Fintech funding round-up: 6 April 2018
Stars PeerStreet, UK Finance and CardUp.
Innovation
WorkFusion’s $50m funding to fuel robotic process automation plans
Series E investment round bags some serious money.
Mortgage platform Lender Price teams with Ellie Mae
The pricing engine is right.
Swift gpi: move forward or fall behind
Making the case for banks to become Swift gpi-ready.
DBS dangling digital payments bait to corporate clients
Targets 30% reduction in corporate cheque payments by 2020.
YapStone touches Couchbase for payments platform propulsion
Looking for inspiration with a cloud-native data sensation.
Sociable ICICI Bank slings “Social Pay” your way
Indian bank offers payment transfers through social media and e-mail.
IBM brings desensitise touch to Rabobank’s client data
Dutch bank preps to comply with incoming GDPR.
FCA gets it on for UK asset management competition
Financial Conduct Authority explains next steps and timelines.
Uber gives drivers a lift with Visa Debit Card
But it also faces tax problems in Denmark.
PayTech Awards 2018: meet the judges
The event is taking place on 13 July in London.
Banking marketeers Micronotes hits right notes with $3m funding
US firm focuses on helping banks strengthen customer relationships with PaaS.
Symbiont brings the blockchain to mortgagetech
Teams with technology investment firm Ranieri Solutions for exploration plans.
Mambu unleashes digital marketplace
Offering cloud-enabled apps, products and tools.
Fintech and credit unions: risk vs. reward
“Fintech can’t turn you into something you aren’t.”
Fintech funding round-up: 4 April 2018
Stars DriveWealth, Starta Ventures and BitPay.
IBM joins Sovrin Network for decentralised digital identity desires
Another chapter in IBM’s blockchain plans.
It’s time to level the playing field in cards payments
The right IT infrastructure and payments technology are a critical investment.
The Innovation Readiness Playbook
Top payments performer edition.
Jio Payments Bank launches in India
A joint venture between Reliance Industries and the State Bank of India.
Wirecard and Crédit Agricole in digital payments duet
Not singing as such, more of a contract signing.
Analytics firm MapD shoots for the cloud
San Francisco-based company unveils MapD Cloud.
Saxo Bank launches new trading platform
Systems are go for SaxoTraderPRO.
Interview: Red Hat – fuelling open innovation in banking
Discussing cloud titans, blockchain and why the company is at the heart of the open source community.
Revolut unleashes open API to all customers
Allows users to integrate Revolut for Business accounts with third party software.
SoftBank and Alibaba to invest $445m in Paytm E-Commerce
Values the Indian firm at about $1.9 billion.
NatWest links with Vocalink to foil fraudsters
Bank bolsters defences for detection of invoice fraud.
Sberbank takes to the cloud
Russian bank teams with system integrator I-Teco for SberCloud platform.
Ripple joins Hyperledger Project
Ripple CTO says “developers will be able to access Interledger Protocol in Java for enterprise use”.
Moxtra teams with OCBC Bank to pilot new mobile app
To deploy and test the new “Secure Chat Banking” mobile app.
Brazilian challenger Nubank bags $150m funding
Taking on the big banks and making inroads in the credit card space.
Bambu goes global with new office and talent
In fintech, when the going is good, the good go global.
Case study: BBVA – salute the speed
Talk and action – chatbots and artificial intelligence (AI) in practice.
Five ways AI is disrupting financial services
Whether you realise it or not, artificial intelligence (AI) is taking over the world.
Banking Technology April 2018 issue out now
You sought symmetry. And fintech came to you.
Pindrop is tongue-licking good for biometrics
Jaws drop as it launches Tongueprinting.
Top fintech stories this week – 30 March 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Australian challenger bank Judo Capital launches
Throws its hat into the SME ring with digital move.
Avaloq becomes founding partner of FinTech Scotland
O flower of Scotland, when will we see, your like again.
None better than non-clients for Citi mobile app
It’s an open house as non-Citi clients can connect their accounts to app.
