How loan providers will be using blockchain
The concept of blockchain is still very alien to many.
Innovation
Stripe lines up APIs for programmable payment cards
APIs rule for US mobile payments firm.
Isbank opens API portal in Turkey
Initially offering 14 APIs for developers.
Monzo challenges Starling with joint account launch
Starling has had a head start.
Switch brings voice tech to its CardSavr API
CardSavr will use natural language processing for managing cards on file.
Hitachi and KDDI trial biometric payments on blockchain
They aren’t KDDI-ing with their coupon settlement system experiment.
Deutsche Bank debuts digital signatures for corporates
Accelerated account openings have arrived.
Swift unleashes gpi for corporates pilot
Corporates and banks to test a new multi-bank payments tracking solution.
Figure Eight dates Google Cloud for machine learning
Figure Eight will serve as the data launch partner for Google Cloud AutoML.
Fellow bankers: “ecosystem” is not a “safe word”
Ecosystems are buzzing living things for those who are part of them.
German digital platform WeVestor powers up
Berlin-based firm targeting entrepreneurial investors.
Credit Suisse unveils $261m fintech fund
Its NEXT Investors team will be looking for the next group of firms to invest in.
The rise of wealthtech
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are revolutionising wealthtech.
Jabbar unveils digital exchange Kambio Ventures
A blockchain-enabled marketplace for tokenised asset-backed securities.
PSR calls for feedback on card acquiring services
Payment Systems Regulator wants a happy UK payments place.
FinLeap makes it nice and Beesy with Italian venture
Fintech company builder founds first firm in Italy.
Digital Asset takes Google Cloud to blockchain
Google developers get access to tools and services for DLT dreams.
Interview: Ching Ching Tan, Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Ngee Ann Polytechnic and CFTE have launched a new “AI in Finance” course.
OCBC Bank turns tellers into digital ambassadors
Wants to upskill its workforce.
Socure unveils digital identity bot Aida
Named after the world’s first computer scientist, Ada Lovelace.
US personal finance app Even gets $40m funding
Second round of financing led by Khosla Ventures.
Blockchain network Nervos nervelessly nets $28m funding
Backed by investors Polychain Capital and Sequoia China.
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JLT buys saving and investment service Moola
UK-based JLT Employee Benefits looks to digital benefits.
CFPB launches fintech sandbox in US
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to remove red tape.
The ID Co. unveils Open Banking API platform
New solution enables customers to use the firm’s DirectID user verification tech.
Top fintech stories this week – 20 July 2018
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EY buys into blockchain for an Elevated Consciousness
Buys US start-up’s crypto-asset accounting and tax functions.
Banco Sabadell’s hub chasing innovation in Israel with €7.5m investment
InnoCells has invested in Cardumen Capital.
Starling marketplace grows with Growth Street addition
The first live use of SME finance provider’s third-party API.
Moneysupermarket takes JV route into fintech
Users can compare and apply for mortgages via HD Decisions partnership.
Hong Kong hastens open banking ambitions
Hong Kong Monetary Authority publishes API framework.
The infallible innovator: banking paradoxes for the age of disruption
The reality of corporate innovation is that experimentation is encouraged on condition of infallibility.
Mastercard files patent for blockchain-based transactions
Looking at consumer protection, but its interest in patents is nothing new.
IBM adds strength to Stronghold’s crypto token launch
Stronghold calls it “first and only” venture-backed USD anchor on Stellar Network.
Razer expands payments reach with Singapore move
Partners with United Overseas Bank to launch Razer Pay.
Stellar first DLT protocol to get Shari’ah compliance
Gets approval from Shariyah Review Bureau.
NatWest and Large Credit Union Coalition join R3’s blockchain club
UK bank and Canadian group provide double delight.
Japan revamps regulator for fintech action
The Strategy Development and Management Bureau is born.
BlackFin Capital’s fintech fund gets €180m
Says it is the largest independent fintech fund in Europe.
