FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 9 September 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Partnerships
Credit Suisse sells global trust business to Butterfield and Gasser Partner
Both deals are expected to close in H1 2023.
UBS, Wealthfront nix $1.4bn acquisition deal
Wealthfront CEO David Fortunato says the pair are “continuing to explore ways to work together”.
White paper: The global fintech landscape – challenges, collaboration, and cloud
InterSystems’ research with the insights of over 500 decision makers within fintech organisations.
Mahalo tapped by Rocky Mountain Credit Union for digital banking upgrade
Mahalo’s banking platform will integrate various customer channels with the credit union’s core.
Banking Technology Magazine September 2022 issue out now
Cover story: MONEY PUZZLE – Helping US arrivals get on track financially.
PayTech Awards 2022 Winners Supplement out now
Commending the most impactful, innovative and successful projects, products and people in payments.
Alternative investment fintech iCapital to acquire UBS Fund Advisor
The deal includes the AlphaKeys Funds platform, which represents more than $7 billion in client assets.
C2FO and Vic.ai team up for AI-powered invoicing solution
The partnership aims to streamline the invoice-to-cash payment cycle for businesses.
First Federal Bank of Kansas City debuts new digital banking platform
The new digital offering is powered by enterprise solutions provider Narmi.
DTCC launches DLT-powered settlement platform Project Ion
The new platform leverages R3’s Corda DLT software.
BankProv and Republic partner to offer escrow accounts to capital-hungry firms
BankProv CEO Dave Mansfield says working with Republic will “expand access to new investment opportunities”.
Digital banking tech provider Bankjoy signs up UMe Credit Union
UMe members will be able to access Bankjoy’s digital banking platform, including mobile and online banking.
North International Bank selects Temenos to modernise digital banking services
The Caribbean bank has gone live on Temenos Banking Cloud.
Paytech consultancy Focused Labs joins Stripe partner ecosystem
Focused Labs builds custom software products and integrations, including core payments infrastructure.
Banks, broccoli and the peril of going out of date
Like broccoli, a bank can go out of date before anybody realises.
Lendflow partners Ocrolus to streamline credit decisioning
Ocrolus’ document automation technology will help Lendflow better analyse more data.
BaaS start-up Unit partners Thread to offer embedded banking services
Unit says the collaboration with Thread will “empower more companies to offer unique banking solutions”.
Great Southern Bank selects Fiserv for core banking upgrade
The bank will utilise DNA from Fiserv as its new core processing platform.
Timberland Bank taps Plinqit for financial wellness and savings tools
Customers can now access digital tools designed to improve financial literacy and establish saving habits.
KeyBank taps BlueSnap to facilitate cross-border e-commerce payments
KeyBank says BlueSnap’s operating model will give clients the flexibility to process global payments.
CIBC partners MX for fintech customer data access agreement
CIBC customers will be able to securely share their financial data with third-party fintechs via an API.
Valley National Bancorp invests $25m in fintech-focused VC The Garage
The Garage builds and invests in early-stage start-ups in fintech, artificial intelligence and cyber.
Payments veteran Steve Ledford retires, leaves The Clearing House
The self-described “payments nerd” says he is leaving the payments industry after 41 years.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 5 August 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Rêv acquires Global Payments’ card business Netspend in $1bn deal
The new combined entity intends to deliver “financial empowerment and product innovation”.
Ohio’s KeyBank taps Quavo for dispute management platform
KeyBank will deploy Quavo’s QFD solution to automate its fraud and dispute processes.
Treasure Financial and Grasshopper Bank team up to improve financial visibility for businesses
The new platform will allow businesses to optimise the rate they’re generating on their cash balances.
Rabobank selects US fintech InvestCloud for financial planning tools
Goal-based financial planning features will be made available to Rabobank’s customers.
Arvest Bank teams up with Google Cloud to boost digital transformation
Arvest says it plans on overhauling its current IT systems, including migrating its data centres to Google Cloud.
BNP Paribas partners fintechs to develop digital asset custody offering
The new combined solution will allow clients to issue, transfer and securely keep regulated digital assets.
Credit union tech provider Mahalo Banking raises $20m
Mahalo Banking provides online and mobile banking solutions for credit unions.
EXL, Corridor Platforms and Oliver Wyman partner up for new risk decisioning product
The solution leverages analytics, AI and cloud to deliver “instant” credit decisions to support digital lending.
How to deliver effective transformation with fintechs
Banks are increasingly interested in partnering with B2B fintechs to enable quicker digital transformation.
Mexico’s NanoPay selects BPC to boost its anti-fraud protection
BPC’s SmartVista solution will enable NanoPay to better protect its credit card customers.
Finastra and HSBC partner up to deliver BaaS FX offering
The firms say the move will enable banks to embed FX services “directly” into corporate and branch channels.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 15 July 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Remittance start-up SendSprint launches in UK in partnership with Flutterwave
Flutterwave will provide the infrastructure to enable SendSprint to process cross-border transactions.
Banking Technology Magazine July / August 2022 issue out now
Cover story: MAKING THE DREAM WORK – Helping Ukraine in a planet-friendly way.
Neobank Kinly taps open finance fintech MX for data aggregation solutions
Kinly says it will leverage clean data and personalised financial alerts from MX to help Black American communities.
