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Bento for Business partners with Visa
The Visa card replaces the company’s Mastercard prepaid card.
Crown Agents Bank bags Segovia’s payment gateway business
The bank provides payment services in frontier markets.
Boost Payment Solutions closes $12m funding
Aimed at raising its profile to provide payments across industries.
PayTech Awards entry deadline extended!
Enter the PayTech Awards by Friday, 12 April.
Bill.com raises $88m for business payments push
Led by Franklin Templeton with participation from Mastercard, Fidelity Investments Canada, among others.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 1 April 2019
Apple’s new credit card, New York goes fintech, and more!
The self-service puzzle: strategic touchpoint or point of utility?
Financial institutions have to take their ATM strategy to the next level, and re-examine their investment methodology.
Korapay allows Nigerian migrants to send money back home
Currently in the US, but to be expanded to Canada, the UK and Europe.
MineralTree closes $50m growth equity investment for AP solutions
The firm has doubled in size throughout 2018.
Top fintech stories this week – 29 March 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
First transactions carried out on blockchain-based Marco Polo network
Delivery triggers irrevocable payment from buyer’s bank.
PayTech Awards: honouring organisations for their social impact
Enter the PayTech for Good Award by 5 April!
Top fintech stories this week – 22 March 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Building bridges and exchanging money
How Moneycorp and Futurice juggled different geographies when designing a modern platform.
Four digital and traditional trends in banking in 2019
Don’t discount something because it doesn’t fall strictly into our pro-technology bubble.
IBM debuts blockchain network for cross-border payments
Blockchain World Wire can transfer funds in 47 currencies to locations in 72 countries.
Open banking: progressing to the summit
Banks and disruptors alike are still trekking through the foothills of open banking.
Paytech InComm acquires Linq3 Technologies
This is the firm’s eighth acquisition.
Doxo to provide electronic billpay solution to RR Donnelley & Sons
Doxo’s payment solution enables customers to access and pay bills from more than 45,000 providers
Top fintech stories this week – 15 March 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Mastercard acquires Ethoca for e-commerce fraud protection
Follows on from Mastercard’s recent acquisition of Transfast.
PayActiv and Visa get in early for wages
The paytech pals will help US workers access earned wages earlier.
The new business models of banking
Analysis of three alternative business models for the banking industry.
Mastercard drops Earthport bid for Transfast acquisition
The firm will now get this cross-border account-to-account money transfer network instead.
US Senate attacks lax Equifax cybersecurity defences
Senate reveals investigation into 2017 data breach that affected 146 million US consumers.
Omidyar Network releases fintech venture fund with Flourish
New firm Flourish launches evergreen fund backed by founder of eBay.
Wave acquires Canadian SME account provider Every
Software firm plans to integrate more financial products and services.
Mexico mulls mobile payments system with Amazon
Nation’s central bank in talks with tech titan.
PayTech Awards 2019: celebrating most innovative projects and services
Enter the Awards by Friday, 5 April!
The forgotten faces of diversity: the invisibles
To be successful, diversity and inclusion must start from within – and it must be built into the culture.
End of days as Barclays brings bPay into Pingit
bPay struggled to get users in the cutthroat world of mobile payments.
Signifyd unveils chargeback solution for merchants
“Friendly fraud” meets a feisty foe.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 4 March 2019
Featuring N26, South Korea, Brex and TymeBank.
Banking Technology March 2019 issue out now
Pay attention. Fintech in the ascension.
Top fintech stories this week – 1 March 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Cloud Elements on API high with $25m funding
Denver cloud boys – and girls – now have total capital of $46.2 million.
ACI to acquire Speedpay for $750m from Western Union
Deal will bring Speedpay and UP Bill Payment platforms together.
Silvergate Bank selects Finastra for payment processing
US bank wants to expand its infrastructure with an API-enabled platform.
