African fintech M-Kopa secures $200m debt financing and $55m equity funding
The debt financing was led by Standard Bank Group and the equity round by Sumitomo Corporation.
Internet of Things/IoT
News, intelligence and resources on the global fintech industry including topics such as internet of things/IoT.
How fintech can reshape global trade and the supply chain
Fintech innovations combined with 5G advancements could completely transform the way we conduct trade.
Take the wheel: the future of payments in driverless cars
Customers’ desire for frictionless and convenient payments will drive innovation in the in-car paytech space.
Why data is often the biggest constraint for financial companies
Organisations should democratise data and enable the wider workforce to glean insights directly.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three great jobs to apply for this week
Exciting vacancies at Finastra, OakNorth and Inpixon. Apply today!
Verizon and Mastercard forge partnership to bring 5G capabilities to payments
Internet of Things (IoT) sensor connectivity will be combined with near real-time edge computing.
Super intelligence as the future of financial services
A summary of the key insights from the Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit 2021.
The edge: the bridge between banks and their customers
Banking is predicted to see the biggest impact of edge computing.
Finder snaps up shuttered Singapore fintech GoBear
COVID-19 took a toll on GoBear’s capital reserves and certain financial products.
Looking after the health of your ATM fleet in a futuristic way
Setting a new standard for banking self-service solution performance.
Sberbank drops the “bank” from its name to take on tech firms
Sber has launched a series of digital services alongside its tech company revamp.
White paper: Crypto-of-things for securing identity
The latest in key security innovation and the possibilities for enterprises looking to go passwordless hassle-free.
How 5G will revolutionise consumer banking
When 5G is part of our nationwide infrastructure, it will transform products and services.
Report: Ten trends in reshaping banking in 2020
Business model, agile organisation, ubiquitous automation, technology modernisation, and culture and workforce transformation.
Help! Historical data does not help with modelling the COVID-19 world
In light of how quickly the world has changed, CIOs and CTOs need to ponder hard questions.
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.
Inclusion, innovation, and mobile money in Sub-Saharan Africa
“If our systems fail, a big part of the economy would fail,” says exec.
OTB Ventures raises $100m for Central and Eastern European tech start-ups
OTB aims to fill its portfolio with 16 CEE companies by 2022.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 14 February 2020
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Making the most of cloud migration – expert advice from Bill Cunningham, Endava (Part 2)
Happy staff, happy customers and a more efficient, forward-looking organisation.
Instabase raises $105m sent to unicorn status
The bank app has raised $132 million since it began in 2015.
OTP Bank welcomes “later-stage” start-ups to its partnership programme
Applications need to be made by 22 November 2019.
UK challenger bank Tide gets investment from Japan’s SBI
The Telegraph says the SBI splashed £44 million on the British fintech.
Connected services have arrived
There’ll be 25 billion IoT devices globally by 2021 – nearly four for every person on the planet!
Sibos 2019: Final wrap-up of talks, interviews and daily news
See our final wrap-up of the London-hosted four day event!
Sibos 2019: When do digital ecosystems stop performing?
Speakers debated whether digital ecosystems are inclusive.
Deutsche Bank launches first Shanghai innovation hub
The new hub will be the innovation arm of Deutsche Bank in China.
Banking Technology September 2019 issue out now
Thriving in a hyper-connected world.
Tinkoff launches Pulse social network for investors
Tinkoff’s app is now a “one-stop shop” for all communication.
CaixaBank slashes risk analysis time with quantum computing
It’s the first Spanish bank to incorporate the tech into its R&D.
Trustly serves Alibaba’s European customers via Ingenico
Alibaba serves ten million buyers.
How Laybuy seeks to attract global Gen Z market
Laybuy asks for no interest and brands itself as “ethical”.
Selangor government unveils one-stop digital payments platform
Citizens will be able to make payments to agencies at all levels.
Swiss fintech start-up Numbrs reaches unicorn status
Numbrs raised $40 million, pushing it over $1 billion in value.
Bank of America announces “record-breaking” P2P app payments
The bank received 163 million transactions in less than nine months.
Mortgage start-up Better.com closes $160m Series C
The fintech has seen rapid growth since its 2016 launch.
Standard Chartered and SAP Ariba partner to serve APAC
Collaboration aims to accelerate digitisation of the entire supply chain.
David Chaum announces quantum-resistant digital currency
Praxxis emerged from a stealth project in the Cayman Islands.
SpotQA launches new product and secures $3.25m funding
The new product tests web and mobile web apps to identify bugs.
JCB acceptance expands to UK and Ireland
The Japanese card issuer has partnered with EVO Payments.
