Military Bank first in Australia to jump to cloud with Infosys
Bank migrated from Ultradata’s Ultracs core banking system.
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Australian neobank Xinja selects SAP Cloud for Banking
Challenger is edging closer to restricted banking licence.
EY finds $1bn for fintech foraging
Investment plans in cyber, risk management and cloud-based tech.
Oracle cloud left fuming over Firefighters’ Pension Fund lawsuit
Claims Oracle misrepresented true drivers of its cloud revenue growth.
Temenos teams with AUC Venture Lab in Egypt
Vendor promoting its core banking system to start-ups.
Q2 to acquire Cloud Lending Solutions
Digital banking solutions provider loves the lending look.
Microsoft unveils Ethereum proof-of-authority on Azure
Suitable for permissioned networks where all consensus participants are known.
Varo Money selects Temenos for core banking
EXCLUSIVE. T24 is starting to break into the US.
PayStand enters integration land with Xero
B2B payments platform buddies up with cloud accounting firm.
ICE is Bakkt to the future for digital assets
Intercontinental Exchange forms a new company.
Xero buys paperless accounting hero Hubdoc
“Business has never been so beautiful.” Awww. Pass the sick bag.
IBM ties up with Thai Krungsri Bank for $140m digital overhaul
Pushing Krungsri’s plans to become a tech leader.
Entrust Datacard acquires SMS Passcode
Entrust hopes to further establish itself in the authentication space.
Outsourcing to the cloud: the impact of the EBA recommendations
The lowdown on the impact on financial institutions and cloud service providers.
CloudTrade secures £2m investment from Calculus Capital
Cloud-based docs are finally in demand.
Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk and Blackstone create Refinitiv
Will be a standalone company. And should lead to shorter headlines.
Topicus puts Magic Software $2.3m touch on tech development
The five-year agreement is a plan to boost Topicus’ operations.
HSBC boosting cloud capabilities with Google
The expansion will improve big data, analytics and fraud detection.
Gusto and Xero partner for payroll playtime
To enable Xero to provide full-service payroll in all 50 US states.
Analytics firm MapD launches latest platform version
San Francisco-based analytics and visualisation company stays fresh and juicy.
ITI Capital coming in hot with Torstone’s post-trade processing tech
Applied to institutional investors, for the time being.
IBM docks with Banca Carige for $500m American JV
Looking to help Italian bank with AI, big data, analytics and cognitive tools.
Enveil unveils data defender tech
ZeroReveal Compute Fabric is revealed by cybersecurity firm.
Top fintech stories this week – 6 July 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Gresham acquires payments firm B2 Group
To B2 or not to B2? Thanks for asking but headline gives it away.
Dutch savings bank LeasePlan makes the jump to Ohpen’s cloud tech
We talk with Pieter Aartsen and Angelique Schouten, global board members at Ohpen.
Inspire FCU to deploy Nymbus core banking solutions
Nymbus will replace 15 technology vendors in the process.
DefenseStorm goes down a cyber storm at NAFCU
US-based National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions makes its choice.
Latin lovers fonYou and Claro reveal AI-driven microfinance
Two telcos in lovely Latin American liaison.
Are banks buying into public clouds?
Are banks at a turning point, or are there more important things to worry about?
BBVA unveils Next Technologies for digital drive
Beeva and i4S become BBVA Next Technologies.
Enterprise Ireland launches €750,000 fund for fintech start-ups
Applications will open on 19 June.
InvestCloud acquires rplan for $20m in asset management advance
Deal extends its direct-to-consumer (D2C) offering for asset managers.
Westpac moves all core banking to cloud as it plans total transfer
Westpac has moved its core banking applications to the cloud, and will move the rest in the years to come.
IBM to revamp Avaloq’s IT model in cloud capabilities transformation
IBM and Avaloq tackle cloud infrastructure in the Swiss market.
Form3 teams with Arkéa Banking Services for SEPA real-time payments
The new service is “industry-first”, according to Form3.
Orange and Google looking to fund fintech start-ups
Interested in IoT, cybersecurity, cloud and AI in EMEA.
Form3 and Mambu unveil real-time cloud payments
Will provide access to real-time payments processing in the UK and Europe.
Deutsche Börse cuts 350 jobs to invest €270m in fintech
Interested in blockchain, big data, cloud computing, robotics and AI.
Tandem reaches 100,000 clients, signs for Form3 paytech
Wants to match Lloyds Bank in terms of customer numbers in ten years time.
