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Starling Bank enters Moneyhub’s payment gateway
“The first challenger bank to support PSD2 PISP legislation.”
State Bank of India selects FSS for one nation of payments
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Top fintech stories this week – 8 March 2019
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Swift gives short shrift over RBI penalties to Indian banks
It says the failures lie with automated payment processes at the banks.
HSBC launches PSD2 developer portal
Developers can test APIs for three services.
Ant Financial tag teams Hoperun for new core banking product
The Chinese firms have released their Distributed Core Banking Platform (DCBP).
Palestine Islamic Bank goes digital with Temenos to the core
Infinity and T24 Transact will support the bank’s digital transformation.
Great member expectations for Fiserv’s double win
New US deals with HealthCare First Credit Union and Portland Local 8 Federal Credit Union.
Cashplus brings in gambling block for credit cards
Bookmakers and casinos set to lose out (for once).
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US mobile banking start-up Chime rings in $200m funding
The challenger is now valued at $1.5 billion.
DBS Bank steps up interest in India
Singapore entity launches wholly owned subsidiary DBS Bank India Limited.
Xinja Bank bags $2m in crowdfunding
Australian neobank gets customers invested in the business.
Maybank unleashes e-wallet for everyone
New service called MAE – Maybank Anytime, Everyone.
Quint ain’t skint with NatWest’s £16.5m funding
UK firm plans to drive growth through acquisitions.
Yolt tests out payments with UK banks
ING-backed money app on a high on the high street.
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People’s Bank of Zanzibar goes live with ICSFS core system
State-owned bank made its selection in late 2016.
Lunar Way and Tink to the moon and back for payments
Making the most of Lunar Way’s new AISP and PISP licences.
Upgrade Pack crowdfunds towards £2.25m
UK start-up aims to expand in the US and Asia.
Fears over Bank of Ireland €2bn tech revamp cost
Five-year Project Omega could be hit by “scope creep”.
Wells Fargo makes record $240m settlement over fake bank accounts
Bank officials denied wrongdoing in agreeing to the settlement.
Swiss bank Dukascopy debuts crypto token on Ethereum
Dukascoin is here after a year of “intense legal, technological and emotional effort”.
Australia upfront for better banking outback
The code of practice is a result of the Royal Commission’s recommendations.
Banco Bolivariano gets Diebold Nixdorf’s mobile banking tech
Ecuadorian bank upgrades with the help of Kony.
UK banking data reveals eruption of disruption
Last year was arguably not a good one for banking across the nation.
Tinkoff Bank gets on Russia’s Faster Payments System
It’s one of 12 banks and payment systems taking part in the pilot phase.
Silvergate Bank selects Finastra for payment processing
US bank wants to expand its infrastructure with an API-enabled platform.
South Africa’s Standard Bank to unleash payments blockchain platform
Plans a cloud-based platform for foreign exchange and settlement in H1 2019.
Al Rajhi Bank turns to Temenos for digital revamp
Saudi Arabia’s second largest bank plans “complete renovation”.
Challenger bank N26 expands to Brazil
It’s also planning its delayed launch in the US this year.
TymeBank launches with Mambu core system
South African bank finally live and using Software-as-a Service (SaaS) offering.
Rosbank gauges customer emotion with Neurodata Lab
Every phone call will be analysed – even more.
M&S Bank sparks open banking life into mortgages
Marks & Spencer’s stylish entity teams up with Equifax and AccountScore.
Cyberattack keeps Bank of Valletta off grid
Maltese bank still dealing with cyberattack and theft of €13 million.
Emirates NDB turns to Intellect Design for transaction banking overhaul
Part of the bank’s $410m transformation project.
Planixs receives £3.5m funding for better banking tech plans
The UK-based firm will expand its cloud-based solution Realiti.
Alpha-Cash acquired by heidelpay for PoS action
Following the acquisition of PayLater and Universum.
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