Vista Bank Group selects Radar Payments to power pan-African processing
African challenger bank selects BPC company to underpin payments.
Financial Services/Finserv
UK P2P lender The House Crowd’s collapse a result of governance failings
The House Crowd had struggled to raise capital.
Curve goes crowdfunding five months after $95m Series C
Curve plans to grow its workforce by around 60% this year.
Swedish SME lender Fedelta picks Vilja banking system
Vilja wins another deal in its home country with challenger bank.
Why fintech companies of any size should outsource PCI
Lift the burden of data compliance and security by outsourcing compliance to PCI-focused vendors.
Divide and conquer: how share schemes are telling the story of the UK’s start-ups
Share schemes are both a symptom and a driver of commercial prowess.
Fintech funding deals globally 3-9 May 2021
Featuring Wealthsimple, CollectiveHealth, Bitso, Shift Technology, and Forge Global.
Fintech API firm Railz raises $12m in Series A funding round
Toronto-based start-up aims to solve “universal challenge for SMEs”.
UK fintech Fronted raises £1m with backing from Monzo co-founders
The start-up launched back in February.
InvestCloud acquires cash flow firm Advicent to bridge advisor-client gap
Vista Equity-owned Advicent provides technology for 3,000 firms.
Fiserv wins trio of Canadian credit union deals for DNA
Implementation partner Celero will complete the DNA installations.
Bill.com acquires spend management firm Divvy in $2.5bn deal
Bill.com is paying $625 million in cash and $1.875 billion of common stock.
First Direct enhances app with data specialist Bud
First Direct and Bud are partnering to provide enriched data and services via the bank’s app.
Mashreq takes Oracle components around existing Flexcube core
Mashreq Bank is seeking to improve its transaction banking proposition.
Eurobank doubles down on Temenos with new wealth management system
Greek banking group is also undergoing a Temenos-based infrastructure change.
New rules of the game in the AML field?
What is of great importance to meet the challenges of pandemic times is that AI can find anomalies.
The role of enterprise architects in digital transformation and optimisation
Enterprise architecture (EA) is a catalyst in a more pragmatic transformation approach.
The real reason your customers are leaving
Empathy and flexibility are two very important pillars of customer service that risk getting lost.
Banking Technology May 2021 issue out now
Better together: building resilience against cyberattacks.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 7 May 2021
The FinTech Futures weekly round-up of the industry’s top stories and happenings from across the globe.
ICYMI funding round-up: Okra, Yatta, Graviti & more
We round up another selection of deals you may have missed.
Uzbekistan’s Trustbank plans Islamic banking first with ICSFS
The bank claims to be the first in Uzbekistan to offer new Islamic services.
Thought Machine takes Steele from AWS for US leadership role
After a decade at AWS, Brad Steele has joined Thought Machine as US general manager.
Kuwait International Bank announces Mobiquity as digital transformation partner
Mobiquity will provide strategy, design and engineering services for digital banking.
European Payments Council starts Malware Information Sharing Platform search
The EPC has launched an RFP for a Malware Information Sharing Platform.
Bibit.id secures $65m funding to capitalise on Indonesian mutual fund growth
The robo-advisor is focused on Indonesia’s rapidly expanding mutual funds sector.
TSB COO: It’s easy to throw the rock at us and say ‘this guy crashed in 2018’
“Compare this company to the market,” says TSB’s COO.
Digitising trade finance: the next frontier for financial services innovation
The next breakthrough in trade finance is automation driven by data interchange through APIs.
Miami neobank Fortú launches with Galileo Financial Technologies
Fortú plans to focus on Latinx communities and their unique needs.
PBCOM goes live on cloud-based Temenos core banking system
Philippine bank first signed for Temenps back in 2012.
Liberty Bank signs digital banking deal with Alkami Technology
Connecticut-based bank seeks to revamp its services with Texan vendor.
Canadian fintech Wealthsimple raises record $610m at $4bn valuation
The fintech started off as a robo-advisor back in 2014.
What I learned from a chatbot about the future of digital banking
We ought to abstract tech away from the schema and focus solely on people.
Video: pick of the week – new payments system in Singapore, Bank of Ireland tech hires
A top pick of stories from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, weekly.
Report: AI – the future of content management in financial services
Our latest deep-dive report focuses on the potentially revolutionary role of AI in banking content management.
Launchpad Capital unveils $35m fund with Lithuanian fintech focus
Vilnius has dubbed itself the “the G-spot of Europe” since 2018.
Lanistar secures FCA approval less than six months after regulatory warning
Lanistar also filed its unaudited accounts last month.
ClearBank appoints Tom Harris as new CTO
UK clearing bank promoted from within to fill technology role.
Ohpen offloads Davinci Consulting to Yellowtail Conclusion
Core banking vendor streamlines newly-acquired Davinci Group.
Nordea core banking chief Joseph Edwin leaves after six years
Joseph Edwin steps away from Nordic giant after many years leading major change.
