Robinhood raises $323 million in Series E funding
The new round of funding values the company at $7.6 billion.
Banking
Busey selects Jack Henry to support growth
The SilverLake System is believed to be replacing CSI’s NuPoint.
MoneyLion roars with $160m funding
The company will have raised over $200 million in equity financing.
Moors and Cabot selects RBC as new clearing partner
This will enhance the firm’s back-office capabilities.
Zeta eyes global expansion with Series C investment
The investment came from Sodexo at a valuation of $300 million.
Morgan Stanley and Box launch document sharing portal
The platform promotes communication between financial advisors and clients.
Dos and don’ts of sanction screening
Regulators seek to send a strong message to financials if they drop the ball on sanctions screening.
The financial services talent war is fierce: here’s how to draft in the millennials
People at all levels should be given the opportunity and tools to understand themselves at their best.
The Win 10 Rush: How financial institutions can beat the clock to upgrade their PCs
Kevin Flaherty, CEO at BLM Tech reveals the key to carrying off large-scale IT projects.
Focus on what’s important – and leave the rest to us
Smartstream’s platform takes the operational & regulatory responsibility of payments off your back.
Urban FT acquires CFC Technology Group
The pairing aims to tilt the playing field for community-based institutions.
Waddle and RBS pilot partnership
RBS is one of the first banks to offer an automated working capital solution to its customers.
Uber-izing banks
The secret is not just about being frictionless and digital.
Top fintech stories this week – 19 July 2019
PayTech Awards winners announced!
Temenos acquires AI firm Logical Glue
It claims to bring transparency and explainability of AI automated decisions to the banking industry.
Blackfish, wishful thinking and self-fulfilling prophecies
If you don’t want your organisation to be plagued by self-fulfilling prophecies, don’t create them.
Finca Microfinance Bank implements AutoSoft’s AutoBanker
The suite has been rolled across 135 branches.
Flybits lands $35m in Series C round
Investors include Point72 Ventures and Mastercard.
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Goldman Sachs invests €25 million in Raisin
The new funding brings the total volume of primary investment to €195 million.
Bitt approved for legislation by Barbados regulators
The fintech completed an eight-month Sandbox Framework.
White paper: Stepping into the next-gen acquiring – multi-vendor platform
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White paper: Enabling PSD2-compliant fraud monitoring with OneSpan risk analytics
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Top fintech stories this week – 12 July 2019
N26 has superhero-landed in the US, new hip bank in Spain, and more!
N26 lands in the US
Starting with users in the waiting list.
NetSuite supports GoCardless in global expansion
The platform helps to cut the complexities of international operations.
White paper: The architect’s guide to digital core banking in the cloud
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Lightico closes $14.5m investment for digital customer experience
In the last year, Lightico has quadrupled in employee count.
TreasurySpring launches Fixed-Term Fund platform
The platform provides a digital pipeline for the wholesale money markets.
Accelerate Business Transformation in the FinServ industry with Process Mining
Sponsored: The process mining pioneer helps leading financials to leverage data in their IT systems.
Scottish Widows goes digital with TCS
Lloyds’ life and pensions arm goes modern.
HSBC launches multicurrency virtual account for treasury
Available in the UK, USA, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Uncorking the corporate payments bottleneck
One reader digested Leda’s food for thought and has something to say about it.
Intrum picks Qualco software to streamline debt collection
The deal follows a 15-month analysis phase.
Banking Technology July/August 2019 issue out now
Drawing the curtains on a bright tomorrow.
White paper: How to scale a fintech
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Visa and PayPal’s new deal
While the US service is powered via a partnership with JPMorgan Chase, PayPal’s Instant Transfer in Canada is powered by Visa’s push payments system, Visa Direct.
Blockchain firm Saga picks FIS for treasury management
Deloitte helped Saga pick its supplier.
BTG Pactual and Dalma Capital adopt Tezos for STOs
The Latin American investment bank launched ReitBZ STO earlier this year.
