SuperCharger’s latest programme raises $14.4m and inks 47 deals
SuperCharger accelerator results in 47 deals after 12 weeks, and a lot of funding.
Financial Results
ABN Amro profits from digital revamp
Dutch bank gets net profit of €595 million for Q1 2018.
FairFX posts first full year profits
CEO of FairFX describes the year as “ground-breaking” for the company.
Opportunity cost and the gender pay gap: the market value of decency
It’s not about women or money. It’s about what hiring and rewarding with integrity does for your business.
New customers drive Avaloq to record 2017 revenue
Swiss core banking vendor reveals record revenue of over $584.4m.
Virgin Money’s digital bank edges to beta testing
Beta testing expected in the second half of this year.
Lloyds preps for PSD2 with £3bn digital investment
Three-year strategy to bolster its digital capabilities – job cuts are included.
Temenos enjoys software licensing growth of 22%
Revels in a decent 2017 and keeps the momentum gained in 2016.
Podcast: [the SME sector is] so hot right now
11:FS Fintech Insider show featuring FinTech Futures’ Tanya Andreasyan.
Cardlytics first fintech firm to go public in 2018
Data driven marketing tech firm Cardlytics is now listed on Nasdaq.
IBM hits growth for first time in 23 quarters
Did it in style – exceeding analyst revenue expectations by almost $500 million.
Infographic: history of Ripple coin
Buyripple explains “how banks fell in love with Ripple” in this infographic.
Cloud market soared to $180bn in revenue in 2017 – study
A 24% year-over-year increase, according to new research by Synergy Research Group.
Oracle cloud revenue bursts 44%
Oracle reported total cloud revenues up 44% to $1.5 billion for Q2 of its fiscal 2018.
Dell posts smaller Q3 loss
The company continues to absorb its EMC acquisition, as well as branch out into new areas, such as IoT.
VMware’s cloud fortunes continue in Q3
VMware continues to expand beyond its traditional role in the virtualisation market into areas such as cloud computing and software-defined data centre offerings, and the company’s bets on these areas are paying off, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). The firm released its third-quarter financial results, beating Wall Street expectations by $0.07 per […]
HPE enterprise sales sluggish in Q4
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) saw revenue up 5% year-over-year to $7.8 billion, but it’s having trouble gaining traction with enterprise sales – and its CEO is leaving, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). For the fourth quarter ending 31 October, combined net revenue for HPE was $7.8 billion, including $174 million associated with […]
Cisco’s Q1 beats Wall Street expectations
After several quarters of less-than-stellar results, Cisco managed to beat analysts’ expectations with a better-than-expected report for its first quarter of fiscal 2018, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). For the quarter ended 28 October 2017, Cisco reported GAAP revenue of $12.1 billion, a 2% year-over-year decline. However, GAAP net income increased 3% […]
NAB plans 6,000 job losses in digital banking revamp
National Australia Bank (NAB) will make 6,000 job cuts over the next three years with its digital banking revamp and long-term strategy to maintain profit. Andrew Thorburn, NAB’s CEO, says: “I think all big businesses – particularly incumbent businesses – the reshaping of the workforce is going to be significant. And I think it’s important […]
For Amazon and Microsoft, the cloud keeps giving
Someday, the consistent growth in sales for Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure will have to stop, writes Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). “Someday” isn’t today.
What adds up to $95 billion? Q3 for Google, Microsoft and Amazon
$43.7 billion for Amazon, $27.7 billion for Google and $24.5 billion for Microsoft. And it hasn’t even hit the Christmas sales period yet.
Samsung loses its CEO despite record profits
The CEO of Samsung Electronics – Oh-Hyun Kwon – has thrown in the towel, citing an “unprecedented crisis” at the company as his reason, reports Telecoms.com (Banking Technology’s sister publication). The specifics of that crisis were not revealed in “an emotional letter” (according to the Samsung press release) sent to all employees by Kwon, who […]
Avoka reports record growth for second consecutive year
Australia-based digital banking software vendor Avoka is celebrating its second year in a row of topping expectations. The company has experienced big gains in order numbers (79% overall, 67% new business), opened a new office in Frankfurt, Germany, and launched a new solution to help FIs build and implement their visions for an omnichannel experience, reports […]
Klarna celebrates year-over-year sales, profit gains
Klarna is having quite a summer. It reported sales and profit results for the first half of 2017 that represented gains of 21% and 138%, respectively, reports Finovate (Banking Technology‘s sister company). The strong financials come amid a series of headlines that show the Swedish payments company making strides on a number of fronts. This includes […]
Top fintech stories this week – 25 August 2017
Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place! Fiserv buys payments software vendor Dovetail Pushes deeper into the payments infrastructure sector. Mobile contactless transactions hit £370m in UK in H1 2017 A whopping 336% year-on-year increase. Avaloq maintains momentum with massive earnings rise Adjusted EBITDA increased […]
Avaloq maintains momentum with massive earnings rise
Avaloq has reported impressive earnings growth for the first half of 2017 due to investment in its banking suite and the “accelerating trend of the market” towards digital, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and transaction processing services. For H1 2017, the firm says compared to the same period last year, adjusted EBITDA increased 257% to CHF 36.3 million […]
Is Prosper prospering?
