SME lender Kabbage to acquire fellow lendtech Orchard
Small business lender Kabbage is rumoured to be acquiring lending platform Orchard Platform Markets.
North America
Citizens Bank in trade finance tech revamp with Finastra and Infosys
On the way out is CSI’s Banktrade trade finance system.
Top fintech stories this week – 27 April 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Appian World 2018: blockchain and the art of anticipation
A final analysis of the low-code application provider’s event in Miami.
Expensify and Wells Fargo team for deeper bank integration
Wells Fargo will pilot Expensify’s deeper bank integration programme.
Deserve raises $50m in debt financing
Deserve secures a $50 million debt facility from Keystone National Group.
Appian World 2018: Miami nice for drag and drop
A look at the low-code application provider’s event in Miami.
Unison sees 1,000% year-on-year growth in originations
Also launched in ten additional states across the US.
Draft of US faster payments governance framework unveiled
Stakeholders encouraged to comment over next 60 days.
Appian unleashes contact centre platform for financial services
An “orchestration of the human and robotic elements of service”.
Appian and KPMG expand AI alliance
All in the name of the “intelligent automation” game.
R Bank signs for Fiserv’s Premier core banking tech
R Bank, a new community bank in Texas, is moving to Fiserv’s Premier core banking system.
Centra Tech founders arrested and charged with fraud
Three out of the four charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years.
Wells Fargo whacked with $1bn fine for lending violations
For US auto-loan administration and mortgage practices.
Mechanics Cooperative Bank in core banking tech revamp with Finastra
Mechanics Cooperative Bank will implement Finastra’s Fusion Phoenix core banking system.
Fiserv fuels Siscoop’s Mexican banking scoop
First to enable digital and mobile banking for credit union members.
Top fintech stories this week – 20 April 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Customers Bank moves to FIS’s IBS core banking system
US bank was previously using Fiserv’s DNA platform.
Zafin makes Empire Startups pact for more US banking contacts
Relationship banking solutions provider wants more relationships.
NY FinTech Week – our transatlantic opportunity
In the areas of fintech, the “special relationship” between the US and UK is thriving.
Crypto-friendly Arival seeks US banking licence
“God bless me.”
Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban invests in Billshark
Bill reduction service Billshark receives some serious street cred.
Equiniti Riskfactor gains foothold in Canada
Equiniti Riskfactor has gained its first client in Canada – Baron Finance.
Coinbase acquires Earn, appoints first CTO
The deal is valued at $100 million.
Data analytics firm Ephesoft moves into mortgage tech
Document capture and data analytics firm Ephesoft unveils Ephesoft Transact for Mortgage.
Allai allys with Flinks for insurtech and AI
Canadian start-ups combine in clever collaboration.
Three big trends on display at FinovateSpring 2018
FinovateSpring is a little less than a month away.
Goldman Sachs acquires personal finance app Clarity Money
Brings over one million customers to its online lending platform Marcus.
Agreement Express lands investment from Frontier Capital
Account onboarding specialist Agreement Express receives its second round of funding.
Regions Bank invests in lendtech firm Lender Price
The California-based mortgage tech firm gets equity funding from Regions Bank.
PeoplesBank rolls out new digital banking strategy with Gro Solutions
PeoplesBank plans to make the new Gro services available later this year.
doxo and Coinstar to facilitate cash payments for underbanked
There are 34 million unbanked or underbanked households across the US.
Town Square Bank in core banking tech revamp with Jack Henry
The Silverlake core banking system will support retail and commercial banking operations at Town Square Bank.
Paysafe to purchase iPayment
You can probably guess it’s to do with payments.
Green Dot hits the spot for Stash’s new banking services
US financial services platform to launch mobile-first banking.
US regulator creeps towards position on fintech charter
Some details should be published within the next three months.
Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank moves to Fiserv core system
Iowa-based bank will implement Premier core platform.
Alpine Bank turns to Avoka for customer onboarding tech
Alpine Bank will modernise customer onboarding processes with Avoka’s Transact platform.
Quovo launches new solutions for loan originators and servicers
Helping lenders improve key processes in the lending value chain.
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