Alior Bank, solarisBank, Raisin and Mastercard to unveil European digital bank
Fab four focus on Q4 2018 launch.
Partnerships
Schroders chatbot is GO in Singapore
Self-learning chatbot for sweet asset management.
London is the fintech crown jewel, says Wells Fargo
London is where it’s at, according to Bipin Sahni, head of innovation.
First Data and Mastercard in digital disbursement duet
First Data’s disburse-to-debit solution will be available to Mastercard customers.
UK tech gets £2.5bn injection
Government hopes British Patient Capital programme will be right medicine.
Tech Nation seeks UK fintech start-up sensations
Applications will stay open until 27 July. Happy hunting!
Agorai invests £20m in UK AI market
A vote of confidence in the UK.
Data insights firm Kinetica taps Dell for hardware
Will help clients gather actionable insights from raw data.
Copenhagen Fintech and CARE call for start-ups
Looking for ideas in providing loans and cash for the unbanked.
Alternative investor DarcMatter and crypto fund #Hashed team up
Alternative investment platform DarcMatter teams with South Korea’s crypto fund #Hashed.
SuperCharger’s latest programme raises $14.4m and inks 47 deals
SuperCharger accelerator results in 47 deals after 12 weeks, and a lot of funding.
Ant Financial lands $14bn investment for Alipay’s global march
Both domestic and international investors are participating in the investment round.
Ignite Sales and FIS join forces on digital engagement
Ignite will make its customer engagement tech available to FIS community banking clients.
Top fintech stories this week – 8 June 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Money20/20 Europe: key takeaways
The trends and key issues when the Money20/20 Europe circus rolled into Amsterdam this week.
Alpha Fintech teams with Trustly for new payment options
Paytech firm Trustly celebrates its tenth birthday by partnering with Alpha Fintech.
Banco BNI Europa in lendtech project with Alterest
Streamlining investment analytics and risk management between the bank and its credit originating partners.
India and Singapore sign fintech MoU amidst ongoing joint projects
India and Singapore are making each other eyes when it comes to fintech partnerships.
Signicat and Mitek join forces in digital onboarding drive
Signicat and Mitek team up to create a solution for Europe-based financial services providers.
Money20/20 Europe: creating safe spaces – platforms and collaboration
The platformication of everything continues and large tech companies must be part of that process.
UniCredit invests €3.1m in Meniga
The biggest personal finance management (PFM) deal in Europe to date.
Banking Technology Awards 2018 now open for entry!
Recognising excellence in the use of IT in financial services.
First Bank teams with WorldRemit for digital money transfers to Nigeria
In 2017, Nigeria received over $22bn in remittances, making it the largest recipient in Africa.
BBVA joins Fintonic’s lending platform
Crossing PFM functionality with a full lending platform.
MassChallenge Fintech accelerator: start-ups wanted
Big corporations increasingly say they see start-ups as friends, not enemies.
A new paradigm for regulatory change
Regulatory change is constant in the financial services industry.
ING pushes for open banking with SME financing platform and Yolt expansion
ING is leveraging open banking and making their SME and retail offer more attractive than ever across Europe
Robo-advisor Munnypot is so hot for Capita
Capita becomes a shareholder in UK robo-advice investment platform.
Instarem buddies up with BeeTech for payments on blockchain
Will use Ripple’s network RippleNet for action in Asia-Pacific and South America.
Orange and Google looking to fund fintech start-ups
Interested in IoT, cybersecurity, cloud and AI in EMEA.
Finicity and Mortgage Cadence team for mortgage tech
Finicity’s Verification of Assets (VoA) solution integrated with Mortgage Cadence’s loan origination platform.
Five Nordic banks mull KYC joint venture
They are DNB, Danske, Nordea, Handelsbanken and SEB.
UK challenger bank Starling seeks £80m funding
Also ends its partnership with TransferWise.
Form3 and Mambu unveil real-time cloud payments
Will provide access to real-time payments processing in the UK and Europe.
Fintech hub H:32 launches in Berlin
Innovation is addressed at Hardenbergstrasse 32.
Nordea and Invesdor fuel financing for Finnish firms
Offering alternative financing solutions for growth companies.
Disruption on its way, are banks ready?
A disruption is typically an opportunity long before it becomes a threat.
US banking app CapWay readies to launch
Targeting millennials who are either underbanked or uncertain.
Big bank’s mobile app Beem IT goes live in Oz
Australian app created by CBA, NAB and Westpac.
Tandem reaches 100,000 clients, signs for Form3 paytech
Wants to match Lloyds Bank in terms of customer numbers in ten years time.
