Feedzai to help Credorax fight merchant fraud
Feedzai uses big data technology to stop payment fraud in real-time.
Partnerships
UK – New Zealand: a fintech bridge too far?
How Kiwis and Brits are exploring various ways to participate in each other’s markets.
Hitachi and KDDI trial biometric payments on blockchain
They aren’t KDDI-ing with their coupon settlement system experiment.
Coinbase unveils crypto e-gift card for Uber and Google Play
All enabled via its partnership with WeGift.
Swift unleashes gpi for corporates pilot
Corporates and banks to test a new multi-bank payments tracking solution.
Consumer investment platform Yammi launches in Russia
Created by Yandex.Money and FinEx.
Figure Eight dates Google Cloud for machine learning
Figure Eight will serve as the data launch partner for Google Cloud AutoML.
Fellow bankers: “ecosystem” is not a “safe word”
Ecosystems are buzzing living things for those who are part of them.
Visa and MoneyGram team up for cross-border payments
Will use Visa Direct, its real-time push payments platform.
Rabobank upgrades card management with ACI Worldwide
To help the bank improve its declining card business revenue.
Topicus puts Magic Software $2.3m touch on tech development
The five-year agreement is a plan to boost Topicus’ operations.
India’s Zoomcar takes digital ID ride with Onfido
This marks Onfido’s sixth ridesharing partnership.
eBay sellers to get access to Square Capital
Sellers in the US could get access to funding up to the value of $100,000.
Saudi Arabia going mada with NFC mobile payments by Visa
In an effort to digitise the country by 2030.
FinLeap makes it nice and Beesy with Italian venture
Fintech company builder founds first firm in Italy.
Digital Asset takes Google Cloud to blockchain
Google developers get access to tools and services for DLT dreams.
CardFlight gets down with BoomTown for payments
Mobile POS firm teams with San Francisco-based Boomtown.
Interview: Ching Ching Tan, Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Ngee Ann Polytechnic and CFTE have launched a new “AI in Finance” course.
Commerzbank turns to equensWorldline for payments processing
German bank signs up for ten years.
HSBC boosting cloud capabilities with Google
The expansion will improve big data, analytics and fraud detection.
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank goes live with DTCC’s Alert
Becomes the first Japanese global custodian on the database.
PayU acquires ZOOZ to build cross-border payment platform
With aims to expand to high-growth markets.
Gusto and Xero partner for payroll playtime
To enable Xero to provide full-service payroll in all 50 US states.
Flinks finds a fintech friend in ASAPP Online Solutions
Canadian start-ups team up for account and lending origination.
KeyCorp and Ingo Money push digital payments platform
Transforming paper cheques and deposits into digital funds.
US personal finance app Even gets $40m funding
Second round of financing led by Khosla Ventures.
Blockchain network Nervos nervelessly nets $28m funding
Backed by investors Polychain Capital and Sequoia China.
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CFPB launches fintech sandbox in US
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to remove red tape.
P2Binvestor allies with Amalgamated Bank for SME funding
New partnership. More deals. Bigger financing opportunities for small businesses.
Top fintech stories this week – 20 July 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Banco BNI Europa invests $30m in US consumer loans
Teams with Fintex and Upgrade for lending action.
Moneysupermarket takes JV route into fintech
Users can compare and apply for mortgages via HD Decisions partnership.
IBM adds strength to Stronghold’s crypto token launch
Stronghold calls it “first and only” venture-backed USD anchor on Stellar Network.
Stellar first DLT protocol to get Shari’ah compliance
Gets approval from Shariyah Review Bureau.
NatWest and Large Credit Union Coalition join R3’s blockchain club
UK bank and Canadian group provide double delight.
Sberbank in Slovenia teams with Token for open banking push
Slovenia’s seventh largest bank seeks to move beyond PSD2 compliance.
IBM honing blockchain development and skills at Columbia University
When academia meets business.
Hong Kong banks setting up trade finance blockchain platform
With ambitions of expansion across industries and jurisdictions.
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