Women in fintech: “Aggressive” feedback, revealing audits and dress up comments
Women in fintech share their experiences of gender bias.
Interviews
Women in fintech: Skewed numbers, vain assumptions, and investor bias
FinTech Futures has gathered insights from women across the global fintech industry.
Indian start-up Zaggle registers new fintech ZikZuk to offer SMEs credit
In the next two years, ZikZuk intends to take itself across the globe.
Ethical challenger algbra banks on tech to define it in “fintech gold rush”
“We’re building a backend on a global level,” says co-founder.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 Winner: TMRW – Best UX/CX in Finance Initiative
Exclusive interview with Kevin Lam, head of TMRW Digital Group.
What did the GameStop saga expose about UK trading regulation?
FinTech Futures unpacks the FCA’s published response to trading restrictions on 29 January.
UK Black-owned challenger Atmen to launch in March
The start-up is now looking to raise £5 million from institutional investors.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 Winner: UBS – Best Use of Cloud
How UBS’s innovative hub helped 60,000 work remotely with virtually no downtime during the pandemic.
Danish edtech Female Invest targets UK expansion with $1.6m fresh capital
“It makes a big difference when you see someone like you on a platform.”
A look inside MENA investor Global Ventures’ fintech portfolio
Global Ventures’ portfolio covers payment acceptance, digital wallets, credit and trading.
VTB deputy chairman discloses exasperation over Yandex, Sber and Tinkoff competition
In 2020, VTB launched a total of 1,280 software development teams.
Female-led tax reporting fintech KAWC takes tech into own hands
“We approached male investors, but they were so condescending,” says CEO.
Under the hood of London payments platform Currencycloud
Currencycloud talks tech, structure, product development and bank relationships.
Pyypl’s regulation-first approach to MENA starts to pay off
“The options today are mobile money or banks,” says CEO.
SME credit fintech Dinie lands dLocal deal one year into Brazil play
Dinie was founded in the UK, made in Germany, and designed for Brazil.
UK fintech Just lands court backing to undercut bailiff industry
Currently, Just’s virtual offering is in beta.
UK payments acquirer Unlimint powers on with “aggressive” LatAm expansion
In November, the fintech rebranded to Unlimint from ‘Cardpay’ as part of its expansion plans.
Israeli remittance fintech Rewire targets one million customers by end of 2021
Rewire currently boasts more than 200,000 European accounts.
EXCLUSIVE: Neobank First Boulevard launching next year to target Black America
CEO and founder, Donald Hawkins, tells FinTech Futures about the process of the name change.
Swift calls for collaboration to help build the future of global transactions
Swift’s ambitious new strategy to reinvent global financial transactions.
UK CBDC researcher: We should be further along than we are
A UK CBDC won’t happen anytime soon if the Bank of England takes an iterative approach.
BNP Paribas and 3 Step IT push on with “aggressive” tech recycle plan
BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions specialises in financing solutions for professional equipment.
On-demand payment innovation at the heart of digital “new normal”
The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered industry changes in rapid time.
One of Turkey’s largest fintechs Papara gears up for expansion
It launched in 2016 and became cash flow positive in 2017.
Jumio discusses the importance of video-based identity verification
“With video, we can reduce onboarding time from days and hours to minutes.”
MSU Federal Credit Union built its own app in 2009 – where is it now?
MSU holds around $5.5 billion in assets and is America’s 48th largest credit union.
PayNearby turning India’s small-time retailers into ATMs and bank branches
“I wanted to take high-end tech to the bottom of the pyramid,” says CEO.
Sber talks Big Tech strategy two years on from Yandex rebuff
“People think we just bought a load of start-ups and slapped our name on them,” says CTO.
Is your back-office ready for real-time payments?
Baldwin relays his thoughts on the firm’s award-winning Concourse Financial Software suite.
Barclays gets 198 applications for Black founder tech accelerator
“I recognised there was more that we could do, and my employer completely backed me.”
Allica CPO says incumbents and fintechs still neglect some SMEs
“The decline of branches is synonymous with decline of relationship banking,” says CPO.
Indian start-up Payzello combines debit, credit and forex into one card
Payzello was founded by 26-year old college dropout, Pruthiraj Rath.
TradingView makes UK switch as COVID-19 boosts global users
TradingView has landed six funding rounds totalling $40.8 million.
Engage, empower and advance: Black voices in venture capital
Co-founder of BLCK VC and Storm Ventures associate, Frederik Groce, is on a mission.
Prospa sets out to serve global diaspora of African entrepreneurs
The start-up’s sweet-spot customers are entrepreneurs and micro-SMEs.
The power of the collective
Martha Mghendi-Fisher is creating a community – a tribe – for women in the financial services industry.
Enveil CEO: Fragmented AML regulation creates “Russian doll effect”
Williams likens it to the “Russian doll effect”.
Aussie trading app Stake makes leap to LatAm with Brazil launch
“LatAm looks to the US as a beacon,” says COO.
Breaking down walls
FinTech Futures took this somber moment to sit with Keisha Bell at DTCC.
Nigerian fintech Lidya lends $3m to SMEs in Eastern Europe
The fintech start-up expanded into the region during the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown.
