Suncorp exec-founded neobank Alex raises AUD 10m
The funding is headed towards marketing and product development.
Financial Services/Finserv
Blockchain-based lender Figure seeks US bank charter
Figure wants to simplify its regulatory and compliance procedures.
Be Money rebrands as Daylight in preparation for US launch
Daylight promises a range of LGBTQ+ services to support its customers.
Building out a payments hub with Infosys Finacle
Peter Ryan, senior product manager at Infosys Finacle, speaks to FinTech Futures about payments.
Starling Bank claims to be UK’s first profitable challenger bank
CEO Anne Boden announced £800,000 profit in a company update.
FinTech Futures Jobs: five things a fintech start-up founder will ask you in an interview
Interviewing in a fintech company is different from interviewing in other industries.
Christian Investors Financial picks Finastra core system
Finastra to deploy Phoenix on the Microsoft cloud.
Ogaki-Kyoritsu Bank selects Moneythor to revamp digital banking
The regional Japanese bank wants a hybrid approach for customers.
Fidelity Bank & Trust goes live on Jack Henry’s SilverLake system
The Iowa-based bank replaces several legacy systems
Google Pay unveils integrated banking challenger Plex
Plex will sit in the wider, revamped Google Pay app.
European Central Bank taps SIA and Colt to connect market infrastructure
SIA and Colt will help the ECB connect through the ESMIG single access interface.
Mortgage platform Better.com lands $200m in Series D funding
Better claims to have funded $25bn in home loans since 2016.
The growth springboard for your bank
Coforge and Profinch execs share their thoughts on Oracle Flexcube.
FCA issues Lanistar warning as tech partners disavow connection
UK payments-as-a-service fintech Modulr is among them.
Chipper Cash raises $30m in Series B featuring Jeff Bezos VC
The Amazon founder’s personal VC participated in Chipper’s latest funding
Latvian loan investment marketplace Mintos crowdfunds €6m
Mintos currently hosts 68 lending companies.
UK challenger Monument partners with Mambu, AWS & Accenture
“Monument concluded that no appropriate single solution existed”.
Digital banking platforms – the new core
Banks that want to own their distribution should also have a strategy for DBP in place.
UK challenger Finndon lands e-money licence
The start-up plans to launch in 2021.
Monzo replaces chief risk officer Lisa Nowell
Nowell leaves after just over a year in her position.
One of Turkey’s largest fintechs Papara gears up for expansion
It launched in 2016 and became cash flow positive in 2017.
Former UniCredit execs launch Aidexa to service Italian SMEs
The bank aims to win over some of the seven million small businesses in Italy.
Neobank Mercury aims to serve US start-up scene
Founded in 2017, the bank has raised $26m so far.
App for US landlords NestEgg lands $7m Series A
Alongside its fresh capital injection, the start-up has also launched NestEgg Pay.
Japan’s SMBC invests $30m in OakNorth
The Japanese giant is also deploying OakNorth’s Credit Intelligence software.
Opportunity costs for cynics
The only new opportunity COVID gives us is to be honest about the opportunities we missed.
Jumio discusses the importance of video-based identity verification
“With video, we can reduce onboarding time from days and hours to minutes.”
UK BaaS provider Griffin lands £6.5m to fund banking licence
Ex-Airbnb software engineer David Jarvis leads Griffin.
If consumers welcome new payment options, why are they slow to adopt them?
The world of payments continues to evolve, but are consumers evolving with it?
Nasik Islamic Bank goes live with BML Istisharat core system
BML deployed the ICBS core platform in four months.
FNZ acquires investment solution vendor Silica from Ninety One
Silica claims to service more than 1.3 million investor accounts.
MSU Federal Credit Union built its own app in 2009 – where is it now?
MSU holds around $5.5 billion in assets and is America’s 48th largest credit union.
United Fintech launches in UK and acquires NetDania
Danish fintech NetDania supplies forex and trading technology and data.
SBM Bank India plans challenger for emerging affluent market
SBM is partnering up with PayNearby for its initial stages.
Temenos wins new US customer in de novo bank ACDC
ACDC is in the process of applying for a banking licence in the US.
French telecoms firm launches prospective challenger bank
Noelse is still in the very early stages of development.
What the Fintech? Episode 16 | Financial inclusion 2020
Nina Mohanty shares her research findings on financial inclusion around the most vulnerable people in our communities.
Innovation in Retail Banking Report 2020
Responses from 750+ senior bankers the world over with a focus on adapting to changes brought on by COVID-19.
Lawyers turned payment processors serve world’s richest consumers
“We’ve already broken even,” says CEO.
Coconut searching for new CTO
Allistair Crossley leaves after three and a half years at the fintech.
