Mastercard taken by Token’s charms for open banking hub
Californian company will power the paytech’s connectivity layer.
FinTech
AI-powered banking experiences
Machine learning can help banks restore the personalised service they were once noted for.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 11 February 2019
Challengers Starling and Revolut, Tink, and the importance of digital assets.
Nasdaq to sell GRC business BWise to SAI Global
Bids farewell to its governance, risk and compliance software platform.
Interview: Scott Cooper, CybiWealth – investing big for small pockets
Clever investment management, frustrations, and taking care of choices.
Scotiabank taps Mexican talent for fintech accelerator
Canadian bank teams with Monterrey university for Mexico City action.
Morgan Stanley stocks up with $900m Solium acquisition
Wealthtech move marks its biggest deal since the financial crisis.
Sensors working overtime as AIStorm raises $13m funding
A storm is coming… a good one for IoT, biometrics and wearables.
Databricks keeps building with $250m funding
Now valued at $2.75 billion – and with the continuous support of Microsoft.
First crypto clipper malware found on Google Play
The clipper impersonates a legitimate service called MetaMask.
IBM invests $2bn in AI tech in New York
Including an AI hardware centre for research.
Death not the end for QuadrigaCX crypto drama
Only one man had the password to access funds. He’s dead.
ChartIQ finds a path to $17.4m funding
US-based fintech has now raised a total of $20 million.
InterSystems and Global Accelerated Ventures call for fintech start-ups
Looking to advance innovation in finance.
Top fintech stories this week – 8 February 2019
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Centage leaves no cent behind in $8.5m investment round
TVC Capital leads funding round in US provider of cloud-based tools.
Thesys loses US stock exchange contract to Finra
The firm was hired to build a data warehouse for all stock-market activity.
The view from your desk: imagining a future without you in it
What if my starting point was not my desk?
UK and Canada unveil tech innovation competition
Open to ideas in artificial intelligence, internet of things, blockchain and cybersecurity.
Software platform Kofax to acquire Top Image Systems
Final closing of the transaction is subject to a vote by TIS shareholders.
What does a recession mean for fintech?
In the world of fintech, a problem is just an invitation to innovate.
Kraken acquires UK trading platform Crypto Facilities
No specifics but it is a “nine-figure deal”.
Regulators officially launch Global Financial Innovation Network
Development builds on FCA’s proposal to create a global sandbox.
CEO death means crypto exchange QuadrigaCX can’t release $190m funds
Firm’s users don’t seem so sympathetic and many express suspicions.
Capitalise goes live with Interactive Brokers
Capitalise enables traders to automate their strategies using natural language.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 4 February 2019
Features an investment record, Stripe, Global Financial Innovation Network, Swift and R3.
No lonely planet for open banking in OBIE’s latest guide
Open Banking Implementation Entity is an ecosystem warrior.
Fintech investment in 2018 soars to record $40bn
Data from CB Insights shows a 120% increase from 2017.
Equidate re-named Forge Global, boosts Series B to $85m
US-based trading platform looking to broaden its services.
Dinosaur and tZero unleash securities trading on blockchain
Brokerage outfit and Salt Lake City-based firm in no danger of becoming extinct.
Infographic: the year of the crypto crash – 2018
Cryptocurrency prices went from all-time highs to catastrophic lows.
Broadridge partially acquires PivotData and Sol Hedge regtech
Fintech provider is expanding its regulatory capabilities.
Ephesoft whips out its cloud hyperextender
When the going gets tough, the tough take to the cloud.
Top fintech stories this week – 1 February 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Banking Technology February 2019 issue out now
Superstructures: fintech reaches new heights.
Nviso offers no hiding face with new biometric tech
Facial recognition solution “reveals how people really feel about money”.
Fintech app Acorns receives $105m funding
Alongside a partnership to create educational content.
The art of storytelling: trust as renewable energy
It’s only when you do things again and again that trust renews itself. And a narrative builds.
Swift links up with R3 for trading on blockchain
Their trial will monitor the movement of goods and payments on gpi.
Mobile trading platform CloseCross gets $3m funding
It opens the round with investment by Amnis Ventures
