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Supplement: the 2019 fintech review
Ruby Hinchliffe dissects her top five 2019 fintech trends from this year’s top stories!
Finovate: fraud prevention, cybersecurity and regtech
The eMagazine features unique insights from the FinovateAsia and Middle East shows.
The 20th Banking Technology Awards winners have been announced
It was a brilliant celebration of excellence and innovation in the banking industry.
US DOJ digs deeper into Deutsche role in Danske money laundering scandal
Deutsche officials were made aware that the scope of the DoJ probe had broadened.
Easing the cloud transition using microservices, containers and Kubernetes
The first step is to build new applications using these new architectures.
Spanish cybersecurity start-up Buguroo raises $11m
The start-up builds unique “cyber profiles” for each finserv customer.
MoneyLive 2019: Neobanks “regularly” share tips on financial crime, says exec at Natwest’s Bó Bank
Collaboration between new banks is “pretty impressive”.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 22 November 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Crypto compliance start-up TRM Labs raises $4.2m with help of PayPal
Backers include Reddit’s founder and PayPal Ventures.
US government plans strict enforcement of AML ‘travel rule’ for crypto firms
The rule requires crypto firms to share information about their customers.
Fraud reimbursement plan stalls with lack of industry consensus
Pay.UK calls on banks to come together and back creation of central fund.
CSConnect UK 2019: Round-up of key cybersecurity trends
The conference brought together chief information security officers (CISOs).
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 15 November 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Irish start-up Siren gets $10m Series A
It’s paired with Siren’s new board member, Bob Griffin.
CSConnect UK 2019: Security awareness never really works, says Mastercard’s Vocalink CSO
Mastercard CSO thinks behaviour is the real issue when it comes to security.
Standard Chartered taps Quantexa to boost AML controls
Dynamic entity resolution and network analytics to be implemented at the bank.
Crypto bank SEBA launches Swiss offering after FINMA greenlight
SEBA secured its banking licence in August 2019.
Interac acquires Ottawa-based digital security company 2Keys
2Keys will operate as “2Keys – a subsidiary of Interac Corp”.
Immersive Labs lands $40m investment round, opens Boston office
The start-up sees clear demand for cybersecurity support in North America.
Sokin CEO: We’ll turn remittances on its head
Sokin’s CEO believes disruption hasn’t hit remittances yet.
Israel’s anti-fraud fintech Riskified reaches unicorn status with $165m fundraising
The round was led by General Atlantic.
Desjardins Group data breach affected all 4.2 million members
Internal leak forced change in government policy.
Bank account takeovers – lets change the record from who to why
Almost every week we see a new corporation fall victim to a data breach.
The identity challenge: How can banks know who’s who?
Proving identity is the critical first step in preventing theft.
UK Treasury makes paying back consumers victim to APP fraud ‘compulsory’ for banks
The phrase ‘gross negligence’ will also be defined.
German bank association fires shots at Libra, calls on politicians and central banks for digital euro
The association wants a crypto led by European commercial banks and politicians.
IDnow gains $40m funding injection from Corsair Capital
Verification firm plans to use fresh cash to open new locations.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 01 November 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Banking Technology November 2019 issue out now
The identity challenge.
UK Treasury Committee: Regulators must punish banks for IT failures
UK regulators “must have teeth and be seen to have teeth”.
Payment fraud in sights of UK cybersecurity force
The NCSC claims Operation Haulster is helping banks proactively prevent fraud.
UniCredit reports data breach affecting three million accounts
The data leak stems from a four-year old file.
OneSpan director: Banks need to implement AI’s full potential
Banks still have siloed data pools which can’t quite be pulled.
Temenos picked by Danish challenger Lunar to fight financial crime
Temenos says it was chosen to “address stringent regulatory demands”.
Goldman Sachs leads $35m Series B round in data storer Very Good Security
Andreessen Horowitz and Vertex Ventures also participated.
ING validates transactions without compromising data in “blockchain breakthrough”
Transactions on Corda can now be proofed with complete privacy.
Natwest, Nationwide and RBS pull banking apps from Google Play for Samsung S10 users
The S10’s fingerprint feature glitch means it can be unlocked by anyone.
Making the most of cloud migration – expert advice from Bill Cunningham, Endava (Part 1)
Data security, system consolidation, getting a net positive from the move, and more!
Investor rights lawyers investigate Wirecard securities fraud
Earlier this year, white-collar crime investigators raided Wirecard’s offices in Singapore.
