Video: Top fintech stories this week – 28 February 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
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The financial services technical “Grand Design”
A financial services organisation must plan and design what it will look like.
The witches are coming
Our togetherness is our greatest legacy to a world that can and should do better for the next generation of humans.
Achieving reconciliation maturity will be easier in the decade of data
Financial professionals feel more comfortable entrusting their data to the cloud.
Three top tips to combat visual hacking
Make it hard for screens to be viewed, consider installing privacy filters and other points.
Credit card start-up Tribal Credit secures $5.5m in seed funding
New firm aims to help start-ups in emerging markets.
How APIs overcome the challenges of digital transformation
No transformation is pain-free.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 21 February 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
What is office politics, anyway?
For some, politics is about winning the battle. For others, it’s wining the war.
Ask the expert: what’s the best market to launch my fintech?
The reasons fintechs struggle to crack mature markets and four key considerations for expansion.
“Pale, male and stale” tag still dogs financial services industry
Three steps to break the cycle and achieve genuine diversity and inclusion.
Report: The digital drive to replace the passport in financial services
FinTech Futures publishes its latest industry report, on digital identity and fraud.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 14 February 2020
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Decentralised versus centralised finance: Impacting a global market
Maybe a hybrid of both systems will be the future of finance.
Oh to be saved of doubt and false hope
No one person should be enough to make another worthy of a future they can’t themselves lose sleep dreaming of.
Aspiring neobank EasyEuro raises $4m in pre-A round
The fintech is targeting cross-border trade between Europe and Asia.
How Canada’s Wealthsimple is building a whole financial suite
“We’re building a lifestyle brand,” says the fintech’s Europe CEO.
Transparent Systems comes out of stealth mode with $14m funding
Ivestors: “The financial industry is ready for new technology to improve the way people pay for goods and services.”
Kasisto increases Series B funding round to $22m
The additional $7 million came from Napier Park Financial Partners.
Digital bank Stori raises $10m in Series A2 funding
Mexican challenger bank has also launched its credit card.
Where do Gen Zs draw the line on data?
Gen Zs draw the line on data according to convenience and the ‘fear of being left out’.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 03 February 2020
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Fintech M&A: Prioritising growth and resilience
There is still runway for further consolidation.
XP Investments forms partnership with Genesis
This will help XP streamline & automate workflows.
British & European fintechs set sail for the US
A wave of British and European fintechs are seeking a foothold in the US finserv market.
Work life imbalance
Let’s hear it for imbalance. Being on the back foot is when you can kick the hardest.
Ask the expert: why is Account Based Marketing important and how can I do it effectively?
Get your sales pipeline moving in the desired direction with ABM.
Video: Intellect Design Arena at MoneyLive London – an age of open infrastructure
Banesh Prabhu talks on FinTech Futures about open banking, legacy tech and CX.
SaaS fintech Rimilia raises $15m from SVB and other investors
The investment brings the fintech’s total funding raised to $40 million.
Cybercrime in financial services: Work together to win the war
We need is a smart, flexible way of working together anticipate and respond to threats.
BIS fintech report: More harmonised standards and less TPP reliance
BIS has published a cross-country review on the fintech regulatory landscape.
Scotiabank donates CAD 750k to University of Ottawa AI research
Canadian bank launches research fund to develop AI and ML.
Banking Technology February 2020 issue out now
Top dogs: The challenger bank success stories of 2019.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 31 January 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
The end of technology…
It’s time to drop the words “digital” and “tech”.
eBook: Digital identity management – the foundation of successful financial services
How to identify, recognise, authenticate and protect customers – wherever they are, at scale, in real time, across a growing number of devices, and connected objects.
Desjardins signs multi-year contract with AI fintech Exagens
The 25-person fintech will continue to power the bank’s ‘Assistant AccèsD’.
The digital transformation bod’s infinite playlist
The soundtrack to the cycle of emotions from the day you get the job to the day you deliver results.
Bank-backed blockchain trade platform Contour launches in Singapore
Contour is built on R3’s Corda platform.
The future of trade finance
We speak to Mastercard, NatWest and Marco Polo senior executives about their partnership.
