ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Fipto, Form3, Immix, Emata & more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Worldwide
A church, a sauna and climate change
Finding ways to educate people on climate change, highlight the risks and change behaviours is essential.
It’s people, stupid
No amount of system upgrades will ever teach humans how to treat everyone’s time with respect.
TPG agrees to invest $336m in data management platform Denodo
Denodo intends to leverage the funding and TPG’s “deep experience” to expand globally.
What the FinTech? | S.4 Episode 15 | How Scotland is aiming to become a global fintech hub
In this episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Nicola Anderson, CEO of FinTech Scotland.
ThinkMarkets launches ThinkPortal app for on-the-go account management
ThinkPortal app is a new multi-functional mobile app for traders.
Risk management platform Certa’s twice-oversubscribed Series B raises $35m
The round was led by Fin Capital and Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India.
It’s beyond time for a new future of aging
With people living longer and healthier lives, many are working longer and in new and different ways.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 8 September 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
FinTech Futures Jobs: The top tech jobs on the rise for the future
Explore thousands of open roles on the FinTech Futures Job Board today.
Video: How fintech founders can use content marketing to establish themselves as experts
Gain actionable insights on how to maximise your thought-leadership and consequently, brand awareness.
Engagement banking
The idea of personalisation has been around for decades in banking, so it’s time customers get what they deserve.
Video: How fintechs can use content marketing to generate sales
Master the art of content marketing with fintech marketing consultant Araminta Robertson.
Intelligence may be artificial, but foolishness is not
You can’t control everything. But you can control what you do next and what kind of player you are.
Visa expands stablecoin settlement pilots in push to modernise cross-border payments
Visa will utilise the Solana blockchain in a bid to speed up settlement times for merchants.
The story behind Opus’ transformation and what this means for the payments industry
Opus Technologies CEO Praveen TM discusses the firm’s rebranding and how it will shape the future of payments.
PayTech Awards 2023 Winner: Corpay & Routefusion case study
At the PayTech Awards 2023, Corpay won in the Top Innovation in Payments category with its cross-border solution.
Demystify Podcast: How fintech is revolutionising cross-border payments with Max Faldin, Silverbird
Discover why high-value cross-border payments are such an incredible opportunity for fintech.
Swift can facilitate tokenised asset transfers between different blockchains, new experiments confirm
The experiments were in collaboration with several major financial institutions, including Clearstream, ANZ and Citi.
What no one will tell you about raising VC funding for your start-up
Fundraising is a mix of understanding investor psychology and positioning your start-up to capture the narrative.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 1 September 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Women in tech have a three-year “experience gap” compared to men
According to the 2023 Women in Tech survey, women only account for around 26% of those working in IT.
Feedback from the front line of generative AI
It’s been intriguing to see the differences in thinking from companies when it comes to generative AI.
Banking Technology Magazine September 2023 issue out now
Cover story: WINDS OF CHANGE – Squaring the circle on climate change.
Tourists
Technology will keep changing and will always require our attention. So don’t be a tourist with tech.
Social media: a driving force in digital transformations
To stay relevant, businesses need to regard social media as an integral part of their digital strategy.
Payments giant Mastercard to end crypto card partnership with Binance
As of 22 September, Mastercard will be ending its four pilot co-branded Binance card programmes.
What the FinTech? | S.4 Episode 14 | Financial vulnerability and the Consumer Duty
In this episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Helene Panzarino of the London Institute of Banking and Finance.
Video: How fintech is transforming the private equity and private credit markets
We ask Arbour Partners CEO James Newsome how fintech has impacted the private equity and private credit landscape.
Cartoon: Are we ready?
AI/ML is advancing at pace, but we might not have all the unintended consequences worked out yet.
Video: Subject snapshot – open banking
Get the lowdown on how banks can finally monetise the open banking initiative.
Video: Subject snapshot – payments
Delve into the discussions surrounding paytech trends and opportunities.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 25 August 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Zanifu, Koverly, Micronotes & more
Our weekly fintech round-up for you to get the latest funding news from around the world.
Video: What’s the next big thing in fintech?
We ask three experts what they think could be the next big thing that will completely transform the industry.
Beyond the single customer view
Even if we have all the data on our finances, we need to be able to understand it.
Video: AI – friend or foe to financial services?
Fintech experts share their views on the impact of AI on financial services.
Yahoo Finance builds out investor insights with Commonstock acquisition
Launched in 2020, Commonstock is backed by investors including Coatue, QED and Floodgate.
FinTech Founders Video: founding stories
Founders divulge the trials and tribulations they experienced when building their own businesses.
Core banking tech provider Mambu names Fernando Zandona as permanent CEO
Zandona has served as Mambu’s interim CEO since June after Eugene Danilkis stepped down from the role.
