First Abu Dhabi Bank taps Broadridge to build out securities finance business
The bank has selected Broadridge’s Securities Finance and Collateral Management solution.
Software-as-a-Service/SaaS
News, intelligence and resources on the global fintech industry including topics such as software-as-a-Service/SaaS.
Banking Technology Magazine December 2024 / January 2025 issue out now
Cover story: STAR PEOPLE – Banking Tech Awards 2024 revisited.
What the FinTech? | S.5 Episode 23 | Simplifying core banking modernisation with SaaScada
In this podcast episode, we chat with Nelson Wootton, CEO and co-founder of SaaScada.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Sandbox Wealth, ThreatFabric, Centrapay, and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Uptiq.AI acquires financial data integration fintech UpSwot for undisclosed sum
Uptiq.AI will now integrate UpSwot’s financial data gateway into its AI Workbench, which launched last month.
Sweden’s TF Bank selects Nice Actimize for AML SaaS solutions
TF Bank has tapped Nice Actimize for its cloud-based SaaS AML Essentials offering.
Moody’s expands lending tech suite with acquisition of Numerated Growth Technologies
Moody’s has maintained a partnership with Numerated since January this year.
State of play: payment hubs
Payment hubs are increasingly seen as an attractive solution to manage the new world of payments.
Nationwide taps HPE GreenLake for private cloud deployment
The migration of its on-premises IT estate is expected to cut Nationwide’s IT operating costs by 30%.
Morgan Stanley makes $20m investment in NovoPayment to fuel product and commercial growth
The funding follows NovoPayment’s $19 million Series A round in 2022.
Interview: Jason Cao on Huawei’s fintech frontier and digital transformation innovation
Cao details the best strategies for digital amid a “highly challenging time” for the global banking industry.
Banking Technology Magazine November 2024 issue out now
Cover story: GOING GREEN – Why sustainable finance is vital.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Brightwave, Mala, UnitPlus, Parachute, and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
October 2024: Top five new launch stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top new launch stories in October.
nCino acquires FullCircl in $135m deal
nCino previously partnered with FullCircl in 2023 to integrate its data capabilities.
New digital wallet Kuady launches in several LatAm markets powered by Mambu
The Kuady digital wallet has recently become available in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Peru.
Interface.ai emerges as “most valuable AI company in banking” with Avataar-led $30m funding round
Interface.ai provides pre-trained agentic AI solutions specifically tailored to community banks and credit unions.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Authologic, Klasha, CardFlight, and Salt
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Tompkins Community Bank deploys NCR Atleos’ ATM-as-a-Service
NCR Atleos will now handle all management and processing for Tompkins’ self-service channels.
Navigant Credit Union partners Baker Hill to boost commercial loan operations
Baker Hill’s Commercial Lending solution will be integrated directly within Navigant’s Fiserv DNA core.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Plumery, Concreit, Connected Data, and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
September 2024: Top five core banking stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top core banking stories of the month.
Scienaptic AI co-founder steps down to launch new venture, Algebrik AI
Algebrik AI, a new loan origination system, will commence deployments in Spring 2025.
US fintech Orb raises $25m Series B funding to support billing platform growth
Founded in 2021, Orb has now raised $44.1 million in total funding to date.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Datricks, PastPay, LineLeap, Kompasbank and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Don’t believe the hype: how transparent is your core?
In a world that is increasingly open tech vendors need to increase their transparency too.
MidWestOne Bank taps Temenos for digital onboarding solution
The Temenos Digital Onboarding solution has been deployed by the bank as SaaS on AWS.
The other magic beans
Ask vendors to explain their pricing. Ask, and wait for a proper answer. And take it into account.
Balancing innovation and risk as the cloud reshapes banking modernisation
Rising cybersecurity threats are causing banks to revaluate their relationship with the cloud.
August 2024: Top five AI stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top AI stories from August.
SaaS pricing primer
I hate to say it, but there is neither art nor science to pricing. Just elbow grease and arithmetic.
US fintech Amount lands $30m in fresh funding to advance AI capabilities
Amount’s tech powers deposit account opening and loan origination for banks and credit unions.
Stellex Capital acquires Fincentric from S&P Global
The acquisition is expected to close during the first half of 2025.
Flywire acquires Invoiced to enhance B2B payments and software capabilities
Invoiced’s SaaS platform enables B2B finance teams to automate AR processes.
Bain Capital completes deals to acquire Finova and Iress’ UK mortgages business
Under BCTO’s ownership, the two entities will merge to become a single combined business.
Caribbean-based Proven Bank taps Ireland’s Fenergo for transaction monitoring solution
Fenergo says its solution is designed to reduce false positives and automate manual AML processes.
Rabobank taps Zafin to upgrade pricing, billing and invoicing capabilities
Zafin’s tech will provide a “consistent view of product, billing and invoicing information across all channels”.
Azqore selects Volante Technologies’ PaaS tech for SEPA instant payments
Azqore previously selected Volante to accelerate its ISO 20022 adoption programme in 2022.
State of play: cloud in financial services
It’s easy to forget that until recently, cloud was seen as the most transformational technology in FS.
US start-up Payabli raises $20m in Series A funding round led by QED Investors
The payments infrastructure firm will use the new funds to fuel product development and customer acquisition.
