You can’t always get what you want: digital misconceptions and alpacas
But if you try sometimes, you find, you get what you need. And need is bigger than want.
Innovation
HSBC selects CGI for new trade tech platform
The bank wants to enable the use of innovative technologies.
DIT pilots to support UK fintech international expansion
Two bridge pilot programmes with Australia and Hong Kong.
AI and ML empower advisors by predicting their clients’ economic behaviour
The advisor’s role goes beyond managing money; it has shifted to managing lives.
Santander plans UK’s first combined voice and phone ID authentication
Customers will create a unique “voice print” at enrolment.
New national network launched to connect UK fintechs
Innovate Finance, FinTech Scotland and FinTech North are behind the initiative.
Sberbank Croatia turns to Token for open banking move
Token is seeing an increased interest for PSD2 solutions in the region.
Mosaic Smart Data enhances analytics game with $9m funding
Its machine learning (ML) models identify and alert the user to opportunities and threats.
Tink teams up with Mash
The company plans to use Tink to improve the onboarding process for new users.
All tests are not created equal: choosing the right psychometric-based credit tool
Helping to navigate through the various vendors and products available in the alternative credit scoring space.
Seven fintech firms join forces with Nationwide to address financial capability issues
EXCLUSIVE. Nationwide talks about its Open Banking for Good initiative and the selection of fintech partners.
Meed Banking Club launches in the US with member exclusives
Leveraging banking services at Vast Bank, which itself is going through a major tech revamp.
US modern card issuer Marqeta signs first Europe deals
Partnerships with companies in France, Scandinavia, Spain and Switzerland.
Unite Global now licensed to issue WOCU currency for banking
EXCLUSIVE. The WOCU currency aims to challenge the dollar-mandated status quo in trading.
WorldRemit launches international transfers to UnionPay cards
It has been enabled by a partnership with Merchantrade.
NatWest unleashes first biometric card in the UK
It recently released a new biometric payment approval feature
LendingClub shuts down SME lending arm
And redirects to alternative businesses.
Challenger bank Masthaven receives £60m investment
Masthaven aims to significantly increase lending to SMEs and consumers.
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How the UK fintech sector is set to fare this year
The fintech sector continues to boom and will maintain peaked interest from investors in 2019.
Fukui migrates to IBM Cloud to meet digital banking demands
The bank wants to respond quickly to changing customer preferences.
Swiss fintech opens up alternative investments market with new platform
Ambitions to become leading global marketplace.
White paper: Empowering Investment Bankers with Data Science
How to build the modern CRM system with built-in AI and machine learning.
R8 Group raises $5m and sets sights on IPO in July
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins as non-executive director.
Could blockchain solve Brexit?
The blockchain industry does not seem to be not stymied by the Brexit debate.
French PFM Bankin’ raises $20m in Series B
The firm has raised a total of €28 million investment since its inception.
Could graph technology reduce the risk of another economic collapse?
The unprecedented in-depth analysis enabled by graph analytics can produce risk warnings faster and better than ever.
What can banks learn from fintechs about strategic messaging?
To get the level of interest a fintech needs to be successful, a lot of time needs to be spent focusing on messaging.
T-Mobile launches mobile checking account
With no fees and high interest earning.
Financial inclusion focus: smallholders, big dreams
An ambitious vision for raising smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa out of poverty through applying technology.
Facebook to drop P2P Messenger payments in Europe
The service will be discontinued in the UK and France on 15 June.
Returnly raises $19m Series B round to help retailers take on Amazon
Former PayPal stars David Sacks and Max Levchin’s companies are on board.
Commercial insurance AI firm Cytora raises £25m
It was led by EQT Ventures.
New cryptocurrency exchange eToroX unveiled
The exchange supports six cryptocurrencies and eight fiat stablecoins.
Credit Kudos works hard for a £2.2m funding round
Led by Ascension Ventures.
Digital disruption: how Estonia leads the way to our future digital economy
Digitising processes saves Estonia 2% of its GDP a year in salaries and expenses.
New challenger Xpats kicks off from Mexico
Offering three different tiers of account and services.
Mastercard joins investment round for Singapore AI start-up AIDA
The company plans expansion into Japan and the Philippines.
Indian payments fintech Cashfree closes $5.5m Series A round
Investment will fund team expansion and distribution of API banking platform.
Beyond bots: real conversations for a meaningful customer experience
In our rush to digitally transform, it seems we’ve tried to automate the human, rather than humanise technology.
