Complexity of SME market still eludes banks – FinTech Futures
Despite serving consumers for years, banks are still struggling to understand the complexities of the small and medium enterprise (SME) market, according to a panel...
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Instabase raises $105m sent to unicorn status – FinTech Futures
App store for banks Instabase has raised $105 million in its Series B funding round, valuing the start-up at more than $1 billion – sending...
Bitcoin IRA Is Letting Customers Lend Out Their Crypto Retirement Funds
Bitcoin IRA will soon allow customers to lend their retirement assets for interest. The firm, which provides digital asset individual retirement accounts (IRAs) is partnering...
Cashaa Launches Banking Solution for Indian Crypto Owners
Banking services platform Cashaa is offering a solution for Indian crypto owners facing banking restrictions imposed by the country’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of...
Santander to launch online deposit platform in US – FinTech Futures
Santander is preparing to launch a nationwide platform to attract online deposits in the US that will rival Goldman Sachs’ Marcus offering as the Spanish...
CYBG kicks off long-awaited Virgin Money rebrand – FinTech Futures
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banking Group (CYBG) has announced that it will be rebranding as Virgin Money after its $1.7 billion takeover of the financial wing...
Dutch challenger bank bunq reveals Brexit delayed its ‘wish list’ UK launch – FinTech Futures
The Netherlands-based challenger bank bunq has admitted the UK was always on its launch “wish list” and would have been the first country it launched...
Making the most of cloud migration – expert advice from Bill Cunningham, Endava (Part 1) – FinTech Futures
Bill Cunningham, delivery manager at Endava, shares his expertise on how banks and financial institutions can make the most of cloud migration: Migrating legacy systems...
Investor rights lawyers investigate Wirecard securities fraud – FinTech Futures
White-collar crime investigators raided Wirecard’s offices in Singapore multiple times. Wirecard’s rise has been plagued by intermittent controversy about its accounting and business practices, according...
US challenger bank Denizen shuts down – FinTech Futures
San Francisco-based challenger bank Denizen has announced that it will be closing down after failing to achieve “the scale needed to sustain operations”. Denizen accounts...
Islamic challenger bank insha launches in Germany – FinTech Futures
A new challenger bank has arrived on the scene in Germany with the launch of mobile-only insha, which focuses on interest-free Islamic banking. Insha claims...
Digital transformation in credit for commercial and corporate lending – FinTech Futures
“Digital transformation” in banking is no longer simply an aspirational expression or any longer even a serious debate. Banks nearly everywhere have concluded that “business...
BNP Paribas purchases stake in Allfunds to bolster wealthtech solutions – FinTech Futures
BNP Paribas is acquiring a slice of wealth management technology provider Allfunds, in a deal which the bank believes will create market-leading wealthtech software. BNP...
Bankmed deploys suite of Diebold Nixdorf ATMs – FinTech Futures
Lebanese financial institution Bankmed has deployed a suite of self-service ATMs from Diebold Nixdorf (DN). Bankmed the first in Lebanon to deploy cash recycling Bankmed...
Making payment easy across Africa and beyond – FinTech Futures
Lack of sophisticated payment systems when it comes to the financial services industry – and the patchy, often inefficient nature of those systems that do...