FinovateFall Digital: Delivering concrete ROI during unprecedented times
The future of finance is digital. Free tickets to FinovateFall available!
Innovation
White paper: Next-gen virtual hardware security module (vHSM)
Noted cryptographer and Unbound’s co-founder/CEO Prof. Yehuda Lindell explores virtual HSMs, at length.
How banks can balance UX and security amid a pandemic
How face-based biometrics and AI can deliver smooth digital onboarding and stamp out fraud.
ABN Amro partners with Techstars to create start-up accelerator
The collaboration will connect ABN Amro with Techstars’ global network.
Standard Chartered Korea brings banking to consumers’ keyboards
“Banks must weave their services into customers’ digital lives”.
India’s ICICI Bank uses satellite data for farmers’ credit assessments
The bank wants to scale up the service to 63,000 villages.
Nordic fintech Open Payments raises €3m in second seed round
The firm plans an EU expansion in 2021.
Malaysia and Indonesian regulators sign fintech cooperative agreement
The two countries will share innovations and foster cross-border start-up development.
UK watchdog green lights $5.3bn Visa-Plaid deal
CMA finds no competition issues with Visa’s mega-deal.
2020 PayTech Awards hosted online by Zoe Lyons
Join our celebrity host Zoe Lyons for PayTech Awards 2020! Free broadcast on 10 September – everyone is welcome.
Three ways fintech can confront security and trust questions during rapid growth
Those of us in security understandably tend to lead with the risk factors.
Embedded finance: a game-changing opportunity for incumbents
Embedded finance offers a new, very large addressable market opportunity worth over $7 trillion in ten years’ time.
Banks need a single brain
Every bank needs a single brain to anticipate the needs, wants and quirks of every customer.
Six ways financial services will adapt to BigTech in the UK market
BigTech companies excel at giving customers what they want.
White paper: Enhancing trust with AI-driven biometrics
Learn how to improve every aspect of the identity lifecycle with intelligent ID.
N26 loses chief product officer Georgina Smallwood
Smallwood departs N26 to join a Berlin scooter firm.
Bank of Lithuania calls for parity in EU digitalisation
Lithuanian central bank wants a more unified approach to innovation in the EU.
Buyer’s guide to modern web-scale backup & recovery
Providing guidance and assistance for IT professionals looking to re-evaluate their current data protection practices.
White paper: Insider’s guide to secure & cost-effective storage solutions for financial services
Object storage consolidates massive data sets into a single, easily-managed and cost-effective environment.
KB Kookmin continues crypto custody development with new partners
The South Korean bank expects artwork and real estate to be traced via blockchain in future.
India’s BaaS Nuclei brings train tickets to banking apps
Nuclei currently has 16 bank customers across India and the Middle East.
Hong Leong Bank launches mobile-based junior account
The app is designed for use by both parents and children.
Standard Chartered signs multi-year cloud deal with Microsoft
The bank is shifting a series of systems to the cloud by 2025.
Regtech firm kompany raises $6m in venture funding
The firm plans to use its new cash to develop KYC solutions.
Containers and PCI DSS: 10 requirements financial services must follow
These requirements can present a challenge to financial services now leveraging containers.
What the Fintech? Episode 11 | Financial inclusivity in Russia
The CEO of Yandex Money talks about financial inclusivity in Russia.
Canadian neobank Koho seeks new CTO
Kris Hansen heads back to venture capital backers to build “new adventure”.
Islamic banks take the lead in adopting fintech solutions
No part of the world has really taken this matter to the next level quite like the Middle East.
After divorce comes engagement for banks
For a bank to engage with a customer, they need to go beyond the initial request.
Automated accounting firm Candis raises €12m in Series B funding
Candis plans to use its new funds to expand within Europe.
BIS and HKMA launch trade technology challenge
New scheme kicks off with approval from a handful of Chinese regulators.
IBM, Mizuho and MUFG join Japanese quantum innovation consortium
The Quantum Innovation Initiative Consortium aims to enable cooperation between sectors.
London’s start-up co-working space TechHub goes bust
Founder Elizabeth Varley puts the business’ collapse down to COVID-19.
New US challenger bank Simba plans to support migrant communities
Simba is built for those “who came to the US seeking financial freedom”.
Bank of England picks Accenture as RTGS renewal partner
Accenture comes out on top of a public procurement process.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 31 July 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Smart guide: How voice technology can protect your bank
To remain compliant and mitigate risk, voice tech should represent a core component of financial institutions’ regtech stack.
An executive’s guide to real-world AI – lessons from the front lines of business
The real-life stories in this guide, including from Capital One and Discover, demonstrate that AI is within reach of all businesses.
Irish fintech CreditLogic raises €2.4m in seed funding
Lending firm to put new cash towards product development.
BBVA collaborates with Fujitsu on quantum tech proof of concept
Spanish giant thinks quantum will be key to industry future.
