What can banks learn from fintechs about strategic messaging?
To get the level of interest a fintech needs to be successful, a lot of time needs to be spent focusing on messaging.
FinTech
T-Mobile launches mobile checking account
With no fees and high interest earning.
Payfone raises $24m in round led by TransUnion
Payfone’s Trust Platform and Trust Score to be integrated into TransUnion’s product suite.
Top fintech stories this week – 18 April 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
New cryptocurrency exchange eToroX unveiled
The exchange supports six cryptocurrencies and eight fiat stablecoins.
Salary Finance completes $32.8m funding for US push
Sofi co-founder will lead the US branch of the firm.
Kantox completes second debt financing with €5m
The firm saw its first deal with SVB in December 2017.
Dashlane raises $30m to up password protection
Dashlane is expanding its horizons with new features like password breach alerts and monitoring.
New challenger Xpats kicks off from Mexico
Offering three different tiers of account and services.
Canadian challenger Mogo merges with Difference Capital
It will give Mogo access to Difference’s technology company portfolio.
White paper: FICO for fintech – Advanced Analytic Services
Find out how fintechs and challenger banks have put a dent in the financial services universe.
Seven strategies to crush your self-doubt and take the driver’s seat in your STEM career
It is key women recognise they hold much more power than they think they do.
Banking Technology April 2019 issue out now
Fintech spring is here, bringing the world colour.
White paper: FICO for fintech – Fraud and Compliance
Improve CX by building an agile defence ecosystem against financial crime.
A five-year crypto plan: here’s what we can expect
Fintechs must stop squabbling with the regulators for real progress to be made.
Nordic Capital acquires digital identity firm Signicat
The financial details for the Norwegian security firm have not been disclosed.
When getting bad news is your way of knowing you are doing something right
I have been both a witness to and a participant in a conversation about something going wrong.
EvoNexus launches incubator backed by RBC and Franklin Templeton
It will launch in May 2019 in San Diego.
NIIT Technologies to acquire Whishworks
Specific terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Sustained innovation: fintech comes of age
Fintechs don’t have to be disruptive to be innovative.
How to ensure your financial institution doesn’t survive past 2030
Free up your staff to work for more forward-looking organisations!
Open beta programme launches for Sila’s API platform
Aims to bridge gap between traditional banking systems and blockchain.
Top fintech stories this week – 5 March 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
The future of PFM looks a lot less like a bank
Those digital money managers that build intelligent services around the high opportunity customer jobs will win.
OpenGamma raises $10m for data analytics boost
It will increase presence in London, New York and Singapore.
Doomsday musings: banking on the verge of a nervous breakdown
The systems we laboured over will be grandfathered and stuff we don’t understand will become important. Accept it.
PayPal invests in potential collaboration with Cambridge Blockchain
The funding is an extension of the firm’s Series A round.
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Deliver a strong message to the fintech community!
The blockchain hype is over, but disruption is just beginning
Blockchain disruption will not happen frontally, but initially through fringe usages that bypass incumbents.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 1 April 2019
Apple’s new credit card, New York goes fintech, and more!
Ellevest raises $33m from high profile female investors
Investors include Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures.
KPIs to measure ROI of a digital bank
Digital influence can be tracked, measured, and would indicate on what the ROI is – positive or negative.
What flat earthers and bankers have in common or “I accept all writing challenges”
Things don’t need you to believe in them to be true or come to pass.
Apple announces digital credit card
To launch in summer, supported by Goldman Sachs.
New York Fed launches fintech advisory group
To help the bank assess potential market impact.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 25 March 2019
FIS acquires Worldpay, PSD2, Tandem, and other news!
Honeybook raises $28m to help freelancers
An app targeting freelancers and solo entrepeneurs.
White paper: How artificial intelligence can improve the bottom line in FS
What challenges is the financial sector facing and how can firms thrive in an increasingly competitive landscape?
Can COO perform the CFO role using “intelligent automation”?
The introduction of intelligent automation will compel the profession to become more creative.
Building bridges and exchanging money
How Moneycorp and Futurice juggled different geographies when designing a modern platform.
