Co-op Money NZ thrilled by passing of credit union Bill
Calls it endorsement for future of New Zealand’s credit union sector.
SME
Santander-backed Asto finance app preps for beta launch
London-based firm wants to be a pocket business helper.
Lendtech Ezbob buzzing with sweet investment from Honeycomb
Alternative business lending company gets some sugar-coated cash.
11:FS Podcast: death is no excuse
11:FS Fintech Insider podcast featuring FinTech Futures’ Tanya Andreasyan.
Australian payments start-up Airwallex raises $80m
Melbourne-based firm combines payments and FX transfers.
Bento for Business raises $9m funding
The funding nearly doubles its total capital to $18.5 million.
Highland Europe looking up with new €463m funding
It brings the tech investor’s assets to over a billion.
BizEquity brings Valuation-as-a-Service to TD Bank
BizEquity just signed its first – really big – bank.
Trezeo seeks funding from the crowd at Seedrs
Business account provider targets 5m people in self-employed sector.
FairFX shows SMEs a whole new world
An international business account for SMEs to go global.
Amex and Amazon ally in co-brand card game
One of the GAFA gang reveals its paytech plan.
P2Binvestor raises $17m to expand lending programme
To fund growth mostly for its new bank partnership programme.
KeyBank acquisition Bolstr-s digital lending dream
US-based bank buys digital lending platform for small businesses.
MYbank plans stellar SME support
Ant Financial brand offers the promised land.
NorthOne launches free invoice app
An app for small business owners, entrepreneurs and freelancers.
Agorai invests £20m in UK AI market
A vote of confidence in the UK.
Xero launches Connected Accounting, partners with Citibank
Xero unveils the first wave of new features at Xerocon Atlanta.
Alternative lending firm BlueVine lands $60m equity funding
The Series E round brings BlueVine’s total financing to $578 million.
Gusto unveils Partner Directory of accountants for SMEs
Gusto launches its own Yelp for accountants.
ING pushes for open banking with SME financing platform and Yolt expansion
ING is leveraging open banking and making their SME and retail offer more attractive than ever across Europe
Top fintech stories this week – 1 June 2018
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UK challenger bank Starling seeks £80m funding
Also ends its partnership with TransferWise.
Digital bank Lidya lands $6.9m funding
The latest round brings the bank’s total funding to $8.2 million.
Former MD of Metro Bank preps new SME challenger
New UK-based bank to be called Recognise.
Tinkoff Bank to launch new development hub in Sochi
Russian bank working with the Talent and Success Foundation.
ShopKeep launches on Android to broaden hardware options
POS-itive news from US point of sale technology provider.
Addiko Bank puts digital banking solutions on Appian
Austrian bank finds the way to low code developer’s platform.
SMEs and selfies stick for FNB account opening
South African bank unveils selfie authentication… and “businessism”.
PayPal to buy iZettle for $2.2bn ahead of IPO
Largest acquisition in its history.
Centric Bank embarks on core banking tech project with Jack Henry
Moving from Jack Henry’s CIF 20/20 core banking system to Silverlake.
CBA, Microsoft and KPMG Wiise up to Australian SMEs
Cloud solution designed for payroll and banking.
Cashplus calls on Currencycloud’s special FX for SME payments
Especially designed to help British SMEs do better business abroad.
Santander UK to launch digital financing platform for SMEs
Mambu believed to be providing its core banking tech to Santander’s new SME platform.
Indian lending start-up Finwego preps for launch
Gains momentum with innovation challenge award success.
Virgin Money gets £1.6bn takeover offer from CYBG
Combined entity will have six million personal and business customers.
Credit Suisse provides $200m line of credit to BlueVine
Boosting BlueVine’s combined debt and equity funding to $518 million.
Acorns Australia rebrands as Raiz Invest; Westpac and Assembly Payments team up
Acorns Australia, an app that uses small change to invest, has rebranded as Raiz Invest.
SME lender Kabbage to acquire fellow lendtech Orchard
Small business lender Kabbage is rumoured to be acquiring lending platform Orchard Platform Markets.
Top fintech stories this week – 27 April 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
FairFX posts first full year profits
CEO of FairFX describes the year as “ground-breaking” for the company.
