Top fintech stories this week – 29 March 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Know Your Customer/KYC
Everest to supply KYC platform in Samoa for cross-border transactions
EXCLUSIVE. Everest has landed a major contract with Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Wiring financial organisations for regulatory success
Firms need to be much bolder in their use of technology; clinging to old methods will only make things worse.
Instarem aims at Japan and Indonesia with $41m funding
This latest round takes InstaReM’s total funds secured to $59.5 million, with an expected IPO in 2021.
Sweden’s SEB chooses DTCC’s Global Trade Depository to meet SFTR obligations
DTCC has added data transformation services to its SFTR offering.
Bcause picks Nasdaq for market surveillance cause
It will go live in H1 2019 with launch of its new spot cryptocurrency market.
CULedger teams up with IBM for blockchain network
A cooperative model designed for credit unions and SMEs.
5AMLD: know your compliance changes
5AMLD’s key requirements and their impact on the customer due diligence and onboarding for European firms.
White paper: How to combat fraud in 3 easy steps
How are fraudsters slipping through the net and how to combat fraud?
ID verification firm Socure so cool with $30m funding
The Series C round takes the company’s total funding to $57.5 million.
Scotiabank taps Mexican talent for fintech accelerator
Canadian bank teams with Monterrey university for Mexico City action.
Portuguese Banco CTT gets AML tech from Fiserv
One of the nation’s newest banks will use AML Risk Manager.
Infinito blockchain platform is one stop show
All-in-one and designed for businesses and developers.
Anti-financial crime firm Mimiro raises $30m
Mimiro’s machine learning platform analyses the risk of financial crime.
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.
Can automation transform trade finance?
How automation could provide benefits for both bank and corporate clients.
International Bank of Azerbaijan goes FICO for financial crime fight
Bank up for battle against money laundering and terrorist financing.
Standard Chartered teams with Instabase for clever KYC
As the fintech comes out of the bank’s eXellerator.
Experian launches Experian Credit 3D for insightful credit scoring
Offering a long-term view of a customer’s finances.
Natixis signs up with Fenergo for client management
Fenergo CLM will be rolled out across Natixis’ Corporate and Investment Banking division globally.
First National Bank of Lebanon centralises compliance systems with FICO
FNB has migrated to the FICO Tonbeller Siron anti financial crimes suite.
Knowing your customer: blockchain’s ultimate killer app?
Abbas Ali, associate director, R3, wants you to be in the know about KYC matters.
Sibos 2018: blockchain-based KYC and the bank/customer relationship
A look at how it all fundamentally shifts the bank/customer relationship.
Brickblock teams with solarisBank and JTC for blockchain real estate projects
Putting real estate investments on a blockchain.
Malaysian MoneyMatch completes first Ripple-based transaction
Establishing the Malaysia-Spain blockchain channel.
Arachnys gets $10m funding in its web
The regtech’s funding was led by QED.
How is AI transforming financial institutions?
Artificial intelligence is set to become central to the fabric of institutions.
PwC acquires FSCom’s regtech solution
Consultancy firm now owns KYC-Pro.
Live chat in banking: recording conversations for compliance
Live chat offers a flexible, transparent and secure tool for recording customer conversations.
India’s fintech firms fight against Aadhaar restrictions
They want access to the biometric database to verify customers.
Gemalto and R3 launch blockchain-based digital ID platform
One identity in all online sites.
Top fintech stories this week – 14 September 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Onfido helps customer onboarding for paytech Volopa
Will use Onfido’s machine learning-based tech for its multi-currency prepaid card business.
Wells Fargo wholesale banking unit probed for fraud
US Justice Department checking out bank employees and management pressure.
IdentityMind unveils regtech webstore
Will let companies integrate compliance and regulatory technologies into their solutions.
EasyMoney hooks up with HooYu for identity verification
Since the integration of P2P lending, EasyMoney needs to up its KYC and AML game.
IdentityMind helps ZED Network with KYC compliance
Payments platform will deploy newly-released version 2.0.
CLS and IBM furnish fintech with hosted blockchain service
Duo unveils services hosted on DLT platform LedgerConnect.
Welsh KYC firm W2 Global Data raises £1.25m funding
Company also provides AML and fraud prevention solutions.
Socure unveils digital identity bot Aida
Named after the world’s first computer scientist, Ada Lovelace.
