Customer experience at the centre of innovation agenda
Innovating is the only way to stay ahead in today’s dynamic marketplace.
Innovation
POPin’s clever notion for video banking emotion
New app added to its interactive mobile solution to work out emotional state of customers.
BNP Paribas fires up new investment fund for start-ups
More help is on the way for the young guns of fintech and insurtech.
Switch unveils Cardsavr API to get cards into e-commerce circulation faster
The “first and only” fintech addressing this credit card management issue for consumers, merchants and FIs.
BIAN plans API hours with new guidelines
Banking Industry Architecture Network publishes updated version of its standardised global IT architecture model.
CBA and ING complete regtech pilot fling
To simplify information processing and regulation implementation using MiFID II as test case.
Mobeewave to power payments for Samsung
Mobeewave to offer an in-person contactless payment acceptance solution on Samsung devices.
It’s all Appian for Santander’s speedy BPM plans
US-based provider of low-code applications helps out with business process management.
Surviving the digital era by accident: banks and gen X bankers
The digital era is here and, with it, a generation that champions creative forces and conversational integrity.
Defining the insurance company of the future
Just as customer demands are changing in a digital economy, insurtech-driven change is also inevitable.
Fintech funding round-up: 21 February 2018
Stars Anyfin, CivilisedBank, Greenlight Financial Technology, Even Financial and Wealthsimple.
Big guns team up for Marco Polo blockchain trade finance initiative
BNP, Commerzbank and ING joined by Standard Chartered, DNB, and OP Financial Group.
Case study: Technology innovation the main driving force for customer satisfaction
Innovation – the driving force for customer satisfaction. Case study on how to get there.
Infographic: what is cryptocurrency?
Everything you need to know about what cryptocurrency is and how to use it.
Sound practices: fintech implications for banks and supervisors
The BCBS research paper identifies ten key implications and related considerations for the industry.
Fintech funding round-up: 20 February 2018
Features SETL, AND Global, LendMN and Augmentum Fintech.
Kony brings digital magic to Partners Federal CU revamp
Ploy Story or Beauty and the Increased?
Blockchain centre launched by R3 for law firms
R3 has launched the Legal Centre of Excellence (LCoE) as a platform for the legal community.
FCA and CFTC to collaborate on fintech innovation
Financial Conduct Authority and Commodity Futures Trading Commission have signed an arrangement for UK-US initiatives.
Algorand nabs $4m for blockchain aiming to avoid Bitcoin’s flaws
Straight out of MIT – and reckons it can solve the problems dogging Bitcoin and other digital currencies.
Coinbase launches crypto e-commerce acceptance
Digital currency wallet Coinbase is expanding its horizons with the launch of Coinbase Commerce.
Lendtech Roostify lands $25m to disrupt mortgage industry
Roostify’s Series B funding round comes from new and existing investors.
BBVA taps digital start-up Azlo to target US freelance market
Bank partners with business account provider for American dream.
UK regulator plots global fintech sandbox
Financial Conduct Authority looking for views on the merits of a mega-model.
Clinc tops $4.5m in annual revenue
Conversational AI platform in the pink and hires a chief growth officer.
Mission to Mars: or how I manage to make everything about fintech
We don’t directly do good in our fintech-verse, but we push the world towards something better.
Fintech funding round-up: 14 February 2018
Special guest stars are Middleton Enterprises, Oradian, IdentityMind Global and Payworks.
Glossary: what’s what in fintech
What’s what in fintech? Here is a glossary of the most commonly used terms.
How fintech firms can take cover from cyberattacks
Revolutionising technologies are coming up by day and rendering most of the old business models obsolete.
E-ZPass links with PayByCar to advance in-vehicle payments
PayByCar lets drivers use toll transponders to make additional purchases, such as fuel, fast food, and car washes.
Global fintech funding goes over $31bn mark
Brings the total over the past three years to $122 billion.
LogMeIn goes for AI gold with Bold360 virtual assistant
A chatbot and virtual customer assistant to make service “more engaging and intuitive”.
“I have lightbulb moments all the time – doesn’t everyone?”
What was Liz Maguire’s, head of transformation and digital at ANZ, lightbulb moment?
Fintech funding round-up: 12 February 2018
Featuring YapStone, Stash, Moneyfellows and Lendingkart.
What will help facilitate a secure future for the insurance industry?
This is the age of the “I want it now”, the insurance industry seems paralysed in working out a new vision.
Survey: Banking & fintech – how can commercial banks stay ahead?
Conducted by Fraedom and FinTech Futures to create a comprehensive study on banking and fintech.
Podcast: [the SME sector is] so hot right now
11:FS Fintech Insider show featuring FinTech Futures’ Tanya Andreasyan.
Brief: Deliver the digital bank
Speed up transactions in consumer banking and financial services.
Banks and fintechs – friends or foes?
Who goes there? A look at new frontiers and the bottom line.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 8 February 2018
Features Binance down, a “Crypto Rich List”, and VMS Software and Swirlds.
