Ex-Lending Club boss gets an Upgrade
Renaud Laplanche seeks redemption from Lending Club debacle.
North America
BeSmartee integrates with FormFree’s AccountChek asset verification service
Will give lenders clearer picture of borrower’s likelihood to pay back loan.
Francisco Partners to buy Verifone for $3.4bn
If you’re going to Francisco be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.
PayPal targets unbanked market with banking products
Plans include bank partnerships and a PayPal Cash Mastercard.
Amazon eyes PayPal’s crown with Alexa payments platform
E-commerce titan could be taking on Visa, Mastercard and PayPal.
AT&T powers Citizens Bank’s digital branch revamp
It is providing tech solutions for more than 1,100 US branches.
Fiserv signs Carter Bank & Trust for tech overhaul
On the way out is the Coresoft core banking system from Vsoft.
Coinbase Ventures launched to support crypto start-ups
Coinbase Ventures will be providing financing to promising early stage crypto-focused companies.
Fintech funding round-up: 6 April 2018
Stars PeerStreet, UK Finance and CardUp.
WorkFusion’s $50m funding to fuel robotic process automation plans
Series E investment round bags some serious money.
Mortgage platform Lender Price teams with Ellie Mae
The pricing engine is right.
YapStone touches Couchbase for payments platform propulsion
Looking for inspiration with a cloud-native data sensation.
Banking marketeers Micronotes hits right notes with $3m funding
US firm focuses on helping banks strengthen customer relationships with PaaS.
Symbiont brings the blockchain to mortgagetech
Teams with technology investment firm Ranieri Solutions for exploration plans.
Analytics firm MapD shoots for the cloud
San Francisco-based company unveils MapD Cloud.
SpyCloud lands $5m in funding
All is revealed by security breach detection and account takeover prevention service.
SEC charges Mozido founder with investment fraud
Michael Liberty and “friends” took some real liberties with the cash.
BNP Paribas takes over Janus Henderson’s US middle and back office ops
Transaction sees French bank get more action in the States.
MicroStrategy powering Kasasa’s new Insight solution
Community banking and marketing services firm looks to improve business intelligence.
3dcart picks Payoneer for new payments partnership
E-commerce platform turns to Payoneer to send payments to more than 200 countries.
Bambu goes global with new office and talent
In fintech, when the going is good, the good go global.
Pindrop is tongue-licking good for biometrics
Jaws drop as it launches Tongueprinting.
CNH Industrial Capital chooses FIS asset finance solution
For managing its commercial contract and lease portfolio.
$500m secondary investment boosts Credit Karma’s valuation to $4bn
San Francisco-based Credit Karma has received a $500 million boost from Silver Lake.
None better than non-clients for Citi mobile app
It’s an open house as non-Citi clients can connect their accounts to app.
No downside for Flipside Crypto with $3.4m funding grab
To date, Flipside has operated as a sort of data-driven angel network.
Finicity in full integration with BeSmartee
Making the digital loan origination process easier for lenders and borrowers alike.
IoT gets chatty with DeepMind’s cloud text-to-speech
Will allow IoT devices to talk back to you.
Fintech funding round-up: 28 March 2018
Stars Canopy, Spring Labs, Equitise and Xinja.
Gro Solutions streamlines digital onboarding for Congressional FCU
Gro Checkout to streamline its digital onboarding process.
PSCU’s a high achiever with Achieva Credit Union return
It’s all warm and good-humoured in Florida.
Seven banks in seven months select Jack Henry’s Core Director platform
Windows-based platform is designed for community banks in US.
Malauzai to fuel mobile tech for Axiom Bank
Florida’s second-largest community bank is targetting the underbanked.
TD Bank in commercial lendtech revamp with nCino
Chalk up another big win for cloud-based lendtech vendor nCino.
Peoples Trust Company trusts Finastra for lendtech revamp
Peoples Trust Company deploys Finastra’s Fusion LaserPro, Fusion DecisionPro and Fusion CreditQuest tech.
Denizen unveils “world’s first” global account for banking
Users can receive money in one country and pay it out in another.
Credit Union of Ohio signs for Bankjoy’s digital banking tech
Digital banking services company Bankjoy bringing joy to the members of Credit Union of Ohio.
Top fintech stories this week – 23 March 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Europe emerging as insurtech hub – Accenture
Accenture analysis finds investment growth dwarfing North America.
Fintech funding round-up: 22 March 2018
Features Averon, eToro and Constellation Digital Partners.
