iCapital expands its platform with Simon Markets acquisition
The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2022 pending regulatory approvals.
Financial Services/Finserv
Capital markets fintech Clear Street lands $165m in Series B funding
The new funding takes the company’s valuation up to $1.7 billion.
Money talks
Expectations about what is acceptable from a CO2 emissions perspective have to mature.
Cartoon: Untethered
A new cartoon illustrating the potential economic risks surrounding asset-backed stablecoins.
Video: Wells Fargo at FinovateSpring 2022 – How to achieve digital acceleration
FinTech Futures chats with Madhu Narasimhan of Wells Fargo to discuss approaches to digital transformation.
White paper: Intelligence capabilities for AML and CFT regulatory compliance
Enhancing KYC, AML, CFT and due diligence investigations for finance, banking and compliance sectors with digital intelligence.
This is why we can’t have nice things
Innovation is a war of attrition, and that’s exhausting.
Canadian Tire Bank taps Temenos for digital-first core banking upgrade
Canadian Tire Bank is looking to replace its legacy systems and modernise its operations.
Temenos Community Forum 2022: Everyone’s banking platform will be composable
Temenos Community Forum 2022 was held at the ExCel in London last week.
Finance super-app M1 deploys Thought Machine’s Vault Core
M1 will deploy Thought Machine’s Vault Core to launch products from one unified, coherent “source of truth”.
Payments network TransferMate hits unicorn status after $70m funding
TransferMate will use the funding to expand its teams globally and develop its technology and product offering.
How CBDCs will transform the way India transacts
The proposed implementation of CBDCs will completely change how the country perceives money.
Allegacy FCU taps enterprise tech provider NCR for data analytics solution
Allegacy FCU says partnership will “make data actionable, unlock predictive insights and drive innovation”.
Agri lender SunStream taps Fiserv for lending operations modernisation
The Minnesota-based lender will move to Fiserv to meet the complex loan servicing needs of its shareholders.
Embedded banking models and the rise of Service-as-a-Bank (SaaB)
It’s high time that banks and credit unions stop seeing competition only as a threat.
Congratulations to the Banking Tech Awards USA 2022 winners!
Take a look at the 2022 Banking Tech Awards winners
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 20 May 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Your fintech job might change in the future
Workplace policies of your employer might well be affecting how long you see yourself sticking around in your job.
Finovate Spring 2022: Starling CEO Anne Boden on what big banks can do better
Starling Bank CEO Anne Boden delivered a keynote speech at the Finovate Spring conference in San Francisco.
Programmable banking
We are fast approaching the time finally being right for programmable banking.
US fintech Current launches platform API with Plaid as first partner
Current’s platform API enables fintechs to build embedded financial services solutions quickly and easily.
Finovate Spring 2022: The changing landscape of financial services
Digital innovation is one of the key talking points at this year’s conference.
BaaS start-up Unit raises $100m Series C, reaches $1.2bn valuation
The company intends to use the capital to “make it even easier for companies to launch and succeed”.
Now is not the time
Now is the only time. And every time you say ‘not now’ you make everything that little bit harder for your future self.
Paying it forward: how Zirtue aims to remove the stress from relationship-based lending
FinTech Futures speaks with Zirtue co-founder and CEO Dennis Cail about tackling predatory lenders.
Fintechs need to take the lead on mental health
Fintech firms cannot disregard the risk of poor mental health among their workforce as ‘just part of the role’.
White paper: Digital lending – how technology transforms banks
A step-by-step overview of digital lending transformation in banks, brought to you by HES FinTech and FinTech Futures.
White paper: How to select a digital lending solution – the ultimate guide
Answering some of the key questions lenders ask when choosing a software vendor for their lending automation product.
Report: Northern Ireland fintech – leaders in ESG
A deep dive into how Northern Ireland became a pioneer in the advances of fintech, regtech and ESG.
Brazilian fintech Nomad raises $32m in Series B funding
Nomad previously raised a $20 million Series A round in July 2021.
Digital assets platform Elwood lands $70m Series A
The Series A cash will go towards expanding Elwood’s product offerings and global operations.
MPOWER Financing hires Wall Street exec as new head of capital markets
Zaki will lead strategic partnerships for the fintech firm as part of his new role.
Developing an inclusive culture in fintech
When you invite diversity into your organisation, you’re inviting innovation and creativity.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Changing jobs can boost your bank balance as well as your career
Exciting open vacancies at Monzo, Hazy and Tandem Bank. Apply today!
Emotional connection in customer experience
Many digital financial services lack a “human heart”. And that should be something that worries the industry.
What the FinTech? | S.3 Episode 7 | The future of digital payments
In this episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Claire Gates, chief commercial officer at PPRO.
Mission can have a lower-case ‘m’
All business, no matter how young or small, operates in context. So think it through.
US fintech MainStreet lays off 30% of employees
CEO Doug Ludlow cites “today’s incredibly rough market” as the reason for the layoffs.
Bridging the gap between new and old payment methods
Payment experiences have changed significantly, with ‘alternative payment’ methods gaining more and more traction.
Developer infrastructure bank Column launches to cut middleware bloat
Column is the only nationally chartered developer infrastructure bank in the US.
