UK CBDC researcher: We should be further along than we are
A UK CBDC won’t happen anytime soon if the Bank of England takes an iterative approach.
Innovation
Digitalisation landscape in Pakistan – a tech view
The digital and tech teams of the banks need to “think out of the bank”.
White paper: The business value of ServiceNow for retail banks
The value retail banks will achieve annually at $29.54m per organisation ($70,000 per 100 users) by using ServiceNow.
Standard Chartered to launch crypto custodian in UK next year
The bank will, through Zodia, provide custody services for Bitcoin, and Ethereum.
Singapore and Thailand to link national payment systems in 2021
In Singapore, PayNow monthly transaction values have crossed the $3 billion mark.
Challenger for teens Step raises $50m in Series B
Among new investors are Charli D’Amelio, Justin Timberlake, Eli Manning, and Mantis VC.
BNP Paribas and 3 Step IT push on with “aggressive” tech recycle plan
BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions specialises in financing solutions for professional equipment.
The times are always a’changing
The story we try to reconstruct and the story we tell ourselves isn’t the full story.
Moov Financial raises $27m in Series A funding round
The latest round follows a seed round from August.
Deutsche Bank expands Google cloud partnership
Major German lender expands cloud usage to lending and retail banking.
E-book: Migration to cloud – your guide to delivering an intuitive customer experience
Learn how to transform the entire organisation with the migration to the cloud.
Revolut launches acquiring service for merchant customers
Revolut undercuts Stripe by 0.1%.
Retail rewards platform Fetch raises $80m in venture funding
Fetch Rewards has raised $131m since 2013.
White paper: Re-wiring financial services operations for a bold future
Looking beyond the front office to transform experiences.
Innovations – moonshot thinking and the art of walking the Earth
In wealth management, innovations need challengers, ambitious goals… and patience.
Stripe launches BaaS-type service for merchants with top US banks
“[The] banking experience should be as easy as spinning up a virtual server.”
Northern Ireland boasts highest proportion of fintech workers outside London, says report
Belfast and Londonderry is home to some 74 fintechs which employ around 7,000 people.
White paper: Analysis of impact and application of advanced analytics in asset management
Unleashing advanced analytics – how asset management firms can take advantage.
Sber partners with JP Morgan to pilot digital currency in 2021
Russia announced its new cryptocurrency law this year.
AI will explain it to you
Explainable AI removes removes the last barrier in entrusting transaction monitoring to algorithms.
What the Fintech? Episode 17 | The spirit is willing, but the markets are weak
This episode of WTF? podcast features Vinoth Jayakumar, partner at VC firm Draper Esprit.
Principles for a global central bank digital currency and a single global payment system
The new global payment system should replace all current payment and settlement arrangements.
ECB issues Big Tech warning as it promises digital euro
European suppliers are essential in the building of technology on which a digital euro will operate.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 hosted online by Tom Ward
Join comedian Tom Ward for the 2020 Banking Tech Awards. Broadcast online on 10 Dec, 3:30pm GMT and is free to attend.
Report: Digital KYB – a springboard to customer onboarding success
FinTech Futures’ latest in depth industry report on KYB, in partnership with DueDil.
How the pandemic reshaped an international project launch
Lessons in adaptability – how to manage a project in an innovation lab amid COVID-19.
Investing as magic discovered
A new investment app that aims to truly change the way you are used to thinking of things.
On-demand payment innovation at the heart of digital “new normal”
The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered industry changes in rapid time.
Building out a payments hub with Infosys Finacle
Peter Ryan, senior product manager at Infosys Finacle, speaks to FinTech Futures about payments.
Ogaki-Kyoritsu Bank selects Moneythor to revamp digital banking
The regional Japanese bank wants a hybrid approach for customers.
Google Pay unveils integrated banking challenger Plex
Plex will sit in the wider, revamped Google Pay app.
How real are real-time payments?
Incumbents and fintechs face the same challenges when scaling real-time payments.
MSU Federal Credit Union built its own app in 2009 – where is it now?
MSU holds around $5.5 billion in assets and is America’s 48th largest credit union.
Innovation in Retail Banking Report 2020
Responses from 750+ senior bankers the world over with a focus on adapting to changes brought on by COVID-19.
Mastercard to help Canada build its new real-time payments rails
RTR marks a big step in modernising Canada’s payments system.
Report: Three key strategies for customer experience success
In-depth industry report on customer experience, featuring expert insights from Mettle, HSBC & Northwestern Mutual.
Standard Chartered signs five-year cloud deal with AWS
The bank deepens its relationship with cloud hosting giant.
Banking Technology November 2020 issue out now
Without limits: The Barclays accelerator races ahead
Webinar: Winning over senior management with a low-code approach to digital transformation
Real use cases for low-code and why using it for in-house development is a viable alternative to using third-party products.
Webinar: Managing data today – real time, real AI, real application
Learn how effortless it is to transform your operations and take data processes to the next level.
