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Fintech funding deals globally 11-17 January 2021
Featuring Checkout.com, MX, Blend, Creditas, and Enfusion.
US banks must lose “legacy anchor” to meet customer needs in 2021
The banking landscape in North America is undergoing a fundamental shift.
CME Group and IHS Markit create post trade joint venture
A handful of CME’s systems will combine with IHS’ MarkitServ.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 15 January 2021
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Digital lender Blend raises $300m in Series G funding round
Lending firm plans to expand team and grow its products with the substantial raise.
DXC sells Fixnetix trading system to Options Technology
Options looks to expand its product suite.
Canadian challenger Koho appoints new CTO
Jonathan Klein joins the neobank from Wayfair.
FLEX moves 13 US credit unions to its core tech in 2020
Another 12 credit unions are scheduled to go live with FLEX’s core processing tech in 2021.
IHS Markit acquires compliance firm Cappitech after year-long partnership
Cappitech had provided its platform for Markit’s SFTR system.
Fintech funding deals globally 4-10 January 2021
Featuring Grab, Mynt, Divvy, Mambu, and SimpleNexus.
How FIs can reduce friction and drive value in the payments system
FIs can help clients proactively identify and respond to potential problems.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 08 January 2021
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Mambu raises €110m to hit €1.7bn valuation
Cloud core banking vendor has raised over €150m since launch.
Standard Chartered goes live on Cobalt brokerage platform
Major bank signed up to Cobalt’s network last year.
CODE Credit Union implements Symitar’s Episys with MDT
The conversion occurred entirely virtually.
Webinar: Deep dive on ServiceNow’s purpose built product for finserv operations
How to improve customer and employee experiences. Featuring a demo of The Now Platform from ServiceNow.
Mizuho Americas deploys Fenergo tech for automated client onboarding
Mizuho plans a global rollout of Fenergo systems afterwards.
African-American-owned Citizens Bank selects CSI for core banking
NuPoint is a fully integrated core banking solution.
Lock up your innovation department
Perfect the art of incremental business improvements in the cheapest and most efficient ways, before the competition.
San Francisco challenger Oxygen raises $17m in Series A
Runa Capital, S7V, EFG Hermes, and Rucker Park, took part in the investment.
2020 in review: Top core banking stories
We run down the most interesting core banking stories from this year.
Independent broker-dealers: keep reps and build on fund-family partnerships
Let’s get the lay of the land with a quick industry-evolution review and where it’s left IBDs.
2020 review: 10 largest regulatory fines this year
The fines kept flowing even in a year as turbulent as 2020.
2020 review: 10 largest bank job cuts this year
This year has seen several job cut announcements.
Banks and bad actors: the race to digitally adapt
Financial services are far from reaching a “new normal”.
2020 review: Top 10 fintech and bank M&A deals
Despite COVID-19, the financial sector has still enjoyed some notable M&A deals.
Modernising through legacy tech: powering the next wave of fintech innovation
It’s clear that mainframes are the ideal solution for fintech enterprises.
Central State Bank goes live on Finastra’s Fusion Phoenix core
Fusion Phoenix is a modern core, built entirely on Microsoft technology.
2020 review: Top five cyberattacks this year
Cybercriminals haven’t stopped their activities in 2020.
Combination of weaknesses led to massive data breach at Desjardins
The incident compromised the data of nearly 9.7 million Canadians.
2020 – A shock to the system for the banking industry
Fintech Futures talks to James Buckley, vice president and Europe director for Infosys Finacle.
EXCLUSIVE: Neobank First Boulevard launching next year to target Black America
CEO and founder, Donald Hawkins, tells FinTech Futures about the process of the name change.
What the Fintech? Episode 18 | Year in review
We relay our industry highlights of 2020.
Paytech firm Ondot acquired by US banking tech giant Fiserv
Fiserv says the Ondot takeover will help it provide a “unified digital experience” to customers.
How banks are tackling the “Frankenstein” workaround
The future of banking lies in a modular approach,” says Fineco.
Swift calls for collaboration to help build the future of global transactions
Swift’s ambitious new strategy to reinvent global financial transactions.
Mexican challenger albo raises $45m in Series B funding round
Albo has now raised just over $72 million across five rounds.
The music of embedded finance
Embedded finance is all about making the admin of life seamless, low-friction and invisible.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 winners unveiled!
Watch Tom Ward perform his stand-up and unveil the winning projects, companies and people of Banking Tech Awards 2020.
