Landesbank Berlin to develop commercial card programme with SIA
German bank will launch co-branded accounts using SIA platform.
Europe
OakNorth partners with major US lender PNC Bank
The bank is using OakNorth’s COVID Vulnerability Rating (CVR) framework.
PayTech Awards winners: where are they now? Streeva – PayTech for Good
We talk to some of the winners of last year’s PayTech Awards to see how they have fared since then.
BNP Paribas Fortis signs up Worldline for WL Contact system
Belgian bank looking to improve contact centres with Worldline system.
Monzo cuts 120 jobs in its UK head office
The redundancies account for roughly 8% of the start-up’s workforce.
Why Raiffeisen Bank is taking digital currency into its own hands
The bank is working with Billon to build its own tokenisation platform.
Santander deploys ThetaRay’s AML solution for correspondent banking
The roll out of ThetaRay’s solution across Santander began in Q4 2019.
Euronext Corporate Services snaps up Finnish compliance firms
Ticker Software and Sidonnaisuusrekisteri.fi to sit under InsiderLog brand.
Norway’s Husbanken selects Temenos Transact
The Norwegian state housing bank replaces legacy tech with Temenos.
Tink lands second strategic investment from PayPal
As part of the deal Tink will cover all countries in EEA for PayPal.
Earnings on demand fintech Hastee rolls out Visa debit card
“Users visit our app on average one and a half times a day,” says CTO.
IBM signs services deal with Dutch insurance giant Aegon
IBM set to manage Aegon’s run-off life insurance until 2066.
Breaking down challenges for challenger banks with Ohpen
“It’s not just about a sexy frontend or onboarding,” says CCO.
New international banking platform Cpay.uk launches
Cpay.uk aims to provide an alternative to what it calls “heavily regulated banking”.
What the Fintech? Episode 6 | Digital disruption: entering new markets
Findr CEO Greg Watts provides his insight on creating a start-up amidst a global pandemic.
Truelayer signs payment initiation deal with UK government
The open banking firm has been added to the Payment Acceptance Framework.
Financial text message platform Stackin’ lands $12.6m
The fintech says it has more than one million subscribers in just one year.
TIS raises $20m for its B2B payment platform
TIS will use the investment from Aquiline and 83North for its global expansion.
Transact Bank partners with telehealth start-up Hopdoc
Transact Bank’s parent company Transact Pro will facilitate the payments.
Open banking fintech Belvo lands $10m for Brazil expansion
The firm is also looking to hire between 40-50 new developers.
Metro Bank appoints new CTO from Nationwide
The high street challenger bank wants Martin Boyle to help lead it back to growth.
Mambu snaps up MD for North America arm from Finastra
Johanna Pugh spent four years at core banking provider Finastra.
Pay.UK rolls out framework for Request to Pay services
More than 400 organisations were involved in the open sandbox.
bunq’s banking app gets a ‘swiss army knife’ style revamp
The “new-look” ‘bunq V3’ banking app is in beta.
Belgian challenger Aion rolls out business banking app
The ‘Premium Plan’ is €39 a month.
Getting reconciliation right in the “decade of data”
FinTech Futures sat with Douglas Greenwell, reconciliation expert at Duco.
Starling Bank lands £40m from existing backers
The round was led by JTC and Merian Chrysalis Investment Company Limited.
Bank of Cyprus goes live on HPS PowerCard system
HPS has replaced two systems from ACI Worldwide and Bevertec.
Meniga lands $9.4m from Groupe BPCE, UniCredit and Crédito Agrícola
Groupe BPCE has been one of Meniga’s largest customers since 2018.
TSB partners with Adobe and saves on 15,000 branch visits
The bank has spent 8 weeks digitising 80,000 customer interactions.
KfW completes multi-year deployment of FIS Ambit Focus
German state-owned development bank KfW has completed a multi-year implementation project with FIS. The bank chose the FIS Ambit Focus asset and liability management platform for its market and liquidity risk controlling. According to FIS, the new solution provides the bank with a central data source for measuring, monitoring and reporting on market and liquidity […]
Banco Itaú International picks Temenos Infinity to revamp wealth management
The Brazilian financial group is revamping its international and Swiss operations.
Strong customer authentication suffers another delay
Biometrics authentication is fast & easy to deploy, benefitting all stakeholders in an online payment transaction.
India among major markets to see increase in ATM usage over 2019
Research suggests ATMs are still popular tools for financial inclusion.
How VibePay is quietly changing the UK fintech Twitter game
British grime MC JME donated £1,200 to the Vibe community last week during one of its social media events.
Challenger bank Lunar partners with Danish esports firm Astralis
Denmark and Sweden lead European esports usage.
UBS to set up fintech venture fund to speed up its digitisation
The bank will make investments between $10 million and $20 million.
IBM joins 12 banks backing blockchain platform We.Trade
From July 2020, We.Trade is on the look out for more bank partners.
Coldplay-backed crypto wallet Zumo launches app
The fintech is backed by Coldplay’s bassist Guy Berryman.
Resident FinTech Futures expert Greg Watts launches Findr
It is focused on using AI to streamline commercial partnerships.
