Banking Tech Awards 2021 Highly Commended: QuickFi – Best Use of IT for Lending
QuickFi eliminates loan officers and other salespeople in favour of an entirely new borrower self-service experience.
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Video: fintech news pick of the week – UBS, Katana Labs and Walmart
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FinTech Futures Jobs: Three interesting new roles to consider this week
Exciting open vacancies at Starling Bank, Klarna and Crowdcube. Apply today!
Rabobank revamps trade finance ops with Surecomp
Rabobank is fully live with Surecomp’s front- and back-office solutions, allNETT and DOKA-NG.
Crypto paytech BCB Group lands UK blockchain industry’s largest Series A with $60m raise
BCB claims to have processed nearly $100bn worth of payments in just over five years of business.
Fintech start-ups Altpay and Finz Money launch in UK
Both companies are now open for new customers to register.
Banking on the metaverse
Having a presence in the metaverse seems inevitable, and the best time to understand the possibilities is now.
ICYMI funding round-up: ApexEdge, DirectID, Everything, NALA, Tuum, & OZÉ
Our weekly round-up for you to get the latest fintech funding news.
Walmart-backed Hazel snaps up fintech platforms Even and One in super app push
Walmart CEO says the app will allow users to “manage their money in one place”.
UBS agrees $1.4bn deal to acquire wealth management platform Wealthfront
Millennial and Gen Z-focused Wealthfront caters to “the next generation of investors”.
Insurance payments platform Ascend lands $30m Series A
Ascend claims to be “the first modern insurance payments platform”.
Brazilian fintech platform Creditas scores $260m in Series F funding
Creditas is now valued at $4.8bn, with total funding raised to date standing at $829m.
Exclusive: Oracle FS lands new core banking tech clients
Flexcube core banking system gains new takers worldwide.
BNPL provider Splitit appoints new CEO, Nandan Sheth
Nandan Sheth moves from Fiserv, where he was head of global digital commerce and the firm’s Carat business.
Pinwheel raises $50m in Series B to help create “fairer financial system”
Pinwheel provides an API that allows businesses to connect payroll accounts to their applications.
UK credit card Keebo launches for “credit invisibles” in “passion economy”
Keebo tackles financial exclusion in the “passion economy” – an economy built around “creators with a purpose”.
Modifi acquires Seawise Capital’s trade finance and SaaS business in India
Modifi’s business in India has grown more than 2,100% over the past 18 months.
Santander enters BNPL market with launch of new platform Zinia
Already live in Germany, Santander now plans to roll out the service in the Netherlands and Spain.
Al Rajhi Bank Malaysia taps Thought Machine to power new digital bank
ARBM will deploy the Vault core banking solution to deliver Shariah-compliant banking products.
Baton Systems appoints ex-Barclays exec as its first COO
David Ornstein steps into a newly-created role of chief operating officer (COO) at Baton.
Banking Tech Awards 2021 Winner: Snoop – Best Open Banking Solution
What’s next for the award-winning app that helps people “live smarter”.
Alternative lender 365 Business Finance secures £55m funding
365 Business Finance aims to quadruple its lending to UK SMEs over the next two years.
Fifth Third snaps up green energy lendtech Dividend Finance
Dividend Finance offers financing solutions for renewable energy focused home improvement projects.
German fintech start-up Moss secures $86m Series B funding at $573m valuation
The latest cash injection takes the company’s valuation to over €500 million ($573 million).
Technology and collaboration – the formula for reconceiving trade finance
Digitisation and collaboration across global trade are vital to upgrading this centuries-old industry.
Indian fintech start-up M2P raises $56m in Series C1 round
M2P claims to have raised more than $100 million in the past year alone.
EU’s first blockchain financial institution BENKER receives EMI licence
BENKER CEO sees the introduction of blockchain to banking as the beginning of a “New World Order”.
White paper: Accelerate! Digital transformation in wealth management
A fresh insight into how financial institutions adopt new strategies, brought to you by Celent.
Lean Technologies lands $33m funding to build infrastructure for fintech in the Middle East
The Series A funding round was led by Sequoia Capital India.
Iroquois Federal and Nymbus launch banking brand for newlyweds, Hitched
“Niche banking is the most significant innovation opportunity for financial institutions today,” Nymbus says.
SoFi realises ambition to become national bank with US regulatory approval
The firm filed an application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in July 2020.
White paper: Customer experience in the new reality – challenges for banking ecosystems
Learn what your business customers’ needs are in the new digital reality and how to respond to them.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Amazon, Visa, Bolt & Lunar
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, every week.
Case study: Recognise Bank and nCino – digital solution for SME bank
Learn how Recognise sought an end-to-end digital solution to help it offer the best service to SMEs.
White paper: To buy or to build – which is the best path for digital transformation?
An actionable roadmap for approaching any major digital transformation journey.
New financial services app Zindigi launches in Pakistan
Zindigi says the country has many banks, “but not many banking experiences”.
Open banking fintech Plaid acquires ID verification platform Cognito
The acquisition completes the customer onboarding experience, says Plaid CEO.
ICYMI funding round-up: BillEase, Cake, Gr4vy, Finmap, Shield, & Skilling
Don’t let funding announcements slip you by in this fast-paced industry!
Banking Tech Awards 2021 Winners Supplement out now
Projects, products, services and teams that showcased genuine innovation and had a tangible impact.
UK fintech start-ups WealthKernel, Fintech Farm and Bink attract funding
The trio of UK-based fintechs have attracted investment from a range of firms.
