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Former international footballer Rio Ferdinand invests in Sokin

Ferdinand joins as a shareholder in the cross-border currency firm.

Vantik App Germant

Pension builder Vantik signs card partnership with Mastercard

German fintech to issue new debit card for users in 2021.

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US Federal Reserve’s payment system down for more than three hours

Both Fedwire and FedDACH went down this week, and remained so for a few hours.

What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 5 | Rising to the top

Featuring Alexandra Boyle, head of strategic client group for Europe at ‎OpenFin.

Subway standardises its payments over all 42,500 restaurants globally

Subway claims it is one of the first in North America to standardise payments on this scale.

Map of Europe

Landmark pan-European payment system EPI calls on fintechs for build phase

European payment giants Worldline and Nets became shareholders in the EPI last year.

Moneycorp hires Barclays exec Tarashev as new CFO

His final role at the UK bank was as CFO of its private banking operations.

TransferWise rebrands as Wise to push platform capabilities

It’s dropping the first part of its name in a bid to underpin its expansion as a platform player.

Fintech funding deals globally 15-21 February 2021

Featuring Public, Webull, Blockchain, GoCardless, and Personetics.

Fintech funding round-up: SeedFi, Libeo, Ember and Finch Capital

A round-up of some of the recent investments in fintech, paytech and tax tech firms.

Netflix bags Uber’s product head Ebi Atawodi as payments director

Atawodi spent more than six years at Uber.

Manchester Credit Union signs payments deal with ClearBank

ClearBank and incuto give credit union access to Faster Payments.

FinTech Futures presents Dock – a virtual roundtable experience

Take part in Dock on 18-19 May to discuss the industry’s pertinent problems and find the solutions.

Dutch unicorn Mollie expands to UK for post-Brexit opportunities

Molllie says it wants to help merchants with European growth post-Brexit.

Banking Tech Awards 2020 Winners Supplement out now

Showcasing the most impactful and innovative projects, products, services and people in fintech in 2020.

The US market: are EU-based challengers coming to rustle up some feathers?

A deep dive and step-by-step comparison of US banks’ and EU challengers’ capabilities.

Fintech funding deals globally 8-14 February 2021

Featuring Fraction, BharatPe, Agibank, Monzo, and Coinsquare.

US Faster Payments Council report shows state of US payments

It provides a true illustration and understanding of how funds move on the networks.

Affirm’s IPO is a wake-up call for banks

Affirm is placing pressure squarely on banks and fintechs to challenge its BNPL market share.

Video: Top fintech stories this week – 12 February 2021

FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.

Kenyan paytech Popote raises funding from GreenHouse Capital

The undisclosed amount of funding will help the paytech scale.

Huawei to acquire Xunlian Zhipay for its payments licence

The deal is yet to be officially announced.

ICYMI funding round-up: Trade Ledger, Mesh, Safepay, Globacap & more

We round up some of the funding rounds that may have slipped you by.

TransferGo picks Thought Machine for core operations

Money transfer firm switches things up in the back office.

Banking Technology February issue out now

The roaring 20s.

Singapore’s central bank reviews BNPL regulation over debt fears

The MAS wants to ensure regulations are “risk-proportionate”.

HPS acquires Mauritius payments processor ICPS

HPS nabs the full stake in ICPS from former partner MCB.

One bank challenger less in London

Boosting economic recovery by harnessing the power of payments

The other significant milestone the UK economy has to handle this year is life beyond Brexit.

Video: Top fintech stories this week – 05 February 2021

FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.

SumUp acquires Lithuanian core banking firm Paysolut

SumUp continues its acquisitive spree, buying its fourth firm since 2018.

PayPal posts 22% revenue rise on back of e-commerce growth

2020 set unprecedented records for PayPal, but its 2021 outlook is more conservative.

Form3 appoints ACI Worldwide’s Jessica Letterman as new customer chief

Letterman joins after 13 years at her previous employer.

Checkout hires ex-Twilio and WeWork execs for “public market” experience

The fintech has been the subject of much IPO talk.

FCA and UK Treasury “acting swiftly” to regulate fast-growing BNPL firms

The FCA is anxious about the number of citizens who will find themselves in debt.

NymCard raises $7.6m for Banking-as-a-Service in MENA

The Series A funding round brings NymCard’s total investment to $12 million to date.

Acquiring pricing models

A breakdown of the benefits and challenges presented by each merchant pricing model.

Austin fintech Routefusion bags $3.6m with help of Plaid co-founder

Partners already include AFEX and MoneyCorp.

UK fintechs Token and Tradeteq get investment

$15m for open banking payments platform Token and $9.4m for trade finance tech specialist Tradeteq.

Fintech trends watch 2021: checkouts, wealthtech and SCA

Our resident Gen Z’er, Ruby Hinchliffe, shares her three predictions for 2021.

The 2020s: how the way we pay will change forever

Consumers started to move from contactless to contact-free in 2020.

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