bPay teams with seven brands to launch contactless payment watches
Contactless watches for every taste.
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Online payroll and HR tech provider Gusto goes freemium
Gusto’s HR Basics offers small businesses a set of basic HR tools for free.
SnappCar enlists Onfido for ID verification
Onfido’s tech will help verify the identities of the Dutch car-sharing company’s users across Europe.
BMO launches banking chatbot with Finn.ai
The new chatbot – BMO Bolt – is available via Facebook Messenger.
Standard Chartered unveils group’s first-ever digital bank in Africa
The pilot location for the new digital bank is Côte d’Ivoire.
Top fintech stories this week – 16 March 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
PayU and Kreditech muscle into India’s lending market
Providing cardless equated monthly instalments (EMIs) to finance the online purchases of consumers in India.
Infographic: the importance of face-to-face banking
Technology might be proliferating, but customers still value personalised service above all else.
Retail payments platform Pine Labs raises $82m
India’s largest digital retail payments platform Pine Labs raises $82 million in a funding round led by Actis.
Riyad Bank launches Saudi Arabia’s first contactless payment wristband
Riyad Bank has teamed up with Gemalto for Saudi Arabia’s first range of contactless payment wristbands.
Folkefinans in tech revamp with Mambu’s SaaS-based core banking system
Nordic finance and credit company Folkefinans is implementing Mambu’s core banking tech.
Interview: Caren Robb, Letshego – look on the bright side
Creating inclusive banking for remote communities.
Moneyou’s Tikkie app comes to Germany
The app and its tech were jointly developed with the Munich-based FinTecSystems.
TrueLayer integrates with Starling Bank for Open Banking push
TrueLayer can use Starling Bank’s API to securely access financial data.
Banca Generali and Saxo Bank partner for digital trading
An eight-year “exclusive partnership” to provide online trading and digital services to Italian clients.
Interview: Harrie Vollaard, Rabobank – the key to building a successful digital agenda
Banks need to ask themselves whether they are flexible and sensitive enough to adapt to the rapidly changing context.
TransferWise turns to Wirecard for debit card issuing
A full roll-out of the new debit card for TransferWise’s “borderless account” planned for later in 2018.
Standard Bank sells mobile paytech Oltio to Mastercard
Mastercard has acquired Oltio, a mobile paytech firm in South Africa.
BNP Paribas Fortis and Tink team up for mobile banking
BNP Paribas Fortis will incorporate Tink’s technology into its mobile banking apps.
Ziraat Bank launches proprietary mobile wallet
Bankkart Mobil was built by Ziraat Teknoloji, VeriPark and MagiClick Digital.
The four personalities of digital transformation
Tech-obsessed, tech-active, tech-aware and tech-reluctant.
Interview: Codrin Arsene – the power of digital transformation in financial services industry
Create a robust vision upfront and don’t shy away from digital transformation!
solarisBank in €56.6 million funding round
BBVA, Visa and ABN Amro are among the new investors in solarisBank.
Chetwood Financial lands £150m investment
Elliott Advisors will invest up £150 million in UK challenger bank Chetwood Financial.
Top fintech stories this week – 9 March 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
FinovateEurope 2018: Best of Show winners announced
A uniting theme of the FinovateEurope Best of Show winners this year: data.
Objectway Conference 2018: the eternal digital city
When in Rome, reveal the latest insights on digital ambitions and wealthtech.
Challenger bank Atom raises £149m
The latest funding round includes £85.4 million from Atom’s existing investor, BBVA.
Forget foodtech and retailtech, dinetech may be the next big thing
Devie Mohan’s thoughts on the new “Dine and Dash” offering from Barclaycard.
Lanco FCU live with new core banking system, Symitar’s Episys
New tech is provided on a hosted basis by Member Driven Technologies (MDT).
Orange Bank turns to IBM Watson for virtual advisor tech
Orange is brining “unique customer experience” with its new virtual advisor, Djingo.
Banpro launches Finn.ai’s first Spanish-speaking virtual banking assistant
Banpro’s new chatbot, created by Finn.ai, available via Facebook Messenger.
Wealth Wizards keen to “revolutionise” UK’s advice sector
UK-based fintech Wealth Wizards has launched Turo, a new artificial intelligence (AI) solution.
Amazon checks out JP Morgan over checking accounts product
Don’t be an Amazon worrier – this is a potential opportunity.
New customers drive Avaloq to record 2017 revenue
Swiss core banking vendor reveals record revenue of over $584.4m.
UK’s Yorkshire Building Society goes live with nCino for lending ops
US vendor nCino gets second client in the UK.
India’s government looks for flexible fintech
Nation seeks to promote financial inclusion and make regulations more flexible.
Metropole Gestion revamps front and middle office ops with SimCorp Dimension
French asset management firm will integrate solution across its range of equity, fixed income and diversified funds.
Fintech tour Hell: hot enough for you?
Better to reign in Hell than lose your verve in Heaven.
BBVA unleashes “world’s biggest fintech competition”
There is a €150,000 prize fund for the overall winners.
