ClauseMatch expands to Asia with Singapore office
It already serves clients with Singapore presence.
Innovation
Apple announces digital credit card
To launch in summer, supported by Goldman Sachs.
New York Fed launches fintech advisory group
To help the bank assess potential market impact.
Why open banking is going to be so exciting for payments
The fundamental changes in the payment model will benefit both the payer and the payee.
Wealth managers can adapt to digital assets and thrive
There are 2,000+ digital assets worth over $200bn, and a wide variety of digital investments on offer.
Honeybook raises $28m to help freelancers
An app targeting freelancers and solo entrepeneurs.
Capdesk raises £1.5m to aid in employee share plans
As firms compensate staff with the own firm’s shares, liquidity is not as easy as it seems.
Six Spanish banks sign up for gpi cross-border payments
Adoption of gpi has seen a year-on-year increase of 270%.
Pay.UK eases access to payment schemes for PSPs
With the introduction of the second phase of a new access model.
White paper: Beyond Banking – what traditional banks and neobanks can learn from each other
What traditional players and challengers can teach each other, and how to beat bigtechs in the digital banking race.
Challenger banks country by country: who’s who (and what’s their tech)
Comprehensive and free guides for UK, Spain, Germany, France, US, Canada, South Africa, Australia, India and Hong Kong.
The subtle art of holding yourself accountable vol 2: running away with the circus
Temptation to depart from all that holds you hostage, that mutes your melodies and dulls your colours.
Curve announces plans for global expansion
LinkedIn’s former talent hunter will head international recruitment.
Paidyou makes it easy to split house bills
The app is designed for landlords and/or tenants in a house share.
New voice-powered Finley AI offers financial and pension advice
The creator claims that Finley AI is a world-first innovation.
Interview: Anthony Thomson, 86 400 – roaming numerals
What makes 86 400 different from its rivals, and why the big four Down Under got what they deserved.
Incumbent financial institutions harness the power of the entrepreneurial mindset
Introducing Extrapreneurship, a new programme helping employees of large FIs to adopt the entrepreneurship mindset.
2gether expands its prepaid crypto card into Europe
Consumers will be able to spend crypto as easily as euros.
StanChart’s new platform connects start-ups and investors
SC Ventures Fintech Bridge will serve as a nexus for industry players linked to the bank.
Open banking: progressing to the summit
Banks and disruptors alike are still trekking through the foothills of open banking.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 18 March 2019
More open banking news, fintechs in LatAm, an a MasterCard acquisition.
A guide to digital identity verification: the tech and trends
Examine global trends in identity and technical insights into viable solutions.
Client experience: hallmark of the digital credit and lending journey
What is the Holy Grail of credit and lending transformation?
French firm PayTrip launches prepaid for relatives abroad
Inspired by a Moroccan engineer’s personal experience of making money transfers.
First Direct invites customers to co-create new products
The launch of fdesign follows the introduction of peer-to-peer payments system fdpay in January.
Spanish stock market operator BME tests blockchain for collateral pledge
BME and Renta 4 Banco have carried out their first digitisation.
Cosmos Network brings order to “internet of blockchains”
Interchain Foundation offers decentralised network of interoperable blockchains.
BNP Paribas Fortis dreams up Didid app for savings
The app is virtually linked to users’ current and savings accounts.
UK pressures tech titans to face competition
The nation’s rules must be updated for the digital age.
Ukraine tops Science and Tech Global Index – that should come as no shock
Open and agile, Ukraine’s banking sector has been quick to embrace disruptive change.
The customer is at the heart of the Middle Eastern fintech revolution
Bahrain is quickly becoming a place for regional and international fintech firms to invest and succeed.
BGL BNP Paribas offers digital wisdom via Genius AI
A “personalised and intelligent digital assistant” lands in Luxembourg.
UK’s Nationwide analyses customer interactions with SAS
AI will look at how emails are managed at the building society.
Dubai International Financial Centre launches $10m fintech fund
DIFC plans to invest in start-ups in Middle East and North Africa.
Tide seeks £60m funding following RBS grant
UK challenger bank also plans more funding rounds in next couple of years.
Hannover Re dives into insurance innovation
Hr | equarium is designed to help insurtechs break out in the industry.
The new business models of banking
Analysis of three alternative business models for the banking industry.
CULedger teams up with IBM for blockchain network
A cooperative model designed for credit unions and SMEs.
Deutsche Börse and Swisscom to build digital asset infrastructure
The core elements will provide access to liquidity and banking services.
IPsoft’s 1Bank is one for conversational banking
New solution is powered by virtual agent Amelia.
