Bank of Ireland UK sells credit card portfolio for £530m
Jaja will become the consumer credit card issuer for the bank and the AA.
Corporate & Commercial Banking
Open hits $50m funding for SME banking
The Indian fintech will use the funds to scale up the team.
Banque du Caire goes live with Temenos Infinity
The bank has also chosen the Temenos T24 Transact core banking solution.
Software provider Access Group acquires Eazy Collect
The UK firm will expand its payment processing capabilities.
Metro Bank selects Artesian’s KYC solution
Data-driven automation of KYC and risk, aims to improve onboarding processes.
Artesian introduces customers to ARCH
The tool has been in development for two years.
Aazzur launches funding round
The Berlin-based fintech has also begun beta testing.
ABN Amro turns to Temenos’ WealthSuite
The first international branch to go live with the system will be in Belgium.
Token lands $16.5m funding round
It will use the funds to build on its TokenOS open banking platform.
National Bank of Pakistan turns to Autosoft for Bahrain operation
Autobanker Premium, the latest version of the supplier’s core banking system, will be at the heart of the project.
Bento unveils Venmo-style digital payment solution for SMEs
Bento Pay will only require the payee’s email address in order to send payments.
Brex raises $100m to reach $2.6bn valuation
In an extension to a Series C round launched in October.
Commercial banks are joining the API revolution
Ultimately, the power of APIs is not in the technology but in the vision behind that technology.
UniCredit enhances invoicing service with FinDynamic partnership
The fintech offers ‘dynamic discounting’.
MSB chooses SunTec to deliver customer-centric services
Aims to elevate customer engagement and personalisation.
Isbank partners Yandex.Checkout to support trade between Turkey and Russia
Turkish bank will reach more than 150 million extra clients.
Mizuho understood to be rolling out Flexcube core banking tech
EXCLUSIVE: Oracle to modernise Mizuho’s corporate and commercial banking tech.
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Accounting automation tool raises $7.35m
Catering all expenses and bookkeeping needs, in “virtually all industries”.
Emirates NBD builds AI-enabled bank with AWS
The Middle-Eastern bank is applying tech to customer sevice.
Purpose extends digital portfolio by acquiring CreditGenie
Toronto-based CreditGenie aims to disrupt point-of-sale financing.
Swedbank partners with Kaching Retail to develop mobile payments
The bank has also become a key investor.
New APP scam protection code comes into force
Victims now more likely to get their money back.
Nasdaq concedes to Euronext in battle for Oslo Bors
Withdrawal comes after Euronext wins Ministry of Finance approval.
Joining the dots: the evolution of correspondent banking
Assessing the potential benefits of joining several digital platforms to form a “network of networks”.
Infosys to power GTB’s digital strategy in Myanmar
Understood to be replacing 3i Infotech’s Kastle core banking system.
Kyriba is first treasury platform to offer corporates RTP through JP Morgan
Corporate clients of both firms can use the service.
White paper: Shapeshifting – a look at the evolving landscape of cross-border payments
Discussing consumerism, PSD2, managing risk and the power of digital ecosystem.
Zenus Bank launches aiming to serve global clients
The US bank holds an international license.
Holvi expansion targets micro businesses in five new European markets
Finnish start-up serves “everyday entrepreneurs” with business current accounts.
German bank Penta integrates business invoicing with Debitoor
Debitoor automatically compares invoices and money paid.
Canadian CIBC launches platform for SMEs
It allows users to manage accounting and payroll insights.
Two new next-gen banks to open in the US
Piermont Bank and Nexos National Bank.
HSBC targets simplified receivables process with DART digital solution
HSBC says the B2B connectivity platform is an industry-first.
Flagstone gains £11m of capital injection for market expansion
Backers include Kindred Capital, Moneysupermarket Group, and VentureFounders.
Countingup and Hokodo partner for invoice insurance service
This is intended to create a new service allowing UK SMEs to protect their income on an invoice-by-invoice basis.
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank takes Acumen to reside with Flexcube
Acumen is a common treasury solution alongside Oracle FSS’s Flexcube.
Nationwide invests in new payment request service Ordo
The direct payment app launches later this year.
Oracle FSS gains two new core banking tech clients in Eastern Europe
New Flexcube takers are KDB Bank Europe in Hungary and Všeobecná úverová banka (VUB) in Slovakia.
FIS links up with Visa
A new tool for the FIS clients to process high-value corporate, cross-border payments.