Peer-to-peer (P2P) lender Prosper released its second quarter earnings recently, just days after the company shuttered its consumer-facing bill management system.
Digiliti Money evaluates go forward strategy as founder quits and revenue falls
US-based fintech Digiliti Money (formerly Cachet Financial Solutions) is pondering its future in the light of financial troubles and the resignation of its founder, chairman and CEO, Jeffrey Mack.
AWS commands corner over cloud market
Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to dominate the worldwide cloud infrastructure services market with nearly $1.2 billion in revenue growth over the past four quarters, reports Light Reading (Banking Technology’s sister publication). Overall, hyperscale cloud providers are maintaining their lead position in the cloud market – which has steadily grown over 40% each year, according to […]
Fintech earnings round-up: 31 July 2017
Several major payments companies have released Q2 earnings, including The Bancorp, Discover, Mastercard and PayPal. Overall, payments volume is on the rise and partnerships are proving particularly important for PayPal, which has been on tear with recent strategic announcements.
Confident Intel raises full-year revenue outlook by $1.3bn
Following a successful quarter, Intel has raised revenue outlook across the full-year owing to solid performance in artificial intelligence (AI) and driverless tech, reports Telecoms.com (Banking Technology‘s sister publication). Quarterly figures were looking pretty impressive too. Total revenue was reported at $14.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 9%, while net income stood at $2.8 billion, […]
Facebook looks to Messenger for future growth… but not yet
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has cast his sights on monetising his OTT platforms Messenger and WhatsApp, but don’t expect miracles any time soon, reports Telecoms.com (Banking Technology‘s sister publication). The financial performance of the company is exactly what you would expect; another quarter of monstrous growth. Total revenues hit $9.164 billion, a year-on-year increase of […]
Big data and cybersecurity fuel Atos revenue rise
The delightful duo of big data and cybersecurity have fuelled the revenue rise for IT services corporation Atos. In its first half 2017 results, Atos’ “strongest H1 ever”, the firm revealed a revenue in big data and cybersecurity of €357 million – a rise of 13.8% organically. Thierry Breton, chairman and CEO, says: “Either on […]
Google makes loads of money, but cloud is real story
Googlers are still swimming in cash as the latest quarter brought in $26.01 billion, and not even a $2.74 billion fine from the European Commission could dampen the mood at this party, reports Telecoms.com (Banking Technology‘s sister publication). The uplift in revenue, accounting for a 21% year-on-year boost, should not really come as a huge […]
Fintech earnings round-up: 24 July 2017
It’s been a busy time for second- and fiscal third-quarter earnings reports. Features Bank of America, Amex, Blackhawk Network and Visa. Banking Technology’s sister publication Paybefore reports. Bank of America (BofA) has beaten analyst expectations with earnings per share of 46 cents on revenue of $22.829 billion for the second quarter ended 30 June 2017. […]
Azure leads the charge as Microsoft continues its resurgence
Microsoft has put in another solid performance with quarterly revenues standing at $24.7 billion, a 9% boost year-on-year, and full-year revenues of $89.95 billion, reports Telecoms.com (Banking Technology‘s sister publication). While the More Personal Computing unit, which for devices and gaming etc declined once again, the success of the more potent business units more than […]
Temenos powers on with revenue rise
Banking software vendor Temenos is retaining momentum with software licensing revenues rising yet again. In its Q2 2017 results, it reported total software licensing revenues of 22% year-on-year. For the previous quarter, these figures stood at a respectable 19%. The Q1 results were notable as Temenos CEO David Arnott (answering a question from an analyst) […]
No silver lining for IBM cloud revenues
Despite a big push in its cloud-coated ambitions, IBM has revealed a drop in revenues for its technology services and cloud platforms. For its Q2 2017 results, revenues for this largest part of its business (including infrastructure services, technical support services and integration software) was $8.4 billion, down 5.1%. However, in its “strategic imperatives”, IBM […]
Infosys profit delicately declines
Excitement is thin on the ground as the net profit for India-based Infosys dipped ever so gently in its latest financial results. For the quarter ended 30 June 2017, the financial systems vendor announced that Q1 net profit was $541 million, a quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) decline of 0.4%. Although for year-on-year (YoY), it displayed growth of […]
More money misery for Monzo with £6.7m loss
Mobile-only challenger bank Monzo has reported a loss after taxation of £6.7 million in its latest financial results. For the year ended 28 February 2017, the firm’s directors do not recommend a final dividend. In fact, it has got worse compared to the 2016 full year results. There was also no final dividend because the […]
