02/11/2022
Intesa Sanpaolo signs deal with Thought Machine
The new digital bank will cater to the four million Intesa Sanpaolo clients identified as digital-first, with simple banking needs.
Innovation & Startups
02/11/2022
FNZ raises US$1.4bn in new capital
FNZ partners with the entire industry to make wealth management and financial advice accessible to more people.
02/11/2022
Standard Chartered Selects Thoughtworks to Expand and Transform Digital Banking Services for Customers Globally
The collaboration brings Thoughtworks’ extensive experience in driving industry leading digital innovation together with Standard Chartered’s proven banking expertise.
02/10/2022
Temenos looks to woo challenger banks with new packaged services offering
These new banking services on the Temenos Banking Cloud can be rapidly consumed from a self-service portal and easily configured, extended or deployed anywhere.
02/09/2022
Franklin Templeton to Launch Singapore Fintech Incubator
Julius Baer told finews.asia it was setting up an innovation hub at its Singapore office.
02/09/2022
Quant Insight empowers retail traders with institutional-grade analytics
Key information moves markets.
02/09/2022
Positive indicators for Nigeria’s digital economy
The report said the adoption of electronic transactions are continuously increasing, with ATM transactions dominating the volume of electronic transactions and the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement System Instant Payment dominating in value.
02/07/2022
UK fintech investment soars to $37.3 billion in 2021
Five out of the ten largest fintech deals in the Emea region were completed in the UK.
02/04/2022
Straightforward towards the digital transformation of Banking
Customer centricity, end-to-end process digitisation, and sustainable profitability stand out as the top three agenda topics for banking decision makers.
02/04/2022
Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions partners with Broadridge to offer industry-leading cost basis solution
Market-leading GainsKeeper solution extends the overall Broadridge offering to provide an end-to-end solution for tax reporting
02/04/2022
Barclays steps up fintech engagement through Rainmaking partnership
The partnership will be led by Sonal Lakhani, global head, programmes and strategic initiatives, Barclays Innovation Office, who also led the expansion of the Female Innovators Lab by Barclays and Anthemis last year across the UK and Europe.
02/04/2022
We need a parallel payments data revolution to underpin digital payments
The regulators will undoubtedly be watchful of this data gap, given that antiquated payments technology is well known to restrict economic participation and access to finance.
02/04/2022
Crypto taxation: Tax authorities provide additional clarity
The guidelines are structured around particular types of tokens and the fiscal framework.
02/04/2022
Emirates NBD, Singapore’s APIX join hands to boost fintech innovation
Emirates NBD to get access to 1,000+FinTechs and their real-time APIs
02/04/2022
London VC firm SuperSeed launches £50m fund
Europe continues to develop world class technology and the European startup ecosystem has exploded over the last decade.
02/04/2022
Barclays plans to ‘make it rain’ with Rainmaking fintech partnership
A suite of new initiatives targeted at fintech founders around the world.
02/04/2022
Railsbank on track for $100m funding, fintech nears unicorn status
Railsbank was founded in 2016 by fintech veterans Nigel Verdon and Clive Mitchell.
02/03/2022
Zain KSA and Al Rajhi Bank sign a deal to enhance financial inclusion with innovative mobile technologies
A New Dawn for Banking Solutions Connectivity Coinciding with the Global Tech Event "LEAP"
02/03/2022
PIMFA adds Qwil Messenger as PIMFA Plus Partner in drive towards further technology partnerships
The addition of Qwil Messenger as a PIMFA Plus Partner comes as extensive research from Lexis Nexus and ThoughtLab (1) recently showed digital innovation is increasingly being driven not just by client demand.
02/03/2022
LemonEdge seals $4 million funding round led by Blackstone
The company’s cloud-native technology has been designed to support the unique and varied requirements of the private capital industry at scale and across asset classes.