UniCredit on edge of tomorrow with new innovation team
Advisory board blends internal and external specialists.
Innovation
Canada calls for open banking answers
Department of Finance Canada awaits your awesome feedback.
Watch out as ABN Amro runs rings around wearable rivals
Dutch bank offering contactless payments with ring, watch or bracelet.
HSBC feels $250bn FX of blockchain
Bank’s interest in DLT deepens with juicy transaction action.
R3’s Corda Network goes cordless
Blockchain network will be operated by a new independent organisation.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 14 January 2019
Featuring N26, RBS and Loot, Google in Ireland, and Alipay in Pakistan.
Terrific triple for FinTech Scotland’s first anniversary
Joy ensues as the number of SMEs based in Scotland has grown by three times.
Malaysia gets real-time payments with ACI Worldwide
Under the DuitNow platform.
NICE robots enter Legal & General workplace
These virtual attendants offer “faster response times for customers”.
Monerium gets $2m funding for e-money on blockchain
Icelandic firm’s latest round includes support from ConsenSys.
Trov expands on-demand insurance in US
Now available in Delaware, Nevada, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
OCC fights for US fintech charter in court
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency seeks to dismiss CSBS litigation.
MUFG launches new $185m fintech fund
With a focus on innovation and partnerships.
Top fintech stories this week – 11 January 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Infographic: one year of open banking
The Open Banking Implementation Entity is feeling confident.
Unite Global to launch real-time correspondent hub
EXCLUSIVE. Norwegian firm in discussions with 30 banks for its global dream.
Euro Exim Bank deal puts Ripple on correspondent course
“Traditional correspondent banking system” gets some competition.
Alipay powers Pakistan’s “first” blockchain-based cross-border remittance service
Service provided by Telenor Microfinance Bank and Valyou.
Welcome to the fintech library!
A compilation of books from the world of business, finance and technology.
Video: Fraud Orchestration with FCase
How to take fraud management systems from basic standalone detection to a more enterprise-focused approach.
Bank of America and Morgan Stanley plan rival stock exchange
Nasdaq and ICE get competition as nine firms unveil MEMX.
Interview: Mark Gabriel, Sunrise Banks – on a financial wellness mission
How partnerships with fintechs can help in the quest to service the underserved.
Banking for “digital nomads”
Foregoing the traditional way of working from nine to five in a typical office culture and hierarchy model.
TrueLayer launches data API in Germany
Ahead of the one-year anniversary of open banking.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 8 January 2019
A short and sweet round-up of the week’s selected news stories in a video format.
Seven Bank ATMs go biometric for account opening
Japanese bank plans to introduce face recognition capabilities.
Interview: Roderick Simons, CTO of Yolt
What is it like to build a smart thinking money app from the ground up?
USAA customers to get $12m back for payment errors
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau also fines bank $3.5 million.
Chetwood Financial gets full UK banking licence and new cash
Alongside a new lending product launch.
Europe bets on bug bounties in fraud fight
Programme will run in part via platform provided by ethical hacker HackerOne.
How France’s regulator is leading the way in fintech innovation
The rise of fintech cannot be ignored and France is taking bold and necessary steps to harness it.
Top ten payments projects in 2018
All free to read! Our top ten payments projects in 2018.
China Banking Association pushes trade finance on blockchain
New interbank platform unleashed with big names onboard.
Life’s a brag in BBVA’s digital dominion
Reaches “tipping point” as 50% of its customers now use digital channels.
Bitcoin begins year in price doldrums
Not an ideal tenth anniversary celebration.
Beam me up crypto confidentiality
New project aims to improves privacy via Mimblewimble protocol.
Top ten lendtech stories in 2018
No groans, just loans. Our top ten lendtech stories in 2018.
It’s safe to bet on open banking
Open banking is the future where everyone can win.
Blockchain explorers get fearsome Enjin
Singapore firm unleashes “Google of the blockchain”.
Private blockchain Vostok makes waves with $120m funding
The Waves Platform team building blockchain for big firms.
