Mastercard and Visa pick new partnerships to drive biometric payments
Mastercard partners with FinGo following Visa’s deal with ADIB.
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Mexican fintech Clip raises $250m in SoftBank-led investment
The investment is the largest ever for a payments company in Mexico.
BMO picks AWS in push to become “cloud-first organisation”
The Canadian bank plans to move strategic internal workloads to AWS.
Antelop reinvents digital cards and mobile issuance with a unified solution for banks and card issuing processors
Delivering a full range of digital card features through mobile-only integration, with no back-end dev required.
Financial wellness platform Credit Sesame raises $51m to fuel expansion plans
The US-based fintech also announced the acquisition of Zingo, a fintech software services start-up.
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 12 | The cognitive barrier of poverty
Kunal Galav, regional director for EMEA at Mambu, joins us on this latest episode of the What the Fintech? podcast.
Singapore fintech Nium acquires B2B travel payments firm Ixaris
The transaction is expected to close early in the third quarter of 2021.
Payfare expands leadership team with new CTO and CPO
Kamran Haidari joins as CTO and Braulio Lam will lead product innovation as CPO.
Klarna sways towards US over UK for stock market listing
Klarna boss Sebastian Siemiatkowski says: “It’s more likely that Klarna will list in the US.”
Fintech funding deals globally 31 May – 6 June 2021
Featuring Wefox, Bought by Many, Chipper Cash, YieldStreet, and Kushki.
ICYMI funding round-up: Airtm, Cushon, Stake, Clim8, Nordigen & ikigai
A quick summary of this week’s smaller funding rounds.
2021 PayTech Awards hosted by Darren Harriott
Register for the free digital ceremony and networking on 8 July 2021.
eBay split from PayPal for paying sellers comes into effect
In the pipeline for some time, the switch marks a final loosening of a long-term partnership.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – HSBC, Klarna & Tandem
Top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, twice a week.
Chipper Cash raises $100m in SVB-led Series C round
Africa-focused P2P firm claims to be the continent’s most valuable start-up
Trading floor: overcoming the dangers of personal mobile devices
There is now an immediate requirement for proper enforcement tools and the first line of defence.
Belfius Bank adopts OpenSpan’s Mobile Security Suite to protect mobile customers from cybercrime
As cybercrime activity increases steeply, the Belgian bank has extended its relationship with the US specialist.
Webinar: Fintech at SaaS speed – navigating the scale and security challenge
The latest trends and techniques in SaaS security and the importance of a successful app protection strategy.
Klarna shuts app down after users report being logged into random accounts
Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski: the glitch is “sad and frustrating”.
SoftBank pours $250 million into banking tech start-up Zeta
This Series C investment values the banking tech vendor Zeta at $1.45 billion.
Fintech funding deals globally 17-23 May 2021
Featuring Trade Republic, Pine Labs, Figure, DailyPay, and Sunbit.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 20 May 2021
The FinTech Futures weekly round-up of the industry’s top stories and happenings from across the globe.
CleverCards to gain EMI licence via M&A, raises Facebook exec-led €10m round
Gareth Lambe, head of Facebook Ireland, has invested in CleverCards.
Shortlist announced for PayTech Awards 2021
Register for the digital gala and networking on 8 July 2021 – it’s free to attend and open to everyone.
State of play: digital wallets / super apps
What does it take for a digital wallet to achieve the “super app” status?
ICYMI funding round-up: Mavience, VitraCash, KogoPay & more
We round up another selection of deals you may have missed.
Dear Luc: Should I offer multi-currency accounts to cover post-pandemic travel?
As the world opens up, our writer asks if multi-currency accounts are a necessity, and how to offer them.
Six steps to slash digital banking go-to-market time
We use the FinTech Insights platform to investigate how banks can reduce their time-to-market.
Meeting omnichannel expectations in the new retail landscape
The use of connected retail now holds more potential than ever.
Banking Tech Awards 2021 now open for entries!
The awards are open to banks, financial institutions, technology and service providers, teams and individuals.
Three US credit unions select Bankjoy for digital banking
The three firms have a total $760 million under management and 57,000 members.
Miami neobank Fortú launches with Galileo Financial Technologies
Fortú plans to focus on Latinx communities and their unique needs.
What I learned from a chatbot about the future of digital banking
We ought to abstract tech away from the schema and focus solely on people.
Fintech funding deals globally 26 April – 2 May 2021
Featuring Brex, Paxos, Vena, Greenlight, and Current.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 30 April 2021
The FinTech Futures weekly round-up of the industry’s top stories and happenings from across the globe.
Dear Luc: I want to offer Apple Pay, how easy is mobile wallet integration?
This week Luc tackles Apple Pay integration for fintechs looking to level up their payments.
BNPL firm Affirm acquires Returnly in $300m deal
More than eight million shoppers have used the online return service.
ICYMI funding round-up: Percent, Till Financial, Plooto, Nelo & more
More weekly funding deals which may have flown under your radar.
PayPal to avoid Chinese competition with new cross-border wallet
US giant aims to create a bridge into China with its new service.
Welcome Tech raises $35m in Series B funding round
The money will go towards expanding Welcome Tech’s portfolio of financial services.
