BBVA selects NetApp as a strategic partner
BBVA will make NetApp a priority technological partner to become a more flexible and scalable digital bank.
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Starling partners with paytechs Tribe and PelicanPay
Tribe launched at Money 20/20 Europe with UnionPay International deal.
Swift awarded ESMIG network service provider status
Swift will be supporting its customers through their Target consolidation projects and the migration to ESMIG.
Grasshopper Bank opens for business with digital focus
For its technology, the bank opted for Temenos’ T24 Transact core banking system.
Verint Engage 2019: AI, security and genius hacker stories
How changing a phone number can change everything (and cost you millions).
Bank Leumi, CIBC and NAB launch online portal for fintechs
The platform provides a simple and easy process for fintechs to help connect them into the bank.
Strands strikes digital banking deal with Tech Mahindra
The IT services and consulting firm will leverage Strands' AI- and big data-powered tech.
BlueVoyant gets $82.5m funding for cybersecurity analytics
Bringing the total funding to $207.5m.
Top fintech stories this week – 31 May 2019
The first Amadeus event on payments, a new Indonesian payment standard, and more!
Step and Kard target teen market for banking
Both banking apps have launched their waiting lists.
On becoming, and the burden of experience
Experience means you no longer have excuses for not doing the things you know need doing.
Blockchain: a question of scale
Blockchain will become the operating system which underpins the digital economy.
River Valley Community FCU becomes first in Arkansas to adopt POPi/o video banking
The credit union has more than 7,200 members.
Case study: ATB Brightside – shining a light on digital banking
All about the new challenger bank in Canada and its tech.
New APP scam protection code comes into force
Victims now more likely to get their money back.
Zero closes $20m Series A to serve 200,000-strong waitlist
Offers a combination of debit and credit card.
Meridian CU first in Canada to take MX Pulse financial wellness tool
If you’re going to bring your new, self-guided financial wellness tool to Canada, you might as well start big.
Joining the dots: the evolution of correspondent banking
Assessing the potential benefits of joining several digital platforms to form a “network of networks”.
Top fintech stories this week – 24 May 2019
TransferWise just became even bigger, Nuvei Bidco acquires SafeCharge, and more!
Kyriba is first treasury platform to offer corporates RTP through JP Morgan
Corporate clients of both firms can use the service.
Rise up women – you can do it, you really can!
Be bolder, take risks, network, and challenge unconscious bias!
Student digital current account Loot enters administration
The fintech collapsed after a sale to RBS fell through.
Standard Chartered partners with IBM to launch Trade AI Engine
Aims to significantly automate trade document processing.
Deutsche Bank’s suspicious transaction reporting hit by software glitch
The problem has prevented flagging for almost a decade.
The profound romance of plumbing and core banking infrastructure
What if, by treating the core capabilities as utilities we could totally change the game?
Allegacy FCU takes Fiserv core and other applications
The institution is understood to be replacing FIS’ old Miser system.
Introducing: ask the expert – your questions on growing the business answered
How to secure a meeting with a prospect, the difference between demand and lead generation, and more.
DevOps firm CloudBees gets capital injection from HSBC
HSBC uses CloudBees Core platform for its software delivery system.
TransferMate lands major deal with WellsFargo
The financial details haven’t been disclosed.
Money transfer app Pangea looking to offer checking accounts
More firms are looking to jump into the challenger bank world.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 20 May 2019
Fintech investments, and how Brits use fintech services!
Major banks pledge $50m to develop digital cash settlement system
The names of the banks have not been disclosed.
ATMs decline for first time as cash demand falls
But ATMS are on the rise in developing markets.
BNP Paribas makes a Magic Leap to teleportation meetings
Meetings can be held via hologram in five locations.
OpenFin raises $17m for financial desktop innovation
This brings OpenFin’s total funding to $40m.
Banking on CX leadership?
Practical steps and examples of how to deliver differentiated, superior customer experiences.
Five banks fined €1bn for rigging foreign exchange market
UBS escaped a European Commission penalty after exposing the cartels.
White paper: Shapeshifting – a look at the evolving landscape of cross-border payments
Discussing consumerism, PSD2, managing risk and the power of digital ecosystem.
ABN AMRO joins investors helping Tealium target global expansion
Tealium’s AudienceStream platform connects customer data in one place.
Q2 and ALTR leverage the blockchain to boost data security
The new technology, Q2 TrustView, powered by ALTR, adds to Q2’s approach to data management and protection by mitigating security breaches in real time.
