Two founders turned bankruptcy into growth
The start-up landed a €2.5m seed investment this year from Paris-based investor BlackFin.
Outsourcing
Banking on the cloud in the face of COVID-19 and beyond
How is it already aiding savvy banks and their fintech counterparts?
Report: Ten trends in reshaping banking in 2020
Business model, agile organisation, ubiquitous automation, technology modernisation, and culture and workforce transformation.
UniCredit teams with fintech Taulia to boost trade finance capacity
The fintech will allow the bank to serve more clients in and outside of Europe.
IBM returns to M&A market with cloud acquisition
The acquisition is IBM’s first since its $34bn buyout of Red Hat in 2018.
Video: Coforge – harnessing emerging tech and deep domain expertise in financial services
Digital services, intelligent automation, data & analytics, cloud & infrastructure – engage with the emerging!
Managing compliance in an age of innovation
Dell Technologies and World Wide Technology discuss the technology challenges facing FIs.
NICE Actimize agrees acquisition of Guardian Analytics
The acquisition is expected to close in Q4 2020.
Cloud9 Technologies secures $17.5m in Series B funding
New York-based cloud communications firm Cloud9 Technologies has raised $17.5 million is a Series B funding round.
CaixaBank signs cloud management deal with IBM
The two firms have worked together since 2011.
Taiwanese challenger Next Bank to launch this year on Temenos
Chunghwa Telecom owns a 41.9% stake in Next Bank.
OakNorth partners with major US lender PNC Bank
The bank is using OakNorth’s COVID Vulnerability Rating (CVR) framework.
Omega Federal Credit Union deploys Episys on the cloud with MDT
Pennsylvania credit union looks for flexibility with new system.
IBM signs services deal with Dutch insurance giant Aegon
IBM set to manage Aegon’s run-off life insurance until 2066.
Breaking down challenges for challenger banks with Ohpen
“It’s not just about a sexy frontend or onboarding,” says CCO.
TIS raises $20m for its B2B payment platform
TIS will use the investment from Aquiline and 83North for its global expansion.
Mambu snaps up MD for North America arm from Finastra
Johanna Pugh spent four years at core banking provider Finastra.
Santander invests in Brazilian alternative lender a55
“We began our journey in a kitchen trying to lend our own money,” says start-up.
Banking’s long divorce process
The separation of customer management from product management has very strong advantages.
Banco Itaú International picks Temenos Infinity to revamp wealth management
The Brazilian financial group is revamping its international and Swiss operations.
How failure to embrace the cloud could be the end of Wall Street as we know it
This mindset betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of how cloud technology providers operate.
BNP Paribas Polska implements new version of Comarch Corporate Banking system
A completely new ecosystem is set to go live in 2021.
Raisin launches deposit solutions for US banks and credit unions
The fintech wants to help US retail banks offer personalisation.
Open banking wave is coming, but are banking APIs ready for fintech?
Why is it hard to get into open banking as a new player?
Green Dot bags Walmart exec as part of bigger strategic overhaul
The firm also appointed a new CEO in March.
NICE Actimize and Infosys extend cybersecurity partnership
Technology firms tie up new collaboration.
Partnerships to drive industry forward in post-COVID world
The coronavirus pandemic has caused immediate changes to the financial services industry.
Ask the expert: to outsource lead generation or not – that’s the question!
If you are a fintech undertaking lead generation for the first time, where do you start?
IBM signs payments modernisation deal with 75 Canadian credit unions
Big Blue to outfit Canadian CUs across three provinces.
Pandemic forces corporations to balance technology investments on risk and agility
125,000+ staff working remotely, 3m chat messages, 780,000 video & internet calls a day – how did Santander do it?
Avaloq extends contract with First Abu Dhabi Bank in Switzerland
The deal entails using Avaloq’s business process-as-a-service (BPaaS) systems.
BHD Leon picks Temenos Transact to power geographic expansion
The Dominican bank is aiming for a wholesale digital transformation.
Bank of the Philippine Islands deploys Avaloq Banking Suite as SaaS
The new client is Avaloq’s first in the Philippines.
Amazon Web Services VP resigns over whistleblower firings
The engineer quit in protest over AWS’ handling of warehouse employees amid COVID-19.
Three ways to optimise the finance function during COVID-19
It’s important to find areas of your business that can create positive returns.
Tide picks Mambu to power credit facilities and overdrafts
Tide is revamping its customer offerings and adding new functionality with Mambu.
Travelex founder invests £3m in ex-Virgin Money exec venture Snoop
Dorfman joins fellow shareholder in Snoop, Salesforce Ventures.
Former Oracle VP Smedley joins Red Hat
Smedley joins IBM-acquired Red Hat after 18 years at Oracle.
Iress integrates with Knowledge Bank’s mortgage criteria search engine
Brokers will be able to access lender criteria all in one place.
Yemen’s Al Kuraimi Islamic Bank selects Temenos for digital banking
KIB currently serves 1.2 million customers.
