Sibos 2021: Banking beyond Covid-19
Covid has changed the world, and now we have to pick up the pieces and deal with the aftermath.
Financial Services/Finserv
Sibos 2021: Minna Technologies – making subscriptions management easy
Minna’s 2022 strategy includes expansion into the US and Australia.
BaaS platform Productfy raises $16m and forms card issuance partnership
Productfy provides companies with embeddable modules for payments, deposits, and card issuance.
Sibos 2021: BIAN releases upgraded digital core banking platform
The Coreless Bank platform is designed to help firms modernise their core banking infrastructure.
Sibos 2021: Connecting with customers is key to digital transformation
Banks should adopt a client-centred approach to their services to forge a deeper relationship with customers.
Sibos 2021: CBDCs important to future of industry, says SocGen CEO
Speaking at Sibos 2021, Frédéric Oudéa says CBDCs “might be more efficient than, and might replace, cash”.
Société Générale to cut 3,700 jobs, combine IT systems in Credit du Nord merger
French banking group plans to have 30% of its retail products sold online by 2025.
Green Dot picks Temenos Banking Cloud to digitise partner accounts
Prepaid debit card firm plans to roll new system out across multiple channels.
Cartoon: Landfill
This new cartoon illustrates how the excess of cash is diminishing the ‘Valley of Death’ for many start-ups.
Sibos 2021: The future of money starts now
The future of money is the main discussion point at this year’s Sibos conference.
Sibos 2021: Africa has world’s best demographics for financial services, says Standard Bank CEO
Investment and connectivity have created “vast opportunities”, says Sim Tshabalala.
Sibos 2021: Net-zero commitments from banks and governments “need to have teeth”, says panel
How finance can tackle climate change has been a key topic at Sibos this year.
Indian SME neobank Open gains backing from Google in $100m Series C
Open raises $100 million to expand into new markets, including the US.
Sibos 2021: Citi’s Paco Ybarra says banks must adapt and collaborate in a rapidly changing world
Ybarra says that banks like Citi must work with, rather than against, change.
Sibos 2021: Major payments bodies join forces for new cross-border project
The Immediate Cross-Border Payments project also involves 11 financial institutions.
Webinar: Streamlining loan management with the next generation of loan servicing technology
Explore the key challenges facing the lending and servicing industry, and how to prepare for the future.
Sibos 2021 video: SmartStream on cash and liquidity management in difficult times
FinTech Futures interviews Peter Dehaan, new business director for cash and liquidity management at SmartStream.
Sibos 2021: ISO 20022 “isn’t the solution to all your problems”, says panel
Payments panel at industry conference cautions sector about incoming standard.
Sibos 2021: Major appliance manufacturer picks SmartStream for data reconciliation
Fisher & Paykel selects SmartStream Air to automate its currently manual reconciliation processes.
Capital One acquires SME travel fintech Lola
Lola announced a cessation of operations last month.
JIC Bank picks Technisys to power core banking
Puerto Rican lender aims to serve retail and commercial customers with new system.
Bank of Ireland closes 88 branches as digital shuffle continues
The Irish lender first announced its cuts to physical locations in March.
Sibos 2021: Financial services and the fight against climate change
How could climate change impact the finance industry and what more can companies do to tackle the issue?
White paper: Top three frauds in online banking and how to prevent them
Dissecting digital scams in-depth, showcasing the most important examples and the relevant technical details.
Fintech funding deals globally 4 October – 10 October 2021
Featuring Devoted Health, CoinSwitch, Ajaib, Sky Mavis and Masterworks.
Sibos 2021: “I’ve never seen the industry refreshing itself more,” says SmartStream CEO
SmartStream CEO Haytham Kaddoura discusses the growing importance of AI and ML and the future of fintech.
VoxSmart acquires speech recognition platform GreenKey
Firm aims to bolster its communications surveillance offering for financial institutions.
Deutsche Börse plans digitisation for German capital markets
German exchanges operator aims for 80% of all securities to be digital by end of 2022.
Daily News at Sibos 2021
Download your free copy of the Sibos supplement today!
Australian lender MoneyMe lands $36m funding partnership
The money will be used to expand its product suite.
Raiffeisen Digital Bank picks Mambu to launch mobile lending service
Users can request loans of up to €22,000 in a “fully digital” system.
Digital transformation in asset management – obstacles for fund administrators
Fund administrators are struggling to keep pace with digitalisation thanks to some notable obstacles.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Google, Monzo, NatWest & more
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, every week.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three amazing jobs to apply for this week
Exciting vacancies at OakNorth, Checkout.com and Finastra. Apply today!
Darlington Building Society revamps onboarding with ieDigital solution
UK building society aims to switch up its front end as part of ongoing transformation.
NatWest pleads guilty to £365m money laundering failure
UK bank faces rare criminal proceedings in December.
Creator-inspired fintech Superjoi to provide financial partnerships with fans
Platform aims to connect content creators with their audience to share revenue.
New UK banking hopeful Tryllian targeting 150m member figure
New bank is applying for an electronic money licence in the UK.
Curve reports widening operating losses despite revenue growth in 2020
The banking platform suffered from the high costs of doing business during the pandemic.
Finding out about finfluencers
People are turning to influencers on social media for guidance on everything, including finance.
