform will bring together supply chain finance and blockchain-based payments.
Flywire’s invoicing service emerges from beta
US company adds new international invoicing service to its offerings.
Social media and fintech – what kind of relationship?
The future of banking rests on how AI can exploit social media to generate value.
US insurtech start-up Bestow raises $15m
Brings Dallas-based firm’s total financing to more than $18 million.
Microsoft acquires Semantic Machines for conversational AI starter
Ambitions to make chatbots sound more human and less like robots.
Mastercard Accelerate-s search for fintech mates
New Accelerate initiative to offer tools, tech and investment.
POPin Video Banking and MEA in digital duet
Platform integrated into MEA’s Android and iOS apps.
Fintech funding round-up: 18 May 2018
Stars LendingPoint, Open and The Disruption House.
Infographic: the evolution of international money transfers
From the barter system to Bitcoin.
Envestnet | Yodlee, Quovo and Morningstar unite on SODA framework
A joint initiative in the US to support secure, open data access for consumers.
BBVA dream team unveils mobile banking platform in Mexico
Launch involved teams from Spain, US and Mexico.
Top fintech stories this week – 18 May 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Santander and Broadridge debut blockchain for investor voting
JP Morgan and Northern Trust acted as custodian banks.
Swift blockchain test promises bank benefits – but one size does not fit all
Deutsche Bank shares lessons learnt.
PayTech Awards 2018: shortlist unveiled!
Who are the lucky finalists?
Lemonade seeks to sparkle with open source insurance policy
“Every act of creation is first an act of destruction” – Pablo Picasso.
Revolut introduces new payment sharing feature, Near Me
Now you can send money to nearby strangers.
