West Ham taps MuchBetter for ease of pay for fans
How to pay easily with your phone at the football.
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HSBC targets simplified receivables process with DART digital solution
HSBC says the B2B connectivity platform is an industry-first.
Flagstone gains £11m of capital injection for market expansion
Backers include Kindred Capital, Moneysupermarket Group, and VentureFounders.
SettleGo signs for ClearBank’s payment access services
The service will also facilitate real-time account creation and addressable UK IBANs for SettleGo’s customers.
Countingup and Hokodo partner for invoice insurance service
This is intended to create a new service allowing UK SMEs to protect their income on an invoice-by-invoice basis.
Top fintech stories this week – 10 May 2019
Deutsche Bank picks Red Hat, Orange acquires Secure Link, and much more!
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 09 May 2019
This week, Mastercard, Facebook and many more!
NatWest becomes first UK partner for open banking platform Tink
Swedish fintech will add personalisation to the bank’s mobile banking.
Nivo’s platform receives £2m funding to connect customers
The Manchester-based firm specialises on instant messaging and identity verification.
UK renters’ insurer Urban Jungle raises $2.5m
The seed funding will expand the firm’s product portfolio.
TagNitecrest prints biometric payment cards in the UK
Fingerprint card payments can be made at existing point of sale terminals.
Plum hits $4.5m new funding with 433% user growth in a year
The firm has reached 400,000 users.
BCR opens applications for Capability and Innovation Fund Pool C
Four £10 million grants are on offer.
Top fintech stories this week – 3 May 2019
May issue is out!
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.
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.
Mosaic Smart Data enhances analytics game with $9m funding
Its machine learning (ML) models identify and alert the user to opportunities and threats.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Could blockchain solve Brexit?
The blockchain industry does not seem to be not stymied by the Brexit debate.
Top fintech stories this week – 18 April 2019
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