White paper: Accelerating insurance digital transformation – three top tech priorities
Actionable advice on what insurers should do and how – when it comes to transforming your business.
Data & Analytics
Perpetual KYC and the move away from periodic reviews
Continuously monitoring customer information using AI could have advantages for banks and fintechs.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three brilliant jobs to apply for this week
Exciting vacancies at Broadridge, CSC and OakNorth. Apply today!
Landis secures $165m raise to help Americans become homeowners
The round was led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Will Smith’s Dreamers VC.
LogicGate secures $113m in Series C funding round
New investment takes the company’s total raised to around $156 million.
White paper: Data’s evolution in the cloud – financial services’ long-time data advantage
New research by The Economist about the banking industry’s attitudes, progress, and aspirations for leveraging data.
Former Absa exec joins NAB as new chief security officer
Sandro Bucchianeri announced his departure from Absa at the start of the month.
Fintech funding deals globally 19 July – 25 July 2021
Featuring FTX, Soldo, Spendesk, Zilch and FloQast.
Webinar: Unmortgage your mortgage processes with data
Learn how to accelerate your journey to a modern, flexible mortgage infrastructure.
How AI can help identify front and shell companies
Detection using AI can help banks and fintechs avoid huge regulatory fines.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three really great jobs to take a look at this week
Exciting vacancies at Plum, Viber and BNY Mellon. Apply today!
Revolut picks Equifax as UK data and analytics provider
Revolut’s app is now powered by Equifax cloud-based data in both the UK and US.
Open banking fintech Yapily lands $51m Series B funding
The funding takes its total raised to $69 million.
Is regtech living up to expectations? (And if not, why not?)
Until regtech is embedded into the core processes of wealth management, its potential remains constrained.
Duco secures Nordic Capital investment to fuel expansion plans
The private equity firm will acquire a majority shareholding in the company.
Fintech funding deals globally 12 July – 18 July 2021
Featuring insightsoftware, Revolut, Lunar, Quantexa, and M1 Finance.
Data extraction start-up Daloopa lands $20m investment led by Credit Suisse
The firm has now raised around $24 million in total.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Revolut, Lunar and the UK fintech sector
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, twice a week.
State of play: digital banking platforms
Selecting the right digital banking platform is a lengthy process that requires careful consideration.
Report: The State of Data Reconciliation
Data from 300+ heads of global reconciliation utilities, COOs, heads of financial control and transformation.
White paper: The Reconciliation Maturity Model: Part 2 – onboarding and configuration
These tools will empower firms to fully automate reconciliation within five years.
White paper: The Reconciliation Maturity Model: Part 1 – from manual to machine learning
A blueprint for consolidating, automating and driving efficiency across reconciliations – and beyond.
UK fintech sector enjoys record-breaking year for investments
H1 2021 saw $5.7bn raised across 317 deals by UK firms.
Manual processes hinder growth in financial institutions
User-defined technologies hide risk at a tremendous cost and are unsustainable in the digital battleground.
White paper: Data on demand – the power of real-time data for risk decisioning
How real-time, on-demand data will change the way you make risk descisioning.
Quantexa raises $153m in Series D funding round
The firm plans to accelerate its expansion and boost product development.
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 15 | Data after tomorrow
Bradley Riss, chief commercial officer at Checkout.com, joins us on this latest episode.
Unit21 closes $34m Series B round led by Tiger Global
The firm says the new investment takes its total valuation up to $300 million.
Harnessing the power of AI for internal fraud detection
AI has the power to disrupt internal fraud monitoring, but are FIs ready to take the plunge yet?
Signicat acquires Spanish video identity firm eID
Norwegian vendor pulls the acquisition trigger after four years of partnership.
Lending: preparing for the unprecedented
How lenders can effectively manage commercial credit risk in an ever-changing world.
Grow revenues with access to meaningful payments data
A deep-dive into the world of payments data to show what’s needed for best-in-class payments performance.
Codat raises $40m in Series B funding round
The UK-based firm plans to expand its US presence and boost hiring.
New dates announced for Dock Digital
Join roundtable discussions with senior industry leaders.
Blockchain data platform Chainalysis raises $100m in Series E round
It says it will use the funds to “execute its vision as the blockchain data platform for cryptocurrency”.
ClearScore lands $200m investment from Invus
The UK fintech is looking to accelerate its global expansion.
Cross River Bank acquires data analytics firm PeerIQ
The firm says its new acquisition will create a “comprehensive” suite of offerings.
Data’s open road…
Has open banking delivered on its promise of driving innovation and competition?
FCA research reveals 21% increase in cryptoasset ownership
The watchdog estimates that around 2.3 million adults in the UK now hold cryptoassets.
Analyst report: Expectation versus reality for payments data monetisation
Identifying the data-led services that corporates want. Download for free!
