ICICI Bank launches WhatsApp-based banking service
The Indian bank follows up on its API and digital development.
Innovation
South Korea’s KB Kookmin Bank to launch cryptocurrency custody service
The bank filed a trademark application at the end of January.
Stripe leads $20m Series A into ecommerce checkout service Fast
Jumping from a $2.5 million raise to a $20 million investment in a few months is fast.
Fintech powerhouse: Understanding the rise of Singapore
Singapore has emerged as a global magnet for fintech entrepreneurs.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 27 March 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
VoxSmart raises £5.5m from NatWest in Series B funding round
Surveillance firm completes its second round since 2006 founding.
Patch Homes rebrands to Noah & offers assistance for homeowners
It’s offering all new customers $1,000 at closing and waiving fees for existing customers.
Remaking traditions to reinvent industries
Innovation and the need for diversity.
Love in the time of COVID-19
Amazing teams have teams that care. That’s how leadership works. It’s a team sport.
OpenPayd appoints Fidor founder as senior advisor
Matthias Kröner joins the firm to drive its international plans.
Brex acquires trio of San Francisco start-ups
Neji, Landria, and Compose Labs all brought under the Brex umbrella
Russia’s PM introduces new bill for fintech sandboxes
These new sandboxes will be subject to lighter regulations.
Survey: Corporate Banking & APIs – the state of play
Are there concrete API plans and strategies in place? We’d greatly appreciate your input in this survey.
Revolut heads stateside with US launch
The London-based unicorn expands to North America.
National Bank of Canada migrates Murex system to Amazon Web Services
Major Canadian bank shifts MX.3 to the Amazon cloud.
Are enhanced security procedures more important than faster payments?
The industry is doing all it can to fulfil the SCA requirements laid out by the EBA.
World Bank issues $300m loan to boost Indonesian financial sector
International bank seeks to support Indonesian fintech and banks.
Ask the expert: what can I do to ensure my fintech is protected during these challenging times?
As a growing a fintech, you’ve worked hard to get to where you are. You mustn’t let momentum slow.
Disrupting small business banking
I think what we (business owners) really want is an experience driven bank.
Stress testing: Turning an obligation into an opportunity
Challenges can be mitigated through greater automation and enhanced data management.
Citadele Bank invests €10m in SME Finance
The partnership will offer factoring and banking services.
US Bank connects customers with Fiserv data solution
API-based service to aggregate US Bank customers’ data.
What the Fintech? A new podcast from FinTech Futures | Episode 1
Trending topics, useful insights, strong opinions, and a fintech jailhouse – all in our brand new podcast!
Open banking: A move towards greater or lesser transparency in banking?
Will it reduce or increase information asymmetry between consumers and finserv companies?
Finovate Podcast: Episodes 21-30
The Finovate Podcast is a short, interview-based podcast featuring conversations from fintech’s elite innovators and influencers. For more than a decade, the global event series has brought together tens of thousands of people from across the fintech spectrum to see cutting-edge technologies. Now you can find out what goes on behind the scenes, as key influencers and […]
Yapeal awarded Switzerland’s first fintech licence
Challenger plans to reinvent retail banking in the country.
Mastercard and Samsung sign Pay on Demand partnership
The two firms aim to arm businesses in emerging markets.
What can we expect in the next decade?
From big data and cloud to developments in distributed ledger technology and more.
Payments trends and the “first world unbanked”
Cash is the most inclusive financial instrument, and many firms seem to forget this fact.
SpotOn raises $50 million in Series B featuring former Twitter CEO
Payments firm plans to extend product development.
Step aside China, it’s Southeast Asia’s turn in the spotlight
The region is full of promise and possibility for investors and entrepreneurs alike.
Do not fail fast, learn fast instead
Being advised to fail and do so at speed, as if that, somehow, was not a relative thing anyway.
Budget 2020: What’s the fintech impact?
FinTech Futures picks out the fintech tidbits in this week’s announcement.
Rizq launches in UK as Sharia-compliant challenger bank
Rizq plans to benchmark itself as close as possible to existing challengers.
Report on cloud transformation in banking: The 2020 state of play
Investigating how a new year and a new decade have impacted the drive towards a cloud-based future for banking.
Celebrating Finovate’s #WomeninFinTech
For fintech to be for everyone, it needs to be from everyone.
Challenger bank Copper latest to tap America’s teens
Copper is yet to reveal its launch date but has opened a waiting list to teens.
Leap Finance raises $5.5m to help finance Indian students abroad
Start-up wants to change the way students are given credit.
PFM app Bean shuts down 15 months after BGL Group acquisition
Bean no longer accepting new sign-ups and set to close later this month.
Banking Technology March 2020 issue out now
Keep calm and carry on: Where does COVID-19 leave the Chinese fintech market?
