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Fingerprint card payments can be made at existing point of sale terminals.
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Plum hits $4.5m new funding with 433% user growth in a year
The firm has reached 400,000 users.
B2B payments revolution on Russian e-commerce soil
A new solution from Yandex.Money and Sberbank has every chance to make Russian B2B payment market similar to B2C or even better.
BCR opens applications for Capability and Innovation Fund Pool C
Four £10 million grants are on offer.
Fiserv’s AML solution wins new clients in UAE and Iceland
AML Risk Manager chosen to streamline processes.
Top fintech stories this week – 3 May 2019
May issue is out!
PSD2: how new EU regulations will change the e-commerce game from September 2019
Winning combination: balancing security and compliance with scale and user experience.
UK challenger bank Dozens gets £3.8m crowdfunding
Dozens had already raised $8 million prior to this round.
Ethical bank Triodos prepares for Brexit
The Dutch bank has turned its UK operation into a wholly-owned subsidiary.
GFIN selects eight firms for cross-border testing pilot
Next step is to develop suitable testing plans.
Open banking: why the revolution is behind schedule
The transformation is underway – it’s just slower and less extensive than many envisaged.
Oracle FSS gains two new core banking tech clients in Eastern Europe
New Flexcube takers are KDB Bank Europe in Hungary and Všeobecná úverová banka (VUB) in Slovakia.
Iress gains MSO deal from Principality Building Society
The Society was looking for new technology for its mortgages.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 30 April 2019
SoftBank invests in Wirecard, Tencent in Argentinian Uala, and other Visa news.
HSBC selects CGI for new trade tech platform
The bank wants to enable the use of innovative technologies.
FNZ unveils market infrastructure for asset managers on blockchain
In partnership with an array of fund managers in the UK.
Ixaris partners with Banking Circle on cross-border payments
The partnership aims to support the travel industry.
DIT pilots to support UK fintech international expansion
Two bridge pilot programmes with Australia and Hong Kong.
Santander plans UK’s first combined voice and phone ID authentication
Customers will create a unique “voice print” at enrolment.
New national network launched to connect UK fintechs
Innovate Finance, FinTech Scotland and FinTech North are behind the initiative.
Fractal Labs wins Deloitte’s first fintech portfolio investment
The company is based in Deloitte’s London fintech lab.
Sberbank Croatia turns to Token for open banking move
Token is seeing an increased interest for PSD2 solutions in the region.
Mosaic Smart Data enhances analytics game with $9m funding
Its machine learning (ML) models identify and alert the user to opportunities and threats.
Tink teams up with Mash
The company plans to use Tink to improve the onboarding process for new users.
Seven fintech firms join forces with Nationwide to address financial capability issues
EXCLUSIVE. Nationwide talks about its Open Banking for Good initiative and the selection of fintech partners.
US modern card issuer Marqeta signs first Europe deals
Partnerships with companies in France, Scandinavia, Spain and Switzerland.
Top fintech stories this week – 26 April 2019
Figure Eight acquired by Appen, T-mobile launches checking account, and RBS’ digital bank picks Mambu.
Permanent TSB opens up new API portal
The Irish bank is keeping up with open banking developments.
RBS’s digital challenger bank Bo taps Mambu’s cloud tech
EXCLUSIVE: Bo is expected to launch to retail customers in 2019, underpinned by Mambu’s core banking tech.
NatWest unleashes first biometric card in the UK
It recently released a new biometric payment approval feature
Societe Generale issues €100m of bonds for housing financing
These security tokens offer a range of advantages, says the bank.
Challenger bank Masthaven receives £60m investment
Masthaven aims to significantly increase lending to SMEs and consumers.
TrueLayer joins with ANNA to offer open banking to SMEs
ANNA hopes to launch further new features in the future.
SoftBank invests €900m in Wirecard for APAC push
Wirecard is struggling amidst fraud investigations.
How the UK fintech sector is set to fare this year
The fintech sector continues to boom and will maintain peaked interest from investors in 2019.
Greece’s Praxia targets deposits market through Raisin
Challenger bank is the first in Greece to tie up with the German fintech.
Swiss fintech opens up alternative investments market with new platform
Ambitions to become leading global marketplace.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 23 April 2019
Facebook, Stripe, and Europe’s biggest IPO.
R8 Group raises $5m and sets sights on IPO in July
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins as non-executive director.
Stripe acquires Touchtech Payments for SCA compliance
The Irish firm specialises in security for online payments.
