Head above the clouds with Deepak Gupta
“Every mid-sized and large bank knows they have to offer RTP.”
Africa
A bird’s eye view of cloud and the payments industry
The sky is the limit for cloud and Volante.
Trade finance – network to network
Trade finance indeed needs a network to network.
Meeting the global B2B payments challenge
International businesses increasingly expect global access to finance in real-time.
Rise of the machines: when will AI and machine learning change finance?
FinTech Futures is researching the impact of AI on the industry.
Making payment easy across Africa and beyond
Thabo Makoko, explores how the continent can improve its payments infrastructure.
Old Mutual plans to move 1,000 applications to AWS cloud
South African financial group makes strategic cloud decision
Nigerian fintech Lidya launches SME lending platforms for Poland and Czech Republic
The company’s USP is to create 100 million jobs worldwide.
Swift to expand its gpi into securities and FX transactions
Swift predicts the world too will take this holistic approach to gpi.
Standard Chartered Bank tackles reporting restrictions with BearingPoint
The new solution covers more than 130 jurisdictions.
ACS19: Bank execs need cybersecurity safe space
90% of breaches at firms are still attributed to employees clicking on phishing emails.
FSB investigating the regulatory potential of stablecoins
Emerging scale could pose challenges, says FSB chair
The challenges for banks and fintechs when building a partnership
Chris Ward, author at Mapa research, dissects the changing definition of ‘partnerships’ in fintech.
Banking Technology October 2019 issue out now
Lessons from Africa.
Five lessons global banks can learn from African fintechs
Mobile payments have been positioned as a ground-breaking idea but Africans have been doing that for a while.
Emerging markets seeking London’s fintech crown
City of London mayor gives UK firms stark warning.
Bank of China and IBM team up to launch series of innovation labs
Big Blue helps set up first lab Singapore, with seven more to come.
ISLA tells lenders how to avoid “unsustainable levels” of cost and risk
By standardising and automating, the industry will become “future-proof”.
Sibos 2019: Final wrap-up of talks, interviews and daily news
See our final wrap-up of the London-hosted four day event!
Mobile finance fintech Channel VAS lands $54m investment
Investors see potential in Africa’s “growing yet underpenetrated mobile airtime market.”
Interview: Konstantin Vaysman, chairman of Mobile Finance Group – financial inclusion
And the role of mobile financial services in making this happen.
United Bank of Africa partners with fintech Ovamba Solutions
The alliance will provide Cameroon businesses with new tradetech.
Digital Reasoning reveals $40m funding round and Standard Chartered partnership
Digital Reasoning uses AI to understand human communication
FairMoney raises €10m to build challenger bank in Nigeria
FairMoney serves 200,000 customers who are mainly small businesses.
The final extension for the 20th Banking Technology Awards
There’s one more chance to submit your entries!
Digital Nigerian bank Kuda raises $1.6m in pre-seed funding
Kuda is the first digital-only bank in Nigeria.
Confirmations bring peace of mind to cross-border payments
Swift is working on a new universal confirmations initiative.
Mastercard and R3 deliver blockchain cross-border payments solution
The partnership will focus on connecting global faster payments infrastructures.
Banking Technology September 2019 issue out now
Thriving in a hyper-connected world.
Apis acquires majority stake in paytech Tutuka
It was attracted to Tutuka’s strong presence across 19 emerging markets.
Accion Venture Lab adds $33m to new fintech fund
The lab’s total capital under management is now $42 million.
Zip acquires PartPay for $50m
The Aussie credit card company has also purchased an equity interest in QuadPay.
Mobile technology enabling financial access to millions
Zenka is challenging its competitors and courageously conquering the Kenyan lending industry.
Carlsberg Bank – probably the best digital bank in the world
Banks need to identify new segments and go beyond banking
Equity Group reviews its fintech unit as executives quit
The Kenyan bank is considering running Finserve Africa as a division.
Standard Bank and Nomanini sign 12-months in the making $4m deal
Nomanini will be looking to raise additional funding for growth.
MoneyGram hits back at consumers and investors
The paytech company says it “can’t make everybody happy”.
New core banking software deals for Oracle FSS
The latest financial quarter brought licence deals worth $29 million.
Is your fintech brand an awkward teenager?
From unpredictable growth spurts and occasional breakouts, to sleeping in.
CoinFLEX announces $10m funding and Market Making Program
The initiative will target trading firms, hedge funds and cryptocurrency companies.
