Tackling unconscious gender biases in wealth management
Yaela Shamberg, co-founder and CPO at InvestCloud shares her thoughts on gender equality.
Financial Services/Finserv
Why factoring industry needs fintechs
Fintechs are to factoring companies what bars are to high jumpers.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 05 March 2021
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Webinar: Balancing app innovation and cybersecurity in financial services
25 March: Practical steps needed to implement an evolved enterprise app methodology.
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 6 | Open banking on the loose
Discussing all things open banking with Pablo Reyes, director of technology at Strands.
Budget 2021: The fintech industry reacts
We asked key market participants what they thought of the UK Chancellor’s budget.
Greensill in crisis as regulators step in to freeze payments
BaFin ordered Greensill’s Bremen-based bank subsidiary to freeze all payments.
Square buys majority stake in Tidal for $297m as Jay Z joins board
Tidal is the latest in a few sales Jay Z has made in recent weeks.
Landesbank Saar signs BearingPoint RegTech for SFTR compliance
Franco-German bank to deploy Abacus/Transactions platform.
ING-backed Countingup lands £9.1m Series A with help of new investor Sage
The fintech has acquired 14,000 customers in the last 12 months.
Codat secures investment from Amex and PayPal
Codat gains big backers as it gears up for US launch.
Understanding employee experience will give banks a leg up
It makes intuitive sense that happy employees lead to happy customers.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 Winner: Bank BRI & Infosys Finacle – Best Use of IT for Lending
Revamping customer lending through partnerships and back-office change.
Wipro signs off on $1.45bn acquisition of Capco
Indian IT giant wants to grow in Europe and Asia.
FinTech Futures Industry Survey & Report 2021
A deep-dive into the trends defining 2021 and beyond, based on a comprehensive survey of the industry.
Orange seeks buyer for loss-making banking unit
Orange’s banking ops in trouble despite an income of €79 million last year.
Trulioo hires new CTO in OpenText’s Hal Lonas
Lonas joins to spearhead the firm’s product development.
“Cloud first” emerging at the heart of end-to-end transformation
81% of FIs future-proofed their technology infrastructure by moving to the cloud, 63.6% reduced cost.
Payments Canada picks Interac for real-time infrastructure
Interac will use its e-Transfer service in the design, construction and maintenance of the system.
American Business Bank picks Teslar Software to refresh commercial lending
The Los Angeles bank says it wanted a “forward thinking” partner.
Girl boss
Representation matters, for all of us. Represent what is possible, but above all, what is desirable.
Budget 2021: What does it mean for UK fintech?
FinTech Futures scrolls through the UK chancellor’s new budget to pick out the fintech impact.
Dear Luc: Your most pressing fintech problems solved
In Dear Luc, we answer the questions the industry’s fintech founders are too embarrassed to ask.
Piraeus Bank extends Antelop partnership for digital payments
The Greek bank has worked with Antelop since 2018.
ABA Bank picks Alessa system to meet new AML regulations
Cambodian bank prepares to hit new regulatory targets.
South African paytech Nomanini obtains debt funding
It raised a convertible loan from the MASSIF fund, which is run by FMO.
London calling
City firms can still access EU market despite no financial services deal.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 Winner: au Jibun Bank – Best Use of AI
Rebuilding consumer confidence in investments with an AI-driven market forecasting capability within a banking app.
It’s a matter of comms | Episode 2 | Strategy
The corporate comms strategy is the spine that would hold start-ups accountable to their investors.
ECB wants final say on stablecoin issuance under new EU regulation
This new regulation won’t apply in the UK following Brexit.
UK Finance plans future revamp for Open Banking body
The OBIE is morphing into a new organisation to support innovation.
Croí Laighean Credit Union signs for Temenos SaaS platform
Temenos wins another Irish credit union for Community Banking platform.
Philippines-based neobank Uno boosts AI services with Xebia deal
The prospective bank is pushing its AI capabilities as a unique selling point.
UK chancellor to reveal £22bn infrastructure bank in 2021 Budget
The bank will offer loans to local authorities at lower rates to support new projects.
Indian start-up Zaggle registers new fintech ZikZuk to offer SMEs credit
In the next two years, ZikZuk intends to take itself across the globe.
Goldman’s consumer head Omer Ismail leaves for Walmart’s fintech venture
Ismail architected the firm’s move into consumer digital banking.
Ben Davey departs from Barclays Ventures CEO role
Davey steps down to focus on independent investing and advisory services.
What makes a successful data partnership?
How to make data monetisation measures an important part of your business strategy.
Regtech: watching personal mobile devices in financial services, but why?
The best policy is one which works. Soft policies, by their very nature, do not work as intended.
Fintech funding deals globally 22-28 February 2021
Featuring Chargebee, Tyme, TypTap Insurance, Anchorage, and Earnix.
