ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Carry, Fragment, Powder, and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Artificial Intelligence/AI
News, intelligence and resources on the global fintech industry including artificial intelligence/AI.
July 2024: Top five fintech partnership stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top fintech partnership stories of the month.
Corlytics hires new CTO, chief data officer and chief tech architect
Former AQMetrics exec Steve Barnes has been named as the group’s new chief technology officer.
What the FinTech? | S.5 Episode 12 | The emerging technologies driving innovation in payments
In this podcast episode, we chat with George Maddaloni, CTO of Operations at payments giant Mastercard.
The UK risks throwing away its fintech crown as open banking ambition stalls
The cost of allowing fintech to languish in limbo is simply too high.
Former Affirm VP Sibongile Ngako joins US fintech Brex as chief compliance officer
Ngako will lead the compliance programme at Brex and expand its risk-mitigating frameworks.
BBVA and Telefónica Tech team for cybersecurity push, launch dedicated centre in Mexico
BBVA says its goal is to be “prepared to respond to all types of attacks”.
B2B paytech Slope lands $65m equity and debt funding led by JP Morgan
Following the investment, Slope will join the JP Morgan Payments Partner Network.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Dopay, Wamu, Mifundo, Papaya and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Video: Nationwide at Money20/20 Europe – AI and multi-cloud architectures
Nationwide’s Otto Benz discusses the intriguing intersection between multi-cloud architectures and AI.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 19 July 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes HSBC, Stripe, the FCA and more.
What’s next for UK fintech under the new Labour government?
After Labour’s election victory, FinTech Futures explores what the future might hold for UK fintech.
April names former Avantax exec Raj Doshi as new president and COO
Over his more than 20-year career, Doshi has also held leadership positions at Updater and Google.
Invisible threads: The unassuming tech powering our lives
With technology, success is always built on top of prior innovations and lessons learned.
Starling Bank founder Anne Boden reportedly steps down from board to focus on new AI venture
Boden had been a non-executive director on the bank’s board since stepping down as CEO last year.
BNP Paribas partners Ant International to enhance cross-border payment solutions in Europe
The pair will also work to “explore innovations in tokenised deposits for global treasury management”.
Cartoon: Relief
The survivors from the ‘mass start-up extinction’ event might still not be ready to invest for growth.
Banking Technology Magazine July / August 2024 issue out now
Cover story: MONEY TALKS – Cash still playing an important role in society.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Lemon.markets, Trustap, Adfin, Accend and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Intuit to cut 10% of workforce amid plans to boost investment in “key growth areas” such as AI
Intuit plans to hire 1,800 new workers to support the firm’s aim to capitalise on the “AI revolution”.
BNP Paribas inks multi-year deal to implement Mistral AI commercial models across all business lines
The bank will gain access to “current and future Mistral AI commercial models”.
Canoe Intelligence bags $36m Series C led by Goldman Sachs
The latest funding adds to the firm’s $25 million Series B round in 2023.
Avidia Bank to adopt Personetics’ AI-powered engagement engine through new Q2 Digital Banking Platform
The bank will integrate Personetics’ AI engagement engine into the Q2 platform.
SaaS start-up Summit launches spend management platform
Summit claims it can cut the accounts payable processing time by up to 75%.
Video: ING at Money20/20 Europe – Riding the second wave of AI transformation
Bahadir Yilmaz, chief analytics officer at ING, discusses how the Dutch banking giant is executing its AI strategy.
Robinhood buys AI-powered investment research platform Pluto Capital
The deal comes less than a month after the digital trading platform announced its $200 million purchase of Bitstamp.
Bank of Ireland seeks to fill 100 technology roles to support new digital projects
The bank is seeking to expand its workforce in cybersecurity, delivery management, data, engineering and resilience.
TeamSystem acquires 61% majority stake in Italian SME credit mediator Change Capital
The acquisition will expand TeamSystem’s remit with over 200 financial solutions for credit and subsidised finance.
Is your bank’s architecture trapped in the past? It’s time to recompose it
European banks must accelerate their journey to recompose architecture, with AI and GenAI as differentiators.
Video: FinovateSpring 2024 – what’s hot and what’s not in fintech
We ask three industry professionals what’s hot and what’s not in the fintech sector this year.
The rise of instant payments: protecting consumers from criminals in 10 seconds
How can financial institutions strike a balance between speed and safety with instant payments?
Video: Amdocs at Money20/20 Europe – Bridging fintech’s personalisation divide
Amdocs’ Bentzium Aviv discusses how emerging technologies are powering the pursuit of personalisation.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 28 June 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Klarna, iBusiness Funding, Norm Ai, Nubank and more.
Video: Code and capital – AI as a co-pilot in financial services
Sarah Hinkfuss of Bain Capital Ventures discusses the growing number of use cases for AI in financial services.
June 2024: Top five M&A deals of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top M&A deals in June.
June 2024: Top five AI stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top AI stories from June.
Climate X completes $18m Series A led by Google Ventures
The UK-based start-up will use the funds to bolster its new commercial team in New York.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Ximple, Hero, Curve, Chift and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Brazil’s Nubank buys AI-powered data intelligence start-up Hyperplane
Nubank plans to harness Hyperplane’s AI expertise to enhance its core machine learning capabilities.
Video: Fintech insights – reimagining the customer experience
Steven Ramirez, CEO at Beyond The Arc, discusses the future of customer experience in financial services.
