Poland’s Alior Bank calls for fintech start-ups
Acceleration programme wants ideas in security, data analysis and finserv.
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White paper: Intelligent business software solutions enabling fintech companies to grow
How can you grow your fintech firm with a business software solution?
Signifyd unveils chargeback solution for merchants
“Friendly fraud” meets a feisty foe.
Empty wallets turn up in QuadrigaCX crypto exchange case
The death of its CEO has left a lot of unanswered questions.
Bermuda allows local fintechs to play in US
Courtesy of US-based Signature Bank.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 4 March 2019
Featuring N26, South Korea, Brex and TymeBank.
QuadrigaCX crypto exchange court case calls for $30m payout
Judge’s decision in Canada follows the firm’s collapse in January.
Bitcoin SV toughens up its cryptocurrency
The firm caught three medium severity vulnerabilities in BSV.
Banking Technology March 2019 issue out now
Pay attention. Fintech in the ascension.
ID verification firm Socure so cool with $30m funding
The Series C round takes the company’s total funding to $57.5 million.
Top fintech stories this week – 1 March 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Disruption through diversity and empowerment
“Be bold. You have earned it. More importantly, if you don’t value yourself, how can you demonstrate it to others?”
Cloud Elements on API high with $25m funding
Denver cloud boys – and girls – now have total capital of $46.2 million.
Microsoft’s M12 leads SpyCloud’s $21m funding round
Latest round takes Texan firm’s total capital to more than $28 million.
Assets, habits and the wand that chooses the wizard
Can you tell which bit of generalities “we have data, customers and scale” actually holds value for the future?
BlackBerry buys AI cybersecurity firm Cylance for $1.4bn
BlackBerry says it is “now a billion-dollar cybersecurity firm”.
Will challenger banks motivate change?
The need for digital transformation has been obvious for years and the window of opportunity is about to close.
ID.me brings identity proofing to Department of Veterans Affairs
“No identity is left behind.”
Rebrand takes analytics firm OmniSci to promised land
Will double workforce by end of the year and move into new San Francisco headquarters.
Entrust Datacard acquires Thales’ data security business
Will get the general purpose hardware security module, nCipher Security.
Onfido enjoys extended stay at 2nd Address
Identity verification for the US rentals market.
Top fintech stories this week – 22 February 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
US analytics platform Stratifyd gets $4m funding kick from Arsenal
Follows on from a $25 million Series B announced last fall/autumn.
Getting your executives on the journey they didn’t realise they had started when they hired you
Find what your executives care about and centre your design around them so they can go off and do their job.
Intel outfit ThousandEyes looking at $50m funding
Series D round includes GV, formerly called Google Ventures.
White paper: Third-party cyber risk
Your weakest link.
SmartStream teams with Numerix for ISDA collateral management
Automated data management and risk sensitivities to the rescue.
Data intel firm GBG acquires IDology for $300m
UK firm buys identity verification and fraud prevention specialist for American dream.
Financial services leading on “Voice First” technology strategy, but there is work to be done
Richard Stevenson, CEO, Red Box, looks at how voice is a critical data set for digital transformation.
Coinbase acquires blockchain intelligence platform Neutrino
Crypto exchange seeks better analysis of data on public blockchains.
Live Webinar: Account Takeover Fraud – How To Protect Your Business
Join Fintech Futures and OneSpan for a live webinar on Tuesday, 19 March!
Case study: Citizens Bank – fintech friendly
The 13th largest bank in the US pivots for digital era.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 18 February 2019
Features Monzo, Ant Financial, WorldFirst, Lloyds and more!
Fintech charms US state regulator into modelling
Conference of State Bank Supervisors will implement changes based on feedback.
Top fintech stories this week – 15 February 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Fintech investment in US hits record $52.5bn
KPMG’s “2018 Pulse of Fintech” report is good news for the States.
To go boldly forth or why you should go hug your innovation team
Imagine how much an innovation team would achieve if they also had your help.
Case study: 2ndQuadrant and tastyworks – boosting PostgreSQL database performance by 400%
Consultancy and support from 2ndQuadrant for online trading platform boosts PostgreSQL database performance by 400%.
Blockchain Exchange Alliance preps tech for payments push
With a heavy emphasis on partnerships and acquisitions.
CanDeal and six Canadian banks create market data hub
BMO, CIBC, National Bank, RBC, Scotiabank and TD are involved.
