Nordea and Finnish friends to digitalise share trading on blockchain
Joined by Asiakastieto, OP, Privanet and Tieto for a feisty fintech force.
Partnerships
Danske Bank isn’t messing around with Tech Stars competition
Bank teams with Women in Business for Belfast-based fintech innovation.
SBI Ripple Asia leads payment fraud fight in Japan
Proof of concept will run on the Corda network.
IBM and BearingPoint bopping with regtech BPO offering
Duo targets SME market with business process outsourcing.
DBS switched on for Suzhou start-ups
Bank stays busy via MoU and yearns for playtime at Suzhou Industrial Park.
BBVA and Santander join launch of EU blockchain platform
Get ready for the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications.
Fenbushi’s Dispatch-ed for blockchain building in Asia
San Francisco-based Dispatch offers DLT app creation.
Swift India all MonetaGo for banking on blockchain
Pilot programme kicks off.
Convoy inspires Tandem Bank’s Hong Kong expansion
Financial services company invests $15m in UK challenger and forms partnership.
Technology for the new world
Business as usual is no longer an option. You can bank on that.
Blockchain fatigue? A brief look at the Trade Information Network venture
This network does not use distributed ledger tech, but relies on CGI’s SaaS platform.
IBM and Columbia University call for blockchain start-ups
Two juicy new accelerator programmes are waiting for you.
CYBG to lend £400m via Salary Finance
New funding JV in UK unleashes plenty of money for personal loans.
France’s Casino Group takes 5% stake in Lyf Pay
Casino bets on making “shopping experience richer” via mobile firm.
Poland’s at the Heart of fintech sandbox action
Polish Financial Supervision Authority joins the sandbox craze.
Five Degrees teams with ieDigital to launch banking portfolio
New solution marries engagement platform with core banking system.
Barclaycard wakes up to Costa Coffee’s contactless cup
UK’s first reusable coffee cup with integrated contactless payment technology.
Spain’s Liberbank partners with French lendtech October
The bank is stepping up its fintech game.
US Faster Payments Council alive and kicking
FPC plans pacey paytech for all.
DNB Bank finds data skills in Collibra
Part of the bank’s wider data strategy.
Thank Mbanq for its first Banking-as-a-Service accelerator
Silicon Valley-based bank chooses Singapore as first location.
Ingenico and Sberbank enable MIR cards for online purchases
Allowing Russian consumers to make international online purchases.
Tandem Bank earns its Stripe-s for auto savings
UK challenger bank also opens community beta testing for new feature.
Unisys elevates Monmouthshire Building Society’s digital services
Hello online banking.
Ripple’s blockchain sends speed to CIMB’s payments network
CIMB’s product SpeedSend has corridor with Australia, US, UK and Hong Kong.
FinLab accelerator fires up for Thailand SMEs
Its smart business transformation programme gets support from UOB.
Jaja Finance teams with ASDA for JajaPay launch
Firm offers white-label consumer credit facility.
Revolut to get $500m boost from Softbank
To enable US expansion.
Sizing up the real threat of challenger banks
Challenger banks’ current profitability is almost entirely unrelated from the threat they pose to incumbents.
MUFG and Bradesco create Ripple-s with new cross-border payment service
Planned service between Japan and Brazil will use Ripple’s technology.
Personal finance app Fintonic links up with Amazon
“A new way of cooperating between the fintech sector and online distributors.”
Singapore Exchange and regulator in cross-DLT settlement breakthrough
They have developed delivery versus payment capabilities for the settlement of tokenised assets.
Fintech Inn 2018: why Lithuania has enlisted the Stig
All the best bits from the largest fintech event in the Baltic region.
Avaloq’s new venture capital fund aims for fintech Avalon
Banking tech provider plans new adventures with Avaloq Ventures.
Focus Solutions unleashes wealthtech portal and hub
Hub unveiled with BITA Risk and Investment Software Limited.
Bank of England calls for payments messaging panel applicants
The panel will input into the implementation of ISO 20022.
UK fintech and FIs get dating guide
New guidelines aim to accelerate fintech growth.
Mash and Nets partner for pay later solution across Nordics
Will be first available in Finland and Sweden.
American Express breaks into China’s payments market
First US credit card company to get Chinese central bank approval.
Independent Community Bankers of America launches fintech accelerator
It thought about it… then unleashed ThinkTech with the Venture Center.
