Alipay partner Tranglo integrates Ripple’s cross-border payments
Tranglo partnered with bigtech Alipay earlier this month.
Partnerships
WorldRemit ties up cross-border remittance partnership with Alipay
London-based firm gives users green light to sent money to Alipay wallets.
Nigerian paytech Flutterwave raises $35m, partners with Worldpay
Flutterwave has become Worldpay’s only African payments partner.
Mastercard and Marqeta collaborate to help fintechs go to market
Twisto will be the first European customer to deploy Marqeta and Mastercard’s initiative.
Goldman cuts personal lending after launching Apple card
Its partnership with Apple has taken some of the momentum away from Marcus.
Siemen’s Mendix builds Rabobank’s new banking portal RaboDirect
The new portal will process front and back-office transactions.
Lloyds Bank teams with Microsoft to speed up its digital transformation
The partnership is part of the bank’s £3 billion commitment to technology investments.
US challenger Unifimoney signs integration deal with UMB Bank
US challenger inks deal with UMB for account infrastructure.
Raisin acquires Choice FS as first step into US deposits market
Raisin’s CEO Paul Knodel calls Choice FS “a perfect fit” for its US mission.
TransferGo partners with Currencycloud to reach Kenya, Singapore and Japan
It will facilitate cross-border payments & enable them to launch in 14 new markets over Q1.
GAM partners with SimCorp to consolidate its operating platform
SimCorp Dimension will serve as GAM’s core front office platform and IBOR.
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Nets acquires Finnish firms Poplatek and Poplapay
Nordic payments group snaps up new firms to boost terminal services.
BNP Paribas extends deal with Temenos
The two are agreeing to work together until 2028.
Sopra Steria completes acquisition of Fidor Solutions
Sopra on the hunt to boost its digital banking product portfolio.
Tokyo: fintechs welcome!
Japan is keen to turn Tokyo into the number one financial hub in Asia.
BBVA trials Amazon platform for banking products
The Spanish bank is exploring options via a partnership with a Michelin star restaurant.
China suspends London-Shanghai exchange partnership
The rumoured order comes amid rising political tensions.
Cattolica University launches blockchain project with Italian firms SIA and Reply
The national project will run in collaboration with the Bank of Italy.
Deutsche Bank launches motion code Calma Card with Mastercard in Spain
The major companies say it’s the first Spanish card to use motion code technology.
Starling Bank partners with QuickBooks to sync up ledgers with transactions
Accounts ledgers will update automatically with each transaction.
EQ Bank signs international payments deal with TransferWise
EQ Bank has integrated TransferWise’s API directly into their infrastructure.
FinovateEurope 2020: what’s new?
Big changes are coming to Finovate!
Bank of Lithuania opens up reporting API tests to three local fintechs
ConnectPay, Interpaylink and Paysolut will all be part of the regtech sandbox.
Mexican neobank Flink gains seed funding from Spanish firm Latina
The Spanish technology company sees a bright future in Flink.
AxiomSL joins Temenos MarketPlace
Vendor will place its ControllerView solution on the Temenos catalogue.
Freelance payments platform Paydesk partners with TransferWise
TransferWise’s API will mean users won’t have to consult their bank to get paid.
Banking Technology December 2019 / January 2020 issue out now
A year in review.
DBS Wealth Management extends ten-year partnership with Avaloq
The agreement will see an expanded version of Avaloq Banking Suite deployed in Singapore.
Open banking start-up Bud signs three-year deal with HSBC
The deal follows Bud’s huge staffing restructure and market change.
Mastercard and Doconomy bring carbon tracking to Bank of the West and Nordea
The news was unveiled at Madrid’s UN Climate Change Conference COP25.
Santander and Elavon extend 15-year payments partnership
The two firms will continue a payments partnership signed in 2004.
Canadian credit unions launch Interac Debit on Google Pay
Google Pay integration with Interac Debit allows users to pay with their phones.
Start-up Saga launches stabilised SGA token with major bank and exchange advisors
JP Morgan Chase’s chairman and former deputy attorney-general of Israel are on the board.
The 20th Banking Technology Awards winners have been announced
It was a brilliant celebration of excellence and innovation in the banking industry.
LatAm Evertec acquires commercial payments enabler PlacetoPay
The acquisition is a gateway for Evertec to tap Colombia and Ecuador.
German SME challenger Penta teams up with card reader SumUp to tap offline businesses
Penta is breaking out of its online-savvy customer niche.
Berlin’s Raisin partners with Credorax to offer its German users retail deposits
Raisin is the first – and currently the only – company to offer Credorax’s retail deposits.
Legal & General outsources more of its investment arm to Charles River
The firm is moving closer to a centralised, cloud-based platform.
Appreciate Group and CleverGift collaborate on UK digital gift card
The card will be UK’s first multi-brand digital gift card.
