Bitcoin SV fights back hard in hash war
Calls out “contrived spikes and trash talk”. LOL.
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Avoid your auntie Mabel: career tips for optimists, curious cats and rebels
Play something that you care to win with people who are playing the same game.
BBVA and Santander join launch of EU blockchain platform
Get ready for the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications.
Fenbushi’s Dispatch-ed for blockchain building in Asia
San Francisco-based Dispatch offers DLT app creation.
Poland’s Braintri merges with iCompass
Looking for international markets.
Technology for the new world
Business as usual is no longer an option. You can bank on that.
Blockchain fatigue? A brief look at the Trade Information Network venture
This network does not use distributed ledger tech, but relies on CGI’s SaaS platform.
IBM and Columbia University call for blockchain start-ups
Two juicy new accelerator programmes are waiting for you.
Xena the warrior for crypto trading with $3m funding
Series A round of financing led by Klever Internet Investments.
FCA moves to cloud with Sopra Steria
A long-standing collaboration just got cloud-ier.
CYBG to lend £400m via Salary Finance
New funding JV in UK unleashes plenty of money for personal loans.
Form3 shows good form with $13m funding
Aimed at expanding beyond the UK.
Uruguayan fintech Bankingly gets $5m investment
Financial inclusion, backed by U2 singer Bono.
US regulator plays hardball over ICO securities
Yo fintech! Don’t mess with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Poland’s at the Heart of fintech sandbox action
Polish Financial Supervision Authority joins the sandbox craze.
Gohenry crowdfunds £6.2m for US expansion
To teach American kids about money.
Data start-up Banked backed with £1.5m funding
Lead investor is Backed VC.
Your fintech horoscope
FinTech Futures’ very own Mystic Git outlines your futures.
US Faster Payments Council alive and kicking
FPC plans pacey paytech for all.
Finleap takes a jump with €41.5m Ping An investment
To reach new tech firms and partners.
Initiative Q queues up new payments network
Israeli entrepreneur Saar Wilf first wants to create a critical mass of users.
Data mining
If data really is the new oil, where is the pipeline flowing?
Banking Technology November 2018 issue out now
Fintech inception. Ideas come to life.
Thank Mbanq for its first Banking-as-a-Service accelerator
Silicon Valley-based bank chooses Singapore as first location.
Lunar Way launches budgeting tool for consumers
The Danish non-bank gets ahead of most banks.
White paper: The Digital Banking Transformation Playbook
How can your financial institution compete?
Sabadell’s InnoCells invests $10m in Base10
Base10 is an investment fund for automation in financial software.
Bitcoin Cash hard fork creates civil war
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network splits in two – and views are not so civil.
Top fintech stories this week – 16 November 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
The emerging landscape of fintech regulation
Just passing laws will not work to control fintech. Regulators will have to be much more pro-active.
Automation Anywhere going somewhere with $300m funding from SoftBank
RPA firm gets support from SoftBank Vision Fund.
FinLab accelerator fires up for Thailand SMEs
Its smart business transformation programme gets support from UOB.
UK’s Brexit deal gets some fintech love
Conservative MPs may be resigning, but some in fintech seem happier.
Digital receipts fintech Slyp-s into the market
Easy to use, easy to set up.
Barclay Simpson: Growth Versus Governance
Some fintechs may feel corporate governance is a barrier to growth.
German start-up Modifi powers up for digital trade finance
New firm created by team behind payments provider BillPay.
Santander invests in German fintech Bonify
Its first investment in Germany of “a few million”.
Revolut to get $500m boost from Softbank
To enable US expansion.
Sizing up the real threat of challenger banks
Challenger banks’ current profitability is almost entirely unrelated from the threat they pose to incumbents.
Lighter Capital increases funding limit to $3m
US firm will provide start-ups working capital in exchange for 2% to 8% of their business’ future revenue.
