CUNA Mutual Group acquires lendtech Mirador
US firm aiming for digital lending market for credit unions.
FinTech
HSBC releases robo-advice and investment service
Only for customers with some money to invest.
Pindrop advances into smart devices with $90m funding
Phone-based fraud prevention company closes Series D round.
Diversity absolutes and the absurdity of decency by design
What’s diversity good for? Everything.
Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam goes with Rambus for digital payments
Focusing on security and privacy through tokenisation.
Raisin UK now offers account courtesy of Starling
UK challenger bank’s Banking-as-a-Service sees its results.
R3 and Ripple settle down for universal payments app
Famous duo ally as XRP is the first settlement mechanism.
Swiss seek fintech action with laid-back licence offer
Parliament chills out by offering a licence with relaxed requirements.
Lastminute.com launches travel Visa card
Online travel agency teams with Wirecard for multi-currency offering.
Kuwait plots payment system and digital Dinar
Central bank will take its time with fintech initiatives.
Ripple and friends form Blockchain for Europe alliance
To teach the power of blockchain across the continent.
Cybersecurity: private equity in pole position
Private equity is uniquely positioned as cybersecurity presents both a threat and an opportunity.
Banking Technology December 2018/January 2019 issue out now
Does fintech dream of electric leaps? Brightness and brilliance within.
Trading firm Imperative Execution kills it with $9m funding
Follows a $5m investment round last year.
Tibco acquires data manager Orchestra Networks
It will get EBX to add to its Connected Intelligence platform.
HDFC Bank’s app upgrade goes sour
The app simply didn’t work at launch.
White paper: Six ways thin clients and virtualisation deliver a fatter ROI
Six ways thin clients can improve your return on investment (ROI).
Axyon AI bags €1.3m from European banks
UniCredit and ING Ventures are keen investors and partners.
US tech watch: Gradifi, Numerated, Jibo, Corvus, Botkeeper
Boston bosses this one. A wave of cash for finance and insurance tech start-ups, and a robotic assistant goes dark.
Coinbase backs Flipside Crypto amid “healthy” currency selloff
The crash in digital currency values has tossed fuel on the already raging fire of skepticism.
Certua launches create-your-insurance toolbox
Insurance-as-a-Service just became a thing.
Mastercard and Microsoft in digital identity drive
They dream of a “universally-recognised” system.
Professional cybercriminals put the heat on fintech
Danger skulks everywhere in EPC’s latest report on threats and fraud.
Hong Kong puts insurtech on fast track
Hong Kong Insurance Authority plays catch-up with the global fintech industry.
French 14 find firm favour in R3 blockchain trial
Corporates complete regional CordaKYC trial with AFTE.
Yandex.Money moves mobile wallet forward with Moven
Will use Moven’s open APIs to embed new features and functionality into its mobile app.
Calastone to launch blockchain-powered funds marketplace
Coming in May 2019 via its new distributed market infrastructure.
Brexit is real. What now for finance companies?
Frankly, the time to act is now.
Protecting yourself from increasing cyberattacks
Stay diligent, keep updated, and safe surfing.
From here to æternity: first live implementation of next-gen blockchain
A step forward for open-source smart contracts blockchain protocol with æternity’s Roma release.
I’m a celebrity… get my ICO out of here!
US Securities and Exchange Commission makes two people in/famous.
UN’s fintech task force fired up for sustainable development
United Nations calls on banks and firms to get digital finance flows to SDGs.
Israel’s API integrator OpenLegacy gets $30m funding
Investors Include CommerzVentures and Silverhorn Investment Advisors.
Top fintech stories this week – 30 November 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Open Banking: how the rhetoric is becoming a reality
We need to change the first five pages of a Google search from cynicism and hyperbole to positive stories.
Starling Bank eyes Euro accounts and more partnerships
UK challenger reveals its plans for next year.
Sberbank buys BPO firm Intercomp
Only revealed now after regulatory approval.
The Heart beats faster in Poland with Mastercard investment
The loving duo unveils the Heart Ventures for start-up action.
Austrian Blockchain Centre waltzes into fintech space
Plans include a central bank digital currency and compliance systems.
Openbank takes off with AWS
Moving the entire front-end digital bank systems to the cloud.
