Regulator syndicate unleashes Global Financial Innovation Network
Builds on UK regulator’s plan to create a global sandbox.
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Quebec goes on tech quest with $6m fund
Plans to invest in 20 to 25 firms.
Arizona first US state to offer fintech sandbox
Lawmakers stop talking to do something.
US challenger banks: who’s who and what’s their tech
A comprehensive list of challenger banks and banking services in the US and the tech they are using.
New York state stands against fintech sandboxes
“Toddlers play in sandboxes. Adults play by the rules.”
Mitek helps bring mobile deposit to credit unions
Assisting with the fight against cheque fraud and mobile enterprise digital transaction.
ICE is Bakkt to the future for digital assets
Intercontinental Exchange forms a new company.
Blockchain firm Swych goes cross-border gifting
US users can now send digital gift cards to friends and family in India in real time.
Top fintech stories this week – 3 August 2018
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How to organise a successful funding round for your start-up
Lessons learned from Penta’s CEO and co-founder following its €2.2 million seed round.
Big data start-up Quantexa raises $20m for big plans
Series B funding round led by Dawn Capital.
DocuSign to acquire CLM software provider SpringCM for $220m
All part of its plan to modernise companies’ systems of agreement.
Financial wellness platform PayActiv partners with ADP Marketplace
PayActiv provides a way for employers to help their employees manage their financial lives.
Xero buys paperless accounting hero Hubdoc
“Business has never been so beautiful.” Awww. Pass the sick bag.
On expectations, gardening and promises kept: banking edition
Cross fences, walk on the grass till you find your tribe.
US Treasury seeks fintech industry to treasure
Plans to make regulatory landscape better.
US regulator opens up national bank charters to fintech
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency now welcomes applications.
Entrust Datacard acquires SMS Passcode
Entrust hopes to further establish itself in the authentication space.
Barclays and JP Morgan lead $14m funding in Cloud9
Cloud9 will speed up roll-out of its SaaS-based voice communications platform.
FATF steps up fight against crypto crimes
Financial Action Task Force concerned over AML and CTF activities.
Finra wants fintech feedback on US broker-dealer industry
US-based Financial Industry Regulatory Authority open to ideas.
How we banked a billion people and what to do next
Financial inclusion has advanced where governments have prioritised it.
AlphaPoint’s blockchain fuels crypto exchange DCEX
DCEX is using Ripple’s digital currency, XRP, as its base currency.
ebankIT to power digital banking for Canada’s Coast Capital CU
Canada’s largest credit union by membership turns to ebankIT.
Chase Pay and Samsung Pay partner for retail action
JP Morgan Chase takes its payment ambitions up a gear.
CLS and IBM furnish fintech with hosted blockchain service
Duo unveils services hosted on DLT platform LedgerConnect.
Be at the heart of the biggest fintech event of the year – Sibos 2018
Explore opportunities with Daily News at Sibos.
What the future of payments and cryptocurrencies will look like
Three key factors currently preclude cryptocurrency from gaining widespread payments acceptance.
How loan providers will be using blockchain
The concept of blockchain is still very alien to many.
Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk and Blackstone create Refinitiv
Will be a standalone company. And should lead to shorter headlines.
Feedzai to help Credorax fight merchant fraud
Feedzai uses big data technology to stop payment fraud in real-time.
Switch brings voice tech to its CardSavr API
CardSavr will use natural language processing for managing cards on file.
Top fintech stories this week – 27 July 2018
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Figure Eight dates Google Cloud for machine learning
Figure Eight will serve as the data launch partner for Google Cloud AutoML.
Fellow bankers: “ecosystem” is not a “safe word”
Ecosystems are buzzing living things for those who are part of them.
Credit Suisse unveils $261m fintech fund
Its NEXT Investors team will be looking for the next group of firms to invest in.
Crypto lender BlockFi gets $52.5m investment
From Mike Novogratz’s investment firm, Galaxy Digital.
Dynasty Financial shows maximum interest in MaxMyInterest
Opportunities for savers to make the most of their cash are worth pursuing.
Continuity to provide compliance tech for Affinity FCU
New Jersey-based credit union wants less guess work.
eBay sellers to get access to Square Capital
Sellers in the US could get access to funding up to the value of $100,000.
