Why do women still think they need to be palatable?
Lack of attention to certain stories inflicts grave damage on how marginalised people tell theirs.
Financial Services/Finserv
Minu raises $14m to provide on-demand salary payments in Mexico
Minu has raised $20 million since 2019, and plans an expansion in its home country.
Looking after the health of your ATM fleet in a futuristic way
Setting a new standard for banking self-service solution performance.
Why fintech needs more mentors
Mentorship, in its many forms, is a powerful force.
Fintech funding deals globally 1-7 March 2021
Featuring Klarna, Papaya Global, TaxBit, Beam Technologies, and Xendit.
Women in fintech: Skewed numbers, vain assumptions, and investor bias
FinTech Futures has gathered insights from women across the global fintech industry.
Canadian Western Bank deploys new Temenos SME product
CWB extends a partnership with Temenos that stretched back to 2012.
Tackling unconscious gender biases in wealth management
Yaela Shamberg, co-founder and CPO at InvestCloud shares her thoughts on gender equality.
Why factoring industry needs fintechs
Fintechs are to factoring companies what bars are to high jumpers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Goldman’s consumer head Omer Ismail leaves for Walmart’s fintech venture
Ismail architected the firm’s move into consumer digital banking.
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.
Thasunda Brown Duckett leaves JP Morgan Chase for TIAA
Duckett replaces the retiring Roger Ferguson.
Robinhood pushes on with IPO plans despite facing 49 GameStop lawsuits
Robinhood has held talks with underwriters about filing “within weeks”.
Brex raising at $8bn valuation following banking licence application
Tiger Global Management is reportedly backing the round.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 26 February 2021
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
ICYMI funding round-up: Zolve, Symple Loans, Butn, FunGuard & more
We highlight a series of funding rounds that may have passed you by.
US credit builder Petal closes $125m debt facility
Petal has closed $440 million in debt and raised $100 million in equity.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 Winner: AFS – COVID-19 Response by Fintech
An innovative approach to urgently find solution to accommodate the US government’s Payroll Protection Program.
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 5 | Rising to the top
Featuring Alexandra Boyle, head of strategic client group for Europe at OpenFin.
Report: The power of data analytics in fintech solutions
A deep-dive industry report focused on the priorities and use of data analytics at financial institutions.
Western Alliance Bank splashes $1bn on mortgage firm AmeriHome
Arizona bank diversifies its book by branching into mortgages.
US fintech for gamers Zytara signs payments partnership with i2c
The deal follows Zytara’s launching of its own stablecoin.
You called me
How a company treats you through the recruitment process tells you everything you need to know about its culture.
US corporate card provider Brex applies for banking licence in Utah
SVB’s former chief digital officer Bruce Wallace will head up Brex Bank.
