Fidor CEO leaves as BPCE sells bank
Matthias Kröener founded Fidor ten years ago.
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Top fintech stories this week – 9 November 2018
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Fidor splitting from France’s BPCE
Allegedly due to lots of business clashes and drama.
Fidor brings its operating platform to US
Via a distribution agreement with tech development firm GFT Technologies.
ASEAN Financial Innovation Network launches API exchange
A consortium led by Virtusa will develop and operate it.
Top fintech stories this week – 13 April 2018
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IFC and Fidor to champion financial inclusion in Africa and LatAm
MOU to identify opportunities to expand digital banking services to boost financial inclusion.
Fidor and Eight Inc partner to create digital finance marketplace
Fidor, a provider of digital banking solutions, has signed a partnership with Eight Inc, a “strategic design and innovation firm”, to launch Fidor Market, its digital marketplace.
Fidor adds a touch of Nutmeg to banking with Seedrs
Seedrs will be the sole equity finance provider in a new partnership with challenger bank Fidor.
Fidor’s digital banking right shot for Van Lanschot
Dutch wealth management firm Van Lanschot has chosen Fidor’s digital banking solution for an upgrade of its payments software and infrastructure. As part of the agreement, Fidor will manage user and account data and will process Van Lanschot’s payments flows within its fidorOS (fOS) platform, which is built using open APIs. It will also modernise […]
FinTecSystems fuels Smava automatic credit system
FinTecSystems, Fidor Bank and credit comparison site Smava have teamed up to offer the “first fully” automatic credit system with an “immediate payout” in Germany. Called Kredit2Go, the entire process of requesting, processing and disbursement is digital, and the payment is made immediately after the digital signature. FinTecSystems provides the “building blocks” for the credit assessment […]
Fidor teams with Token for digital payments
Token, a Silicon Valley-based crypto-payment software provider, and digital bank Fidor have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for digital payments. The MoU will see Token’s software made available within Fidor OS, its digital banking and open community middleware solution. Steve Kirsch, founder and CEO of Token, says its software enables banks to “call the […]
GFT and Fidor join forces for mobile banking app development
Following a joint project with O2 to create Germany’s first mobile-only, full-service bank account, GFT Technologies and Fidor have entered a broader “strategic innovation partnership”. The focus is on developing mobile financial and banking apps, and marketing/selling Fidor’s proprietary technology, Fidor Operating Systems (fOS).
BPCE acquires Fidor Bank
BPCE, the second largest banking group in France, has acquired German challenger bank Fidor. Fidor will remain as an independent business and says it will “capitalise on the support” of BPCE to expand and continue the development of its proprietary digital banking technology. Founder and CEO Matthias Kröner will continue as the chief executive of […]
New digital bank for SMEs gearing up for launch in Germany
Penta Bank is a new digital banking player in Germany working towards a spring 2017 launch. Penta’s initial target market will be German and French SMEs. “Our target businesses are funded start-ups and SMEs that are cashless,” says Luka Ivicev, Penta’s head of product. Penta has been in the making since February this year. Usability […]
Fidor UK launch promises social media revolution in retail
Online-only bank Fidor has launched in the UK, promising to change the way retail banking works by letting the customer build the services and products they want to use. The bank is part of a new wave of fresh banks entering the market, many of which focus their efforts online rather than on the high street.
A bank you can’t speak to or visit – coming in 2015
Talking used to be a positive thing. For many years, BT reminded us that it was “good to talk”; whilst in the 1980s the Midland Bank (since acquired by HSBC) promoted itself extensively as “the listening bank”. Now, there is a new breed of bank coming to the UK; one that doesn’t have branches or want a ‘physical’ interaction with its customers
