Top fintech stories this week – 11 January 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
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A jar of hope
We might be from different backgrounds, but we are all part of the universe.
SafeCharge to power Gett’s payment reconciliation
Transporting it to the new era of fintech.
Enveil and Unbound Tech unleash data security triad
Data-at-rest, data-in-transit, data-in-use.
The era of indulgent clients is over
Your user centric design goes out the window unless the entire money cycle moves in tandem.
Euro Exim Bank deal puts Ripple on correspondent course
“Traditional correspondent banking system” gets some competition.
Jobs go as ShapeShift suffers in crypto winter
“The latest crypto winter is upon us, and today ShapeShift felt the bitter frost.”
Welcome to the fintech library!
A compilation of books from the world of business, finance and technology.
Video: Fraud Orchestration with FCase
How to take fraud management systems from basic standalone detection to a more enterprise-focused approach.
Bank of America and Morgan Stanley plan rival stock exchange
Nasdaq and ICE get competition as nine firms unveil MEMX.
CAN Capital introduces new CEO Edward Siciliano
Alternative SME financing firm has a new captain.
Interview: Mark Gabriel, Sunrise Banks – on a financial wellness mission
How partnerships with fintechs can help in the quest to service the underserved.
Banking for “digital nomads”
Foregoing the traditional way of working from nine to five in a typical office culture and hierarchy model.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 8 January 2019
A short and sweet round-up of the week’s selected news stories in a video format.
Plaid buys fintech rival Quovo for $200m
Bank account connectivity firm finds something similar in the US.
BBVA leads $12m funding in paytech Grabango
Busy bank shows more interest in invisible payments.
Ethereum Classic trading frozen due to double spend drama
Coinbase stops ETC trading due to detection of deep chain reorganisation.
Fintech firm WB21 caught in storm of allegations
The evidence keeps piling up and the firm stays silent.
Capis acquires FinTech Securities
Texan firm also reveals new promotions and products.
Bitcoin begins year in price doldrums
Not an ideal tenth anniversary celebration.
Beam me up crypto confidentiality
New project aims to improves privacy via Mimblewimble protocol.
Crypto DX.Exchange seeks to shake up Nasdaq stock markets
Firm offers digital tokens based on Nasdaq-listed companies’ shares.
The Venn diagram of doom or how I make career choices
Your gut points you a certain way; your heart decides; then your head wraps some logic around it.
Top ten fintech start-up stories in 2018
New faces and great ambitions. Let the rockets reign in this top ten trip down memory lane.
Top ten banking tech case studies in 2018
Banks and FIs from around the world share their tech modernisation experiences.
Top ten fintech interviews in 2018
Over the course of 2018, we’ve interviewed a range of industry specialists on a variety of fintech subjects.
Top ten fintech infographics in 2018
Let the visuals take over in this cool collection of infographics.
Top ten blockchain stories in 2018
Bustling blockchain. A compilation of the year’s juiciest stories with this handy top ten.
Top ten Bitcoin stories in 2018
Bitcoin enjoyed another lively year. Catch up on the hottest stories.
Financial services will look to collaboration and consolidation in 2019
Collaboration in banking; consolidation in the payments sector.
Blockchain incubator Adel does file transfers well
AdelPoint offers decentralised, anonymous and encrypted service.
Digital Asset CEO Blythe Masters quits
Company’s CEO since 2015 steps down for personal reasons.
Aiera bags $3.5m for AI-driven equity research
Welcome to the era of the artificially intelligent equity research analyst.
Technology without heart destroys us: the hard currency of bankers’ feelings
Technology without heart will take you nowhere, in the slowest and most expensive way possible.
CoinAlpha fined $500k for crypto law breach
Blockchain protocol also gets a cease and desist from the US regulator.
Cybercriminal underground dangerously sound
McAfee Labs sees 20% increase in data breaches in financial sector.
Expensify on a high in profitability place
Revenue rocking and cash flow positive.
Crypto data firm Nomics nabs $3m funding
Arthur Ventures leads the round with Coinbase participating.
Tradeshift buys Babelway for cloud integration lift
Babelway’s technology will now be offered as Tradeshift Link.
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