Sightline Payments becomes Nevada unicorn with $244m raise
Sightline closed an earlier $100 million funding round in April.
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Don’t tell me money is not a problem. It most definitely is a problem. It just isn’t the real problem.
Dear Luc: Should I prepare for a wearable payments comeback post-COVID?
This week our writer asks: are wearables set for a comeback as social distancing eases?
ChangeFi CEO: “We have to be on the ground with our communities”
ChangeFi is looking to give “equal access to the American dream”.
American Express debuts checking account product for small US businesses
The product has been developed by recent AmEx acquisition Kabbage.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Klarna, Mastercard & BBVA
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, twice a week.
Mexican fintech Clip raises $250m in SoftBank-led investment
The investment is the largest ever for a payments company in Mexico.
Financial wellness platform Credit Sesame raises $51m to fuel expansion plans
The US-based fintech also announced the acquisition of Zingo, a fintech software services start-up.
For many CFOs, the time is now to embrace AI for cash forecasting
An opportunity to introduce new tiers of speed and agility and to enhance finance teams’ value to the organisation.
Stop running out of cash
With the right approach and clever outsourcing, cash management becomes a success for FIs.
US Department of Justice sets antitrust sights on Visa
Visa’s hold on the debit market in the US under investigation.
The five p’s of banking
Banks have relied on the “five p’s” – people, physical cash, premises, processes and paper.
Webinar: Deep dive on ServiceNow’s purpose built product for finserv operations
How to improve customer and employee experiences. Featuring a demo of The Now Platform from ServiceNow.
Post Office ditches 600 free ATMs, invests £16m to revamp others
The Post Office calls it the largest investment in ATMs in ten years.
Trio of UAE banks go live with klip digital wallet solution
Klip uses QR tech to enable contactless payments.
Supplement: FinovateFall 2020
Read our free FinovateFall Supplement, packed with fintech goodness!
Sterling National Bank picks Cashfac for back office tech
The bank is deploying Cashfac’s VBT system in the cloud.
RTP is changing payments fast
RTP is bound to cause swift changes for the customer-facing side and behind the scenes.
Creating a truly cashless society
Why we need open banking to get payments networks up to scratch.
Meet OneBanks: the fintech picking up after banks’ branch closures
The start-up wants to create a bank-agnostic branch network.
Fintech start-up Simpl targets India’s low credit card adoption
Just 3.85% of Indian consumers have credit cards.
Bank of England apologises for role of former governors linked to slave trade
British taxpayers have been paying off slave owners from 1833 to 2015.
Diebold Nixdorf extends transformation project with Accenture
DN aims to “unlock” more than $50 million by 2023.
Diebold Nixdorf signs six-year contract with Austrian bank99
Diebold Nixdorf signs a contract worth $20m.
MoneyGram signs remittance partnership with Al Rajhi Bank
The remittance firm will support Al Rajhi in Saudi Arabia both digitally and in-branch.
Reserve Bank of Australia mulls payment cost change for merchants
Australian central bank examining the market in the wake of COVID-19
India among major markets to see increase in ATM usage over 2019
Research suggests ATMs are still popular tools for financial inclusion.
In a micro-app modern world, micro-differentiation matters
The best solutions are those that intertwine physical and digital channels.
Banking Technology May 2020 issue out now
Hope springs eternal: discovering alternative lending in times of crisis.
What the Fintech? Episode 4 | Partnerships: till death do us part
Sean Hunter CIO at OakNorth, offers his advice to companies struggling to make a partnership work.
Contactless payments are up but UK still withdrawing £1bn a week from ATMs
The average value being withdrawn has gone up from £65 to £82.
Hungary’s central bank unveils first fintech report
The report recorded 110 domestic fintech companies as of 2018.
Paysafe partners with Gala Technology to open SOTpay channel
The two firms will work on enabling more transactions for merchants.
Jumhouria Bank goes live on SmartStream cash reconciliation system
Libya’s largest bank signed for the platform back in July 2018.
Auriga snaps up LDM security platform from S21sec
Italian technology vendor Auriga has acquired ATM cybersecurity platform Lookwise Device Manager (LDM) from Spanish security firm S21sec. Auriga plans to integrate its new acquisition into the WWS software suite, designed for security monitoring and control of networked devices including ATMs, point of sale, and payment control systems. Designed as an integrated security solution, Auriga […]
Banking Technology April 2020 issue out now
All things equal: Closing the gender gap in fintech.
EPA considers relaxing chargeback rules amid coronavirus
One EPA member has seen a spike of 14% in chargebacks from UK/ Europe-based merchants.
Banking industry publishes EU payments plan post-coronavirus
The paper puts a heavy emphasis on instant payments.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 27 March 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Cash flow firm Plastiq raises $75m in Series D funding round
Plastiq has raised more than $140m in funding since its founding in 2012.
