Top fintech stories this week – 1 March 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Payments
Cloud Elements on API high with $25m funding
Denver cloud boys – and girls – now have total capital of $46.2 million.
ACI to acquire Speedpay for $750m from Western Union
Deal will bring Speedpay and UP Bill Payment platforms together.
Silvergate Bank selects Finastra for payment processing
US bank wants to expand its infrastructure with an API-enabled platform.
PayTech Awards 2019: celebrating people that make things happen
Nominate your colleagues (or yourself) for a Leadership Award by 5 April!
Dwolla helps Status Money’s cash rewards for savings
Status Money will use its new relationship with Dwolla to access the ACH network.
Mastercard and AWS grow payments for supply chain
Firms use digital identity, payments and blockchain for improved capabilities.
Tappy Tech and Timex team for wearable tokenisation
Traditional timepieces get an UPPU-grade.
Will challenger banks motivate change?
The need for digital transformation has been obvious for years and the window of opportunity is about to close.
ID.me brings identity proofing to Department of Veterans Affairs
“No identity is left behind.”
Top fintech stories this week – 22 February 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Apple and Goldman Sachs to unleash iPhone/card combo
Credit cards will be rolled out to employees for testing in next few weeks.
Barclaycard says rock me Amadeus for travel payments
Amadeus’ customers will get access to virtual cards solution, Precisionpay.
Bill.com bans wire transfer fees for small businesses
Here’s a ban that businesses can really get behind.
Intel outfit ThousandEyes looking at $50m funding
Series D round includes GV, formerly called Google Ventures.
SIA wins Payments Canada’s tech revamp contract
Canada powers on with its new high-value payments system, Lynx.
NsKnox raises $15m with Microsoft’s aid
Fighting the fraud fight for payments.
TransferTo is at two with payments nature
Paytech rebrands as two firms – DT One and Thunes.
Live Webinar: Account Takeover Fraud – How To Protect Your Business
Join Fintech Futures and OneSpan for a live webinar on Tuesday, 19 March!
US challenger LikeBank makes light work of messengers
Digital bank sits within Facebook Messenger, Viber and Telegram.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 18 February 2019
Features Monzo, Ant Financial, WorldFirst, Lloyds and more!
Fintech charms US state regulator into modelling
Conference of State Bank Supervisors will implement changes based on feedback.
Barclaycard teams with SAP for precise corporate payments
Brings procurement and payment together in one place, Ariba Network.
Top fintech stories this week – 15 February 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
JP Morgan Chase to trial new cryptocurrency
Will start trials in a few months for its JPM Coin.
Blockchain Exchange Alliance preps tech for payments push
With a heavy emphasis on partnerships and acquisitions.
Mastercard taken by Token’s charms for open banking hub
Californian company will power the paytech’s connectivity layer.
ACI buys paytech assets from RevChip and TranSend
Acquisitions to enhance its in-store payment solutions.
Barclays and Ripple back SendFriend’s $1.7m funding
Philippine paytech finds lots of friends as it readies for US launch.
Scotiabank taps Mexican talent for fintech accelerator
Canadian bank teams with Monterrey university for Mexico City action.
BB&T and SunTrust $66bn merger leads to mega tech revamp
New deal is designed to keep their banking competitive.
Wells Fargo well and truly has banking problems
Some problems still linger for mobile and online users.
Top fintech stories this week – 8 February 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
New York’s a wonderful town for Fiserv DNA
Fiserv signs its largest core processing deal with New York Community Bancorp.
E-commerce: the biggest overseas markets for UK consumers
Consumers in the UK buy a higher proportion of goods from overseas than almost any other wealthy country.
Video: check out the PayTech Awards 2018 highlights!
The inaugural PayTech Awards took place on 13 July 2018 on a luxurious Silver Sturgeon yacht in London.
Bill.com partners with Amex to offer new AP solution
Vendor Pay has arrived.
Software platform Kofax to acquire Top Image Systems
Final closing of the transaction is subject to a vote by TIS shareholders.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 4 February 2019
Features an investment record, Stripe, Global Financial Innovation Network, Swift and R3.
No lonely planet for open banking in OBIE’s latest guide
Open Banking Implementation Entity is an ecosystem warrior.
