Reasons behind the rise of fintech companies popularising stock market investing
Being financially successful is ‘cool’ and is a growing aspiration for younger generations.
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RBS recruits army of digital influencers to promote banking app Bó
The sponsored posts were published after RBS was accused of writing fake reviews for Bó.
Razer Fintech, Grab and Singtel bid for Singapore digital banking licence
There are only five of the new licences up for grabs.
Former Starling Bank CTO plans 2020 launch of crypto digital bank
Mark Hipperson is CEO of Ziglu, an app that will allow users to trade cryptocurrency
UK challenger Supreme Fintech set to launch globally in February 2020
The start-up is gearing up for its 1 February 2020 launch.
A 2019 challenger bank review
B-North’s COO takes a look back at what 2019 had in store for banks.
Gen Z are the bank customers of the near future
Learn how banks can balance engaging with this group, millennials and older customers.
Challenger banks in the Middle East
Featuring challenger banks in the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Virtual ATM provider Sonect raises $8.6m in Series A
The start-up raised CHF 8.45 million from existing investors in this round, which was oversubscribed.
Adflex CEO: Cards are definitely fighting back
Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) will disrupt the age old four-player system.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 20 December 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
FinTech Futures Industry Survey 2020
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7 fintech and financial services trends for 2020
“This decade has seen rapid growth in the fintech industry, and the next is sure to be no different.”
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 13 December 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Time is now: US investors seek fintech opportunities abroad
Fintech investors are looking outside of the US for greater returns.
Mexican neobank Flink gains seed funding from Spanish firm Latina
The Spanish technology company sees a bright future in Flink.
Mexican challenger Fondeadora nabs $2.5m in funding
Neobank seeks to reach underbanked with smartphones.
Banking Technology December 2019 / January 2020 issue out now
A year in review.
Freetrade brings first native full stack solution to UK
The exec team come from Snapchat, Google and KPMG.
Jumia to close Rwandan business
It comes just weeks after it exited Cameroon and Tanzania.
UK remittance fintech Paysend secures Canadian MSB licence
The paytech says its card-to-card service is now used by more than 1.2 million customers.
Barclays Partner Finance offers 24-month interest-free contract on iPhone 11
The financing subsidiary says it can save consumers up to £270.
The 20th Banking Technology Awards winners have been announced
It was a brilliant celebration of excellence and innovation in the banking industry.
Unpacking Europe’s 2019’s major tech milestones with NIIT
FinTech Futures breaks down this year’s trends with Gautam Samanta at NIIT.
Fintech API platform Rapyd raises $20m and hits $1.2bn valuation
The company is gearing up to make two acquisitions.
Appreciate Group and CleverGift collaborate on UK digital gift card
The card will be UK’s first multi-brand digital gift card.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Bank to unveil 600 cardless ATMs
The ATMs will use contactless technology and QR codes.
French start-up Pixpay raises €3.1m to tap younger banking generation
The funding round was led by seed and growth investor Global Founders Capital.
Hastee raises £208m to boost on-demand payroll systems
The firm will use this new capital to increase its scale.
Private bank for YouTubers and high-net-worth youngsters 220 to launch for users next year
There is strict criteria to join the private banking community.
HSBC and Santander to refund customers after breaking CMA rules
The banks failed to message users going into their overdrafts.
Leaked numbers show only 16% of Curve’s users are active
The UK start-up still insists it will reach 4 million customers by 2020.
Fibank first in Bulgaria to launch PSD2-compliant open banking platform
Fibank customers will be able to move all accounts to My Fibank app.
NatWest ‘planned maintenance’ stops customers applying for Help to Buy ISA days before deadline
Customers took to social media to vent their frustrations.
Argentine money manager Ualá raises $150m in round led by SoftBank and Tencent
Bloomberg says Ualá is close to a $1 billion valuation.
Tandem Bank signs up TrueLayer for account aggregation
The UK challenger’s 800,000 customers will gain access to their other accounts in-app.
Epiphany CEO: We’re the only “truly open” banking platform in the industry
The CEO says other banking technology providers are “not really open”.
PayPal sweetens e-shopping processing with Honey deal
The acquisition is PayPal’s largest to date.
Money20/20 USA: How Tangerine champions personalised digital banking with Meniga’s tech
From proof-of-concept to market launch, results, and lessons learnt.
Brazil’s digital bank Neon raises $94m led by General Atlantic
Neon currently has 2 million active users.
