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.
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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 Bitcoin stories in 2018
Bitcoin enjoyed another lively year. Catch up on the hottest stories.
PayPal picks Temenos T24 core banking system
T24 will support PayPal’s operations in the US, UK, Germany and Australia.
Financial services will look to collaboration and consolidation in 2019
Collaboration in banking; consolidation in the payments sector.
US Payments Forum pushing for contactless at ATMS
Offers a helping hand for paytech progress.
Cybercriminal underground dangerously sound
McAfee Labs sees 20% increase in data breaches in financial sector.
Crypto data firm Nomics nabs $3m funding
Arthur Ventures leads the round with Coinbase participating.
Visa brandishes Shieldpay for safe P2P payments
Getting clever for cards on peer-to-peer marketplaces.
AriseBank execs fined $2.5m over ICO scam
US Securities and Exchange Commission lays down the law yet again.
Western Union works with TerraPay for mobile mania
In the name of mobile wallet and bank account payouts.
Robinhood tucks into Galileo for US checking and savings launch
Payments processor powers trading app’s banking move.
Top fintech stories this week – 14 December 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Real-time payments: the next big thing in US banking
RTP promises to be the biggest change in US payments since the 1970s.
ShopKeep closes $65m for small business financing leap
Brings US firm’s total funding to just over $72 million.
Could PayPal dethrone banks when it comes to small business loans?
In the field of small business loans, PayPal is certainly changing the traditional paradigm.
Swift CEO calls time on seven “intense” years
Gottfried Leibbrandt will step down at the end of June 2019.
Plaid’s glad all over with $250m funding
US app provider now valued at a juicy $2.65 billion.
BioCatch brings behavioural biometrics to ACI Worldwide
Paytech ACI plans to stop fraud for banking customers.
Next Caller has Interactions for phone-based threat assessment
Intelligent virtual assistance firm Interactions seeks better fraud protection.
Banking-as-a-Service: why IBAN is key
The IBAN capability BaaS platforms will become the key driver of flexibility and growth.
Infographic: seven musicians who jumped on the cryptocurrency bandwagon
What do Mariah Carey, Akon and Mel B have in common? (Apart from crap music.)
Banco Sabadell’s InnoCells moves on Mexico with UnDosTres investment
The bank’s corporate venture arm picks a paytech.
Feedzai fighting financial crime with Risk Ledger
“Our goal has always been to make it harder and harder for fraudsters to hide.”
What steps are in place to protect my money online?
The “invisible” nature of online transactions give pause for thought.
KKR leads $100m funding round in Cross River Bank
New Jersey-based bank plans expansion abroad.
Swift adds information check pilot for gpi payments
The pilot for global payments innovation starts with 14 banks.
R3 and Ripple settle down for universal payments app
Famous duo ally as XRP is the first settlement mechanism.
It’s on for paytech Switch’s $2m funding
Gets its largest round of funding to-date.
Banking Technology December 2018/January 2019 issue out now
Does fintech dream of electric leaps? Brightness and brilliance within.
Ebanx to process LatAm payments for Camel Financial
Camel is the financial arm of e-commerce firm DHgate.
Coinbase backs Flipside Crypto amid “healthy” currency selloff
The crash in digital currency values has tossed fuel on the already raging fire of skepticism.
Mastercard and Microsoft in digital identity drive
They dream of a “universally-recognised” system.
Brexit is real. What now for finance companies?
Frankly, the time to act is now.
Banks sucked into Marriott’s massive data breach
Data from up to 500 million guests could be affected.
I’m a celebrity… get my ICO out of here!
US Securities and Exchange Commission makes two people in/famous.
UN’s fintech task force fired up for sustainable development
United Nations calls on banks and firms to get digital finance flows to SDGs.
Top fintech stories this week – 30 November 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Lawsuit and customer accusations plague fintech firm WB21
Lawsuit and customer accusations plague fintech firm WB21
