Top fintech stories this week – 22 March 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
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Infographic: the evolution of international money transfers
From the barter system to Bitcoin.
Infographic: the better half of remittances
Debunking some common myths about women and remittances.
Payments round-up: 29 November 2017
No quiet days, and no respite from the action. Our latest paytech round-up stars Instarem, Form3, Starling Bank, Optile and Worldpay. Singapore-headquartered start-up Instarem has expanded into Malaysia, “solidifying its presence” in Asia Pacific (APAC). The firm already has individual and corporate customers in Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong. Instarem says it has licences in […]
Infographic: demystifying the cross-border remittances ecosystem
With a large chunk of the global workforce migrating to foreign countries in search of lucrative career opportunities or better living, the World Bank estimates that migrants will send up to $636 billion home in 2017, with three-quarters of that being remitted to developing countries. In 2015, $440 billion in remittances was sent back to […]
Fintech funding round-up: 4 July 2017
There’s no lacking of backing. Our latest fintech funding round-up features Tide, Instarem and IntellectEU. UK-based mobile banking firm Tide, which launched in January, has raised $14 million in its Series A investment round. The round has been led by specialist fintech investor Anthemis, alongside Creandum, the Scandinavian fund that has backed companies including Spotify […]
#Regtech @ComplyAdvantage reports record year, makes senior hires Regtech ComplyAdvantage, which focuses on financ… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
African #fintech start-ups @float_hq and @asaakmobile gain funding Ghana’s cashflow and spend management platform… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
#Analysis: So what? Financial services exists to serve. And that means that when we are not of service, we are jus… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Swiss neobank Entris selects @bottomlinetech for digital-first #payments upgrade Entris Banking acts as a transact… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
SaaS financial data platform @CanalystModels secures $70m Series C investment Canalyst says it wants to be “the ne… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
De novo @agility_bank opts for @NumeratedGT's loan origination platform Numerated's SaaS loan origination platform… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@AllicaBank selects core banking tech from start-up @SaaScada SaaScada, a UK-based core banking software start-u… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@ArkoseLabs bankrupts the business of fraud by sabotaging attackers’ ROI and making it uneconomical to attack you.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…