FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 12 January 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Zilo, Ant Group, FirstOntario and more.
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Zilo, Ant Group, FirstOntario and more.
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
The social media platform has obtained a money transmitter licence in 14 US states so far.
A new cartoon illustrating what’s next for Bitcoin following the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US.
Yabuki also currently serves as chairman and founding partner of Motive Partners.
The start-up seeks to provide property investors with interest-free down payments on their next home purchase.
The bank will deploy Apiture’s digital platform to expand beyond branch and telephone-based banking.
The total global investment flowing into fintech reached $51.2 billion in 2023 across 3,973 deals.
The bank has partnered with FinOS to access its composable banking capabilities and increase operating ability.
WealthCo says the Duco platform has helped it build “volume-agnostic” automated processes.
Crager is due to transition into the role of senior advisor upon his departure from the company’s leadership.
The partnership is in anticipation of Canada’s 2025 rollout of open banking.
Gorney joins the company from Seacoast Bank, where he served as EVP CTO and chief innovation officer.
Financial terms of both the acquisitions were not disclosed.
The agreement will see the bank adopt its partner’s ATM-as-a-Service and ITM-as-a-Service offerings.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week, featuring HSBC, Monese, Circle and more.
The credit union has adopted the FusionIQ One platform to power its ascent into digital investing services.
Users in Mexico have been asked to withdraw all funds before the closing date of 11 February 2024.
Arun Kumar has joined from Luma Financial Technologies as the company’s new CTO.
Form3 hopes to leverage Arora’s “significant experience” in founding and scaling up fintech companies.
Cotribute says it was able to launch digital account opening for new and existing members “in just 30 days”.
New York-based OpenTransact is a self-serve banking platform built to support high-risk businesses.
JP Morgan acquired a 48.5% stake in Viva Wallet in December 2022 for $800 million.
Scheduled to arrive in Q2 2024, it will be the first de novo bank to be established in South Florida in 15 years.
Wisconsin-based OCCU says the decision follows “an extensive search” for a new core partner.
A new cartoon illustrating how start-ups with previously high valuations are finding it hard to get acquired.
FinTech Futures takes a look back at some of the year’s top developments and stories in payments.
FinTech Futures takes a look back at a bruising year of job cuts in fintech.
FinTech Futures recaps the year’s top movers and shakers.
CEO and founder Aaron Schumm says the raise is “one of the largest Series D SaaS rounds in the US this year”.
In this episode of the FinTech Founders series, we explore how AI is driving innovation in financial services.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Beem Credit Union will launch on 1 January in Canada with the merger of Gulf & Fraser and Interior Savings.
At our AI Insights event, we spoke with Jonathan Hall of NatWest about the impact of GenAI in banking.
Dr Martin Goodson, CEO of Evolution AI, and Michael Conway of IBM share their insights on the future of AI.
Chang brings 15 years of financial services, fintech and consumer protection experience to her new role.
CSI initially struck a partnership with Hawthorn River in October to utilise its tech.
The credit facility has been provided by Citi and long-time financing partner Fasanara Capital.
Ncontracts hopes to strengthen its position in the US market and expand its offerings.
Mustard founded the firm in 2007 with Ryan Graciano and Kenneth Lin.