Mortgage tech firms Blend and Ellie Mae team up
Blend will leverage Ellie Mae’s electronic disclosure delivery.
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Four key takeaways from FinovateSpring 2018
FinovateSpring is always one of our most fun events every year.
Criminals capture $1.2bn in cryptocurrency since 2017
Anti-Phishing Working Group reveals the danger… and damage.
PayPal and Google Pay deepen payments relationship
More payment options across the Google ecosystem are on the way.
Wealthtech firm WeInvest raises $12.3m, Schroders among investors
The financing comes from angel investors and Schroders.
Infographic: the generation game
Sainsbury’s Bank examines the financial habits of different generations.
ING launches developer portal
Dutch bank wants to work more closely with external developers.
SIA is partial to First Data’s European card processing for €375m
Will acquire businesses in parts of Central and Southeastern Europe.
Top fintech stories this week – 25 May 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
ABN Amro hit by DDoS attack
Dutch bank’s services either not available or very slow.
Clever UK mobile banking app Bofin preps for launch
A chartered engineer unleashes his new fintech creation.
Mitek acquires AI firm A2iA for $49.7m
US-based digital identity verification company bolsters its capabilities.
Crédit Mutuel turns to IBM for major digital revamp
All in for IBM’s AI, cloud and cybersecurity.
Infographic: card fraud – is biometrics the missing piece of the puzzle?
Thumbs up as Fingerprints is on hand to help with some pointers.
Tinkoff Bank to launch new development hub in Sochi
Russian bank working with the Talent and Success Foundation.
Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka live with Fiserv’s core banking tech
Implements Signature system and front-end Teller solution.
Julius Baer live with Temenos wealthtech
Private banking group has completed its migration.
Deutsche Bank to cut 7,000 jobs
One in four jobs in its equities sales and trading business to go.
Commerzbank makes first major FX pilot transaction via blockchain
First deal involving a large German corporate.
GoodData launches Spectrum UI tools
Data analytics and insights company adds some more colour.
identitii teams with RPA firm Blue Prism
Will design tech to digitise and automate corporate payment and trade transaction processes.
Hometap raises $12m to buy a piece of your home
US firm invests in a person’s home with a minority stake to give them a cash infusion.
Bank of England’s digital currency pushes ahead
The central bank digital currency (CBDC) begins to take shape.
Capitolis unleashes FX novation service
In partnership with Citi, HSBC, BlueCrest and Brevan Howard.
Addiko Bank puts digital banking solutions on Appian
Austrian bank finds the way to low code developer’s platform.
IBM steps up AI and blockchain ambitions in France
Adding 1,800 jobs and new tech training.
Finca picks Autosoft’s core banking system for Pakistan
Autosoft’s Autobanker beats Oracle’s Flexcube and Temenos’ T24 to the deal.
KBC in instant payments project with Temenos
Fresh from Temenos Community Forum 2018 in Dublin, Ireland.
CFTE and Finance Innovation go upskill in France
Education with élan.
OCBC goes all Touché feely for biometric-based payments
All at the touch of two fingers.
Ant Financial lights up China Everbright Bank’s digital revamp
Overhaul includes cloud platforms and mobile architecture.
Personal Capital lands $15m credit extension
Gets money from Silicon Valley Bank.
Tango Card rewarded with $35m funding
Digital Rewards-as-a-Service platform does a merry dance.
Market EarlyBird unveils mobile app
To tweet, to woo.
CrowdFlower becomes Figure Eight for AI trait
US firm hunts out opportunities in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Four Finastra’s a jolly good fintech fellow
And so say all of US. (Well, four firms do.)
Samsung opens AI centres in UK, Canada and Russia
To explore the potential of user-centric AI and IoT action.
Dead fintechs don’t wear Plaid
Shy US app provider expands to Canada.
Regtech warrior BearingPoint storms Citadele Bank Lithuania
Walls come tumbling down as BearingPoint makes its Lithuanian debut.
Infographic: GDPR Article 30 – where to start and how automation can help
Compliance and risk management solutions provider Opus offers help.
