The power of partnerships for tackling financial inclusion
We need to find new and innovative ways of solving big social issues.
Partnerships
TradeIt teams with IBM Cloud for Financial Services
Will help developers add universal brokerage functionality to financial apps, platforms, and websites.
Payworks to power new POS tool for Bambora
Duo will launch Bambora Connect – for POS software providers and merchants.
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Hydrogen’s Findi consortium breathes life into public blockchains
Paving the way for Web 3.0 and taking on R3.
Idea incubator Pioneer calls for ambitious outsiders
“Apply with any project you need help with.”
World Bank turns to CBA for world’s first blockchain bond
Using DLT to end extreme poverty.
TransferGo goes to Onfido for onboarding flow
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Top fintech stories this week – 10 August 2018
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Finicity inks data exchange deal with Capital One
More data sharing and more security are the goals.
Even Financial raises $19m funding for new card tricks
Takes its total funding to $25 million.
Uber and Venmo link up for payments
Simplifying the way Uber users can pay with Venmo.
Fiorano teams with ITSS for digital banking push
The duo will help banks integrate core systems with applications.
DriveWealth and Bambu join forces on robo-advisory tool
Two wealthtech companies from opposite sides of the globe have built upon their partnership.
PayStand enters integration land with Xero
B2B payments platform buddies up with cloud accounting firm.
Regulator syndicate unleashes Global Financial Innovation Network
Builds on UK regulator’s plan to create a global sandbox.
Facebook wants your bank data
It has “not learned its lesson about the importance of user privacy”.
TransUnion teams with EXL for CECL compliance
Credit reporting agency and analytics company are an item.
Arizona first US state to offer fintech sandbox
Lawmakers stop talking to do something.
Debonair DNB completes trade finance test with Marco Polo
First release of the TradeIX platform on blockchain goes well.
Business Payments Directory Association teams with Discover for blockchain PoC
Will develop a platform for its B2B directory built on blockchain technology.
Financial wellness platform PayActiv partners with ADP Marketplace
PayActiv provides a way for employers to help their employees manage their financial lives.
NestReady teams with Alterna Savings for home buying
Start-up will help credit union’s clients find their new home.
Atos digital DNA drives revamp for insurer CNA
Love is in the air with new multi-year relationship.
Barclays and JP Morgan lead $14m funding in Cloud9
Cloud9 will speed up roll-out of its SaaS-based voice communications platform.
Insurance marketplace CoverHound is Intellirent’s best friend
US-based marketplace partners with rental marketing and tenant screening platform.
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Chase Pay and Samsung Pay partner for retail action
JP Morgan Chase takes its payment ambitions up a gear.
CLS and IBM furnish fintech with hosted blockchain service
Duo unveils services hosted on DLT platform LedgerConnect.
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Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk and Blackstone create Refinitiv
Will be a standalone company. And should lead to shorter headlines.
Feedzai to help Credorax fight merchant fraud
Feedzai uses big data technology to stop payment fraud in real-time.
Swift unleashes gpi for corporates pilot
Corporates and banks to test a new multi-bank payments tracking solution.
Figure Eight dates Google Cloud for machine learning
Figure Eight will serve as the data launch partner for Google Cloud AutoML.
Fellow bankers: “ecosystem” is not a “safe word”
Ecosystems are buzzing living things for those who are part of them.
Visa and MoneyGram team up for cross-border payments
Will use Visa Direct, its real-time push payments platform.
eBay sellers to get access to Square Capital
Sellers in the US could get access to funding up to the value of $100,000.
Digital Asset takes Google Cloud to blockchain
Google developers get access to tools and services for DLT dreams.
CardFlight gets down with BoomTown for payments
Mobile POS firm teams with San Francisco-based Boomtown.
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank goes live with DTCC’s Alert
Becomes the first Japanese global custodian on the database.
