Bankwest launches Australia’s first payments ring, Bankwest Halo
“Just grab the things you need, fist-bump the terminal and go.”
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Saudi Arabia to build new testing and certification scheme for payments
FIME to develop a bespoke cloud-based testing platform and certification process.
BPCE signs for Meniga’s digital banking tech
Meniga’s tech will be implemented at BPCE’s Banques Populaires and Caisses d’Epargne in France.
Coconut launches business current account for self-employed
Coconut “cracks open” its app-based business account for freelancers and self-employed people.
Rabobank ventures to fintech frontier with $60m fund
Welcome to Rabo Frontier Ventures – and its focus on early-stage fintech firms.
Tesobe powers Santander’s first hackathon
Springs into action via Open Bank Project’s sandbox technology and expertise.
BlueVine boosts invoice factoring credit line to $5m
Small business lender doubles the size of its invoice factoring solution.
Kabbage expands line of credit
US alternative lending start-up now offering up to $250,000.
Wealthfront launches homeownership planning tool
The pressure is high in today’s US housing market – home buyers feel the need to buy.
Western Union unveils fintech centre in India
New 125,000 square feet facility in Pune will employ more than 1,000 individuals.
Amazon, Warren Buffett and JP Morgan Chase create new healthcare firm
The company is so new it doesn’t have a name.
Alibaba Cloud brings big data programme to Malaysia
To get experts to collaborate and compete in developing tech solutions.
Growth, wealth and modernisation drive fintech innovation in MENA region
An interesting place to be a bank or a fintech!
Payments round-up: 30 January 2018
Featuring Vocalink, Shieldpay, Huawei, UnionPay, Pelican, PaymentComponents, Infosistema and Banco BAI Europa.
BNI Europa makes €50m Funding Circle in Germany
BNI Europa reckons investment will provide access to finance for around 600 companies.
Nationwide’s internet banking takes the night off
Night and day. Day and night. Whatever the time, you can’t be sure of UK banking.
Finabank in core banking tech revamp with Temenos and Sofgen
Finabank in Suriname has signed for a front-to-back office suite of tech from Temenos.
ANZ CEO seeks better banking PDQ
Sends lengthy letter to staff urging restoration of customers’ trust in wake of commission on banking misconduct.
Finastra acquires Olfa Soft for treasury revelry
Gets its hands on an eFX trading solution which covers post-trade and payments.
RELX buys fraud prevention firm ThreatMetrix for $830m
Deal is expected to close in the first half of this year.
Figo releases RegShield for PSD2 field
German banking service provider launches its new “Licence-as-a-Service” solution.
Payoneer partners with Waze to power local payments
Currently available in Texas, California and Israel.
Linxo links up with Raisin to save Europe
A Franco-German alliance targets the European savings sector.
Fintech funding round-up: 29 January 2018
Features Tender Armor, OpenDoor, Duco and Sancus Finance.
Softbank seeks to steal PayPal’s plunder
A rival digital payments system?
ABN Amro, ING and Rabobank hit by cyberattacks
All suffered a series of DDoS attacks last weekend.
ANZ internet banking goes dead
Ten hours a slave… to Twitter complaints.
ING makes 75% incision in Payvision
Looks for growth and to broaden its payment product portfolio.
Challenger bank Ummah Finance seeks CTO
UK-based start-up Ummah Finance looking for a CTO and other senior execs to join its team.
eCurrency Mint and Rizal to launch digital cash in Philippines
Plan to make it available by Q2 this year.
The importance of knowing your payments are secure
The explosion of e-commerce has led to an increase in online fraud and money laundering.
UK cybersecurity start-ups get royal touch at Pitch@Palace
Event will be hosted by the National Cyber Security Centre and the GCHQ Cyber Accelerator.
Trussle rustles up mortgage monitoring service
Monitors over 11,000 mortgage deals from more than 90 lenders across the market.
Cryptocurrency mining scam catches 15m people out
Running undetected for over four months.
UK government puts its heart into Digital Charter
Pushing new standards to keep digital economy, cybersecurity and tech investment on track.
Bank of England recovers from IT issues
Resolves technology communications problems following a regular internal IT update.
UK’s new watchdog shows AML instinct
Office for Professional Body AML Supervision is unleashed.
Digital ID firm Signicat raises $2m
Signicat is one cool cat with its Identity Assurance-as-a-Service.
AutoGravity forces its way past $2bn in financing
Things are looking up for US mobile auto shopping and financing start-up.
Roostify integrates with LendingTree
Consumers can find a loan while Roostify keeps the mortgage origination process online.
