Ireland – a land of fintech opportunity
Ireland’s future looks very promising in terms of fintech investment and for financial services more broadly.
Innovation
UK Investment Association unleashes fintech accelerator
Asset management industry to get generosity from VeloCity.
Montserrat gets blockchain Bitt for digital payments
Get that atlas out! Barbados-based Bitt’s DLT to fuel ecosystem for small Caribbean island of Montserrat.
Russia’s beta biometrics brings better banking security
Tinkoff Bank, VTB Bank and Pochta Bank have presented a beta version of their unified biometrics system.
Algorand nabs $4m for blockchain aiming to avoid Bitcoin’s flaws
Straight out of MIT – and reckons it can solve the problems dogging Bitcoin and other digital currencies.
Nxchange pioneers ABN Amro’s blockchain tech for escrow accounts
ABN Amro Clearing Bank (AACB) has developed a blockchain-based alternative for escrow accounts.
Coinbase launches crypto e-commerce acceptance
Digital currency wallet Coinbase is expanding its horizons with the launch of Coinbase Commerce.
Lendtech Roostify lands $25m to disrupt mortgage industry
Roostify’s Series B funding round comes from new and existing investors.
BBVA taps digital start-up Azlo to target US freelance market
Bank partners with business account provider for American dream.
Japan Exchange Group goes live on Cinnober’s clearing and risk solutions
Launches new clearing system for exchange traded derivatives, based on Cinnober’s tech.
UK regulator plots global fintech sandbox
Financial Conduct Authority looking for views on the merits of a mega-model.
Clinc tops $4.5m in annual revenue
Conversational AI platform in the pink and hires a chief growth officer.
Mission to Mars: or how I manage to make everything about fintech
We don’t directly do good in our fintech-verse, but we push the world towards something better.
Fintech funding round-up: 14 February 2018
Special guest stars are Middleton Enterprises, Oradian, IdentityMind Global and Payworks.
Mashreq Bank harnesses Blue Prism digital workforce
Blue Prism integrates AI and automates dozens of processes across various business functions.
Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority pilots Ripple payments
SAMA like it hot for blockchain-powered payments.
Glossary: what’s what in fintech
What’s what in fintech? Here is a glossary of the most commonly used terms.
Revolut uses GPS for FX app launch in APAC
Starting with New Zealand, Singapore and Japan.
Fiorano the firepower in I&M Bank’s digital leap
Kenyan bank will use Fiorano’s platform while integrating with Infosys’ Finacle core banking system.
South African Reserve Bank mulls cryptocurrency regulations
Will also experiment with distributed ledger technologies – and ConsenSys helps out.
How fintech firms can take cover from cyberattacks
Revolutionising technologies are coming up by day and rendering most of the old business models obsolete.
Fintech funding round-up: 13 February 2018
From India via Israel to Finland – starring MoneyOnMobile, Tipalti and Zervant.
E-ZPass links with PayByCar to advance in-vehicle payments
PayByCar lets drivers use toll transponders to make additional purchases, such as fuel, fast food, and car washes.
Global fintech funding goes over $31bn mark
Brings the total over the past three years to $122 billion.
LogMeIn goes for AI gold with Bold360 virtual assistant
A chatbot and virtual customer assistant to make service “more engaging and intuitive”.
TruFin steps into UK challenger bank zone
TruFin started trading on the alternative investment market of the London Stock Exchange.
More fintech firms embrace Starling’s Marketplace
New group of partners includes PensionBee, Wealthsimple, Habito and Kasko in partnership with AXA.
Infographic: who is ready for Open Banking in Asia?
IDC Financial Insights maps the readiness for Open Banking among Asia, Asia Pacific and Australasia markets in 2018.
Singapore’s FinLab unveils SME accelerator programme
Four-month programme will start in March and eight places are up for grabs.
Australia’s new payments platform launches
Enabling customers with accounts at different banks to make 24×7 payments in real-time.
“I have lightbulb moments all the time – doesn’t everyone?”
What was Liz Maguire’s, head of transformation and digital at ANZ, lightbulb moment?
Fintech funding round-up: 12 February 2018
Featuring YapStone, Stash, Moneyfellows and Lendingkart.
What will help facilitate a secure future for the insurance industry?
This is the age of the “I want it now”, the insurance industry seems paralysed in working out a new vision.
Citi opens innovation lab in London
Headquartered at the WeWork offices in Moorgate.
Survey: Banking & fintech – how can commercial banks stay ahead?
Conducted by Fraedom and FinTech Futures to create a comprehensive study on banking and fintech.
MUFG teams with iAPPS for Southeast Asia push
Looking at cross-border payments and settlements.
Infographic: bank and fintech collaboration in Germany
The latest developments in collaboration between banks and fintechs in Gremany.
Podcast: [the SME sector is] so hot right now
11:FS Fintech Insider show featuring FinTech Futures’ Tanya Andreasyan.
Ripple fuels UAE Exchange’s cross-border payments
Via the deal, UAE Exchange joins RippleNet, its enterprise blockchain network.
Tinkoff Bank opens fintech development hub in Moscow
Will focus on new business solutions based on blockchain and biometrics.
