Banco Carregosa goes open with PaymentComponents
AplonAPI is the baby of PaymentComponents and Infosistema.
FinTech
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 14 January 2019
Featuring N26, RBS and Loot, Google in Ireland, and Alipay in Pakistan.
Terrific triple for FinTech Scotland’s first anniversary
Joy ensues as the number of SMEs based in Scotland has grown by three times.
Factris acquires Lithuanian lendtech Debifo
As it makes its way through Europe.
Goldman Sachs leads $8m funding in cyber firm Immersive Labs
Aims to boost its enterprise IT and cybersecurity teams.
Banks onboard for UK economic crime taskforce
The Economic Crime Strategic Board is unveiled.
Money app Yolt launches open beta in Italy and France
Early bird users get it to a lovely place.
Improving profitability through employee retention analytics
When you have an employee turnover problem, you have a profitability problem.
Maltese celebrities deny involvement in crypto scam
Police and regulators are investigating the firm Bitcoin Revolution.
Monerium gets $2m funding for e-money on blockchain
Icelandic firm’s latest round includes support from ConsenSys.
OCC fights for US fintech charter in court
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency seeks to dismiss CSBS litigation.
MUFG launches new $185m fintech fund
With a focus on innovation and partnerships.
Top fintech stories this week – 11 January 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
A jar of hope
We might be from different backgrounds, but we are all part of the universe.
Meniga wraps around consumer rewards with Wrapp acquisition
Merging both Stockholm offices.
SafeCharge to power Gett’s payment reconciliation
Transporting it to the new era of fintech.
Enveil and Unbound Tech unleash data security triad
Data-at-rest, data-in-transit, data-in-use.
The era of indulgent clients is over
Your user centric design goes out the window unless the entire money cycle moves in tandem.
Upgrade Pack has crack at fintech with £1m funding
UK-based loyalty start-up straddles travel and banking sectors.
Euro Exim Bank deal puts Ripple on correspondent course
“Traditional correspondent banking system” gets some competition.
Moorwand releases first UnionPay card in UK
UnionPay moves West with a multi-currency pre-paid card.
Jobs go as ShapeShift suffers in crypto winter
“The latest crypto winter is upon us, and today ShapeShift felt the bitter frost.”
Bloomberg picks Apstra for data and production network tech
Got the multi-vendor platform it needs for its London HQ.
Alipay powers Pakistan’s “first” blockchain-based cross-border remittance service
Service provided by Telenor Microfinance Bank and Valyou.
Welcome to the fintech library!
A compilation of books from the world of business, finance and technology.
Video: Fraud Orchestration with FCase
How to take fraud management systems from basic standalone detection to a more enterprise-focused approach.
Bank of America and Morgan Stanley plan rival stock exchange
Nasdaq and ICE get competition as nine firms unveil MEMX.
CAN Capital introduces new CEO Edward Siciliano
Alternative SME financing firm has a new captain.
Interview: Mark Gabriel, Sunrise Banks – on a financial wellness mission
How partnerships with fintechs can help in the quest to service the underserved.
Banking for “digital nomads”
Foregoing the traditional way of working from nine to five in a typical office culture and hierarchy model.
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.
Plaid buys fintech rival Quovo for $200m
Bank account connectivity firm finds something similar in the US.
UK’s Financial Conduct Authority deepens Brexit prep
Wants feedback on financial services contracts regime and securitisation repositories.
BBVA leads $12m funding in paytech Grabango
Busy bank shows more interest in invisible payments.
Ethereum Classic trading frozen due to double spend drama
Coinbase stops ETC trading due to detection of deep chain reorganisation.
Linedata acquires French start-up Loansquare
Gets its hands on a platform that connects banks and borrowers.
Interview: Roderick Simons, CTO of Yolt
What is it like to build a smart thinking money app from the ground up?
Starling Bank taunts traditional banks in 2019 plans
UK challenger aiming for the one million customer mark.
Fintech firm WB21 caught in storm of allegations
The evidence keeps piling up and the firm stays silent.
