ESG and fintechs: how firms are benefiting from an ESG focus
Financial services firms have many ways to advance ESG goals while providing valuable services.
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How GoCodeGreen is aiming to make fintech software net-zero
Eric Zie, CEO and founder of GoCodeGreen, talks to FinTech Futures about the push for sustainable software engineering.
Video: NatWest at Finovate Europe 2022 – tackling payment-related fraud
FinTech Futures chats with NatWest’s Jane Barber about how to combat payments fraud.
How new technology is changing the face of fraud detection in neobanks
AI and ML are key to not just recovering from, but actually preventing fraud before it begins.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three top fintech jobs in the UK this week
Exciting open vacancies at Starling Bank, Crowdcube and Hazy. Apply today!
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 8 April 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Video: Theo Lau at Finovate Europe 2022 – the future of AI in finance
FinTech Futures chats with Theo Lau about the use of AI in finance and future tech trends.
US digital challenger Battle Bank taps Temenos for cloud banking solution
Temenos’ platform will support Battle Bank’s foreign currency, market index and precious metals products.
UK fintech Fidel API secures $65m Series B round
Funding will help the firm meet the “ever increasing demand for tools that enable programmable money experiences”.
Ellevest raises $53m in Series B funding backed by female investors
Ellevest saw investment from new women-led investors such as Halogen Ventures and Cleo Capital.
Kevin Guy joins UK challenger MoneeMint as COO
Guy has 36 years’ worth of experience across banking and financial services.
FinAccel snaps up majority stake in Indonesia’s Bank Bisnis
The acquisition of Bank Bisnis will allow FinAccel to offer digital banking and larger loans to Indonesians.
Video: FinTech Futures attends FinovateEurope
FinTech Futures attended the FinovateEurope conference in London on 22-23 March 2022, take a look at our highlights video below.
Swiss challenger Alpian lands banking licence, raises $20m
Alpian plans to launch in Q3 2022. Prior to that, the digital bank will launch its alpha release to employees.
New challenger Adapta Bank launches in Brazil
Brazil’s latest challenger offers banking services through a free mobile app account.
It all started with a book about monkeys
Maybe you should take your team out of the office to do something small and impactful for a few hours.
Langley FCU taps Diebold Nixdorf for ATM-as-a-Service offering
Langley FCU will replace its entire ATM fleet with new DN Series devices.
French open banking firm Budget Insight lands $35m to drive expansion
The new funds will be spent on developing new products and significantly increasing its staff headcount.
NatWest taps Bottomline to tackle authorised push payment fraud
NatWest will look to utilise Bottomline’s confirmation of payee (CoP) solution.
UK’s Zopa Bank hits profitability less than two years since launch
The firm claims it is “one of the fastest digital banks to achieve profitability ever”.
Mike Regnier takes the reins as new Santander UK CEO
Regnier joins Santander from Yorkshire Building Society, where he was CEO since 2017.
Oxbury Bank raises £31m in Series C funding, acquires core banking tech provider Naqoda
Oxbury Bank is a start-up bank in the UK focused on the agricultural sector.
Standard Chartered combines transformation, technology and operations functions
Roel Louwhoff is Standard Chartered’s new chief transformation, technology and operations officer.
ANZ and Worldline launch new payment service in Australia
Worldline holds a 51% stake in the new entity, with ANZ holding the remaining 49%.
State Bank of Pakistan searches for new CTO
Pakistan’s central bank is looking for a new chief technology officer (CTO).
Bank of Italy bans N26 from “undertaking operations with new customers” over AML shortcomings
N26 says it takes money laundering “very seriously” and has been scaling up its global AML efforts since last year.
Banking Technology Magazine April 2022 issue out now
Cover story: WINDS OF CHANGE – Tackling the carbon cost of technology.
au Jibun Bank: a relationship for the long term
How au Jibun Bank aims to repay customer loyalty by constantly improving their banking experiences.
White paper: Inter-bank privacy enhanced information sharing – fraud detection and prevention
The use of privacy-enhancing technologies that enable banks to share customer account and device information.
Al Rajhi Bank Jordan in front-to-back office tech overhaul with ICSFS
Al Rajhi Bank Jordan selected ICS Banks from ICS Financial Systems following an international tender.
Egyptian super-app Khazna secures $38m Series A round
Khazna has now raised a total of $47 million to date.
Cross River lands $620m investment to fuel expansion
The round was led by Eldridge and Andreessen Horowitz.
RBC set to acquire UK wealth management firm Brewin Dolphin in £1.6bn deal
The deal is subject to shareholder and regulatory approval and is expected to be completed by Q3 2022.
UK Infrastructure Bank embarks on system selection
UKIB, a new government-owned bank, is looking for a core banking system and has issued a tender.
Webinar: How to drive up digital completion rates with hybrid banking
Learn how to optimise the digital customer experience, merging the two worlds of digital and physical.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 1 April 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
New German fintech SaveStrike aims to help millennials invest and save
The upcoming SaveStrike app is designed to make spending, saving and investing more straightforward.
Citi plans to scale global e-commerce payments platform to 30 countries
Spring by Citi enables the bank’s institutional clients to accept consumer payments online.
Australian fintech start-up Yondr Money goes crowdfunding to boost growth
The Aussie challenger bank is looking to raise up to $1.5 million through crowdfunding.
Modern Treasury lands $50m in Series C extension
The extension brings the company’s total Series C funding to $135 million.
