Figo and Finreach join forces
Will offer a joint European Software-as-a-Service API platform for finance.
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Signifyd unveils chargeback solution for merchants
“Friendly fraud” meets a feisty foe.
Open banking – build it and they will come?
It is the innovative data wranglers that will decide the success of open banking.
TAS Group acquires AI outfit Mantica
Gets its hands on AI and machine learning models for banking and fintech.
Quint ain’t skint with NatWest’s £16.5m funding
UK firm plans to drive growth through acquisitions.
Empty wallets turn up in QuadrigaCX crypto exchange case
The death of its CEO has left a lot of unanswered questions.
Bermuda allows local fintechs to play in US
Courtesy of US-based Signature Bank.
Yolt tests out payments with UK banks
ING-backed money app on a high on the high street.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 4 March 2019
Featuring N26, South Korea, Brex and TymeBank.
Shuhe snaps up $30m funding from internet giant Sina
Chinese start-up wants to improve its data capabilities.
Proactis gets £20m funding from HSBC for SME action
To help SMEs with liquidity management.
New Zealand heads to open banking
Governance organisation Payments NZ reveals first API standards.
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.
UCL and Barclays unleash deep tech venture builder
Conception X turns dissertations into a deep tech start-up.
QuadrigaCX crypto exchange court case calls for $30m payout
Judge’s decision in Canada follows the firm’s collapse in January.
Bitcoin SV toughens up its cryptocurrency
The firm caught three medium severity vulnerabilities in BSV.
Banking Technology March 2019 issue out now
Pay attention. Fintech in the ascension.
ID verification firm Socure so cool with $30m funding
The Series C round takes the company’s total funding to $57.5 million.
Banking software provider NDGIT loving licence revenue
PSD2 and open banking era bring smiles to German firm.
Top fintech stories this week – 1 March 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
FinovateEurope 2019: days of creation
Fintech is currently in an exciting creative phase.
Disruption through diversity and empowerment
“Be bold. You have earned it. More importantly, if you don’t value yourself, how can you demonstrate it to others?”
Cloud Elements on API high with $25m funding
Denver cloud boys – and girls – now have total capital of $46.2 million.
UK Finance wants to bring ethics to banking sector
Good luck getting that to work.
RFI Global Business Banking Summit 2019: The age of branch banking is over
The time of digital has come.
Experian calls off £275m ClearScore acquisition
UK’s Competition and Markets Authority expressed concerns.
Microsoft’s M12 leads SpyCloud’s $21m funding round
Latest round takes Texan firm’s total capital to more than $28 million.
Assets, habits and the wand that chooses the wizard
Can you tell which bit of generalities “we have data, customers and scale” actually holds value for the future?
Santander and LSE instrumental in Nivaura’s $20m funding
UK firm offers platform for the issuance of financial instruments on blockchain.
Julius Baer enters crypto arena with SEBA stake
Swiss duo plans tech bridge between traditional and digital assets worlds.
ZagTrader and BeQuant show crypto FIX-ation
Duo will offer access to cryptocurrencies using the Financial Information Exchange (FIX) and APIs.
Rosbank gauges customer emotion with Neurodata Lab
Every phone call will be analysed – even more.
Bank of Ireland unveils €2bn Brexit fund for SMEs
“Brexit isn’t ‘business as usual’.”
Blossom Capital brings $85m tech fund to Europe
New fund will pay special attention to reviewing female-pitched ideas.
ASX to sell $385m stake in tech provider Iress
“It no longer provides the strategic value to ASX that it once did.”
Europe’s army of fintech start-ups
How European fintech start-ups are competing for a market share.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 25 February 2019
Metro, Starling and ClearBank get the RBS grant, South Korea plans fintech push, and more.
South Korea plans interbank payment network
The nation’s Financial Services Commission gives fintech another boost.
BlackBerry buys AI cybersecurity firm Cylance for $1.4bn
BlackBerry says it is “now a billion-dollar cybersecurity firm”.
