MineralTree closes $50m growth equity investment for AP solutions
The firm has doubled in size throughout 2018.
North America
Top fintech stories this week – 29 March 2019
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Canada Life moves to UK with Temenos’ tech support
The Multifonds Global Accounting platform will consolidate investment assets.
Synchrony picks Fundbox to provide B2B credit for merchants
Merchants can apply for up to $100,000 credit.
Blue Sage integrates Capsilon’s tech to lending platform
The integration will help with document recognition and data extraction technology.
Credijusto closes $100m credit facility with Goldman Sachs
The Mexican lendtech provides SMEs with credit.
Amount to power TD Bank’s digital lending platform
The first in a series of collaborative initiatives.
Apple announces digital credit card
To launch in summer, supported by Goldman Sachs.
New York Fed launches fintech advisory group
To help the bank assess potential market impact.
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FIS acquires Worldpay, PSD2, Tandem, and other news!
Honeybook raises $28m to help freelancers
An app targeting freelancers and solo entrepeneurs.
Envestnet | Yodlee to acquire PIEtech for $500m
This would be the tenth acquisition for the Chicago-based company.
Bank of the West shifts to hosted for Systematics core
The bank is a long-standing user of the mainframe-based core system.
Top fintech stories this week – 22 March 2019
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Wolters Kluwer gets new credit union win in Florida
Grow Financial Credit Union is implementing lending and compliance solutions in 26 branches.
Challenger banks country by country: who’s who (and what’s their tech)
Comprehensive and free guides for UK, Spain, Germany, France, US, Canada, South Africa, Australia, India and Hong Kong.
Temenos gains new business from Akcelerant-derived user base
Maps Credit Union, Hudson Heritage Federal Credit Union and Guardian Credit Union.
Jumio integrates with ComplyAdvantage for new AML solution
Highlighting the role of sanctions lists in helping fight financial crime.
VSoft’s Wings core banking system lands in the US
VSoft says Wings was “built from the ground up” and already has users.
Urban FT Group brings community banks to the mobile era
To compete with the top tier banks’ services and tools for customers.
FIS acquires Worldpay for $34bn
The resulting merger will have an enterprise value of approximately $43bn.
Paytech InComm acquires Linq3 Technologies
This is the firm’s eighth acquisition.
Capital Markets Gateway gets its way with $7.5m funding
Creating a path for capital markets professionals with a round led by StageDotO.
CC&L chooses SimCorp to deliver integrated client communications
One of Canada’s largest firms in the sector, Connor, Clark and Lunn Financial Group manages over $55 billion in assets.
Doxo to provide electronic billpay solution to RR Donnelley & Sons
Doxo’s payment solution enables customers to access and pay bills from more than 45,000 providers
US tariff threat to the German car industry
The German car industry is now in the President Trump’s cross-hairs.
TickSmith powers CanDeal’s DataVault Innovations
The company will use the Data Pooling Platform to launch its Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) offering.
Navy Federal Credit Union sails on Broadridge’s SaaS platform
It’s the first credit union to go live on MBS Expert.
Aon gets Zesty.ai for insurance underwriting
San Francisco-based insurtech start-up brings some AI power.
Bcause picks Nasdaq for market surveillance cause
It will go live in H1 2019 with launch of its new spot cryptocurrency market.
US Fed bars ex-Goldman Sachs staff over 1MDB misuse
Two former employees are prohibited from the banking industry.
San Juan Mercantile Exchange partners up for digital assets solution launch
CQG, Elysium and Mercury Digital Assets will power exchange and banking tech.
Fiserv powers NationalLink’s smart safe technology
To access the smart safes from anywhere.
Stash piles on rewards with stock-back launch
New York-based financial services platform officially boots up.
Mastercard acquires Ethoca for e-commerce fraud protection
Follows on from Mastercard’s recent acquisition of Transfast.
US-based Stockman Bank goes digital with NCR
The community bank targets businesses in Montana.
PayActiv and Visa get in early for wages
The paytech pals will help US workers access earned wages earlier.
OneCoin boss arrested for crypto fraud
The firm and its leaders are accused of creating a pyramid scheme.
Nymbus banking tech suite is Inspire-d choice
Pennsylvania’s Inspire Federal Credit Union is now live with its solutions.
Investors Bank addresses reporting with Wolters Kluwer
The US bank will receive OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting.
