Caixa Econômica Federal signs 20-year payments deal with Fiserv
New merchants acquiring deal covers transactions online and in-person.
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BNPL firm Affirm acquires Returnly in $300m deal
More than eight million shoppers have used the online return service.
Nedbank and Mastercard launch WhatsApp payments with Money Message
South African bank aims to provide easy payments to small businesses.
Mizrahi-Tehafot Bank picks up Finastra payments solution
Israel-based bank extends partnership with Finastra.
Fi partners with Federal Bank to launch neobank for millennials
Features include a flexible deposit product and rewards for saving money.
BMO Harris Bank teams with Hope Trust to trial services for special needs clients
Hope Trust is a tech-based planning service and trust administration platform.
ICYMI funding round-up: Percent, Till Financial, Plooto, Nelo & more
More weekly funding deals which may have flown under your radar.
VTB Bank values ongoing digital transformation at $1.5bn
Russian bank expects change programme to reap rewards in the next few years.
Banca Sella and Workinvoice form Italy’s first open banking partnership
The partners will provide end-to-end digital financial services to corporates.
Tinkoff launches Russia’s first digital BNPL service
Dolyame.ru offers interest-free instalment payments for FMCG goods.
Saudi Arabia launches new real-time payments system with IBM and Mastercard
The kingdom enlisted the help of IBM and Mastercard for the roll-out.
Nymbus lands $15m fresh investment from Financial Services Capital
Core banking vendor has now landed $31 million from the investor.
SAP spins out financial services operations in deal with Dediq
SAP launches new FSI Unit to deal in financial services, with a 20% stake in it.
Hana Financial Group completes cloud migration with Oracle
South Korean firm shifts 15 million customer accounts off premises.
ICYMI funding round-up: Cardlay, Revix, Numidia, Payable & more
A round-up of the funding you may have missed this week.
TSB taps ApTap to help customers manage bills
Deal follows trial period featuring 10,000 TSB customers, who saved an average of £150 a year using the service.
Dear Luc: To give my customers cards I just need an issuer – right?
Our anonymous fintech problem asks if issuers are all you need to provide cards to customers.
Russian e-commerce giant Ozon acquires Oney Bank in $10m deal
Firm known as “the Amazon of Russia” steps into fintech space.
MyLife MyFinance goes live on cloud hosted Temenos technology
Australian bank deploys Transact in the cloud with SaaS package.
Tide signs deal with RBL Bank to underpin Indian expansion
The UK firm is seeking 25,000 new customers in the country.
Octobank acquires Earlybase to boost sales and marketing in Europe
Czeczia-based neobank makes strategic buy.
Nomura hires former Barclays exec Jain as new CIO
Jain spent 13 years at Barclays, leaving as CTO in 2019.
Santander International to deploy cloud-based Temenos system
Isle of Man and Jersey users switching over to Temenos platform.
Tandem Bank goes live on Mambu core platform
Tandem replaces Fiserv’s Agiliti with Mambu’s system.
FTC shutters San Fran fintech Beam for not delivering on 7% interest rate
“Don’t lie about your customers’ ability to get their money when they need it.”
Top 10 funding rounds in Q1 2021
The first quarter of 2021 has seen a handful of big rounds.
Minna Technologies powers subscription services at Banco Sabadell and ING
Two European banks launch new digital products with the Swedish fintech.
Santander announces 111 UK branch closures as consumers go digital
The bank says all 840 affected staff will be offered new roles.
SoundCloud exec BianRosa joins N26 as new CPO
BianRosa will lead all product teams for the challenger globally.
Jumio raises $150m in private equity investment
Firm lands “largest funding round” of the digital identity space.
Heartland Credit Union selects KeyStone as new core system
The bank says it picked KeyStone as the heart of a new technological change.
Danish challenger Kompasbank lands banking licence
The neobank aims to target the SME sector in Europe.
Nigerian challenger Kuda Bank raises $25m in Series A funding
Neobank nabs more funding just four months after last round.
US de novo Lili targets freelancers with tax tools & early payments
It wants to give freelancers an “all-in-one” banking app.
ICYMI funding round: Fondeadora, SEON, Lendo, Nomanini & more
Plenty of funding rounds may have slipped you by this week.
How financial services leaders can create opportunities in a crisis
Retail banking is set to undergo up to three years of acceleration in digital banking preference just this year.
Canadian challenger Koho raises $56m in Series C funding round
The new funding is all headed towards building awareness in the market.
Nest Bank picks Fiserv for card issuance revamp
Fiserv’s First Data brand is handling the implementation.
Emirates NBD chief digital officer leaves to pursue entrepreneurship
Evans Munyuki resigns after brush with COVID-19.
ICYMI funding round-up: Exabel, ClearGlass, Cheese, Flowcast & more
Plenty of funding rounds may have slipped you by this week.
