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Top fintech stories this week – 22 February 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
PSD2 goes live in Netherlands
The Dutch Central Bank is welcoming applications to use this regulation.
Funding Options launches in Netherlands with ING
A partnership six months in the making.
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Featuring LatAm, ING, Alipay and Square.
ING Bank gets unlimited access to R3’s Corda
Unlimited (blockchain) power!
Dutch regulators call for crypto licensing system
AFM and De Nederlandsche Bank have regularly warned against cryptos and ICOs.
Social crypto trader Blockport sets sail
Integrated with mobile banking app Bunq.
Watch out as ABN Amro runs rings around wearable rivals
Dutch bank offering contactless payments with ring, watch or bracelet.
Aegon banking tech overhaul Ohpen-s the throttle
Migration of savings and investment accounts powers on in Netherlands.
Amsterdam students debut first investment via Dyme
The students are up to something.
Factris receives €1.5m funding and acquires Crown Finance
The firm offers factoring to small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe.
ABN Amro gets payment innovation infrastructure with ACI Worldwide
The bank hopes to achieve cost savings by migrating to a more cost-efficient IT platform.
Layer I: the answer to blockchain scalability problem?
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ING invests €7.5m in open banking ace Cobase
Dutch firm Cobase wants to expand beyond Europe.
How banks and disruptive fintech start-ups can create new economic models
Start-ups want to create valuable new products cost effectively and in a spirit of openness and mutuality.
ING feels sting of €775m fine for money laundering mishaps
Dutch bank says its “shortcomings enabled customers to misuse accounts”.
Insurtech Sagittae targets risk sharing on blockchain
Dutch firm offers peer-to-peer financial protection.
Rabobank upgrades card management with ACI Worldwide
To help the bank improve its declining card business revenue.
Topicus puts Magic Software $2.3m touch on tech development
The five-year agreement is a plan to boost Topicus’ operations.
Crypto trading platform DXE turns to Mitek for digital ID duties
DXE will use Mobile Verify solution to stay cool with compliance.
Dutch savings bank LeasePlan makes the jump to Ohpen’s cloud tech
We talk with Pieter Aartsen and Angelique Schouten, global board members at Ohpen.
ThetaRay is AML way for ABN Amro
Five-year project to improve bank’s AML and CTF capabilities.
Payments pleasure as Adyen IPO hits €13bn
Valuation last month put it at €9 billion.
Money 20/20 Europe: putting the AI in certainty
AI’s potential is discussed at the Amsterdam event.
ING pushes for open banking with SME financing platform and Yolt expansion
ING is leveraging open banking and making their SME and retail offer more attractive than ever across Europe
ING launches developer portal
Dutch bank wants to work more closely with external developers.
ABN Amro hit by DDoS attack
Dutch bank’s services either not available or very slow.
Payments firm Adyen plans €9bn IPO
Dutch company enjoys healthy revenue and processing volumes.
Image is everything with ABN Amro’s new webcam advisory service
Dutch bank unveils Beeldbankieren.
ABN Amro profits from digital revamp
Dutch bank gets net profit of €595 million for Q1 2018.
KAS Bank takes AIM for cloud gains
AIM Software chosen by Dutch provider of custodian and fund admin services.
IBM brings desensitise touch to Rabobank’s client data
Dutch bank preps to comply with incoming GDPR.
Top fintech stories this week – 30 March 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
SimCorp Dimension investment platform kicks in at KAS Bank
Dutch securities administration firm enters the SimCorp Dimension.
Uber looking for Dutch payments licence
It’s a drive to diversification.
SIA wins ABN Amro’s paytech tender
ABN Amro has turned to Italian paytech vendor SIA for instant payments access.
Digital bank bunq launches Apple Pay; comes to Italy and Spain
bunq is expanding into Spain and Italy, and has also introduced Apple Pay, the first in the Netherlands.
equensWorldline to process instant payments for de Volksbank
De Volksbank has chosen equensWorldline to process its immediate payments transactions.
New clients in the Netherlands and Malaysia for Wolters Kluwer
ABN Amro and SME Development Bank sign for Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX regtech software.
