Top fintech stories this week – 15 June 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Retail Banking
Avoka on Springboard for deposit account opening
Offering FIs an off-the-shelf solution that integrates digital KYC, fraud and risk evaluation, and funding.
Banking Technology Awards 2018 now open for entry!
Recognising excellence in the use of IT in financial services.
US mobile banking challenger Chime raises $70m
It also reached over one million bank accounts this month.
Fraudsters target BMO and CIBC’s Simplii Financial
Alleged to be in possession of customers’ personal and financial information.
US banking app CapWay readies to launch
Targeting millennials who are either underbanked or uncertain.
POPin Video Banking and MEA in digital duet
Platform integrated into MEA’s Android and iOS apps.
BBVA dream team unveils mobile banking platform in Mexico
Launch involved teams from Spain, US and Mexico.
Apple and Goldman Sachs to unveil new credit card
Could be on its way in 2019.
Interview: Jean-Michel Hilsenkopf, Temenos – seeing things differently
Discussing the major themes in digital banking today.
Horicon Bank in digital tech revamp with Malauzai
Malauzai’s digital banking tech interfaced to Horicon Bank’s core banking system, Finastra’s Fusion Phoenix.
Why retail banks will disappear
There will be three types of retail bank in the future: pipes, stacks and hubs.
Top fintech stories this week – 27 April 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Customers Bank moves to FIS’s IBS core banking system
US bank was previously using Fiserv’s DNA platform.
Town Square Bank in core banking tech revamp with Jack Henry
The Silverlake core banking system will support retail and commercial banking operations at Town Square Bank.
Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank moves to Fiserv core system
Iowa-based bank will implement Premier core platform.
Santander and Ripple unveil blockchain-based consumer payments
Santander One Pay FX is now available.
PayTech Awards 2018: The Paytech for Good Award
Honouring organisations for outstanding social impact.
Oracle FSS unleashes 1,500 APIs for banking and payments
A new packaged solution for payments, retail and corporate banking.
AT&T powers Citizens Bank’s digital branch revamp
It is providing tech solutions for more than 1,100 US branches.
HSBC spends $2.3bn on AI and digital innovation
Hey big spender, spend a little time with me.
None better than non-clients for Citi mobile app
It’s an open house as non-Citi clients can connect their accounts to app.
PayTech Awards 2018: recognising successful individuals and teams
Celebrating people that make things happen!
Nesta offers £2.5m prize fund for fintech start-ups
Applications are open for next phase of its “Open Up Challenge”.
BB&T banking systems go down
North Carolina-based organisation’s ATMs and digital operations affected.
POPin’s video banking gets some love in LA-LA land
CalCom Federal Credit Union selects POPin’s interactive mobile video banking solution.
US challenger Marathon International Bank to join fintech race
Will cater for the Ethiopian American community.
Strangers in a Foreign Land: when incumbent retail banks “go digital”
It’s not practicality that makes banking in a foreign country hard. It’s bankers.
Are contact centre agents the new face of consumer banking?
The desertification of local banking is shifting the burden of live consumer interaction to contact centres. The question is: are your agents ready to become customer-facing bankers?
Banking Technology December 2017/January 2018 issue out now
In the eye of the storm we provide clarity.
Map: fintech landscape
A very detailed map of the current fintech landscape, produced by VentureBeat, listing hundreds of companies in the banking, payments, investments, financing, insurance, infrastructure and enabling technologies verticals.
Zain Bank signs for Path Solutons’ iMAL core banking system
Zain Iraq Islamic Bank for Investment and Finance, a start-up retail bank in Iraq, has opted for the iMAL core banking system from Path Solutions.
Diebold Nixdorf IMS Conference 2017: differing digital dreams
Diebold Nixdorf’s IMS 2017 conference continued with Czech Republic based, Air Bank, and its chief marketing and product officer Jakub Petřina, with a presentation and a touch of déjà vu.
Use the Salesforce Luke… for your retail banking
Salesforce has unleashed “Financial Services Cloud for Retail Banking”, a new application that lets bank employees have a “complete view” of their customers and work collaboratively. New features in the application comprise a retail banking data model and console. This includes all customer data – such as bank accounts and personal identification documents – which […]
Banks going Kodak
When was the last time you visited a bank branch? While the rise of the internet, banking shifted the customer interaction from the branch to the web, the business was still owned and run end-to-end by the bank and at lower cost. For a few years now, the landscape has altered significantly bringing Kodak to […]
How millennials are shaping the future of payments
For the millennial generation, paying for a latte using a contactless card, transferring money to a family member or friend online or buying a pair of trainers with “one click” has become the norm. This generation has not only shaped and driven the payments revolution, but is also playing an active role in developing a lot of the payment technologies emerging today.
Santander International in digital banking revamp
EXCLUSIVE: Santander International is embarking on a tech project to modernise its online and mobile delivery channels.
Has the face of payments changed forever?
Marieke Flament, European MD at Circle, discusses how technology is transforming the global payments landscape.
Fintech funding round-up: 11 September 2017
Money is the honey keeping fintech sweet. Our latest funding round-up features Linxo, Rubique and TNG. French start-up Linxo, which offers a budget management app, has raised €20 million from Crédit Agricole, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa and MAIF (a mutual insurance firm) – bringing the funds raised since its launch to €23.2 million. MAIF is a […]
Banking Technology Awards entry deadline extended
Due to high volume of requests, the deadline to enter Banking Technology Awards is being extended. The final chance to enter the Awards is now Friday, 8 September 2017. Nominate projects, products, services or partnerships for a Judged Award or tell us about inspirational people by nominating them for a Leadership Award. Full details on […]
