Market EarlyBird unveils mobile app
To tweet, to woo.
Innovation
CrowdFlower becomes Figure Eight for AI trait
US firm hunts out opportunities in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Shared service centres key to supply chain blockchain
Exploring the potential of blockchain for SSCs.
Four Finastra’s a jolly good fintech fellow
And so say all of US. (Well, four firms do.)
Samsung opens AI centres in UK, Canada and Russia
To explore the potential of user-centric AI and IoT action.
Dead fintechs don’t wear Plaid
Shy US app provider expands to Canada.
Maybank makes a Grab for cashless payments in Malaysia
Bank and ride-hailing service team up.
India’s P2P lender Faircent first for RBI’s NBFC-P2P certification
Acronyms unleashed as firm gets non-banking financial company licence.
Tokyo fintech business camp calls for start-ups
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government wants you.
Tradeshift Pay to take the pain from supply chain
Cloud platform will bring together supply chain finance and blockchain-based payments.
Flywire’s invoicing service emerges from beta
US company adds new international invoicing service to its offerings.
Social media and fintech – what kind of relationship?
The future of banking rests on how AI can exploit social media to generate value.
US insurtech start-up Bestow raises $15m
Brings Dallas-based firm’s total financing to more than $18 million.
Microsoft acquires Semantic Machines for conversational AI starter
Ambitions to make chatbots sound more human and less like robots.
Image is everything with ABN Amro’s new webcam advisory service
Dutch bank unveils Beeldbankieren.
Mastercard Accelerate-s search for fintech mates
New Accelerate initiative to offer tools, tech and investment.
Castlight Financial brightens HSBC UK’s first open banking loan
Bank uses Categorisation-as-a-Service to process live loan.
HPS pushes on with open banking platform for payments
Moroccan firm takes PowerCARD Connect-Open API beyond pilot phase.
Bahrain Benefit-s from national payment system
Bahrain’s Electronic Network For Financial Transactions seeks unity.
MUFG and Akamai plan new blockchain payments service
Aim to offer new network from fiscal year 2019.
Nordea’s robo-adviser Nora picks up the pace
You can’t ignore Nora and AI’s advance.
POPin Video Banking and MEA in digital duet
Platform integrated into MEA’s Android and iOS apps.
Fintech funding round-up: 18 May 2018
Stars LendingPoint, Open and The Disruption House.
IBM’s quantum computing crusade calls on Japan
Working with MUFG, Mizuho and more.
UK government releases two new fintech envoys into the wild
Brand new faces in Wales and Northern Ireland.
Infographic: the evolution of international money transfers
From the barter system to Bitcoin.
Envestnet | Yodlee, Quovo and Morningstar unite on SODA framework
A joint initiative in the US to support secure, open data access for consumers.
SMEs and selfies stick for FNB account opening
South African bank unveils selfie authentication… and “businessism”.
UK personal finance app Elifinty preps for launch
For people who see no way out.
BBVA dream team unveils mobile banking platform in Mexico
Launch involved teams from Spain, US and Mexico.
Top fintech stories this week – 18 May 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Interview: Eric Wilson, Xinja – upbeat Down Under
European challengers, the flaws of the big four, and how his father-in-law inspired him.
Equifax powers HSBC UK’s first live credit application solution
Via open banking it’s using Equifax’s InterConnect platform.
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange plans blockchain securities lending platform
TASE is working with Accenture and The Floor. Platform powered by Intel.
HSBC UK kisses Consents Online’s AISP for banking data
Account information service provider profits from open banking.
Commerzbank calls on R3 Corda blockchain for trade finance thrust
A boost for trade and supply chain finance services.
Santander and Broadridge debut blockchain for investor voting
JP Morgan and Northern Trust acted as custodian banks.
Swift blockchain test promises bank benefits – but one size does not fit all
Deutsche Bank shares lessons learnt.
The name’s bond, MTS placed bonds… on blockchain
Digital service provider in “first transaction of its kind” in Russia.
PayTech Awards 2018: shortlist unveiled!
Who are the lucky finalists?
