UK fintech in record VC investment
VC investment in the nation’s fintech firms was up 153% at $1.8 billion in 2017.
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The ups and downs of cryptocurrencies
Predicting what will happen to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has become a cottage industry.
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.
Could data masking prevent credit card fraud?
Examining the latest weapon cybercriminals have acquired – data masking.
Starling a great Flux for digitised loyalty rewards
Integration marks the second stage in their partnership.
TransferWise to power payroll payments for crowdfunding platform Seedrs
Well, reader, it’s kind of a cheerleader for Seedrs.
Revolut ditches Wirecard for in-house card issuing
Revolut will no longer be relying on Wirecard for card issuing.
Start-up Intrapay enters payments fray
Intrapay has launched for business “to refresh the payments industry with customer-driven innovation”.
Xero and Kaseya form data sharing duet
Cloud-based accounting platform and IT management solutions provider get together.
Santander and Ripple to launch blockchain-based consumer payments
Santander will launch DLT-based international payments for retail customers in Spain, Brazil, Poland and the UK.
Urban FT takes over troubled Digiliti Money
Digiliti Money will merge into Urban FT’s affiliate, FinTech Imaging Solutions.
PSD2: empowering banks and customers and not devaluing them
With the PSD2 compliance deadline having just passed, in this series we speak to some of the relevant firms both in and out of the U.K. about what this means for them and how the industry should move forward. In this installment, Finovate speaks to Brian Costello, Chief Information Security Officer, Envestnet | Yodlee about what […]
Handle Financial’s Prism mobile app reaches $1bn in bills paid
Also, Prism has recently surpassed 11,000 billers across the US.
Tuition.io to power student loan repayment for Estée Lauder employees
Student loan repayment platform Tuition.io has landed a major client in the US, Estée Lauder.
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.
Case study: Sberbank – tech them on
Sberbank now benchmarks its performance against technology companies not other banks.
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.
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.
Amex acquires AI travel aide Mezi
Getting in on messaging market with tidy acquisition of personal travel assistant Mezi.
Banking Technology February 2018 issue out now
Vision dreams of passion. And all the while I think of fintech.
Happy tenth anniversary to SEPA payment scheme!
Ten facts and figures celebrating SEPA’s achievements.
Bankwest launches Australia’s first payments ring, Bankwest Halo
“Just grab the things you need, fist-bump the terminal and go.”
Saudi Arabia to build new testing and certification scheme for payments
FIME to develop a bespoke cloud-based testing platform and certification process.
California Coast Credit Union opts for PSCU’s paytech
California Coast Credit Union abandons CO-OP Financial Services for PSCU.
Wealthfront launches homeownership planning tool
The pressure is high in today’s US housing market – home buyers feel the need to buy.
Western Union unveils fintech centre in India
New 125,000 square feet facility in Pune will employ more than 1,000 individuals.
Payments round-up: 30 January 2018
Featuring Vocalink, Shieldpay, Huawei, UnionPay, Pelican, PaymentComponents, Infosistema and Banco BAI Europa.
Nationwide’s internet banking takes the night off
Night and day. Day and night. Whatever the time, you can’t be sure of UK banking.
ANZ CEO seeks better banking PDQ
Sends lengthy letter to staff urging restoration of customers’ trust in wake of commission on banking misconduct.
Finastra acquires Olfa Soft for treasury revelry
Gets its hands on an eFX trading solution which covers post-trade and payments.
Figo releases RegShield for PSD2 field
German banking service provider launches its new “Licence-as-a-Service” solution.
Payoneer partners with Waze to power local payments
Currently available in Texas, California and Israel.
Fintech funding round-up: 29 January 2018
Features Tender Armor, OpenDoor, Duco and Sancus Finance.
Softbank seeks to steal PayPal’s plunder
A rival digital payments system?
ABN Amro, ING and Rabobank hit by cyberattacks
All suffered a series of DDoS attacks last weekend.
ING makes 75% incision in Payvision
Looks for growth and to broaden its payment product portfolio.
