Hampshire Trust Bank picks Centelli for lending RPA solution
The bank aims to reduce manual processes.
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The education industry is keeping pace with offering ever more options for postgraduate education.
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Keyrock raises €4.2m to develop digital assets liquidity solution
Brussels-based firm will use cash to accelerate its product offering.
OakNorth hires new CMO and VP of customer success
The firm has placed both women in its executive leadership team.
Tink appoints SimCorp CEO Holse as new chairman
Holse says Tink is “leading the charge” in open banking across Europe.
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European Investment Bank invests $80m in Lithuania’s SME Finance
The firm is charged with backing Baltic enterprises through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Banco Santander’s VC arm invests in Spanish proptech Clikalia
Clikalia’s IPO ambitions were likely a big part of Santander’s decision to invest now.
Sber talks Big Tech strategy two years on from Yandex rebuff
“People think we just bought a load of start-ups and slapped our name on them,” says CTO.
New wealth managment app Fortu plans crowdfunding campaign
The wealthtech says it provides “secure, reliable and international financial reach”.
UK government signs London fintech Judopay for digital payments
“Everything from tax payments to donations to charities” come under the deal.
ING subsidiary Payvision accused of pushing €131.2m in fraudulent payments
ING acknowledges the claim, but cannot comment further at this time.
HSBC launches Global Money account in US to rival fintechs
The bank’s aim behind the new service is to create “one global account”.
EXCLUSIVE: Bank of Ireland planning UK tech revamp
Irish lender aiming to switch things up for its UK operations.
BBVA taps Amazon and Bloomberg for cloud-based equities platform
Spanish giant launches “BBVA C-fit” for its corporate banking division.
Three UK fintechs raise over $100m in funding this month
Starling, Curve and GoCardless are raising rounds in excess of $100m.
Swiss government launches green fintech network
Sustainable investments in Switzerland have risen to CHF 1.16 trillion ($1.2 trillion).
Banco Santander & CaixaBank back Spanish digital identity project
The project is calling for further partners to join the project to boost overall usage in Spain.
UK’s PayPoint to make double acquisition worth £70m
PayPoint currently boasts a 9,000-customer strong card payment estate.
ING pumps brakes on digital banking plans, plans 1,000 job cuts
Dutch bank forced to pull back on widespread CX changes after €140m already spent.
Lloyds plans 1,040 job cuts to back office support staff
The figure brings Lloyds’s total cuts to 1,900 this year.
Barclays gets 198 applications for Black founder tech accelerator
“I recognised there was more that we could do, and my employer completely backed me.”
UK challenger Witty builds out tech stack with Oracle
The start-up already has some 25 employees.
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Credit Suisse’s Canadian arm goes live with London fintech Torstone
“The opportunity to reduce our total cost of ownership was a key driver,” says bank.
Santander launches money manager with Tel Aviv fintech Personetics
Santander claims its UK app has 4 million monthly active users at present.
Nordic Capital acquires RegTech from BearingPoint
Private equity group plans to boost RegTech’s international footprint.
Ziglu hires Monzo’s James Sullivan as chief legal officer
James Sullivan worked as Monzo’s head of legal for one year and nine months.
Allica CPO says incumbents and fintechs still neglect some SMEs
“The decline of branches is synonymous with decline of relationship banking,” says CPO.
Denmark’s EKF picks Calypso for its treasury software
The credit export agency selected Calypso after an “extensive” tender.
Worldline completes $8.6bn acquisition of Ingenico
Worldline claims to have created the world’s fourth-largest payments firm.
FinTech Wales appoints IBM vet Sarah Williams-Gardener as CEO
Williams-Gardener is also a founding member of Starling Bank.
UK challenger Strive launches waitlist for family-focused account
The details of the all-stock deal were not disclosed.
TradingView makes UK switch as COVID-19 boosts global users
TradingView has landed six funding rounds totalling $40.8 million.
FCA joins cross-border fintech testing initiative
The UK regulator is one of 23 regulators taking part in the project.
UBS launches fintech investment portfolio UBS Next with $200m to burn
UBS’s new venture is aiming to invest across the fintech ecosystem.
Jamaica National Bank announces full UK launch
The bank has had a representative office in London since 1988.
ECB blames Target2 outage on third-party vendor
The outage was not prevented by the failover solution in place.
JP Morgan backs UK payments fintech Icon Solutions
“Banks are having to find ways of cutting costs,” says Icon.
