Visa and Billtrust team to digitise US B2B payments with Business Payments Network
Visa and Billtrust have joined forces to develop Billtrust’s Business Payments Network (BPN).
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HSBC and ING in industry-first blockchain trade finance transaction
HSBC India, ING Bank Brussels, Reliance Industries and Tricon Energy experiment with blockchain.
Gusto teams with ScaleFactor to automate accounting for SMEs
Gusto business users can sync payroll and benefits directly with accounting and financial data.
Laureate turns to AlphaPoint for blockchain-based asset management tech
Laureate’s asset digitisation, investor portal, and secondary trading will rely on AlphaPoint’s technology.
Quadient’s new tool accelerates insurance claims process
Quadient Correspondence is a new subscription-based, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution.
Braintree adds Samsung Pay option for US merchants
PayPal-owned Braintree will integrate with Samsung Pay.
White paper: The ROI of Omni-channel Digital Banking
How to calculate the ROI in digital channels the right way.
Citizens Bank pioneers SigFig’s new wealthtech for financial advisors, CoPilot
SigFig unveils CoPilot, a digital wealth management platform for financial advisors.
POPin Video Banking Collaboration unveils new brand and clients
“The industry’s first interactive mobile video banking solution” is now known as POPio Mobile Video Cloud.
Biz2Credit tech to provide online business loans to Popular Bank
Over half of business loans are processed online.
Coinbase raises $300m, now valued at $8bn
In its largest round of funding to date, digital currency wallet Coinbase has closed a $300 million investment.
Sibos 2018 video: Thomas Nielsen, Deutsche Bank
Open Banking benefits for corporate clients, PSD2 and future trends in finance industry.
Sibos 2018 video: Roland Brandli, SmartStream
TLM Aurora, challenges with Open Banking, the potential of data and the biggest issues facing fintech.
Sibos 2018 video: David Rich, Vocalink
How to mitigate real-time payment risk and successfully defeat network-level fraud.
Ethical insurtech Ethos bags $35m
Round led by Accel.
Wahed Invest obtains $8m from existing investors
It claims to be the first Islamic fintech start-up to reach a valuation of $100 million.
TransferGo launches Seedrs aiming at €11.5m investment
Only €1 million will come from crowdfunders.
White paper: Real-Time Risk Analytics, Management and Compliance with In-Memory Computing
In-memory speed, unlimited horizontal scalability and broad integration to support any future needs.
Central 1 and Backbase unveil new digital banking platform Forge
Alterna Bank and FirstOntario Credit Union are the first takers of Forge.
Sibos 2018 video: Nanda Kumar, SunTec Business Solutions
Bank of Tomorrow, SunTec digital core and the company’s future.
Bogota Savings Bank in tech modernisation with Fiserv
Bogota Savings Bank will implement Fiserv’s DNA core banking system.
Webinar: Why open source is a critical ingredient for open banking
Join Red Hat and FinTech Futures on 14 November for a live webinar!
Swych powers WeChat’s Travelex Pay for US shopping
Swych’s blockchain-based gift card technology will power Travelex Pay, offered by Travelex and WeChat.
Sibos 2018 video: the importance of financial & tech media
What is the role of financial and tech media in the industry?
Sibos 2018: trade finance for corporates is getting a major upgrade
Corporates must now make the decision whether to be a leader or a follower.
Top fintech stories this week – 26 October 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
BIAN unveils free digital API Exchange
An online digital library containing over 65 standardised API definitions.
PNC Bank teams with OnDeck to streamline SME financing
Offering digital business lines of credit up to $100,000 within one to three business days.
Sibos 2018: separating the myth and reality of AI in financial services
Where can the artificial intelligence tech have the greatest impact?
Sibos 2018: partnership strategies to overcome digital disruption
Will digital disruption by dynamic technology natives undermine the legacy business models of traditional banks?
Sibos 2018: Swift gpi – how global payments are going digital
How is Swift reacting to the Sibos 2018 theme of “Going Digital”?
Sibos 2018 interview: Parth Desai, Pelican – succeeding in the AI economy
Artificial intelligence can help banks obtain “customer cognizance”.
Sibos 2018 video: key takeouts – part 1
Summed up in this short and sweet video
Network platforms: a new concept for a new age
ING and TradeIX, both members of the Marco Polo Network, discuss its benefits and what lies beneath.
Blockchain: technological genius or marketing concept?
Insight from Alain Rocher, head of knowledge management, Societe Generale Securities Services.
Sibos 2018: Why smart ledgers are not delivering yet, for financial services
Do financial services have a ‘God-given’ right to smart ledgers?
Sibos 2018: Alpha-bets S-Z
A brief look at four fintech firms that are worth watching out for at the Sibos show.
APIs and the customer journey to Open Banking
How a truly seamless customer experience can be created.
Sibos 2018: Need for speed – ML reducing fraud in real-time payments
“ML or decision science is key.”
Sibos 2018: AML struggles amidst new payment methods
Communication seems to be the theme, again.
