ProducePay raises $43million, searches for “rockstar” CTO
The start-up aims to disrupt the “opaque, fragmented, and dominated by manual processes” fresh produce market.
FinTech
DailyPay raises $500 million of capital “to transform the financial system”
$175 million came from its Series D equity round and $325 million was credit capital from various sources.
Fintech funding deals globally 17-23 May 2021
Featuring Trade Republic, Pine Labs, Figure, DailyPay, and Sunbit.
Webinar: AI – the future of content management in financial services
Learn hows, whys, and wherefores when it comes to the effective deployment of AI in your organisation.
Figure Technologies raises $200 million to reach $3.2 billion valuation
Figure uses Provenance, a public, open source, permissionless, decentralised blockchain.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 20 May 2021
The FinTech Futures weekly round-up of the industry’s top stories and happenings from across the globe.
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 11 | Introducing inclusivity
James Herbert, founder and CEO of Hastee, joins us on this latest episode of the What the Fintech? podcast.
ICYMI funding round-up: OptioPay, Payslip, Mamo, Telda, StudentFinance, Algbra
An ‘In Case You Missed It’ (ICYMI) list of funding picks.
CleverCards to gain EMI licence via M&A, raises Facebook exec-led €10m round
Gareth Lambe, head of Facebook Ireland, has invested in CleverCards.
Baking in the right values from the start
Stick to your values and beliefs and do the right thing by both your people and your client.
Wintersmith
A lot of businesses & software projects aim to be Disney princesses but end up as “a bit of a Frankenstein”.
Amount raises $99m Series D to reach unicorn status
US fintech counts HSBC, TD Bank, and Barclays among its customers.
Navigating a cyber-normal world
We live in a world where simply clicking on a link means ‘game over’.
What is SDR and how is its value calculated?
The Special Drawing Rights (SDR) is an international unit of account created by the International Monetary Fund.
Planning your payments for infrastructure modernisation
Preparing to modernise your payments infrastructure is similar to building a travel itinerary for a trip.
Executive checklist: Hybrid cloud infrastructure for payments
Questions to consider as you evaluate a hybrid cloud implementation.
Fintech funding deals globally 10-16 May 2021
Featuring Gojek, Ethos, CloudWalk, Yuanbao, and Athena.
Video: pick of the week – Bahrain to pilot digital currency; Facebook shifts crypto venture to US
A top pick of stories from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, twice a week.
Cedar co-founder: Our biggest competition is status quo and inertia
Cedar acquired San Francisco-based OODA Health for $425 million last week.
US Bank and Plaid sign API integration deal
US Bank customers will use Plaid APIs to connect to third party services.
State of play: digital wallets / super apps
What does it take for a digital wallet to achieve the “super app” status?
Design as a strategic superpower in banking
Design-led change is a collaborative process in which personal relations are a key driver.
ICYMI funding round-up: Mavience, VitraCash, KogoPay & more
We round up another selection of deals you may have missed.
PayPal deepens Google Cloud relationship with new infrastructure deal
Google Cloud to help PayPal process transactional data “at massive scale”.
Facebook shifts crypto project Diem from Switzerland to the US
Diem says the partnership “is an important step in preparation for a Diem USD pilot”.
For many CFOs, the time is now to embrace AI for cash forecasting
An opportunity to introduce new tiers of speed and agility and to enhance finance teams’ value to the organisation.
Dear Luc: Should I offer multi-currency accounts to cover post-pandemic travel?
As the world opens up, our writer asks if multi-currency accounts are a necessity, and how to offer them.
Six steps to slash digital banking go-to-market time
We use the FinTech Insights platform to investigate how banks can reduce their time-to-market.
US challenger for freelancers Lili lands $55m and passes 200,000 users
Lili wants to be a go-to app for freelancers in the US.
And then we came to the end
Is the time upon us to really address organisational dysfunction?
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 10 | Too cool for school
Riten Gohil, partner and co-founder at Sphonic, joins us on this latest episode of the What the Fintech? podcast.
Video: pick of the week – European regulator in tech selection; new challenger bank in the US
A top pick of stories from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, twice a week.
Banking Tech Awards 2021 now open for entries!
The awards are open to banks, financial institutions, technology and service providers, teams and individuals.
US start-up EarlyBird re-thinks gifts for kids with investment platform
EarlyBird launched four months ago.
Why fintech companies of any size should outsource PCI
Lift the burden of data compliance and security by outsourcing compliance to PCI-focused vendors.
Fintech funding deals globally 3-9 May 2021
Featuring Wealthsimple, CollectiveHealth, Bitso, Shift Technology, and Forge Global.
Fintech API firm Railz raises $12m in Series A funding round
Toronto-based start-up aims to solve “universal challenge for SMEs”.
The real reason your customers are leaving
Empathy and flexibility are two very important pillars of customer service that risk getting lost.
Banking Technology May 2021 issue out now
Better together: building resilience against cyberattacks.
ICYMI funding round-up: Okra, Yatta, Graviti & more
We round up another selection of deals you may have missed.
