Entrust Datacard teams with Gemalto
Identity authentication and secure card issuance company partners with payment card supplier.
Partnerships
Seven US states standardise fintech payments
Say hello to Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas and Washington.
Warburg Pincus buys majority stake in Fiserv lending business for $395m
Warburg Pincus is busy again with the acquisition of a 55% share.
UK regulator reveals retail banking remedies
Overdraft warnings are one of the fixes brought in as part of CMA’s investigation.
ADGM heads e-KYC utility project in UAE
Abu Dhabi Global Market has started the development of an electronic know your customer utility.
PrePay Solutions takes a shine to challenger bank Coconut
PPS is providing the banking infrastructure and card technology.
NAB is a Good Shepherd for Microfinance
Speckle is launched in Australia – a new service offering small loans under $2,000.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 6 February 2018
Features Virgin Money, Tech Bureau, Japan Net Bank, Waves Platform and Tokenomy.
Payments round-up: 6 February 2018
Stars SafeCharge, WorldRemit, Wing Cambodia Limited Specialised Bank, PaymentComponents and Amazon India.
Starling a great Flux for digitised loyalty rewards
Integration marks the second stage in their partnership.
Cisco, Apple, Aon and Allianz unveil cyber risk management solution
Combines evaluation services, technology, and options for cyber insurance coverage.
Women in fintech: people will be empowered by connectivity
Swiss RE’s Cecilia Sevillano talks about her journey in the industry.
Xero and Kaseya form data sharing duet
Cloud-based accounting platform and IT management solutions provider get together.
Fenergo and Arachnys forge strategic partnership
Client lifecycle management tech specialist Fenergo has formed a strategic partnership with regtech provider Arachnys.
Alipay crosses Finnish line for cashless payments
Group of Chinese travellers conclude first ever cashless journey to Finland.
CollectAI partners with Pay360 for UK launch
Accounts receivable and debt collection management company collectAI has made inroads into the UK.
Chinese banks connect with London’s FX market
R5-SHCH Connect has gone live for “closer financial market activity between the two nations”.
Top fintech stories this week – 02 February 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Alibaba acquires 33% stake in Ant Financial affiliate for fintech fuel
Looking to “participate in the future growth” of the fintech sector.
AHML and Tinkoff Bank to unleash digital mortgages in Russia
Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending buddies up with bank for joint venture.
eBay ditches PayPal for Adyen
Dutch outfit Adyen fits – and becomes primary processing partner.
PayPal powers BofA Merrill digital payments
US-based commercial clients can now make payments in local currencies.
SoFi reportedly cutting 65 jobs from mortgage division
The Wall Street Journal reports the firm is looking to make its mortgage process more automated.
Moven lands investment from SBI, ponders bank acquisition
SBI and Moven to set up a joint venture to bring the latter’s tech to Asia and Asia Pacific.
Bitbond and 1741 Fund Management launch alternative investment fund
Institutional investors will have access to SME loans originated through Bitbond’s lending platform.
Huddlestock and Acuity bring mobile trading to Sri Lanka
Offering the ability to “crowd-trade and access investment ideas”.
Cambridge Blockchain and IHS Markit target KYC market
Will offer integrated reference data, operations and software.
Fintech in 2018 – collaborating for the future of fintech
How to ensure the success of innovative new solutions is assured.
Amazon, Warren Buffett and JP Morgan Chase create new healthcare firm
The company is so new it doesn’t have a name.
Alibaba Cloud brings big data programme to Malaysia
To get experts to collaborate and compete in developing tech solutions.
Payments round-up: 30 January 2018
Featuring Vocalink, Shieldpay, Huawei, UnionPay, Pelican, PaymentComponents, Infosistema and Banco BAI Europa.
BNI Europa makes €50m Funding Circle in Germany
BNI Europa reckons investment will provide access to finance for around 600 companies.
Payoneer partners with Waze to power local payments
Currently available in Texas, California and Israel.
Linxo links up with Raisin to save Europe
A Franco-German alliance targets the European savings sector.
Volante and BNY Mellon team for paytech innovation
To enable real-time payments in the US and internationally.
LenddoEFL psychometric scoring solution launches in Vietnam
Entrepreneurial Finance Lab has furthered its reach across Asia.
eCurrency Mint and Rizal to launch digital cash in Philippines
Plan to make it available by Q2 this year.
Payments round-up: 26 January 2018
Features Alipay in Israel; ABN Amro and Payconiq ending talks; and Apple’s Business Chat.
Roostify integrates with LendingTree
Consumers can find a loan while Roostify keeps the mortgage origination process online.
Payfone in its element with O2 digital partnership
Initiative aims to protect mobile users from fraud.
