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AI and machine learning spearheading rapid change in data reconciliations

The industry is moving towards Reconciliations-as-a-Service, says SmartStream’s Robin Hasson.

ChangeFi CEO: “We have to be on the ground with our communities”

ChangeFi is looking to give “equal access to the American dream”.

Interview: Jason Blick, EQIBank – is DeFi the future of finance?

EQIBank brings together traditional and crypto finance; EQIFi is launching decentralised finance (DeFi) products.

Exclusive interview: Minna Bank – Japan’s new challenger bank

Its in-house and Accenture built core system will become a commercial offering in its own right.

LINE BK is “an elevation for the financial industry”, says CEO

“In today’s digital world, we are stepping towards a so-called singularity era.”

Cedar co-founder: Our biggest competition is status quo and inertia

Cedar acquired San Francisco-based OODA Health for $425 million last week.

TSB COO: It’s easy to throw the rock at us and say ‘this guy crashed in 2018’

“Compare this company to the market,” says TSB’s COO.

Fair CMO Toni Harrison: Oppressors can’t be the underbanked’s saviours

Instead of shrinking, the racial wealth gap has only continued to swell and expand.

Real connections in a virtual world: Dock Digital

Interview with FinTech Futures’ Tanya Andreasyan about Dock, the unique roundtable experience.

Box: Insurance isn’t just about premium rates, it’s about the entire user experience process

Vaneet Grewal, Box’s financial services managing director, talks to FinTech Futures.

NatWest’s FCA laundering charge the “first of a few” to come in 2021

The FCA is currently still investigating 6 other cases.

Banking Tech Awards 2020 Winner: Alexandra Boyle – Rising FinTech Star

Alexandra Boyle is OpenFin’s director, head of strategic client group in Europe.

Women in fintech: “Aggressive” feedback, revealing audits and dress up comments

Women in fintech share their experiences of gender bias.

Women in fintech: Skewed numbers, vain assumptions, and investor bias

FinTech Futures has gathered insights from women across the global fintech industry.

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.

Ethical challenger algbra banks on tech to define it in “fintech gold rush”

“We’re building a backend on a global level,” says co-founder.

Banking Tech Awards 2020 Winner: TMRW – Best UX/CX in Finance Initiative

Exclusive interview with Kevin Lam, head of TMRW Digital Group.

What did the GameStop saga expose about UK trading regulation?

FinTech Futures unpacks the FCA’s published response to trading restrictions on 29 January.

UK Black-owned challenger Atmen to launch in March

The start-up is now looking to raise £5 million from institutional investors.

Banking Tech Awards 2020 Winner: UBS – Best Use of Cloud

How UBS’s innovative hub helped 60,000 work remotely with virtually no downtime during the pandemic.

Danish edtech Female Invest targets UK expansion with $1.6m fresh capital

“It makes a big difference when you see someone like you on a platform.”

A look inside MENA investor Global Ventures’ fintech portfolio

Global Ventures’ portfolio covers payment acceptance, digital wallets, credit and trading.

VTB deputy chairman discloses exasperation over Yandex, Sber and Tinkoff competition

In 2020, VTB launched a total of 1,280 software development teams.

Female-led tax reporting fintech KAWC takes tech into own hands

“We approached male investors, but they were so condescending,” says CEO.

Under the hood of London payments platform Currencycloud

Currencycloud talks tech, structure, product development and bank relationships.

Pyypl’s regulation-first approach to MENA starts to pay off

“The options today are mobile money or banks,” says CEO.

SME credit fintech Dinie lands dLocal deal one year into Brazil play

Dinie was founded in the UK, made in Germany, and designed for Brazil.

UK fintech Just lands court backing to undercut bailiff industry

Currently, Just’s virtual offering is in beta.

UK payments acquirer Unlimint powers on with “aggressive” LatAm expansion

In November, the fintech rebranded to Unlimint from ‘Cardpay’ as part of its expansion plans.

Israeli remittance fintech Rewire targets one million customers by end of 2021

Rewire currently boasts more than 200,000 European accounts.

EXCLUSIVE: Neobank First Boulevard launching next year to target Black America

CEO and founder, Donald Hawkins, tells FinTech Futures about the process of the name change.

Swift calls for collaboration to help build the future of global transactions

Swift’s ambitious new strategy to reinvent global financial transactions.

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.

BNP Paribas and 3 Step IT push on with “aggressive” tech recycle plan

BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions specialises in financing solutions for professional equipment.

On-demand payment innovation at the heart of digital “new normal”

The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered industry changes in rapid time.

One of Turkey’s largest fintechs Papara gears up for expansion

It launched in 2016 and became cash flow positive in 2017.

Jumio discusses the importance of video-based identity verification

“With video, we can reduce onboarding time from days and hours to minutes.”

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.

PayNearby turning India’s small-time retailers into ATMs and bank branches

“I wanted to take high-end tech to the bottom of the pyramid,” says CEO.

Sber talks Big Tech strategy two years on from Yandex rebuff

“People think we just bought a load of start-ups and slapped our name on them,” says CTO.

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