BaaS platform Productfy raises $16m and forms card issuance partnership
Productfy provides companies with embeddable modules for payments, deposits, and card issuance.
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Green Dot picks Temenos Banking Cloud to digitise partner accounts
Prepaid debit card firm plans to roll new system out across multiple channels.
Cartoon: Landfill
This new cartoon illustrates how the excess of cash is diminishing the ‘Valley of Death’ for many start-ups.
Sibos 2021: Net-zero commitments from banks and governments “need to have teeth”, says panel
How finance can tackle climate change has been a key topic at Sibos this year.
Sibos 2021: Citi’s Paco Ybarra says banks must adapt and collaborate in a rapidly changing world
Ybarra says that banks like Citi must work with, rather than against, change.
Sibos 2021: Major payments bodies join forces for new cross-border project
The Immediate Cross-Border Payments project also involves 11 financial institutions.
Webinar: Streamlining loan management with the next generation of loan servicing technology
Explore the key challenges facing the lending and servicing industry, and how to prepare for the future.
Sibos 2021 video: SmartStream on cash and liquidity management in difficult times
FinTech Futures interviews Peter Dehaan, new business director for cash and liquidity management at SmartStream.
Sibos 2021: ISO 20022 “isn’t the solution to all your problems”, says panel
Payments panel at industry conference cautions sector about incoming standard.
Capital One acquires SME travel fintech Lola
Lola announced a cessation of operations last month.
JIC Bank picks Technisys to power core banking
Puerto Rican lender aims to serve retail and commercial customers with new system.
White paper: Top three frauds in online banking and how to prevent them
Dissecting digital scams in-depth, showcasing the most important examples and the relevant technical details.
Fintech funding deals globally 4 October – 10 October 2021
Featuring Devoted Health, CoinSwitch, Ajaib, Sky Mavis and Masterworks.
VoxSmart acquires speech recognition platform GreenKey
Firm aims to bolster its communications surveillance offering for financial institutions.
Daily News at Sibos 2021
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Video: fintech news pick of the week – Google, Monzo, NatWest & more
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, every week.
Digital wallet OneFor partners Moorwand to launch European remittance service
The partnership will boost financial inclusion for the bloc’s diaspora communities.
Creator-inspired fintech Superjoi to provide financial partnerships with fans
Platform aims to connect content creators with their audience to share revenue.
First Women’s Bank launches in US with focus on fixing gender lending gap
New lender is Chicago’s first chartered bank since 2009.
Canadian tech firm Coconut Software secures $22m Series B funding
The cash will go towards product development, hiring new staff and investing in marketing and sales.
US de novo commercial bank Genesis goes live in California
The new bank is focused on serving commercial clients in CA counties.
New US fintech Monai to gamify savings for Millennials and Gen Z
New fintech plans to use time spent mobile gaming to help users reduce debt.
White paper: Video banking – delivering the full potential of next-gen customer service
Discover how next-generation video banking can keep your member satisfaction high, minimise call handle time, and reduce complexity.
Coastal Community Bank picks Finzly to modernise payments processes
Coastal Community Bank has more than $2 billion in assets under management.
OracleFS exec questions staying power of new cloud-focused competition
Conor Colleary says banks must ask if their partner can embrace new changes.
Privacy-focused data collaboration platform Duality raises $30m
Duality will invest further in privacy-preserving machine learning technologies.
Cartoon: Model Behaviour
This new cartoon illustrates the need for evolution at neobanks.
White paper: Accelerating P&C insurance sales with digital customer service
The Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance industry is being dramatically transformed by digital technologies.
Case study: Meeting CU members where they are with virtual branches
How Unitus CU achieved a higher satisfaction rating for its “virtual branch” than any physical branch experience.
Google pulls Plex after less than a year in development
Aborted banking project reflects change of financial services strategy at Google.
Fraud prevention platform Alloy hits unicorn status with $100m investment
Investment will go towards building out an evolving customer identity profile offering.
Monzo withdraws US licence application after two years of negotiation
UK challenger bank to refocus its business after aborted US entry.
Robo-advisor Betterment achieves unicorn status with $160m capital injection
The funding was drawn from a Series F round and $100m credit facility.
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 19 | Can’t see the wood for the VCs
Level Ventures’ Ian Foley joins us for this latest episode of our What the Fintech? podcast.
Debt platform CredAvenue raises $90m in Series A funding round
Significant investments in data science, machine learning, and AI are in the pipeline.
Banking platform Arzus launches in US to provide all-in-one service
Arzus aims to create a single dashboard for users’ financial lives.
Banking Technology October 2021 issue out now
Cover story: multi-tusking – how do you eat an elephant?
ICYMI funding round-up: Yellow Card, QisstPay, Vyne, Tomorrow & more
Plenty of funding rounds in the double digits in this week’s ICYMI roundup.
JP Morgan’s new UK bank Chase picks 10x for core banking operations
10x Future Technologies is a “foundational partner” for the new digital bank.
FNBM selects new core banking solution in Finastra’s Fusion Phoenix
Fusion Phoenix is key to the bank’s strategy to attract younger customers.
