Experience-driven banking: experience enablers
A strategic choice whether you become a platform to enable experiences or you own experiences.
Banking
Webinar: Fintech at SaaS speed – navigating the scale and security challenge
The latest trends and techniques in SaaS security and the importance of a successful app protection strategy.
FinovateFall Supplement: be part of one of the biggest fintech events of the year
The perfect platform for your organisation to deliver a strong message to engaged fintech professionals.
AccessFintech hires Thought Machine’s Bujakowski as new CFO
New York fintech says new hire will support growth of its platform.
Tandem switches CEO as Susie Aliker replaces departing Ricky Knox
Against a backdrop of losses and a business u-turn, Tandem switches out its top job.
Exclusive interview: Minna Bank – Japan’s new challenger bank
Its in-house and Accenture built core system will become a commercial offering in its own right.
Dear Luc: Does my fintech firm need ex-bankers to succeed?
This week our writer wonders if they should really be hiring ex-bankers for their executive committee.
Mission Lane acquires Honeydue to launch new debit card product
Honeydue has over 500,000 registered users in six countries and in three languages.
SoftBank pours $250 million into banking tech start-up Zeta
This Series C investment values the banking tech vendor Zeta at $1.45 billion.
Barclays hires Standard Chartered’s Demery to support fintech clients
Demery takes over fintech partnerships in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Investbank Jordan seeks leap forwards in card offerings with i2c Inc deal
The bank is focused on improved card offerings for personal and corporate customers.
Freedom of choice to build your dream bank
Digital core is not just a survival kit, it’s a silver bullet to help banks to compete and win.
Video: Infosys Finacle on adapting to business model innovation
We talk about how traditional banking models have become disrupted, and how consumer demands need new experiences
Customers Bank plans blockchain-based payments with Tassat
US-based Customers Bank aims to tokenise USD payments with Tassat’s tech.
LINE BK is “an elevation for the financial industry”, says CEO
“In today’s digital world, we are stepping towards a so-called singularity era.”
Catch up in the cloud – regulatory reaction to COVID-19
What are the regulators doing to keep track with the acceleration of digital in banking?
Fintech funding deals globally 17-23 May 2021
Featuring Trade Republic, Pine Labs, Figure, DailyPay, and Sunbit.
Webinar: AI – the future of content management in financial services
Learn hows, whys, and wherefores when it comes to the effective deployment of AI in your organisation.
Uncapped moves into banking with $80m funding raise
Uncapped will increase its headcount from 35 to 100 people.
JS Bank unveils Pakistan’s “first ever” digital cheque service
It allows customers to write and issue a check “instantly”.
Core banking systems: the future is cloudy
A deep dive into what the new generation of core banking systems (CBS) has to offer.
Emerging innovations that will define the future of payments
Exploring how the payments industry is moving towards a seamless, transparent and instant future.
Video: pick of the week – UK regulators not happy with some fintechs and AmEx
A top pick of stories from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, twice a week.
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 11 | Introducing inclusivity
James Herbert, founder and CEO of Hastee, joins us on this latest episode of the What the Fintech? podcast.
ICYMI funding round-up: OptioPay, Payslip, Mamo, Telda, StudentFinance, Algbra
An ‘In Case You Missed It’ (ICYMI) list of funding picks.
US Century Bank picks NCR digital banking platform
$1.4 billion-asset bank impressed by “consistent” look and feel.
nCino wins first German client in Hamburg Commercial Bank
Accenture will provide project management, design, development and testing.
Asia Alliance Bank becomes second ICSFS client in Uzbekistan
New system selection hot on the heels of Trustbank at the start of the month.
UnionBank plans total cloud migration with Amazon Web Services
It aims to be the first entirely cloud-hosted bank in the Philippines.
BukuKas raises $50m Series B just four months after Series A
BukuKas’ CEO Krishnan Menon previously worked at Alibaba-owned Lazada Indonesia.
Wintersmith
A lot of businesses & software projects aim to be Disney princesses but end up as “a bit of a Frankenstein”.
FCA demands UK fintechs clarify non-bank status to customers
Companies have six weeks to write to their customers.
Deutsche Bank seeks payments revamp with Silverflow deal
Deutsche Bank says the deal will support the launch of two new payment services this year.
Amount raises $99m Series D to reach unicorn status
US fintech counts HSBC, TD Bank, and Barclays among its customers.
HSBC launches multi-currency business wallet to rival fintech providers
HSBC says businesses can “pay like a local”.
Planning your payments for infrastructure modernisation
Preparing to modernise your payments infrastructure is similar to building a travel itinerary for a trip.
Executive checklist: Hybrid cloud infrastructure for payments
Questions to consider as you evaluate a hybrid cloud implementation.
Analyst paper: Payments modernisation in retail banking
Re-evaluating current infrastructure and payments capabilities at banks has become necessary.
Core banking vendor Temenos integrates with digital asset fintech Taurus
“Digital assets represent new opportunities for banks”.
Goldman Sachs plans UK app launch, robo-adviser for 2022
the UK makes up just under a third of Marcus’ $100 billion deposit total globally.
