DBS switched on for Suzhou start-ups
Bank stays busy via MoU and yearns for playtime at Suzhou Industrial Park.
Innovation
BBVA and Santander join launch of EU blockchain platform
Get ready for the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications.
Swift India all MonetaGo for banking on blockchain
Pilot programme kicks off.
Technology for the new world
Business as usual is no longer an option. You can bank on that.
IBM and Columbia University call for blockchain start-ups
Two juicy new accelerator programmes are waiting for you.
Webinar: How to Kick-start Your Digital-First Banking Transformation
Register for a Backbase webinar, taking place on 28 November.
Poland’s at the Heart of fintech sandbox action
Polish Financial Supervision Authority joins the sandbox craze.
KBC Ireland app to go multibanking
Thanks to open banking and PSD2.
TSB’s new CEO aims for banking redemption
Debbie Crosbie to join troubled bank from CYBG. She’ll be busy.
Singapore regulator makes payments top Bill-ing
Monetary Authority of Singapore finalises its Payment Services Bill.
Barclaycard wakes up to Costa Coffee’s contactless cup
UK’s first reusable coffee cup with integrated contactless payment technology.
US Faster Payments Council alive and kicking
FPC plans pacey paytech for all.
Discovery debuts digital bank
Financial services company launches new digital offering.
Finleap takes a jump with €41.5m Ping An investment
To reach new tech firms and partners.
Initiative Q queues up new payments network
Israeli entrepreneur Saar Wilf first wants to create a critical mass of users.
The transformation of the European payments landscape
Instant payments are becoming the new normal.
Banking Technology November 2018 issue out now
Fintech inception. Ideas come to life.
Thank Mbanq for its first Banking-as-a-Service accelerator
Silicon Valley-based bank chooses Singapore as first location.
Tandem Bank earns its Stripe-s for auto savings
UK challenger bank also opens community beta testing for new feature.
White paper: The Digital Banking Transformation Playbook
How can your financial institution compete?
Ripple’s blockchain sends speed to CIMB’s payments network
CIMB’s product SpeedSend has corridor with Australia, US, UK and Hong Kong.
Top fintech stories this week – 16 November 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
FinLab accelerator fires up for Thailand SMEs
Its smart business transformation programme gets support from UOB.
UK’s Brexit deal gets some fintech love
Conservative MPs may be resigning, but some in fintech seem happier.
Barclay Simpson: Growth Versus Governance
Some fintechs may feel corporate governance is a barrier to growth.
Canada, UK and Singapore prep for blockchain-powered payments
Central banks and regulator reveal heightened interest and assesses alternative models.
Sizing up the real threat of challenger banks
Challenger banks’ current profitability is almost entirely unrelated from the threat they pose to incumbents.
White paper: Modernise core banking
How to deliver true digital customer experience.
I love what you’ve done with the place: digital transformation beyond the real estate
Stay focused on the business and don’t become too attached to the wallpaper.
Cloud security firm Netskope is dope with $168m funding
Massive round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
MUFG and Bradesco create Ripple-s with new cross-border payment service
Planned service between Japan and Brazil will use Ripple’s technology.
Sandbox Express steams into Singapore’s fintech station
Monetary Authority of Singapore quickly thinks up pre-defined sandbox concept.
Pay.UK seeks better data for New Payments Architecture
Calling for fintech to contribute to its “Enhanced Data” project.
Arizona’s regulatory sandbox programme puts US on competitive fintech ground
Offering a competitive operating cost environment and one of the easiest to navigate for regulations.
Russian banks to unleash first contactless ATMs
Sberbank and Russian Standard Bank launched in test mode, others to follow.
Singapore Exchange and regulator in cross-DLT settlement breakthrough
They have developed delivery versus payment capabilities for the settlement of tokenised assets.
Fintech Inn 2018: why Lithuania has enlisted the Stig
All the best bits from the largest fintech event in the Baltic region.
Singapore regulator preps $5bn for finance investment
Wants a “stronger platform for growth finance and infrastructure development”.
Avaloq’s new venture capital fund aims for fintech Avalon
Banking tech provider plans new adventures with Avaloq Ventures.
Focus Solutions unleashes wealthtech portal and hub
Hub unveiled with BITA Risk and Investment Software Limited.
