PayTech Awards 2018: meet the judges
The event is taking place on 13 July in London.
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Fintech funding round-up: 4 April 2018
Stars DriveWealth, Starta Ventures and BitPay.
SEC charges Mozido founder with investment fraud
Michael Liberty and “friends” took some real liberties with the cash.
Ripple joins Hyperledger Project
Ripple CTO says “developers will be able to access Interledger Protocol in Java for enterprise use”.
3dcart picks Payoneer for new payments partnership
E-commerce platform turns to Payoneer to send payments to more than 200 countries.
Banking Technology April 2018 issue out now
You sought symmetry. And fintech came to you.
None better than non-clients for Citi mobile app
It’s an open house as non-Citi clients can connect their accounts to app.
PayTech Awards 2018: recognising successful individuals and teams
Celebrating people that make things happen!
Braintree facilitates integrated payments with new tool
PayPal-owned Braintree is stepping up its paytech game with the launch of Braintree Extend.
Fintech funding round-up: 27 March 2018
Features Candex, MarketInvoice and Konsentus.
Invisible payments come to Highbury
WoraPay tests out its order and pay platform as part of the Arsenal Innovation Lab.
Swift goes universal for real-time payment tracking
gpi Tracker extended to all payment messages.
Top fintech stories this week – 23 March 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Infographic: how Amazon wants to control your life
A compilation of “ten ways of how Amazon is going to own everything you use”.
Affirm introduces in-store capabilities; integrates virtual cards with Apple Pay
Affirm InStore, an alternative to traditional credit cards at brick-and-mortar merchants.
Alipay moves into Mexico via Openpay
Openpay has a network of more than 17,500 associated points of sale in the country.
Hyperwallet and Lyric Financial bring advance royalty payments to artists
Mass payout platform Hyperwallet has teamed up with Lyric Financial.
Introducing PayTech Awards!
Celebrating excellence in the use of IT in the finance and payment industry, and the people who make it happen.
Japan Post Bank stays Earthport bound for payments push
To deliver cross-border services across North America and Europe.
bPay teams with seven brands to launch contactless payment watches
Contactless watches for every taste.
Online payroll and HR tech provider Gusto goes freemium
Gusto’s HR Basics offers small businesses a set of basic HR tools for free.
BlueVine and Veem: SME financing meets cross-border payments
New partnership to enable small business owners to save on international payments.
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank to pilot blockchain tech with Bitt
A fintech pilot using blockchain tech to be carried out in the ECCB eight member countries.
Infographic: the better half of remittances
Debunking some common myths about women and remittances.
Interview: Andrea Dunlop, Paysafe Group – women in leadership
Think bigger than your immediate surroundings and take more risks – doing both things can widen your horizons and boost your career progression.
International Women’s Day: leading the fintech charge
It’s important not to lose sight of your ambition – no matter what industry you’re in.
Coinbase taken to court, twice
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has landed in more hot water with two federal class action lawsuits.
AI and ML curbing financial fraud
A never-ending cycle in the good guy vs bad, but good folk are now gaining ground.
Ink Protocol and Kleros to tackle P2P marketplace transaction disputes
They seek justice. It is written onto the Ethereum blockchain.
Fleetcor unveils pilot payments programme with Ripple
New pilot will explore use of digital asset XRP.
US Fed preps for next phase of payments push
All part of Fed’s ambition to revamp nation’s payments system by 2020.
Ingenico brings touch of glass to PIN payments
Users can insert cards in compact smartcard reader and enter PIN on personal mobile device of merchant.
PayPal settles FTC complaints over Venmo vagueness
FTC reaches settlement over allegations that PayPal provided inaccurate payments information to Venmo users.
Signifyd to provide guaranteed fraud protection to Corra’s e-commerce clients
Guaranteed fraud prevention technology for Corra’s high-end enterprise retail customers.
Fintech funding round-up: 28 February 2018
Features Babb, Payslip and a global reminder.
Global VC investment in fintech reaches record $27.4bn
Driven by surge in India, US and UK, Accenture analysis finds.
Dream Payments and Mastercard speed up insurance payouts
Cloud-based payments platform Dream Payments has teamed up with Mastercard.
New Trustly “Pay N Play” feature shatters the ice at ICE London
Ousting old lengthy registration and verification processes while still protecting users’ accounts.
Fintech funding round-up: 27 February 2018
From the US to Brazil – stars Pagaya Investments, C2FO and RecargaPay.
Circle buys Poloniex to expand cryptocurrency services
Acquires a rival of Coinbase and Kraken to spice up cryptocurrency arena.
