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Video: Top fintech stories this week – 31 January 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
US neobank Rellevate picks Technisys for core tech
The challenger will offer payday advances by selling its service through employers.
Viva Wallet buys Greece’s first digital challenger Praxia Bank
Praxia was on the verge of being dissolved last month.
Pine Labs becomes Indian unicorn after Mastercard investment
Pine Labs valued at $1.5 billion after latest financing.
Catalyst Fund raises $15m from JP Morgan and UK Aid for emerging market fintechs
Thirty fintech start-ups from South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, India and Mexico will get funding.
Barclays signs tech partnership with invoice insurance firm Nimbla
UK bank to offer Nimbla technology to one million SME customers.
Digital broker Stake releases UK beta app ahead of February launch
The app plans to expand across Europe “in the coming months”.
Goldman leads LumApps $70m Series C funding
The French start-up hits $100m in total funding.
Mortgage broker Trussle raises £7.5m
Fresh funding brings total investment in Trussle to £26.5m.
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Kristal.AI raises $6m in Series A for algo-powered wealth management
Singapore-based firm plans Middle East expansion with fresh cash.
Lydia raises €40m in Tencent-led Series B funding round
Tencent-backed funding to be used to avoid “costly mistakes”.
Capital markets fintech iStox raises $5m in South Korea
iStox claims to offer one-stop issuance, custody and trading of digitised securities.
EXCLUSIVE: New bank in Laos selects Flexcube core banking system
Money for the new bank is understood to be coming from China.
How UK start-up The Money Platform is transforming credit for millennials
EXCLUSIVE: The lendtech is rolling out its open banking offering.
Thai blockchain start-up Lightnet gains $31.2m in Series A funding
Lightnet plans to dislodge cross-border giants like Swift.
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Indian challenger founded by Google Pay execs raises $13.2m
Former Google Pay execs aim to tap into India’s millennial market.
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ING to launch analytics tool Katana as new fintech company
Dutch bank plans to spin out its AI tool in London.
MyBucks Banking Corporation implements Flexcube core banking system
The new Malawi-based bank also took Oracle Banking Digital Experience for the front-end.
Financing fintech Sezzle blocked from making loans in California
The Minnesota fintech deemed to be making “unregulated loans”.
Receipt Bank raises $73m in Series C funding round
Bookkeeping fintech will use funds to boost international growth.
Tokyo: fintechs welcome!
Japan is keen to turn Tokyo into the number one financial hub in Asia.
SME challenger bank B-North raises £2m funding
The bank’s first regional “Lending Pod” will open in Manchester in Q2 2020.
Razer Fintech, Grab and Singtel bid for Singapore digital banking licence
There are only five of the new licences up for grabs.
Former Starling Bank CTO plans 2020 launch of crypto digital bank
Mark Hipperson is CEO of Ziglu, an app that will allow users to trade cryptocurrency
Credit card challenger Koto to launch in UK come 2020
“We are offering credit with a fixed fee from day one,” says Koto’s CEO.
UK fintech Rebank raises $2.8m seed round to help businesses bank
The start-up sits on top of businesses’ bank accounts.
OP Financial Group signs Minna Technologies to advance open banking
Finland’s largest financial group calls the partnership “the right match”.
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Metro Bank pilots SME receipt management with Sensibill
UK bank hoping to save SME customers some time.
First Direct founder leaves retirement to join mortgage platform Dashly
Mike Harris becomes chairman of the company.
US challenger Unifimoney launched by former Samsung Pay exec
The new bank is aiming for a 2020 launch.
French challenger Moneway aims to help users control their finances
Countryside neobank preparing to move out of beta.
