Fintech M&A: Prioritising growth and resilience
There is still runway for further consolidation.
Business-to-Business/B2B
20th Banking Technology Awards Supplement
A golden celebration of excellence and innovation.
PayPal users lose £1m to fraudsters posing as buyers
A total of 3,059 crime reports were submitted to Action Fraud regarding the scam.
ADB creates $50m venture fund for start-ups driving sustainability
The fund will support start-ups helping Asia and the Pacific reach their sustainable goals.
The personal touch
Anna Loevskaya talks about corporate digital banking & the role of content in selling SaaS.
SaaS fintech Rimilia raises $15m from SVB and other investors
The investment brings the fintech’s total funding raised to $40 million.
Worldline to buy rival Ingenico for $8.6bn
Worldline says the acquisition will create the fourth biggest player in the global payments sector.
Neobank for UK farmers Oxbury lands licence and launches Series C
Its flagship offering ‘Oxbury Farm Credit’ will roll out later this year.
OakNorth to deploy lending platform for Dutch lender Oimio
Newly-launched firm aims to help SMEs with loans of €1-10 million.
Flywire CEO talks payments platforms, consolidation and fragmentation
Fragmented payments industry may thwart firms’ platform plans.
Banking Technology February 2020 issue out now
Top dogs: The challenger bank success stories of 2019.
IBM makes major changes to executive leadership
New CEO Arvind Krishna will take the helm.
EXCLUSIVE: TCS to power Israeli digital bank with debut platform offering
Unnamed new challenger will use TCS for its entire tech stack.
Pleo rolls out credit cards and secures e-money licence
The start-up is switching up its purely prepaid card offering model.
How FIS developed its “evergreen” core banking system
FinTech Futures speaks to Andrew Beatty of FIS about its new platform.
UK’s PSR seeks input on New Payments Architecture competition issues
Regulator calls for comment ahead of 2021 launch.
The future of trade finance
We speak to Mastercard, NatWest and Marco Polo senior executives about their partnership.
How Canadian start-up Cinchy is transforming data for banks
Exclusive interview with Cinchy’s CEO. “Think of it as the end of fragmentation.”
API provider Currencycloud raises $80m in Series E funding
The round was co-led by Visa and SAP’s venture arm Sapphire.
Finnish SME banking service Holvi launches in UK
The challenger already has 200,000 customers largely in Finland and Germany.
Part two: Who is best positioned to provide marketplace banking?
Three strategies for standing out in a market: cost leadership, differentiation, and focus.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 24 January 2020
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Barclays signs tech partnership with invoice insurance firm Nimbla
UK bank to offer Nimbla technology to one million SME customers.
GetVantage debuts with India’s first revenue-based financing platform
The alternate funding model is gaining significant traction in foreign markets.
Goldman leads LumApps $70m Series C funding
The French start-up hits $100m in total funding.
HAB Bank implements Jack Henry’s commercial lending platform
New York-based community bank wants to boost its commercial ops.
Qonto raises $115m round led by Tencent
The SME challenger bank says it’s the largest funding round ever for a French fintech.
Goldman cuts personal lending after launching Apple card
Its partnership with Apple has taken some of the momentum away from Marcus.
Three steps to effectively automating accounts payable
The best automated AP solutions can integrate all kinds of information and content formats.
DBS launches QR-code based b2b payments
DBS’ QR-code based solution is powered by DBS Rapid and DBS Max.
A thousand EU financial firms plan to open UK offices after Brexit
EY estimates that around 7,000 positions would be relocated from London to Europe.
For the sake of fraud fighting: how to secure online transactions on the Russian market
All the new forms of digital interaction are getting particularly vulnerable to fraudulent activities.
BMLL appoints Paul Humphrey as CEO
Johannes Sulzberger, outgoing CEO, will remain on the board as a non-exec director.
Part one: What is the best model for marketplace banking?
A two part series examining marketplace banking by Oliver Mitchell, CEO, Moneycado.
Exploring the ecommerce World of Asia with Cardpay
FinTech Futures sits down with Robert Ang, Cardpay’s general manager Asia.
Why start-up boards are here to stay
Start-up boards are often overlooked and underappreciated.
EXCLUSIVE: Oracle wins new core banking deals in Sudan, Somalia & Libya
Oracle has won and extended plenty of African deals in the past few months.
New challenges due to Open Banking and the benefits of instant payments
APIs are no longer seen as a difficult technical matter, but as a crucial building block.
UK SMEs chasing £50bn in late payments, fintech opportunity ripe
SMEs are on average chasing five outstanding invoices at any one time.
Standard Chartered “first” bank to offer public platform to track payment status
The bank is ready for Swift’s November 2020 payments confirmation deadline.
