Scotiabank taps Mexican talent for fintech accelerator
Canadian bank teams with Monterrey university for Mexico City action.
Data & Analytics
Databricks keeps building with $250m funding
Now valued at $2.75 billion – and with the continuous support of Microsoft.
Analysis: openfunds − raise the standard
It’s surprising how haphazardly much of the data in investment funds is distributed.
InterSystems and Global Accelerated Ventures call for fintech start-ups
Looking to advance innovation in finance.
Innovating at scale: to compete with fast-rising challengers, banks need to gain agility
How large established financial brands can draw lessons from challenger banks’ customer-centric success.
Sberbank and 500 Startups IT Demo Day: blockchain cuts little ice in Moscow
They favour AI, ML and cybersecurity, which they believe hold greater appeal to investors.
Centage leaves no cent behind in $8.5m investment round
TVC Capital leads funding round in US provider of cloud-based tools.
BBVA psyched up for $5m DataSine investment
Bank’s Propel Venture Partners invests in psychology/ML tie-up business.
Thesys loses US stock exchange contract to Finra
The firm was hired to build a data warehouse for all stock-market activity.
NatWest and RBS tap FreeAgent for SME account feeds
“A first for accounting software in the UK.”
PXP Financial lands to offer payments for merchants
UK firm aims to expand to capital management.
BNY Mellon to unveil data business
Bank is also looking for a leader to build and drive this new unit.
Is 2019 the year Open Banking comes to life?
What providers can do to ensure its success.
MiFID II’s unbundling mandate puts data front and centre for traders
A year on, MiFID II is changing the way buy-side firms acquire and produce investment research.
Broadridge partially acquires PivotData and Sol Hedge regtech
Fintech provider is expanding its regulatory capabilities.
Industry brief: FRTB and XVA – Addressing real-time regulatory and business needs with in-memory computing
Fintech companies have already adopted GridGain in-memory computing. Find out why!
Banking Technology February 2019 issue out now
Superstructures: fintech reaches new heights.
School’s in with NatWest data academy
UK bank aims to train 1,000 workers in its first year.
State Bank of India’s customers exposed in data leakage
The bank has now secured the unprotected server.
Santander Spain and Raisin in open banking duet
Life is a dream. For banks and fintechs.
Feedzai and DataRobot team up to tackle financial crime
“This is how we are democratising AI for our customers.”
Anti-financial crime firm Mimiro raises $30m
Mimiro’s machine learning platform analyses the risk of financial crime.
Data firm Collibra bags $100m funding
Following a great year in revenue and expansion.
CreditVidya receives $3m funding to develop credit score tech
It aims to expand throughout various industries in India.
Interview: Emre Sayin, FCase – from silos to symphony
Emre Sayin, founder and chairman of FCase, talks about data orchestration and fighting fraud.
Dutch start-up Bankingblocks out of the blocks
Wholesale banking provider launches across Europe.
Are you creating data assets or a data dump?
All the extra money firms have spent on big data – and yet most still do not have good quality information.
Facebook to integrate Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp
Company says it is at the start of a “long process”.
Cyber risk crew Cyberhedge gets funding edge in Luxembourg
Luxembourg Future Fund provides support to boost nation’s tech scene.
Data firm Essentia Analytics brings in £2.5m funding
Provided by Calculus Capital.
Gamblers win with Experian affordability check
Can your customers afford to gamble?
Nasdaq leads $20m funding in blockchain firm Symbiont
Will use funds for action in data management and lending space.
Swiss fintech KiWi gets $3m funding for SME lending and payments
To expand in Mexico and neighbouring markets.
Coinbase acquires API data enabler Blockspring
San Francisco-based start-up will still operate independently.
AWS releases data back-up services
To help meet compliance requirements and automate processes.
SBI and Wefox unleash new Asian insurtech
Shake-up planned as SBI Wefox Asia enters the insurance market.
Cloud-loving Temenos launches front-end and core banking products
Introducing Infinity and T24 Transact.
Two keys protecting the privacy of the underbanked in Asia
Functionality and security are two ideals that should go hand-in-hand.
White paper: How do I buy an Enterprise Resource Planning system?
An ERP solution is the best fit for a growing and aspirational fintech company, but how do you choose the right one?
The challenge of fraud operations management
A centralised approach to fraud operations management has become essential.
