Personal finance app Fintify gets FCA approval
Can now operate as a registered account information service provider.
Start-up
Oxygen gets $2.3m funding for digital banking life
San Francisco-based firm offers free banking services to freelancers.
M1 Finance takes on banks with new checking account
Called M1 Spend, it integrates within the US firm’s current app.
Mizuho makes move on Chinese fintech start-ups
Signs MoU with Zhongguancun Development Group for fresh talent.
BBVA Groww-s investment app via $6m funding round
Bank’s Propel Venture Partners one of the backers for Indian firm.
Dutch start-up Bankingblocks out of the blocks
Wholesale banking provider launches across Europe.
Spanish neobank Bnc10 readies for launch
It’s already made its waiting list available.
DBS chief innovation officer Neal Cross leaves for fintech start-up
Calls time on five lively years and moves to PictureWealth.
ATB Financial looks on Brightside with new challenger bank
Always look on the Brightside of life.
Fintech Agora fires up for small American FIs
Start-up offers a digital leap without a core banking revamp.
US challenger bank Newbridge will start spreading the news
It will soon be fintech showtime on Broadway.
Barclays raises Rise Growth Investment funds for fintech start-ups
Will offer new investment capital of £10 million per programme.
Lloyds to cut costs with Thought Machine platform move
Bank wants to transfer data to new core system – and job cuts also loom large.
Allied Payment Network fortified via Plymouth Growth investment
The deal in Indiana was valued in the “multi-millions”.
PayPal joins $40m funding party for fintech app Dosh
Follows on from $44 million in last year’s Series A round.
AXA Venture Partners gets $150m for fintech funding
Aiming to support start-ups and digital health firms.
Volt first Aussie challenger to get full banking licence
The digital start-up will focus on smartphones.
Insurtech Setoo takes off with Invia Flights Germany
After its platform launch late last year, start-up now gets first customer.
FutureFlow and Anorak join Fintech Innovation Lab London
In total, 20 start-ups get selected… and get happy.
SBI and Wefox unleash new Asian insurtech
Shake-up planned as SBI Wefox Asia enters the insurance market.
Banking platform Joust-s for freelancers’ attention
US start-up launches multi-feature financial app.
Crypto trading platform Currency.com launches
A firm that has a website as a name is unveiled.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 14 January 2019
Featuring N26, RBS and Loot, Google in Ireland, and Alipay in Pakistan.
Orowealth acquires wealthtech app Wealthtrust
Indian direct mutual fund seeks expansion.
Monerium gets $2m funding for e-money on blockchain
Icelandic firm’s latest round includes support from ConsenSys.
MUFG launches new $185m fintech fund
With a focus on innovation and partnerships.
White paper: Digital Disruption in Banking
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Countingup finds its auto-match for payments invoicing
UK challenger business banking provider is up for it.
Upgrade Pack has crack at fintech with £1m funding
UK-based loyalty start-up straddles travel and banking sectors.
Unite Global to launch real-time correspondent hub
EXCLUSIVE. Norwegian firm in discussions with 30 banks for its global dream.
TrueLayer launches data API in Germany
Ahead of the one-year anniversary of open banking.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 8 January 2019
A short and sweet round-up of the week’s selected news stories in a video format.
BBVA leads $12m funding in paytech Grabango
Busy bank shows more interest in invisible payments.
Interview: Roderick Simons, CTO of Yolt
What is it like to build a smart thinking money app from the ground up?
UK start-up Viola Black tunes in with account launch
“We are not a bank.”
Galeo Bank preps for UK launch
The London-based bank aims to offer Banking-as-a-Service.
Fiserv fuels Mi Bank’s de novo launch
Michigan’s first de novo bank in a decade.
Texas start-ups use AI to help customers find and pay workers
The American workforce has moved significantly beyond what Dolly Parton was familiar with.
Initiatives by India’s government to boost fintech
The fintech space in India has seen an exponential growth over a few years.
Top ten insurtech stories in 2018
Ensure you’re up to speed with the insurance scene in our top ten insurtech stories in 2018.
