What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 18 | Are you being self served?
Diebold Nixdorf’s Matt Phillips joins us for this latest episode of our What the Fintech? podcast.
Innovation
PayTech Awards 2021 Winner: Surepay – Editor’s Choice
Evolution of confirmation of payee (CoP).
Finnovex Middle East Summit: Digging deeper into resilient and agile transformation strategies
The event highlighted the imperative to endow the digital future of the region.
Shortlist announced for Banking Tech Awards 2021
Congratulations to all of this year’s finalists.
Back to the future for banks
Now is the best time for banks to plan and explore the future before the wave of change hits.
White paper: The eIDAS primer
Exploring electronic IDs and how they help EU citizens conduct business with government agencies.
Of the things we cannot see
As the debate around working from home unfolds, I will confess there are things that worry me.
PayTech Awards 2021 Winner: Volante – Best Real-Time Payments Solution
Delivering a clear roadmap to a real-time payments infrastructure.
Guide: The X factor – why KYC isn’t enough
Fighting fraud and financial crime doesn’t end at onboarding.
FortisPay boosts commerce offering with OmniFund acquisition
The acquisition follows deals for EpicPay and Change Merchant Systems in June.
i-movo teams up with ClearBank and DWP to digitise UK’s benefits payments system
Claimants can now receive their payments in a number of different ways.
DevOps platform Copado lands $140m funding
The firm plans to use the cash raised to expand its testing software.
Fintech start-up Koyo raises $50m in Series A round
The lender will use the cash to target the UK’s “near-prime” consumer credit market.
Irwin secures $20m in Series A funding round led by K1
The investment will help further the fintech’s mission to upgrade the capital markets software offering.
Global Payments to acquire MineralTree in $500m deal
The acquisition will expand Global Payments’ B2B offering.
Australian challenger Avenue lands restricted banking licence
The digital business bank wants to make it easier for SMEs to grow their businesses.
SEC threatens suit over Coinbase crypto lending product
Coinbase’s CEO and chief legal officer admonish US markets regulator over lack of clarity.
ICYMI funding round-up: TruePay, BankiFi, Aurelia, Jeff & more
Another collection of funding rounds and raises from all over the world you might have missed this week.
Trade surveillance fintech Eventus secures $30m Series B funding
Eventus will use the Series B cash to continue its growth.
Globalisation, crypto and the new cold war
The emergence of blockchain and digital currencies is sparking a new tech battle across the world.
Fintech ecosystem MNT-Halan lands $120m funding
The Egyptian digital platform connects merchants and users who are typically excluded from financial institutions.
Visa partners Indian paytech to push offline payments
Innoviti says it is committed to building a cashless India, driving financial inclusion across the country.
Eat your vegetables
Everyone wants to do the parts of their job they like and avoid the parts they don’t like. But the job is the job.
Standard Chartered sets aside $107m for new digital bank in Singapore
UK-listed lender forms joint venture with Singapore’s National Trades Union Congress.
China Bohai Bank taps Bairong for AI-powered digital upgrade
China Bohai Bank will utilise Bairong’s fraud and loan monitoring systems.
Cartoon: Barnacles
This new cartoon illustrates a growing trend in the venture capital space.
Investcorp tech fund snaps up e-wallet firm MIR
The acquisition marks the eighth investment from the private equity firm’s Investcorp Technology Fund IV.
Report: “Fintech vs Fintech”? The rise of digitalisation in banking
FinTech Futures launches its latest report looking into the changing nature of digital technologies in our industry.
Fintech software firm Veritran hits $225m valuation with Trivest investment
Veritran’s enterprise low-code platform facilitates billions of transactions annually.
UK industry body unveils five-year strategy to catch US and Asia
The industrial strategy aims to shore up existing UK successes in order to overtake Asia and the US.
Dock: meet in person on 24 November 2021 in London
Get ready for face-to-face interaction! Free VIP passes for banks & financial institutions.
AI accounting platform Vic.ai lands $50m in Series B funding round
The funding round, led by ICONIQ Growth, brings the fintech’s total capital raised to $63m.
CIBC acquires Costco’s Canadian credit card portfolio
CIBC will also become the exclusive issuer of Costco Mastercards in Canada.
BitConnect faces $2bn SEC fraud charge
SEC alleges BitConnect and founder Satish Kumbhani siphoned investor funds into digital wallets.
It’s time to put our heart back into our ecosystem – and build what matters
Access to financial services is a crucial tool to help our most marginalised citizens escape poverty.
ICYMI funding round-up: SurePay, Capitalise, FV Bank & more
Another collection of funding rounds and raises from all over the world you might have missed this week.
Crypto exchange FTX.US acquires derivatives platform LedgerX
The firm aims to bring regulated crypto derivatives to its US user base.
Databricks hits $38bn valuation with $1.6bn Series H round
Data and AI firm plans to turbocharge adoption of its ‘lakehouse’ data management architecture.
Former HSBC boss to head up UK green infrastructure bank
The state-owned policy bank aims to level up UK infrastructure through targeted green investments.
Mambu takes the Cake with new digital banking deal
Cloud core banking vendor wins deal with new Vietnamese digital bank Cake.
