U.S. Bank partners Microsoft for cloud banking tech upgrade
Microsoft says financial services organisations need to become more digital to meet customer demands.
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ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Blend, Canza, IMAN, NayaPay, NymCard, Plinqit, & Tiiik
Our weekly fintech round-up for you to get the latest funding news.
Squirro signs European Central Bank, buys open.exchange, raises $4m
Zurich-based Squirro has raised $4m in equity funding from capital investment firm BuildGroup.
Banking on spreadsheets
Banks and fintechs need to step up their game to serve customers better when it comes to money management.
A banker goes a-banking, volume 8: the grateful dead
I’ve recently had some trouble proving to my bank that I am, in fact, alive.
Alabama’s Community Spirit Bank selects CSI’s NuPoint core banking system
Community Spirit Bank has five branches throughout northwest Alabama and northeast Mississippi.
White paper: Frictionless cross-border payments – alternatives to correspondent banking
Volante and Aite address the importance of capitalising market opportunities in this free white paper.
Core banking tech vendor Technisys acquired by SoFi Technologies
Technisys’ shareholders will receive 84 million shares of SoFi common stock worth $1.1 billion.
Extended deadline announced for Banking Tech Awards USA 2022
The new deadline for nominations is now Friday, 4 March 2022. Apply today!
Fintech funding deals globally 14 February – 20 February 2022
Featuring Neon, Flutterwave, RapidRatings, Spotter and Genesis.
Five open banking trends that are paving the way for a new financial experience
Let’s take a look at how the landscape for open banking and fintech is evolving.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Actyv.ai, MoneyHash, Novus, SJ Mobile Labs, Trace Finance, & Zand
Our weekly fintech round-up for you to get the latest funding news.
US mobile banking app Spruce launches powered by SoFi Technologies’ Galileo
The mobile banking platform has been built by H&R Block and launched on 20 January 2022.
The carbon cost of technology and what to do about it
Banks and fintechs should understand how much energy they consume to make better informed decisions.
Finovate supplement: stand out and showcase your brand to fintech professionals
Our Finovate supplements are a great way for you to gain additional brand awareness.
Equitable acquires Concentra to become Canada’s seventh largest bank
Concentra Bank, including Concentra Trust and Wyth Financial, will join Equitable.
My favourite place
It’s not ‘doing the right thing’ if you only do it occasionally. You need to maintain high standards every day.
Climate First Bank on sustainability, fintech greenwashing, and fighting the climate crisis
FinTech Futures speaks to Climate First Bank’s founder, Ken LaRoe, and CTO, Marcio deOliveira.
Webinar: Leveraging open banking to gain a holistic view of your clients’ finances
Explore how open banking can help you identify and support your clients’ unique financial needs.
Neobanks: are they up to the fight?
Collectively, challenger banks are chipping away at the most profitable parts of the incumbents’ business.
Temenos goes live at Commerce Bank, makes new senior hire to drive sales
Ex-Tibco senior exec Erich Gerber joins Temenos as president and chief revenue officer.
Bank of America invests in UK paytech Banked, launches new online payment solution
BofA says the Pay by Bank solution is “part of our continual cycle of technology investment”.
The evolution of institutions: how to make banks competitive in a digital landscape
As technology has given us greater flexibility in other areas of our lives, we want those benefits from our banks too.
How can open banking get ahead in 2022?
A look at what the financial services industry needs to consider to accelerate the adoption of open banking.
Diebold Nixdorf names new president and CEO as Gerrard Schmid steps down
Octavio Marquez is taking over the CEO and president role on 11 March 2022.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Brick, Cynomi, Infina, Fintern, Pyypl, Streetbeat, Tiba, & more
Our weekly round-up for you to get the latest fintech funding news.
Banking’s digital transformation journey
It’s easy to forget that banks have been through some huge transformations in relatively short windows of time.
FIS names new president, Stephanie Ferris
Ferris joined FIS through its 2019 acquisition of payments software firm Worldpay.
Open Banking Expo’s CBDC conference to return for a second year
The virtual conference will be held on 10 March 2022.
How long is a piece of string?
No matter who you are or what you’re trying to achieve, it helps to act with urgency, before it becomes urgent.
Transforming payments from a cost centre to a revenue centre
Moving from a tactical to a strategic approach to payment modernisation.
Intesa Sanpaolo partners Thought Machine for new digital bank offering
The new digital bank will cater to the 4 million Intesa Sanpaolo customers already utilising digital-first services.
Webinar: Bank customers forgetting their password is safer than having one at all
How a password-less approach to authentication can fully address all the limitations of passwords.
Finding illicit financial transactions by ignoring them
Firms can utilise AI and ML to create analysis models that can better detect suspicious activity.
Fiserv acquires rival core vendor Finxact for $650m
Finxact was set up in 2016 to bring a modern, cloud-based alternative to the US market.
KeyBank taps Google Cloud for cloud banking operations upgrade
The move will allow KeyBank to speed up the digitisation of its banking processes.
Fintech funding deals globally 31 January – 6 February 2022
Featuring FTX, Chargebee, Koho, Phantom and League.
Bank of Baroda taps enterprise tech provider NCR for ATM-as-a-Service solution
The Indian bank says the new ATMs will offer “expanded transaction options via our self-service channel”.
The urgency needed for banks to enter the BNPL space
Banks have an opportunity to get ahead in the BNPL space as authorities introduce new regulations.
White paper: How customer lifecycle intelligence can help every bank & FSI become digital future ready
Banks and financial institutions (FSIs) have accelerated their digital transformation efforts in the last two years, investing vast amounts of capital (both financial and human) into data analytics, process automation and modern technologies all in an effort to improve the customer experience, whilst reducing cost to serve and meeting the demands of a rapidly evolving […]
