Data manager Spinr spins into view for fintech SMEs
UK firm offers cloud-based data and API integration platform.
Europe
FCA appoints new chair for Financial Services Consumer Panel
Wanda Goldwag will start role from 1 March 2019.
French health insurtech Alan raises €40m
The firm says it is very close to breaking even.
Cyberattack puts Bank of Valletta in restoration age
Maltese bank recovering after a “malicious external attempt on its systems”.
Factris has X factor for Lithuanian expansion
Its investment plans follow on from Debifo acquisition last month.
Wealthtech Pictet picks NetGuardians for fraud fight
Swiss wealth and asset manager seeks better protection.
Life insurance is DeadHappy with pay-as-you-go launch
UK-based insurtech start-up awakens to walk the land.
EBRD and Estonia unveil regulatory sandbox
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Baltic nation team up.
Mambu secures €30m funding for SaaS-y surge
Latest round led by US-based Bessemer Venture Partners.
Morning wakes up as French challenger bank
“The account that wakes up the bank.”
SME lender Iwoca gets £150 million funding
Takes its total funding to £350 million.
German financial regulator stops shorting of Wirecard shares
Follows on from accounting investigation in Singapore.
Scotland’s SME challenger bank AlbaCo readies for launch
Glasgow-based entity plans to be ready in early 2020.
GoCardless gathers payments pace with $75m funding
UK paytech targets bank debit network with Series E investment.
Interview: Aidan Millar, chief data officer, DNB – data driving
How Norway’s banking group DNB is seeking to use data to reconnect with customers.
iSignthis muscles into Lithuania’s paytech space with BBS acquisition
iSignthis will pay €150,000 upfront for BBS (half in cash and half in issued shares) and then a further earn-out fee.
EU does cross-border payments on the cheap
Consumers protected against “excessive charges for currency conversions”.
UK trade finance challenger Diaspora preps for flight
Will offer a trade finance ecosystem on blockchain.
Interview: Pavel Novak, Zonky – a fintech fable
Zonky’s helpful community in the Czech Republic and which country the P2P lending firm might target next.
Belgium’s BNP Paribas Fortis unleashes bank account aggregator
Its Easy Banking App got easier. An easy pun but don’t be too hard on us.
CaixaBank first to show withdrawal symptoms for ATM cash
“World’s first bank to use facial recognition to withdraw cash at ATMs.”
Munich Re leads $9m investment in insurtech Inshur
US/UK firm gets Series A funding and credit facility for its rideshare journey.
Ant Financial to buy WorldFirst for $700m
It was expected and gives Chinese firm a handy boost to its e-commerce plans.
UK challenger bank Griffin gears up for wholesale launch
Plans to provide fintechs with custodial accounts and interbank payments.
FinovateEurope 2019: Best of Show winners revealed
Let those that win bask in the fintech glory… and this brief news report.
First Direct and Bud buddy up for open banking action
Offering third-party products through the bank’s app.
Mojo Mortgages gets its mojo working with £7m funding
UK firm’s Series A funding round led by NVM and Maven.
Stripe leads $40m funding round in paytech Rapyd
Fintech-as-a-Service platform looks for Rapyd success.
Italian interbank DLT project Spunta moves to pre-production
Passing test to solve interbank reconciliation issues in the country.
UK challenger bank Starling secures £75m for European expansion
Series C funding round led by Merian Global Investors
All change as Temenos gets new CEO
David Arnott will leave to “spend more time with his new family and baby”.
Crypto compliance provider Chainalysis collects $30m funding
Series B financing round supported by Accel and Benchmark.
SumUp acquires Polish e-commerce platform Shoplo
To sum up, the UK payments firm will expand its product suite.
Lunar Way gets €13m funding for Nordic conquest
Danish mobile banking service eyes up another neighbour.
Unicaja Banco loans are in with Fintonic app
The marketplace incorporates the Spanish bank’s lending offer.
UK fintech investment reaches record $3.3bn
Industry body Innovate Finance serves up the stats.
Swiss corporate challenger bank Initium enters fintech arena
Plans to build a multi-jurisdictional corporate banking group.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 11 February 2019
Challengers Starling and Revolut, Tink, and the importance of digital assets.
Diamond Bank UK in tech review
Diamond Bank UK ponders the replacement of the Flexcube core banking system from Oracle FSS.
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