Ant Financial lights up China Everbright Bank’s digital revamp
Overhaul includes cloud platforms and mobile architecture.
Mobile
Tango Card rewarded with $35m funding
Digital Rewards-as-a-Service platform does a merry dance.
Market EarlyBird unveils mobile app
To tweet, to woo.
Dead fintechs don’t wear Plaid
Shy US app provider expands to Canada.
Maybank makes a Grab for cashless payments in Malaysia
Bank and ride-hailing service team up.
eToro in bullish mood with US cryptocurrency exchange launch
The firm will offer ten different cryptocurrencies.
Microsoft acquires Semantic Machines for conversational AI starter
Ambitions to make chatbots sound more human and less like robots.
Image is everything with ABN Amro’s new webcam advisory service
Dutch bank unveils Beeldbankieren.
HPS pushes on with open banking platform for payments
Moroccan firm takes PowerCARD Connect-Open API beyond pilot phase.
Bahrain Benefit-s from national payment system
Bahrain’s Electronic Network For Financial Transactions seeks unity.
POPin Video Banking and MEA in digital duet
Platform integrated into MEA’s Android and iOS apps.
Infographic: the evolution of international money transfers
From the barter system to Bitcoin.
SMEs and selfies stick for FNB account opening
South African bank unveils selfie authentication… and “businessism”.
UK personal finance app Elifinty preps for launch
For people who see no way out.
BBVA dream team unveils mobile banking platform in Mexico
Launch involved teams from Spain, US and Mexico.
PayPal to buy iZettle for $2.2bn ahead of IPO
Largest acquisition in its history.
Interview: Eric Wilson, Xinja – upbeat Down Under
European challengers, the flaws of the big four, and how his father-in-law inspired him.
HSBC UK kisses Consents Online’s AISP for banking data
Account information service provider profits from open banking.
DBS jumps on Carousell for mobile payments ride
Invests in classifieds marketplace’s latest fund raising round.
PayTech Awards 2018: shortlist unveiled!
Who are the lucky finalists?
Revolut introduces new payment sharing feature, Near Me
Now you can send money to nearby strangers.
CardFlight and Paya team for EMV-ready mPOS solutions
Enabling Paya to offer CardFlight’s SwipeSimple payment acceptance solutions to its merchants.
Danske Bank Spiir-ed into first fintech investment
Hot for Spiir’s budget app.
Indonesian B2B fintech start-up readies for launch
Serial entrepreneur plans yet another company.
African payments firm Cellulant raises $47.5m
Helped by The Rise Fund – marking its debut on the continent.
Cashplus calls on Currencycloud’s special FX for SME payments
Especially designed to help British SMEs do better business abroad.
Irish eyes are spying with AIB’s social media prying
O Big Brother, where art thou?
VPBank vavooms with new digital credit card
Vietnamese bank’s consumer finance division offers MPlus+.
Webinar: Results are in – European banks & their state of digital sales
Register for a live webinar, taking place on Thursday, 31 May at 3PM BST
Trading app Robinhood feeling merry with $363m funding
Series D round puts its valuation at $5.6 billion.
Apple and Goldman Sachs to unveil new credit card
Could be on its way in 2019.
FinovateSpring 2018 Best of Show winners announced
Congratulations to the five companies whose live demonstrations wowed the Finovate crowd!
Blockchain firm Zonafide shuts down
“A major engagement we had expected was put on hold.”
Interview: Jean-Michel Hilsenkopf, Temenos – seeing things differently
Discussing the major themes in digital banking today.
HSBC unveils facial-recognition banking for corporate customers
“Speeds up log-in times to less than a second.”
Volt Bank powers up Down Under
For its core banking tech, Volt Bank has opted for Temenos’ T24.
Horicon Bank in digital tech revamp with Malauzai
Malauzai’s digital banking tech interfaced to Horicon Bank’s core banking system, Finastra’s Fusion Phoenix.
HSBC UK’s latest app stands connected for one screen dream
Lets customers see accounts from different banks on one screen.
Infographic: Europe Day, payments and e-commerce
“Only 7% of EU businesses currently sell cross-border within the union.”
Swedish payments firm iZettle plans IPO
IPO expected to be completed this year.
