Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 14 January 2019
Featuring N26, RBS and Loot, Google in Ireland, and Alipay in Pakistan.
UK
Terrific triple for FinTech Scotland’s first anniversary
Joy ensues as the number of SMEs based in Scotland has grown by three times.
Goldman Sachs leads $8m funding in cyber firm Immersive Labs
Aims to boost its enterprise IT and cybersecurity teams.
Banks onboard for UK economic crime taskforce
The Economic Crime Strategic Board is unveiled.
Ipagoo payments flying high with IATA
Paytech partners with International Air Transport Association.
Countingup finds its auto-match for payments invoicing
UK challenger business banking provider is up for it.
Upgrade Pack has crack at fintech with £1m funding
UK-based loyalty start-up straddles travel and banking sectors.
Moorwand releases first UnionPay card in UK
UnionPay moves West with a multi-currency pre-paid card.
Bloomberg picks Apstra for data and production network tech
Got the multi-vendor platform it needs for its London HQ.
BNY Mellon’s Pershing has wealthtech thing for Objectway
The bank’s wealth brand gets a front-end upgrade.
TSB and Metropolitan Police go fraudster hunting
Criminals (possibly) cower in terror as dynamic duo come out fighting.
TrueLayer launches data API in Germany
Ahead of the one-year anniversary of open banking.
Interview: Roderick Simons, CTO of Yolt
What is it like to build a smart thinking money app from the ground up?
Starling Bank taunts traditional banks in 2019 plans
UK challenger aiming for the one million customer mark.
RBS secures 25% stake in digital current account Loot
Invests £2 million via its new digital Bó bank.
£20k billboard in London calls for RBS investigation
Set up by victims of the bank’s alleged SME client mismanagement.
Chetwood Financial gets full UK banking licence and new cash
Alongside a new lending product launch.
Sainsbury’s Bank shops around for new CEO
Its current CEO, Peter Griffiths, is leaving next year.
Coventry Building Society chucks out Accenture from core banking project
Accenture was selected as implementation partner for the T24 project.
The Nottingham debuts new savings brand Beehive Money
On the back of a system upgrade.
It’s safe to bet on open banking
Open banking is the future where everyone can win.
How to be financially responsible when renting a home
Consider the space, insurance and the faults.
Starling Bank gets passport to security issue hell
Vulnerability found. Arguments abound.
UK start-up Viola Black tunes in with account launch
“We are not a bank.”
Ant Financial looking to buy UK’s FX firm WorldFirst
Could take place in the next few weeks for over £550m.
Galeo Bank preps for UK launch
The London-based bank aims to offer Banking-as-a-Service.
Top ten digital bank initiatives in 2018
There have been a lot of digital bank projects in 2018. Here are our favourites.
Hampshire Trust Bank puts trust in MatsSoft
HTB says MatsSoft’s low-code platform will enhance its digital proposition.
Top ten fintech events in 2018
We’ve been to events all around the world this year. These have been our favourites.
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Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Coconut milks crowdfunding to launch current accounts
UK firm unleashes latest product for freelance folks.
AI firm Dataiku gets £80m funding
Aiming at UK expansion.
Mastercard and Elavon elevate bank apps for retail payments
Aiming to allow consumers to pay for goods and services through their bank’s app.
Diginex deepens digital assets with Altairian acquisition
Hong Kong-based blockchain firm buys again – this time a UK wealthtech.
Old guard and challenger banks sit at UK’s switching scheme table
Incentivised Switching Scheme welcomes 11 banks.
Lendtech Blend Network gets £10m funding
To grow its lending product and raise the UK firm’s profile.
Flux to flex digital muscles with $7.5m funding
Digital receipt firm plans platform expansion.
Interview: Transferwise – the power of partnerships
We talk to Transferwise about its progress, with partner banks as well as under its own steam.
Santander smartly acquires invoicing and expenses app Albert
Bank says app is popular among freelancers and micro-enterprises in the UK.
B-Social raises £3m to build a social bank
As it applies for a UK banking licence from the FCA and PRA.
