FinTech Futures Jobs: Three really exciting roles to apply for this week
Exciting open vacancies at Klarna, Xero and Revolut. Apply today!
Software-as-a-Service/SaaS
Subscription management platform Chargebee valued at $3.5bn following $250m raise
Chargebee CEO says the firm solves infrastructure issues facing high-growth subscription businesses.
Modifi acquires Seawise Capital’s trade finance and SaaS business in India
Modifi’s business in India has grown more than 2,100% over the past 18 months.
SaaS financial data platform Canalyst secures $70m Series C investment
Canalyst says it wants to be “the new fundamental dataset of record”.
De novo Agility Bank opts for Numerated’s loan origination platform
Numerated’s SaaS loan origination platform will support Agility’s business banking products.
SaaS tech start-up financing platform Arc lands $161m investment
“We’re on a mission to help start-ups grow,” says Arc co-founder and CEO Don Muir.
The state of the API economy
The has been a significant shift away from viewing APIs merely as developer-led internal bits of technology.
Supply chain specialist Tradeshift raises $200m in funding and debt
Tradeshift aims “to connect every company in the world, creating economic opportunity for all”.
How fintech is driving the new age of retail agility
With digital transformation driving change in the retail industry, here are some important trends to bear in mind.
$140m Series E funding takes Expel valuation to over $1bn
The US-based detection and response (MDR) provider has secured $258 million in financing to date.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three exciting open roles at OakNorth to apply for
Exciting open vacancies at OakNorth. Apply today!
Drata achieves unicorn status following $100m Series B
Drata intends to triple its workforce within the next year.
Wealth infrastructure API platform Atomic raises $25m Series A funding
The San Francisco-based company will add scale and headcount with funding round.
Standard Chartered taps SAP for SaaS banking connectivity solution
SAP Multi-Bank Connectivity will enhance the transactional banking experience for corporates, the bank says.
Data governance platform Collibra valued at $5.25bn following $250m Series G
New York-based firm plans to use the cash for product development and global expansion.
Climate tech SaaS start-up Persefoni raises $101m in Series B round
Carbon footprint calculator Persefoni wants to be the first “ERP for carbon data”.
What the FinTech? | S.2 Episode 22 | Let’s talk about SaaS
Michel Breeuwer, general manager for the Benelux and Baltics at Mambu, joins us on this week’s episode of the What the FinTech? podcast.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three really great jobs to apply for this week
Exciting vacancies at OakNorth, Deloitte and Oracle. Apply today!
ICYMI funding round-up: Chip, Multiverse Computing, Kevin, APLYiD & more
Another collection of funding rounds and raises from all over the world you might have missed.
VoxSmart acquires speech recognition platform GreenKey
Firm aims to bolster its communications surveillance offering for financial institutions.
OracleFS exec questions staying power of new cloud-focused competition
Conor Colleary says banks must ask if their partner can embrace new changes.
Bahrain’s Bank ABC taps Fenergo for client management solution
Bank ABC operates across the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Regtech start-up PassFort lands $16.2m Series A funding round
PassFort intends to use the money to expand internationally.
DevOps platform Copado lands $140m funding
The firm plans to use the cash raised to expand its testing software.
Irwin secures $20m in Series A funding round led by K1
The investment will help further the fintech’s mission to upgrade the capital markets software offering.
Identity verification firm SentiLink lands $70m Series B funding
San Francisco-based firm plans to build out its product suite and expand its team.
Payments platform Dwolla secures $21m investment
Dwolla’s last venture funding round resulted in a $12 million raise in 2018.
Dear Luc: What’s the deal with embedded finance?
This week someone writes in to ask: how can I get on the embedded finance bandwagon?
Duco secures Nordic Capital investment to fuel expansion plans
The private equity firm will acquire a majority shareholding in the company.
LoanPro lands $100m Series A round led by FTV Capital
The Utah-based company says the funds will be used to further invest in growth
Canada’s League Data picks Mambu’s cloud banking platform
The cooperative company says Mambu was the “clear choice” to modernise its core platform.
KeyBank goes live on SmartStream’s cloud-based collateral management tech
The Cleveland bank aims to reduce infrastructure costs by moving to the cloud.
Morgan Stanley signs cloud partnership deal with Microsoft
Deal forms part of the US bank’s multi-cloud strategy.
Community bank-focused Synctera raises $33m in Series A round
Synctera aims to facilitate partnerships between community banks and fintechs.
Webinar: Fintech at SaaS speed – navigating the scale and security challenge
The latest trends and techniques in SaaS security and the importance of a successful app protection strategy.
Video: Infosys Finacle on adapting to business model innovation
We talk about how traditional banking models have become disrupted, and how consumer demands need new experiences
An era of digital trade
Technology creates opportunities to transform existing processes across global supply chains.
Banking-as-a-Service: who is it for?
BaaS goes well beyond classic outsourcing models like ITO and BPO.
Financial services are internet-reliant, so how do you prevent downtime?
Digital experience monitoring provides a bridge so that financial institutions can embrace this new digital-first era.
Banking’s long road to BaaS
The opportunity for BaaS is huge and compelling, but the journey to get there is long and complex.
