Bank of Lithuania taps Regnology for supervisory tech solutions
Regnology will help the central bank transform its data management capabilities and regulatory reporting platform.
Partnerships
Trovata partners JP Morgan for corporate liquidity solution
Trovata will host JP Morgan Asset Management’s Morgan Money investing application.
Circle scraps proposed SPAC deal with Concord
Termination of the merger was approved by the board of directors of both Concord and Circle.
Canadian fintech Koho taps Duco for data reconciliation platform
Duco’s platform will allow Koho to cut costs, improve data quality and lower its operational and audit risk.
Microsoft buys 4% stake in LSEG, pair to develop data analytics solutions
LSEG has also committed to a $2.8bn cloud-related spend with Microsoft over the life of the 10-year agreement.
Teneo partners NatWest for A2A open banking payment solution Payit
Teneo will leverage account-to-account solution Payit to pay dividends to those affected by insolvent firms.
UAE’s National Bonds taps Azentio for digital Islamic banking solution
Azentio says its iMAL platform will enable National Bonds to roll out Islamic products and services faster.
What the FinTech? | S.3 Episode 19 | Canada’s evolving banking landscape
In this episode, we’re joined by Amreen Sodhi, head of digital product, payments and loyalty at Scotiabank.
Collaboration and partnership will improve money movement for the unbanked
Digital platforms can be the glue to help facilitate collaboration, reduce friction and minimise distribution costs.
Brazil’s C6 Bank taps Thought Machine for core banking technology
The bank will be powered by Vault Core, Thought Machine’s cloud-native core banking platform.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 9 December 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Swiss neobank Alpian partners Napier, goes live on Temenos Banking Cloud
The bank will deploy the Napier Continuum financial crime compliance platform.
Getting banked: financial services and the US cannabis industry
We chat with Michael Beird of Infused Banking about how banking is changing for US cannabis businesses.
Bevan Money taps Sopra Banking Software for core banking tech
Bevan Money will utilise SBS’ Sopra Banking Platform technology to power its offering.
Investec taps Surecomp for its digital trade finance tech
Surecomp’s tech will support Investec’s newly formed trade finance business.
Deutsche Bank partners Nvidia to advance the use of AI in financial services
The two firms aim to develop applications that will improve risk management and boost efficiency.
Intuit snaps up credit building start-up SeedFi
The deal will see SeedFi become part of Intuit’s Credit Karma business.
BIC Bank partners Compass Plus Technologies to expand its payment services
The bank has successfully migrated its in-house processing centre to the tech firm’s TranzAxis platform.
Hodge Bank taps LexisNexis to streamline customer onboarding
The Cardiff-based lending and savings provider will deploy LexisNexis’ RiskNarrative platform.
Commerzbank taps Nexi to develop card processing solution
Nexi says the DACH region is an “important potential growth area” for the firm.
Veritex Community Bank taps Finzly to transform payments
The Texas-based bank will utilise Finzly’s Payments Hub solution.
US fintech Teampay secures $47m in Series B funding
The fresh funding brings Teampay’s total capital raised to $65 million.
UBS taps ID verification firm Regula to streamline customer onboarding
Regula says its tech will enable UBS customers to open new accounts “in less than five minutes”.
Singapore’s Trust Bank taps Thought Machine for core banking tech
Trust has picked the vendor’s Vault Core solution to power its new digital banking offering.
UK and Singapore strengthen fintech ties
The two countries signed an MoU to remove regulatory barriers to fintech trade.
National Australia Bank expands AWS collaboration with “multimillion dollar” cloud deal
The bank says the deal will enable it to “accelerate the migration of key critical workloads to AWS”.
SBM Bank India partners Open to launch fintech platform
Open CEO Anish Achuthan says the platform will democratise fintech and “redefine” the Indian business landscape.
Fintechs Canada launches to drive innovation in the country’s fintech sector
The not-for-profit association is looking to work with policymakers in a “whole-of-government” approach.
Ohio’s Huntington National Bank teams up with InvestCloud to launch Advisor Connect solution
The new offering is built on InvestCloud’s Find My Advisor technology.
Freedom Bank of Virginia partners Autobooks for new digital invoicing solution
The bank’s business clients can now generate professional invoices with an integrated ‘pay now’ button.
UK’s ClearBank hits profitability as revenues soar
The firm says it has generated £45.4 million in revenue since the beginning of this year.
UK challenger Tandem partners Cogo to help customers track their carbon footprint
Cogo’s tech will feature on Tandem’s green living hub, with plans to integrate directly into the bank’s app in 2023.
Pleo and TravelPerk team up for travel expense automation
TravelPerk’s platform will simplify and automate the travel expense experience for Pleo’s users.
Thailand and Vietnam launch QR code cross-border payments link
The payments link between the two nations is designed to “enhance consumption and tourism”.
Cambodia’s ABA Bank taps Compass Plus Technologies for card issuance kiosks
The self-service kiosks can issue international debit cards in under two minutes.
Kenya’s DeltaPay taps Provenir for data and risk decisioning platform
DeltaPay leverages alternative data to expand financial access to affordable consumer credit.
Featurespace bags funding from US, UK govs to build new financial crime detection solution
Featurespace is developing an AI-powered system to help banks and PSPs detect financial crime.
Santander UK picks NCR to run its self-service ATM network
NCR will upgrade, connect and run Santander UK’s network of more than 1,700 ATMs.
Social trading platform Naga taps TrueLayer for A2A payments
Naga users will be able to top up their accounts using A2A payments authenticated via biometrics.
UBS partners iProov for automated customer biometric ID onboarding
With face verification tech, UBS key4 customers can onboard remotely in five minutes, iProov says.
