FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 5 July 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Revolut, BlackRock, Project Nexus and more.
Investment, Asset & Fund Management
BlackRock to acquire private markets data provider Preqin for $3.2bn
The deal will see Preqin’s data and research tools merge with BlackRock’s portfolio management platform Aladdin.
Raiffeisen Bank International opts for Surecomp’s collaborative trade finance platform
The Austrian bank will utilise RIVO to digitise its processes for guarantees and letters of credit.
Agora acquires Clear shift’s real estate division
Clearshift is to continue managing the division’s payment and compliance functions.
Bill Huffman named new CEO at US asset manager Nuveen
Huffman succeeds Jose Minaya, who held the position for over four years.
Koilink Technologies to launch equities trading app in Q4
The start-up has also confirmed its intended stock market debut on the Chicago Board Options Exchange.
Money20/20 Europe brings tokenisation, AI and digital transformation into focus
Day one’s proceedings took a specific focus on the topics of AI, tokenisation and digital modernisation journeys.
Turkey’s Papara taps DriveWealth for fractional investing solution
Papara will leverage DriveWealth’s Brokerage-as-a-Service tech to launch a new US stock investment product.
Data unleashed – five ways COOs can equip their businesses to win the data race
As advances in AI open a new frontier for the investment industry, explore how COOs can capitalise on the advantages technology has to offer.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 31 May 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes HSBC, XYB, ABN Amro and more.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Landytech, Frich Money, Swiipr and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
IPC appoints Kurt Adams as new CEO
Adams will succeed Bob Santella following his six-year tenure in the role.
May 2024: Top five M&A deals of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top M&A deals in May.
May 2024: Top five fintech partnership stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top fintech partnership stories of the month.
Citi fined £61.6m by UK regulators for “failures in its trading systems and controls”
The total penalty consists of a £33,880,000 fine from the PRA and a £27,766,200 fine from the FCA.
Real estate investment management start-up Agora lands $34m Series B
Agora will use the funding to “accelerate its expansion efforts” and further develop its product offerings.
Apex Group names Ken Fullerton as new global head of operational transformation
Fullerton will also manage the firm’s global service centres.
CIBC Mellon taps Duco for AI-powered data automation tech
The firm will leverage Duco’s tech to “manage data effectively while reducing operational risk”.
Franklin Templeton partners Microsoft to build “advanced financial AI platform”
The firm will leverage Microsoft’s Azure AI services, including its AI Search and AI Document Intelligence functions.
White paper: Redefining banking for the digital future
Learn how to harness digital-first, on-demand banking to increase bottom lines.
UK online SME lender Capify bags £100m credit facility
The new facility from Pollen Street Capital will support the lender’s future growth plans.
Goldman Sachs sells Marcus Invest’s digital investing accounts to Betterment
The deal includes Marcus Invest’s accounts and assets under management.
JTC to acquire First Republic Trust Company of Delaware from JP Morgan for $21m
JP Morgan has controlled the unit since its takeover of First Republic Bank last May.
Wells Fargo to integrate AI into trade finance operations with TradeSun
The San Francisco-based bank will utilise the fintech’s TradeSun Intelligence V4 solution.
FinTech Founders Video: how to forge successful fintech partnerships
Three fintech founders discuss the best ways to assess a potential partner in financial services.
EQT to sell data management tech firm Rimes to Five Arrows
The parties say they expect the transaction to close “in the coming months”.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 12 April 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Linqto, HSBC, Santander and more.
Linqto to go public via $700m SPAC merger with BCSA
The deal is set to close in H2 2024, with Linqto to operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of BCSA.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 5 April 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Nuvei, Westpac, iCapital and more.
iCapital set to acquire investment data firm Mirador
The deal is due to expand iCapital’s data management and reporting capabilities.
US investment management platform FundGuard bags $100m Series C funding
Founded in 2018, this latest capital injection takes its total funding to $155 million to date.
BNY Mellon deploys AI supercomputer from Nvidia
BNY Mellon has deployed Nvidia’s supercomputer, DGX SuperPOD with DGX H100 systems.
Tifin hires ex-BlackRock MD Brooke Juniper as CEO of its AI investment platform Sage
Juniper joins the firm directly from BlackRock, where she has worked since 2007.
JP Morgan Chase hit with $348m in fines related to its trade surveillance programme
The fines were issued by the the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the US Federal Reserve.
CGS International in Singapore taps Broadridge for securities finance platform
The firm will leverage Broadridge’s Securities Finance and Collateral Management (SFCM) solution.
Online pension provider PensionBee announces US expansion plan
PensionBee is partnering with an unnamed US financial institution to enter the US market.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 1 March 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Webull, Citi, Blackstone, Enfuce and more.
Webull set for Nasdaq public listing via $7.3bn SPAC merger
The merger between Webull and SK Growth Opportunities is due to close in H2 2024.
Citi names former JP Morgan exec Viswas Raghavan as new head of banking
Raghavan is due to take charge of the group’s investment, corporate and commercial banking unit.
Cross River Bank Group launches new investment banking unit
The group’s new investment banking unit will be co-led by Benjamin Samuels and Henry Pinnell.
