PSD2 in 2019: A year of yet more delays
Ultimately, PSD2 promises to transform the financial services payments landscape, but when?
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CBI’s CEO on gender diversity in banking and how it’s changing
She is optimistic about the last eight years she’s spent as a CEO.
Our top women in fintech and banking 2019 short list
A short-list of rising stars and household names in banking and fintech.
Top 10 challenger banks by valuation and funding
It’s been a record year for fundraising across the challenger bank space.
UK challenger Supreme Fintech set to launch globally in February 2020
The start-up is gearing up for its 1 February 2020 launch.
Cattolica University launches blockchain project with Italian firms SIA and Reply
The national project will run in collaboration with the Bank of Italy.
Incumbents are putting aside religions of old, says cyber firm Veracode
The rise of cloud-native fintechs is “acting as a message to incumbents”, says CTO
Top 7 banking outages in second half of 2019
Banking outages have hit headlines thick and fast this year.
Deutsche Bank launches motion code Calma Card with Mastercard in Spain
The major companies say it’s the first Spanish card to use motion code technology.
Next year looks bright for community banking
Credit unions and community banks raise their game in 2020.
Wealth Wizards seeks £30m funding and new investors
The wealthtech aims “to make expert financial advice affordable and accessible to everyone”.
UK fintech Rebank raises $2.8m seed round to help businesses bank
The start-up sits on top of businesses’ bank accounts.
How would Boris Johnson’s 2% digital tax affect UK fintech?
The tax will target big social media platforms, search engines and online marketplaces.
Banking’s biggest core go-lives in 2019
Always exciting, sometimes terrifying, here are the biggest ‘go-lives’ in core banking 2019.
OP Financial Group signs Minna Technologies to advance open banking
Finland’s largest financial group calls the partnership “the right match”.
Virtual ATM provider Sonect raises $8.6m in Series A
The start-up raised CHF 8.45 million from existing investors in this round, which was oversubscribed.
Signing up to the future
A legal evangelist explains why she expects the future of contracts to be autonomous.
Adflex CEO: Cards are definitely fighting back
Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) will disrupt the age old four-player system.
2019’s top core banking deals
The core deals which made waves this year, summarised just for you.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 20 December 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
AI-powered pension solution Abaka raises $6.5m in Series A
The fintech says it’s “one of the biggest” investments for the pensions and retirement space.
Small business lender iwoca lands in Leeds to boost fintech hub
The fintech promises at least 100 employees in the northern city by 2023.
Starling and Monzo hike up overdraft charges for bad credit scorers
Starling is currently the cheapest option only going as high as 35%.
How the Grinch stole my identity: Three tips for fraud prevention this Christmas
As many as 8% of US consumers are affected by identity fraud at Christmas time.
Metro Bank’s founding chairman Vernon Hill steps down as non-exec director
Hill steps down from the position ahead of the 31 December 2019 date.
B-North outsources deposit taking with Newcastle Strategic Solutions
Prospective SME bank aims to streamline its SME loan process.
Three trends to watch in 2020
Red Hat dissects how 2020 will be a chance for banks to catch on to innovation.
A 2020 vision: digital adoption to continue
The competitive nature of the financial sector has continued apace.
FCA launches call for input on open finance future
UK regulator wants industry input on next steps.
Starling Bank partners with QuickBooks to sync up ledgers with transactions
Accounts ledgers will update automatically with each transaction.
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Metro Bank opens SME registration for on-demand cash service
Metro Bank aims to help business users save time.
ECB vice president mulls cross-border bank mergers
Combinations would help banks avoid low profitability, says Luis de Guindos
Banco Santander commits to carbon neutrality and renewable energy “where possible”
The bank says it has already cut its emissions by 27% since 2011.
FinovateEurope 2020: what’s new?
Big changes are coming to Finovate!
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision seeks input on crypto-asset regulation
Global supervisory body wants to ensure banks’ involvement is low-risk.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 13 December 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Bank of Lithuania opens up reporting API tests to three local fintechs
ConnectPay, Interpaylink and Paysolut will all be part of the regtech sandbox.
Portify raises £7m to offer gig economy and freelancers access to credit
The UK start-up landed a partnership with Deliveroo earlier this year.
Berlin-based insurtech Wefox raises $110m Series B extension
The CEO puts success down to its technical understanding of risk.
