Walmart announce application for cryptocurrency
Shoppers’ money would gain interest in a makeshift bank account.
North America
Turn to commercial banks for treasury management innovation
Commercial banks are taking up a starring role.
Monarch creates first recurring crypto payments system
The solution will enable the likes of Netflix and Hulu to accept crypto.
Mortgage Cadence integrates with DataVerify
Mortgage Cadence says the integration streamlines the application authentication process.
Envestnet’s CEO admits lawsuit sets them back
The $100m lawsuit has significantly disrupted “several clients and prospects”.
Brex competitor Ramp Financial raises $7m
The start-up is in the early stages of product development.
Sherpa Technologies partners with fintechs to help credit unions
Application open on 15 August.
FinApps slaps $100m lawsuit on Envestnet Yodlee
It claims that the platform ripped off its code to release their own product.
FinMkt closes $5m Series B
It provides highly customisable tech for the online lending industry.
PayPal helps entrepreneurs with MetLife and Village Capital
The alliance will reach out to more than 100 fintech health entrepreneurs.
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Credit unions and Payrailz launch CU Payz
The new fintech partnership is designed to give credit unions ‘next-generation products’.
ScaleFactor closes $60m Series C funding round
The platform has since raised $100m in 12 months.
JP Morgan Chase invests in accounting software platform FreshBooks
A JPMC representative will be joining FreshBooks’ board.
Fintech partnerships: the real benefit of Open Banking for incumbent banks
A deep dive into where the real value lies in Open Banking for incumbents.
Tesla-fy your bank
Will banks ever truly reinvent banking?
First-time homebuyer platform Morty raises $8.5m
The funding was led by New York-based investor Prudence Holdings.
Robinhood gets greenlight from FCA to launch trading app in UK
The 2013-founded Silicon Valley start-up offers a cheaper way to buy and sell US stocks and shares.
RBC launches student experience on mobile app
The ‘Mobile Student Edition’ is designed to tap into the Gen Z market
Trov partners with Lloyds and launches white-label insurtech platform
Later this year, Trov and Lloyds Banking Group will release an insurance product on the ‘Powered by Trov’.
Klarna bags $460m equity funding
It’s now the most valuable EU fintech with a valuation of $5.5 billion.
Libra cryptocurrency users face taxing problem
It is not clear how Facebook intend to solve this problem.
Nasdaq uses AI to root out stock-market abuse
It detects irregular trading patterns and alerts officials according to machine-learning.
Federal Reserve reveals real-time payment system plans
FedNow will be available to all US-based banks by 2024.
Almost half a million Monzo customers affected by data breach
The data leak allowed staff engineers access to PINs stored in encrypted log files.
Insurwave onboards Xceptor to digitise insurance documents
Xceptor uses AI to to extract and transform any type of data from any source.
ASOS and Klarna bring flexible payments to the US
The US will pay in four scheduled bi-weekly instalments to reflect the US salary schedule.
Three lessons traditional banks can learn from their younger siblings
Teamwork, transparency and creating a competitive culture is key.
Grayscale selects Coinbase to store $2.7bn worth of assets
Coinbase Custody had reached $1 billion in crypto AUM in May.
Western Union and MoneyGram report losses
Western Union is chopping its workforce by 10%.
Big banks are driving fintech to the mainstream
And it’s happening faster than you think!
CFTC charges trader with spoofing in financial futures markets
The filing and settling charges are against the trader, Benjamin Cox.
The importance of specialised standard software for MAD/MAR compliance
Experience and insights from three years of practical use.
Rakuten applies for US banking charter
The ABA expressed serious concerns Rakuten gaining a banking charter.
First Data and Bank of America end paytech partnership
Fiserv’s First Data will provide services to its current client merchants until June 2023.
Capital One reveals huge data breach by hacker
More than 100 million customers’ details were compromised in the incident.
Gay is for life, not just for June
Fintech firms can and must do more.
SME lender B-North welcomes funding
Manchester-based B-North has applied for a banking licence.
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WhatsApp Pay coming to India later this year
It will need to comply with all of the regulations ahead of its launch.
