Top fintech stories this week – 20 April 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Inter-American Development Bank
Inter-American Development Bank launches Finconecta ecosystem
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Florida-based fintech firm Above & Beyond (A&B) have unveiled “Finconecta”, a ten-month programme which integrates fintechs and financial institutions (FI) in an interconnected ecosystem. The technology platform behind it is called “Forward”, which was built by A&B, and is described as an app store-styled marketplace that allows firms to expose […]
Inter-American Development Bank ponders tech overhaul
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is looking for a new back office system, Banking Technology understands. The bank is a long-standing customer of Misys. It has been using its Opics treasury and capital markets (TCM) system for many years, and in 2014 it also signed for Summit, another back office system from Misys’ portfolio of TCM […]
EU’s first blockchain neobank @benkerofficial receives EMI licence BENKER CEO sees the introduction of blockchain… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
For this upcoming webinar our speakers have over 45 years’ experience between them. Their expertise will offer a va… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@LeanTechHQ lands $33m funding to build infrastructure for #fintech in the Middle East Saudi Arabian fintech Lean… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
#Analysis: The state of start-up funding in Europe European start-ups are starting to have access to a far broader… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Iroquois Federal and @NymbusCore launch #banking brand for newlyweds, Hitched The brand was “prebuilt” by Nymbus. spr.ly/6018KGeLr
Indian #fintech start-up @m2pfintech raises $56m in Series C1 round The round is an extension of its $35 million S… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Start-up @VartanaInc launches with $57m funding with aim to become the “Affirm for B2B” Vartana is a new provider… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@SoFi realises ambition to become national bank with US regulatory approval spr.ly/6018KGesn