Interview: Pavel Novak, Zonky – a fintech fable
Zonky’s helpful community in the Czech Republic and which country the P2P lending firm might target next.
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Fintech investment in US hits record $52.5bn
KPMG’s “2018 Pulse of Fintech” report is good news for the States.
FinovateEurope 2019: Best of Show winners revealed
Let those that win bask in the fintech glory… and this brief news report.
To go boldly forth or why you should go hug your innovation team
Imagine how much an innovation team would achieve if they also had your help.
Case study: 2ndQuadrant and tastyworks – boosting PostgreSQL database performance by 400%
Consultancy and support from 2ndQuadrant for online trading platform boosts PostgreSQL database performance by 400%.
Blockchain Exchange Alliance preps tech for payments push
With a heavy emphasis on partnerships and acquisitions.
CanDeal and six Canadian banks create market data hub
BMO, CIBC, National Bank, RBC, Scotiabank and TD are involved.
First Direct and Bud buddy up for open banking action
Offering third-party products through the bank’s app.
Mastercard taken by Token’s charms for open banking hub
Californian company will power the paytech’s connectivity layer.
Stripe leads $40m funding round in paytech Rapyd
Fintech-as-a-Service platform looks for Rapyd success.
Italian interbank DLT project Spunta moves to pre-production
Passing test to solve interbank reconciliation issues in the country.
AI-powered banking experiences
Machine learning can help banks restore the personalised service they were once noted for.
Symantec acquires Luminate Security for cyber cloud defence
Getting prepared for infrastructure managed by Azure, AWS and Google.
Crypto compliance provider Chainalysis collects $30m funding
Series B financing round supported by Accel and Benchmark.
UK fintech investment reaches record $3.3bn
Industry body Innovate Finance serves up the stats.
Reliance Realty makes Indian fintech centre a reality
Real estate company plans new hub in Navi Mumbai.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 11 February 2019
Challengers Starling and Revolut, Tink, and the importance of digital assets.
Nasdaq to sell GRC business BWise to SAI Global
Bids farewell to its governance, risk and compliance software platform.
Interview: Scott Cooper, CybiWealth – investing big for small pockets
Clever investment management, frustrations, and taking care of choices.
Supplement: FinovateEurope 2019
Read our free FinovateEurope Supplement, packed with fintech goodness!
Open banking: growing in customer trust in 2019
By 2022, the open banking market could be generating £7.2 billion in value.
Colombia’s fintech wakes up to open banking
New alliance between Colombia Fintech and Open Vector is a start.
Scotiabank taps Mexican talent for fintech accelerator
Canadian bank teams with Monterrey university for Mexico City action.
Morgan Stanley stocks up with $900m Solium acquisition
Wealthtech move marks its biggest deal since the financial crisis.
Sensors working overtime as AIStorm raises $13m funding
A storm is coming… a good one for IoT, biometrics and wearables.
Euronext ups Oslo Stock Exchange offer to $790m
What a saga! The battle in Norway against Nasdaq continues.
Databricks keeps building with $250m funding
Now valued at $2.75 billion – and with the continuous support of Microsoft.
First crypto clipper malware found on Google Play
The clipper impersonates a legitimate service called MetaMask.
IBM invests $2bn in AI tech in New York
Including an AI hardware centre for research.
Death not the end for QuadrigaCX crypto drama
Only one man had the password to access funds. He’s dead.
Announcing Genome beta launch at White Nights Berlin 2019
Genome opens for public beta in Berlin on 12 February 2019 introducing a unified finance ecosystem like no other.
ChartIQ finds a path to $17.4m funding
US-based fintech has now raised a total of $20 million.
InterSystems and Global Accelerated Ventures call for fintech start-ups
Looking to advance innovation in finance.
Top fintech stories this week – 8 February 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Innovating at scale: to compete with fast-rising challengers, banks need to gain agility
How large established financial brands can draw lessons from challenger banks’ customer-centric success.
Sberbank and 500 Startups IT Demo Day: blockchain cuts little ice in Moscow
They favour AI, ML and cybersecurity, which they believe hold greater appeal to investors.
SIA blockchain sureties a sure thing in south Italy
“The first blockchain project in Italy to manage sureties.”
Centage leaves no cent behind in $8.5m investment round
TVC Capital leads funding round in US provider of cloud-based tools.
Swiss stock exchange’s blockchain bourse delays launch
SDX trading platform now coming in the second half of this year.
API platform Tink raises €56m and expands in Europe
Now coming to countries like the UK and Spain, among others.
