Global fintech funding: 2018 still stands as the reigning year
As of February 2020, year-over-year deal counts were down by 22%.
Data & Analytics
FCA to review data and analytics in wholesale financial markets
UK watchdog calls for input on market use of advanced analytics.
Banking Technology March 2020 issue out now
Keep calm and carry on: Where does COVID-19 leave the Chinese fintech market?
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 06 March 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Money management app Emma bags $2.5m in seed funding
The fintech connects users’ bank accounts under a single dashboard.
Meet Equifax’s data privacy partner since 2018
FinTech Futures speaks to Active Navigation’s chief revenue officer Dean Gonsowski.
Webinar: How to address fraud through the use of risk analytics
Securing customers at every stage of their digital journeys with the right multi-layered security approach.
Nationwide picks AutoRek for reconciliation and data management
AutoRek to help Nationwide “face into the future.”
Opportunities for the long term
Bridging lenders have clearly grown in confidence about the outlook for the UK economy.
Refinitiv buys US wealth management fintech Scivantage
The deal amount is yet to be disclosed.
FCA warns Deutsche over repeated compliance failings
The bank’s tardiness in notifying affected clients and regulators led to concerns.
PayPal migrates “key” infrastructure to Google’s new Salt Lake City data centre
Google Cloud now has 22 data centers across the globe.
Dissecting banking technology trends in 2020
This year will be one of continued disruption and evolution in banking technology.
UK paytech Checkout.com buys French start-up ProcessOut
Checkout.com buys another module in the payments process.
FCA data leak branded “embarrassment”, former CEO called for review
Regulator’s former CEO Andrew Bailey called out for “tsunami of failure”.
ConsenSys-backed start-up Apex:E3 launches analytics platform
Initially focusing on digital assets, the fintech will branch out to more traditional asset classes in the future.
Achieving reconciliation maturity will be easier in the decade of data
Financial professionals feel more comfortable entrusting their data to the cloud.
Three top tips to combat visual hacking
Make it hard for screens to be viewed, consider installing privacy filters and other points.
Bank of Singapore appoints new chief data and innovation officer
Celine Le Cotonnec will join the institution in its newly created role.
EU report omits Big Tech GDPR decision, Google moves UK data to US
UK users’ data stored by Google is no longer under GDPR laws.
The trade in human beings: How financial institutions and tech can have an impact
Banks in particular can do a lot to curb sex trafficking.
OTB Ventures raises $100m for Central and Eastern European tech start-ups
OTB aims to fill its portfolio with 16 CEE companies by 2022.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 14 February 2020
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
White paper: Accelerating RPA with a comprehensive process intelligence platform
Process intelligence is critical to the success of any RPA initiative.
AutoRek wins Bank of England’s tender for reconciliation tech
AutoRek will provide a centralised platform across finance and operations for BoE’s reconciliation.
Where do Gen Zs draw the line on data?
Gen Zs draw the line on data according to convenience and the ‘fear of being left out’.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 03 February 2020
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Standard Chartered signs Infor Nexus trade finance deal
Bank to offer Infor data matching service to clients.
German government proposes digital law over competition fears
The proposed clampdown targets anti-competitive behaviour by digital platforms.
NewDay, new opportunity
NewDay improved functionality by bringing digital acquisition & servicing in-house.
20th Banking Technology Awards Supplement
A golden celebration of excellence and innovation.
The personal touch
Anna Loevskaya talks about corporate digital banking & the role of content in selling SaaS.
Robotic process automation: A real boon for financial services organisations
It’s a great tool for automating repetitive back office processes & increases efficiency.
Cybercrime in financial services: Work together to win the war
We need is a smart, flexible way of working together anticipate and respond to threats.
Banking Technology February 2020 issue out now
Top dogs: The challenger bank success stories of 2019.
IBM makes major changes to executive leadership
New CEO Arvind Krishna will take the helm.
Industry undecided on UK’s fintech funding success
The industry is undecided over roughly $1 billion dollars.
The end of technology…
It’s time to drop the words “digital” and “tech”.
eBook: Digital identity management – the foundation of successful financial services
How to identify, recognise, authenticate and protect customers – wherever they are, at scale, in real time, across a growing number of devices, and connected objects.
The future of trade finance
We speak to Mastercard, NatWest and Marco Polo senior executives about their partnership.
