Apple reportedly looking to build its own payments and lending infrastructure
Plans reportedly include bringing services such as payment processing and risk assessments for lending in-house.
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Cartoon: Free solo
A new cartoon illustrating the difference in expectations between a start-up entrepreneur and a VC firm.
Eight fintech firms with impressive people and planet initiatives
Fintechs are in a unique position to build ESG criteria into the foundations of their businesses.
Banking Technology Magazine April 2022 issue out now
Cover story: WINDS OF CHANGE – Tackling the carbon cost of technology.
au Jibun Bank: a relationship for the long term
How au Jibun Bank aims to repay customer loyalty by constantly improving their banking experiences.
Money transfer app Azimo acquired by payroll and payments firm Papaya Global
The acquisition follows Papaya Global’s $250 million Series D funding round last September.
Blockchain.com valued at $14bn following Series D funding round
The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Baillie Gifford.
Al Rajhi Bank Jordan in front-to-back office tech overhaul with ICSFS
Al Rajhi Bank Jordan selected ICS Banks from ICS Financial Systems following an international tender.
Egyptian super-app Khazna secures $38m Series A round
Khazna has now raised a total of $47 million to date.
UK credit card start-up Yonder exits stealth, raises £20m
Yonder is designed for the five million-strong ‘credit invisible’ market underserved by current credit providers.
How fintech can boost financial inclusion for Latin American SMBs
Fintech can give SMBs better access to financing to encourage progress and development.
Making cross-border payments more transparent
Everyone deserves transparency when managing their money, and the confidence, control and security this brings.
Webinar: How to drive up digital completion rates with hybrid banking
Learn how to optimise the digital customer experience, merging the two worlds of digital and physical.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three great London-based jobs to apply for this week
Exciting open vacancies at Freetrade, Shopify and Railsbank. Apply today!
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 1 April 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Video: SmartStream on the use of AI and ML for regulatory alignment and transaction reporting
FinTech Futures chats with Jethro MacDonald, product manager at SmartStream.
New German fintech SaveStrike aims to help millennials invest and save
The upcoming SaveStrike app is designed to make spending, saving and investing more straightforward.
Citi plans to scale global e-commerce payments platform to 30 countries
Spring by Citi enables the bank’s institutional clients to accept consumer payments online.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Archie, Dapio, Finary, Jia Finance, & Zimpler
Our weekly fintech round-up for you to get the latest funding news from around the world.
White paper: State of customer experience in financial services
Insight on the shifts driving the CX priorities and practical information on how best to address them.
White paper: Next-level digital transformation in banks
How to transform the customer banking experience to compete in today’s always-on digital economy.
Charity donation app Toucan acquires fellow start-up DonatePal
DonatePal co-founder Zishan Sheikh will also join Toucan as a board advisor.
What the FinTech? | S.3 Episode 4 | Risk, resilience and regulations
In this episode, we’re joined by Wayne Scott, regulatory compliance solutions lead at NCC Group.
Goldman Sachs snaps up retirement robo-advisor NextCapital
The transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2022.
Mobile payments firm PM Connect appoints new CEO and CTO
Kevin Dawson has joined as the new group CEO with Sanjay Mistry joining as CTO in June.
Egyptian credit fintech Lucky raises $25m Series A
The cash will go towards cementing Lucky’s position in the market and building out its credit offering.
Où est la boulangerie?
When you ask me a question, help me pitch my answer at the right level. That’s the point of communication.
Help us make Streamly video platform better!
Streamly is a new video platform for fintech practitioners, offering specialist video content.
Waafi Bank gears up for launch with Oracle FS tech
Oracle’s partner JMR Infotech worked on the implementation at Waafi Bank.
Vitruvian partners German fintech start-up Moonfare, invests $35m
The funding from Vitruvian brings Moonfare’s total capital raised to date to $220 million.
UAE’s Mashreq Bank launches paytech subsidiary Neopay
The new wholly-owned subsidiary will consolidate all of Mashreq’s existing payment systems into a single platform.
Digital banking solutions provider Alkami buys data insight fintech Segmint for $135.5m
Alkami intends to integrate Segmint’s machine learning tech with its digital banking capabilities.
Aussie paytech Zepto secures $19m Series A raise
The Series A round was led by Airtree Ventures and Decade Partners.
DevOps: how utilising automation can help financial institutions get ahead
Financial institutions need to embrace digital transformation to keep pace in a highly competitive market.
Lunar set to acquire Norwegian digital bank Instabank for €132m
Founded in 2016, Instabank claims more than 60,000 customers in Norway, Finland and Germany.
New US banking app Swell set to launch in summer
Launching in June, the app combines checking, credit and more into one integrated account.
Lloyds Banking Group to shutter 60 UK branches
Of the 60 closures, 24 are Lloyds Bank branches, 19 are Bank of Scotland and 17 are Halifax.
How lessons from the FBI email hack can stop businesses banking on the wrong strategy
Much like the FBI, banks are highly regulated and trustworthy, making them an attractive target to hackers.
The systemic risks and vast opportunities in fintech
We speak with Megan Long, senior consultant at Deloitte, about the vulnerabilities, risks and innovations in the fintech ecosystem.
Why is digital customer onboarding so important in banking?
To offer a competitive onboarding process, most banks will need to acquire a new level of technical flexibility.
