Your financial digital twin
What if you had a digital twin that could manage your money faster and better than you?
Innovation
White paper: Accelerate financial services innovation
Read this e-book to discover the benefits of Open Source hybrid cloud technologies financial services organisations.
Report by 451 Research: The role of AI in automating processes and decisions
451 Research interviewed 593 business and IT leaders and found that 36% are prioritising process automation.
DWG expands into Singapore with remittance app acquisition
Fintech says Singapore will act as a springboard for expansion into North America and Europe.
Spend management platform PayEm lands $27m in funding
The Israeli fintech says it meets the accounting needs of decentralised and fragmented global enterprise.
How do you eat an elephant?
When working on a large or complex project, you should look to break it up and take it one step at a time.
Nigerian central bank partners with Bitt to deliver new digital currency
The Barbadian fintech says digitising the Naira will benefit the entire Nigerian financial ecosystem.
US Bank boosts fintech investment with stake in two VC firms
The bank says becoming a limited partner in the firms will enhance its fintech offerings.
Reserve Bank of India plans CBDC trials by 2022
India’s central bank is still being “extremely careful” about its tests.
API fintech Alpaca secures $50m in funding
The stock brokerage platform also announced a new crypto offering and a partnership with Plaid.
Sun Life taps AWS as cloud tech provider in digital transformation push
The Canadian firm says the partnership will expedite cloud adoption and boost innovation.
Banking Technology September 2021 issue out now
Cover story: expansion plans – how to achieve global growth efficiently.
Russian digital bank Tinkoff plans Philippine expansion
Reports suggest the move is part of a wider strategy to enter the Asian market.
Australian fintech platform Airwallex launches in US
The expansion is made possible through a partnership with domestic BaaS provider Evolve Bank & Trust.
ICYMI funding round-up: Pngme, Recognise Bank, pawaPay, Finexio & more
Another collection of funding rounds and raises from all over the world you might have missed this week.
Flinks receives $103m investment from National Bank of Canada
Growth capital worth $30m will help expand the fintech’s US footprint.
PayTech Awards 2021 Winners Supplement out now
Impactful and innovative paytech projects, products, services and people in the spotlight.
PayPal launches UK crypto service
It is the first international expansion of the service outside the US.
B2B payments fintech Balance raises $25m in Series A funding
US firm says its payments platform will help improve the online checkout experience.
What Gen Z can tell us about the future of banking
All too often, the voices of young people seem to be ignored. Now is a critical time to talk and listen.
Bookkeeping platform Khatabook raises $100m in Series C funding
The Indian firm provides tools for the country’s 67m small and medium-sized businesses.
It’s not about what it’s about
Knowing that your team will know the right thing when they see it is essential.
Blockchain start-up XREX lands $17m funding to expand global footprint
The fintech’s global investors include major banks and venture capital firms.
Digital payments fintech Cantaloupe acquires Yoke Payments
The acquisition of Yoke will bolster Cantaloupe’s unattended retail market offering.
Open banking: a new global standard?
How are different countries actually approaching open banking adoption?
Rainshine plans four media and entertainment fintechs
M&E fintechs will be launched in part using the company’s blockchain platform.
Transact365 – change the way you process online payments
Localise, globalise and optimise your business with Transact365’s range of payment and banking solutions.
eBook: Five ways data is redefining financial services
Find out about Snowflake’s modern data approach for financial institutions.
Webinar: Mobile financial super apps – what’s your strategy and what are you waiting for?
Learn how you can win the mobile banking app battle and secure your future banking business.
Mastercard confirms timescale for phasing out magnetic stripe
Stripe-less cards will be issued from 2024 for selected regions.
eBook: Three data trends in financial services
How banks, brokerages, and fintech start-ups can collect, store, analyse, and share data easily and securely.
The birth of personal banking assistants
Banks should aim to utilise more data to become a personal banking assistant for your money/wealth.
Dear Luc: Should I use influencers to target Gen Z?
This week someone asks: we’re targeting Gen Z, how can we utilise our spend on marketing and influencers?
Resigning to the facts
People join companies but leave managers. And that is a fact.
UK challenger Kroo lands licence to build social bank
Kroo, formerly B-Social, plans a full launch in 2022.
Cartoon: Pac-Man, our friendly neobank
This new cartoon illustrates some of the daily threats faced by neobanks.
Video: Compass Plus on developing a new universal payments processor
FinTech Futures interviews Maria Nottingham, Executive Vice President of Compass Plus.
Is a change of approach required to benefit from cloud services as critical infrastructure?
It’s a fine balancing exercise of facilitating and encouraging innovation and adoption of cloud integrated services.
The social dilemma
With half the world on social media, why are so many FIs still shying away from it in fear?
Cosy murder
Accepting the premise of the question keeps things tidy, but life doesn’t work that way.
