US neobank Zenus gets licence
Zenus will allow anyone in the world to open an account.
Platform-as-a-Service/PaaS
Biz2Credit commits $10m to fintech training initiative
Biz2Credit will fund training of 100 of its employees.
Jack Henry core banking solution attracts 57 new users in 2019
A record year for the technology provider.
Swedish fintech Northmill launches new saving service
Customers can lower their interest rates in a matter of minutes
Enterprise Ireland invests €250k in CreditLogic
The firm uses AI and data analytics to speed up mortgage applications.
Female-led Handdii raises $1.5m led by Scale Investors
Scale Investors focuses on high growth women-led tech companies.
ASB invests in NZ blockchain start-up TradeWindow
It’s one of the first technology companies to receive direct funding from a NZ Bank.
Banking platform for freelancers Joust raises $2.6m
The neobank allows workers to get paid faster.
Envestnet’s CEO admits lawsuit sets them back
The $100m lawsuit has significantly disrupted “several clients and prospects”.
Sherpa Technologies partners with fintechs to help credit unions
Application open on 15 August.
Form3 partners with Pockit
The UK-based payments system is also opening new offices in Amsterdam.
SettleGo signs for ClearBank’s payment access services
The service will also facilitate real-time account creation and addressable UK IBANs for SettleGo’s customers.
Finxact secures $30m funding for core banking action
New investors include American Bankers Association and Accenture.
Galeo Bank preps for UK launch
The London-based bank aims to offer Banking-as-a-Service.
White paper: Real-Time Risk Analytics, Management and Compliance with In-Memory Computing
In-memory speed, unlimited horizontal scalability and broad integration to support any future needs.
OnDeck launches Platform-as-a-Service subsidiary, ODX
Helping banks digitise their SME lending efforts with software, analytic insights and professional services.
CDPQ buys stake in fintech provider FNZ for £1.65bn
HIG Capital and General Atlantic sell stakes to Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec.
Goldman Sachs leads $52m funding round for JUMO
Goldman Sachs, Proparco and Finnfund come on board as JUMO’s new investors.
Softtek and Mambu unveil banking Platform-as-a-Service
SaaS-y engine provider partners with Mexican system integrator.
Cloud market soared to $180bn in revenue in 2017 – study
A 24% year-over-year increase, according to new research by Synergy Research Group.
AWS and Microsoft Azure lead $35bn public cloud market
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) continue to grow.
Oracle cloud revenue bursts 44%
Oracle reported total cloud revenues up 44% to $1.5 billion for Q2 of its fiscal 2018.
Case study: Towergate Insurance – achieving “good enough” IT in the cloud
If you’ve worked in information technology long enough, you’ve fallen prey to the urge to pursue technology on the cutting edge or even the bleeding edge.
Oracle expands on-premise public cloud offering – sounds weird right?
Oracle has continued its journey into the cloud, expanding an interesting proposition to target the data sensitive and paranoid.
IBM Cloud comes to China
Wanda Internet Technology and IBM have signed an agreement for the former to enter the public cloud business in China. This will be done via a new firm – Wanda Cloud Company – built on the IBM Cloud Platform.
Oracle earnings look promising, but why the IaaS obsession?
Oracle has had another positive quarter as it navigates the complicated waters of business transformation, but it’s still a long way from kicking Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).
AWS, IBM, Google and Azure dominate cloud revenues
Synergy Research has released its latest findings for the global cloud computing market, painting a worrying picture for any challengers looking to cash in on the craze.
Corezoid takes digital core process engine to Amazon Web Services cloud
Corezoid, a US-based provider of a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution to banks, has announced that its product can now be delivered on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. Corezoid’s offering is a process engine for banks to create a digital core. It “allows banks to rethink all of their operations as a set of states and […]
Are cloud-based managed services set to take off in 2016?
Over the last few years, technology infrastructures have become increasingly complex and expensive to manage. At the same time, IT budgets have been cut, leading to companies finding it hard to provide and maintain IT infrastructures. Dana Brants, head of services at Swift, looks at what companies can do under the circumstances. Due to costs, […]
