Scottish challenger Alba Bank taps nCino to power SME lending
The SME-focused challenger landed its UK banking licence with the FCA and PRA in March.
Service Oriented Architecture/SOA
News, intelligence and resources on the global fintech industry including topics such as service oriented architecture/SOA.
MDT appoints Dan Schneider as CPO and Greg Lanigan as CIO in C-suite shake-up
Tracie Loudermilk has also been appointed to the role of vice president of project and consulting solutions.
NatWest engages IBM to revamp chatbot service with generative AI
Cora+ leverages generative AI to draw on multiple different information sources to answer customer queries.
LSEG ditches legacy finance systems for Oracle Cloud
The group aims to make use of Oracle’s enterprise performance management and planning functions.
Stax Payments expands tech stack with APPS acquisition
APPS’ CEO Abe Maghaguian and COO Sarah Gerald will join the Stax leadership team as part of the deal.
Paytech NMI acquires Sphere’s commercial division to boost underwriting and risk management capabilities
NMI provides payment gateway and processing solutions to businesses looking to diversify their payment methods.
Fiserv snaps up Brazilian EFT software distributor Skytef
Skytef has been distributing Fiserv’s electronic funds transfer solution SiTef since 2002.
DigitalAPICraft signs as Google Cloud vendor and appoints Marco Tedone as CTO
Marco Tedone, the firm’s new CTO, spent almost 12 years leading API strategy for HSBC.
Sibos 2023: How Economy-as-a-Service is shaping the way we work
The Economy-as-a-Service (EaaS) model is progressively reshaping multiple sectors, most notably financial services.
Risk management platform Certa’s twice-oversubscribed Series B raises $35m
The round was led by Fin Capital and Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India.
David Weber named as new COO of Volante Technologies
Weber brings over 25 years of experience in B2B enterprise software and SaaS to the role.
US fintech Ampla secures $258m credit facility with Goldman Sachs and Atalaya
Ampla connects consumer brands with embedded banking, bill pay, growth capital and corporate card solutions.
Nexi buys 30% stake in German PSP Computop
Computop’s founders, Frank Arnoldt and Ralf Gladis, previously held 50% of the company’s shares each.
Episode Six names former HSBC exec as new chief revenue officer
Brian Muse-McKenney becomes Episode Six’s first CRO.
Stanford Federal Credit Union overhauls digital engagement through Agent IQ partnership
The partnership will see Stanford FCU leverage Agent IQ’s digital engagement platform Lynq.
Corelation signs three more credit unions for core processing
All three are preparing their organisations for future growth with higher member engagement.
Legal & General extends cloud migration agreement with Kyndryl
The new seven-year agreement is to last until 31 March 2030.
HPS CEO Abdeslam Alaoui Smaili on innovation in the payments industry
FinTech Futures chats with HPS CEO Abdeslam Alaoui Smaili at WeMeeting 2023 in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Service orchestration: connecting the dots in payments
Service orchestration can help businesses optimise payments and checkout processes.
Bank of Baroda taps enterprise tech provider NCR for ATM-as-a-Service solution
The Indian bank says the new ATMs will offer “expanded transaction options via our self-service channel”.
Diebold Nixdorf tapped by Cambodian retail bank ACLEDA for self-service solutions
Diebold Nixdorf will deploy its services across ACLEDA’s 262 branches.
Mitigating network outages in the financial services sector
How poor service levels from IT vendors are reflected in network outages and how to fix it.
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Regtech: features that make data work harder and smarter
There is far more to regtech than regulatory technology, or at least there can and should be. Regtech, as it is coming to be understood, must be something qualitatively different from what it’s replacing and not just a faster and better version of the same thing.
BIAN adds first Middle East member
The Banking Industry Architecture Network has gained its first member in the Middle East with the addition of Commercial Bank of Qatar to its roster.
