Banking tech round-up: 19 January 2018
Featuring Fiserv, HSLC, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Contovista, Piraeus Bank, Intellect Design Arena and Bank of Baroda.
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Coinbase gets the Memo.AI engineering talent
Digital currency wallet Coinbase looks for growth.
ShopKeep all over First Data’s Clover POS technology
Cloud payments and point-of-sale (POS) system start-up ShopKeep deepens ties.
Flywire acquires payments firm OnPlan Holdings
Buys OnPlanU and OnPlan Health, both subsidiaries of OnPlan Holdings.
Top fintech stories this week – 19 January 2018
Catch up on our top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Amazon taps 20 locations as finalists for second HQ
It’s the hottest competition since “The Bachelor”.
IBM and Cargills Bank bring cognitive security thrills to Sri Lanka
Using IBM QRadar, a security intelligence platform, along with QRadar Advisor with Watson.
Top six trends in payments
What trends will be impacting the payments industry this year?
Cisco’s ex-boss launches VC firm
He also praises eating insects.
Fintech funding round-up: 18 January 2018
Featuring BB&T Corporation, Solgari and Tinkoff Bank.
Security is NOT a priority – especially in Japan
New research from Gemalto indicates many PR gimmicks and posturing are empty promises.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 18 January 2018
Features Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Jibrel Network, Yes Bank and HashCash.
NAB asks Alexa for hands-free banking
Users can now perform tasks such as requesting their account balance or getting details on their latest deposits.
UK Open Banking crew call on Contego to verify you
Open Banking Implementation Entity wants help with identities.
Envestnet | Yodlee unveils API solution for PSD2 compliance
To comply with the UK’s PSD2 and open banking API specifications for account information services.
TCS drools over two delicious insurtech deals for $2.7bn
Two separate deals with Prudential and Transamerica.
Bricks and clicks mix with Metro Bank online current account launch
Join from your own home, office, coffee shops, sheds and hot tubs.
Atos aims for fintech affinity with new trinity
Unleashes three new initiatives to tap into fintechs, insurtechs and regtechs.
InsurTech Rising Live: Digital Week
Featuring industry leaders discussing the issues impacting insurtechs today.
Standard Chartered creates fintech investment unit
New adventures beckon as SC Ventures plans to invest in fintechs and other start-ups.
Fiorano fuels digital overhaul at Bank of Kigali
Rwanda’s largest commercial bank in major revamp.
Banking tech round-up: 16 January 2018
Featuring Finastra, Cyberport, ME Bank, FIS, FinReach, Deutsche Postbank and Saxo Bank.
Nationwide wide of the mark for UK open banking launch
Joins five banks in missing the deadline.
Central Bank of Bahrain’s fintech sandbox heats up
Welcomes three new faces – investment service Wahed, BitArabia and online Bitcoin exchange Belfrics.
By George! Erste Group’s banking platform launches in Slovakia
Developed by the Austria-based bank’s in-house fintech.
Google Cloud offers updates on Spectre and Meltdown flaws
It has managed to weather the storm better.
Fintech Lab launches insurtech accelerator in Moscow
Nine start-ups primed for action.
Root Banking rooting for Starbucks-level channel integration
San Francisco-based start-up from industry veteran Matt Krogstad is launched.
Wells Fargo to scrap 800 more bank branches by 2020
Due to customers’ preference for online and mobile banking – and desire to cut costs.
Interview: Sidd Gandhi, KyePot – dreams and savings schemes
Co-founder and CEO shares his plans for India’s chit fund (savings scheme) industry.
Cardlytics appoints new CTO
Data-driven marketing company is reinforcing its troops for the new year.
Blooom fighting fraud in world of the 401(k)
US independent robo advisor Blooom unveils new Suspicious Activity Alerts feature.
Turkey: the next cashless society
Turkey is perfectly placed to become the world’s next cashless society – a true digital payment powerhouse.
FIS fintech accelerator seeks start-ups
Ten places up for grabs in the US.
IBM planning to reassign 30,000 tech services jobs
“I’ve Been Moved”?
EU outlines €1bn supercomputer plan
A step forward in ambitions to be competitive and independent in the global data economy.
Intel’s Spectre and Meltdown headaches continue
Its share price has also been dropping all week.
Accounting platform Aplos shows faith with Gusto
For Aplos’s nonprofit and faith-based organisation client base.
Is the UK Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport the real life DOSAC?
It’s like the UK government is taking advice from the writers of “The Thick of It”.
Top fintech stories this week – 12 January 2018
Catch up on FinTech Future’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
