MyLife MyFinance goes live on cloud hosted Temenos technology
Australian bank deploys Transact in the cloud with SaaS package.
Financial Services/Finserv
Nigerian fintech Appzone lands $10m for pan-African digital core banking solution
The Series A round was led by CardinalStone Capital Advisers.
Finder snaps up shuttered Singapore fintech GoBear
COVID-19 took a toll on GoBear’s capital reserves and certain financial products.
Dutch personal finance app Paynote goes live with beta
Unlike its rivals, Paynote launches without bank support.
Top five tips as your fintech company explores European expansion
US fintech companies recognise the potential buying power of the European Union’s 550 million people.
Innovate Finance CEO Crosswell steps down
Head of industry body to be replaced by COO Janine Hirt.
Moneycorp continues exec shake-up with new ex-Vocalink vice chairman
Yates previously headed up Vocalink, the fintech Mastercard bought in 2017.
German challenger pockid targeting Gen Z launches this month
Users can either sign up to Neo Beginner, or Neo Pro.
Minna Technologies recruits Tiama Hanson-Drury as new product officer
Hanson-Drury joins the Minna team from Dynata.
EML Payments acquires open banking brand Nuapay in €110m deal
Nuapay owner Sentenial snapped up by prepaid cards firm EML.
Tide signs deal with RBL Bank to underpin Indian expansion
The UK firm is seeking 25,000 new customers in the country.
France’s central bank warns fintech industry of rules when using term “neobank”
The industry has long called out the interchangeable use of the word “neobank”.
Data-driven design thinking helps banks drive revenue
Clients, who benefit from superior digital experiences, will be happier, too. It’s a win-win.
Keep the change: how fintech is blurring the line between transaction and payment
As payments become more frictionless, how can banks cultivate and maintain customer loyalty?
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 9 April 2021
Featuring Clubhouse, Stripe, Harlem Capital, Paymob, and WorldRemit founder.
ICYMI funding round-up: FinanZero, Hala, Spoko, Cornerstone & more
Another week and another slew of funding rounds.
Real connections in a virtual world: Dock Digital
Interview with FinTech Futures’ Tanya Andreasyan about Dock, the unique roundtable experience.
Acorns bags second acquisition of 2021 with AI start-up Pillar
Pillar helps students manage loan debt.
Egyptian fintech Paymob lands country a record $18.5m Series A
The Series A followed a $350,000 seed raise in 2019.
Swiss neobank Alpian lands $18m Series B ahead of 2021 launch
The raise comes less than a year after its Series A.
Octobank acquires Earlybase to boost sales and marketing in Europe
Czeczia-based neobank makes strategic buy.
Nomura hires former Barclays exec Jain as new CIO
Jain spent 13 years at Barclays, leaving as CTO in 2019.
IDS to acquire White Clarke Group in multi-asset class merger deal
The combined firm will serve more than 300 companies.
Raising the curtain on embedded finance: the next wave of fintech is here
Embedded finance brings an entirely new set of players targeting specific segments into finserv.
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 8 | Bank branches amid COVID-19
Leena Iyar, chief branding officer at Moxtra, joins us on this latest episode.
UK fintech TrueLayer lands $70m Series D led by NY investor Addition
TrueLayer claims payment volumes have grown by 600 times in the last 12 months.
Plaid announces $425m Series D with three new investors
“Mobile banking is no longer the realm of start-ups”.
La Banque Postale picks Ebury for international SME transfers
French postal bank aims to expand abroad for SME customers.
Santander International to deploy cloud-based Temenos system
Isle of Man and Jersey users switching over to Temenos platform.
Tandem Bank goes live on Mambu core platform
Tandem replaces Fiserv’s Agiliti with Mambu’s system.
Banking Technology April 2021 issue out now
Soaring to new heights: a record-breaking first quarter of M&A activity.
Stating the obvious
We need the obvious stated. A lot. And for many reasons.
UK energy provider Octopus launches Moneycoach
It intends to invest £10 million into Moneycoach to scale the offering.
Ikano Bank picks TruNarrative to sit at regulatory centre of digital change
Swedish bank selects UK regtech firm to collate AML programmes.
US core banking vendor Nymbus sets up new business for credit unions
“Credit unions have an immediate opportunity to leverage niche digital banking approaches”.
Airtel Africa sells 25% stake in mobile money arm to Mastercard for $100m
Airtel Africa hopes to list the mobile money business as a separate entity.
Stripe takes first step into Middle East with UAE expansion
Digital payment transactions in the UAE during 2020 reached $18.5 billion.
Clubhouse introduces tipping for content creators with Stripe
The one-year-old start-up has raised around $100 million to date.
How to detect and investigate public sector fraud
Detecting these crimes is one thing; investigating them and stopping fraudsters in their tracks is quite another.
Valutico becomes first fintech start-up to explore ESG valuations
Sustainability considerations are becoming an increasingly integral part of the finserv industry.
