Cautious optimism and a customer-first approach for financial services in the 2020s
Alessandro Tonchia gives his fintech predictions as we enter a new decade.
Artificial Intelligence/AI
ING to launch analytics tool Katana as new fintech company
Dutch bank plans to spin out its AI tool in London.
Hong Kong’s sustainable finance start-up MioTech closes Series A funding
The start-up wants to expand its presence in Singapore and Mainland China.
Mastercard reveals acquisition of AI-based risk firm RiskRecon
The deal with RiskRecon is expected to close in Q1 2020.
The desktop of 2020 and beyond
Clearly, these desktop application integration platforms need to evolve too.
Signing up to the future
A legal evangelist explains why she expects the future of contracts to be autonomous.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 20 December 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
AI-powered pension solution Abaka raises $6.5m in Series A
The fintech says it’s “one of the biggest” investments for the pensions and retirement space.
China’s fintech scene started late but trumps US, says Baidu’s fintech arm
Du Xiaoman Financial talks fintech and AI in China.
7 fintech and financial services trends for 2020
“This decade has seen rapid growth in the fintech industry, and the next is sure to be no different.”
Supplement: the 2019 fintech review
Ruby Hinchliffe dissects her top five 2019 fintech trends from this year’s top stories!
12 days of payment predictions
Tis the season to be knowledgeable!
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 13 December 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
JP Morgan embroiled in yet another racism scandal
The New York Times obtained two recordings highlighting racial discrimination in the bank.
Banking Technology December 2019 / January 2020 issue out now
A year in review.
Plug and play platform FintechOS raises £10.7m
The start-up enables banks and insurance companies to compete with challengers.
Montréal’s FlexPay raises $6m in seed round
The fintech says 24% of recurring credit card transactions are falsely declined.
The 20th Banking Technology Awards winners have been announced
It was a brilliant celebration of excellence and innovation in the banking industry.
BNY Mellon connects custody capabilities with SimCorp to improve data transparency
BNY Mellon and SimCorp expect mutual global clients out of the partnership
Nets pilots facial recognition for payments with Danish office workers
Office workers will pay for their lunch using their face.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 06 December 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
The driverless bank
A truly digital organisation can live without one of the five P’s that typically creates friction.
Appian Europe 2019: KPMG says banks’ digital literacy is “very low”
KPMG says 80% of bank employees don’t know what unstructured data is.
Unpacking Europe’s 2019’s major tech milestones with NIIT
FinTech Futures breaks down this year’s trends with Gautam Samanta at NIIT.
Private bank for YouTubers and high-net-worth youngsters 220 to launch for users next year
There is strict criteria to join the private banking community.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 29 November 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Swedish AI start-up Bokio raises €4m led by local investor Creandum
The start-up uses AI to simplify bookkeeping for small businesses.
Russia’s Sberbank inks contract with driverless car tech firm
The Russian bank will challenge Yandex which currently has the monopoly.
Easing the cloud transition using microservices, containers and Kubernetes
The first step is to build new applications using these new architectures.
European Investment Fund dedicates €100m to AI and blockchain
The EIF wants to address the blockchain and AI ‘financing gap’ in Europe.
Smartstream partners with Union Systems to tap Africa’s finserv space
Union Systems has a presence in 19 African countries.
Bank ABC launches digital challenger ila Bank in Bahrain
Less than two years ago Bank ABC promised to “transform banking”.
Co-operative Bank launches personalised loan marketplace with Freedom Finance
Successful applicants “could receive funds the same day”.
Artificial intelligence and natural reluctance
AI prize: building a future-proof organisation with a right to not just survival but also success.
How to land a job in fintech
Expectations for fintech candidates have changed significantly.
Automation Anywhere raises $290 million in Series B round
RPA firm has previously had funding from SoftBank.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 22 November 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Deutsche Bank already using robots as it gears up to cut 18,000 jobs
AI has “massively increased productivity” for the bank.
Machine learning vs human experience in invoice finance
Be wary of a lender with no human face as there’s always the odd unforeseen complication.
Decisioning platform Funding Xchange raises £8m
Former dairy farmer Katrin Herrling set up the company after the financial crisis.
