Mastercard tackles faster payments in the UK, smart watches and open banking
Mastercard reaches out to Starling Bank, NXP, and prepares for open banking.
Innovation
Money20/20 Europe: how to build a company that behaves
How financial services can be reimagined by an understanding of human behaviour.
Italy’s banks set up their blockchain front line
With the support of R3, NTT and SIA, Italy has made the move onto blockchain.
Which industries are making millionaires in the 21st century?
The speed at which individuals in tech have hit huge figures is astounding.
Money20/20 Europe: key takeaways
The trends and key issues when the Money20/20 Europe circus rolled into Amsterdam this week.
Money20/20 Europe: GAFA and Grandhood day
Fraud fears, GAFA and other odds and ends from the Amsterdam event.
Knowing when to stop: bringing start-up disciplines to the land of plenty
Maybe it’s time for the ultimate pivot.
India and Singapore sign fintech MoU amidst ongoing joint projects
India and Singapore are making each other eyes when it comes to fintech partnerships.
Money20/20 Europe: stop the crypto tribalism
Welcome to polarised missives and glorified databases at the Amsterdam event.
Why blockchain could revolutionise trade finance documentation
Standards, regulation and a network all need to be fully achieved before widespread adoption.
Banking Technology June 2018 issue out now
A sublime eternal tune to the rhythms of fintech.
Money20/20 Europe: creating safe spaces – platforms and collaboration
The platformication of everything continues and large tech companies must be part of that process.
Santander café branches in Chile include Zytronics biometric touch screens
Is it a bank? Is it a café? It is both!
UniCredit invests €3.1m in Meniga
The biggest personal finance management (PFM) deal in Europe to date.
Free financial advice service Multiply secures £1.75m investment
Multiply is ready to take off spurred by £1.75m investment.
OCBC Bank in Singapore’s first instant account opening
You can now open an account with OCBC in Singapore in less than five minutes online.
Insurers are on the road to change – but are they moving fast enough?
Are insurers keeping up with the rapid developments taking the financial world by storm?
Banking Technology Awards 2018 now open for entry!
Recognising excellence in the use of IT in financial services.
Money 20/20 Europe: putting the AI in certainty
AI’s potential is discussed at the Amsterdam event.
MassChallenge Fintech accelerator: start-ups wanted
Big corporations increasingly say they see start-ups as friends, not enemies.
TD launches TD Ready Challenge to open industry to humanitarian initiatives
Canada’s TD bank opens its Ready Challenge to “world-changing” solutions.
ING pushes for open banking with SME financing platform and Yolt expansion
ING is leveraging open banking and making their SME and retail offer more attractive than ever across Europe
BNY Mellon and Deutsche Bank launch co-developed chatbot for traders
BNY Mellon and Deutsche Bank launch chatbot for trading on the HKEX.
Money20/20 Europe keynote: the age of invisible payments (and apology from Visa)
Innovation benefits the entire ecosystem, states Visa Europe’s CEO.
Personetics accommodates challenger banks
A new customisable, pre-packaged application lowering barriers for smaller banks.
Mobile banking case study: RBC – farewell friction
Royal Bank of Canada is moving with the times with a series of useful innovations and launches.
Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange softly launches
It’s a subsidiary of the Gibraltar Stock Exchange.
Robo-advisor Munnypot is so hot for Capita
Capita becomes a shareholder in UK robo-advice investment platform.
US mobile banking challenger Chime raises $70m
It also reached over one million bank accounts this month.
Orange and Google looking to fund fintech start-ups
Interested in IoT, cybersecurity, cloud and AI in EMEA.
Ex-Simple co-founder preps developer app for launch
Shamir Karkal wants to help developers get fintech apps to market.
UK start-up Tosca Money prepares to act
Social savings service powered by a digital token.
Top fintech stories this week – 1 June 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Not all banks are equal in the open future
Using stars as our metaphor, let us venture to the final frontier.
Israel postpones cryptocurrency exchange regulations
Four month delay greeted with deep disdain by fintech firms.
Five Nordic banks mull KYC joint venture
They are DNB, Danske, Nordea, Handelsbanken and SEB.
CLS invests in blockchain software firm R3
Market infrastructure group provides financial support.
Infographic: high-cost credit – FCA findings and proposals
UK’s Financial Conduct Authority wants to protect people who use overdrafts and high-cost credit.
UK challenger bank Starling seeks £80m funding
Also ends its partnership with TransferWise.
Webinar: From the high street to cryptocurrency – digital ID verification for on-boarding and compliance
Register for this live webinar, taking place on 20 June.
