03/31/2021
DEAL: Curacel raises $450,000 pre-seed funding to drive insurance inclusion in Africa
Curacel’s flagship CLAIMS platform acts as a bridge between primary care hospitals and Africa’s insurance companies.
Innovation & Startups
03/31/2021
German FinTech Mambu selects Raisin Pension for employees
The Raisin Pension ETF also provides Mambu and employees with their own pension cockpits through which to track the development of their portfolio and pension entitlements within an online account.
03/31/2021
Nymbus sets up dedicated unit for credit unions
Leading Nymbus CUSO is a natural progression in a legendary 30-year career of innovation as John helps bridge foundational credit unions values of collaboration and member service with next-generation solutions for personalized experiences and growth.
03/31/2021
Private Equity’s Taste for Tech Spurs $80 Billion Deal Spree
“2021 will be a time of reinvention for many companies and digital technology is driving that, so the private tech market is booming,”
03/31/2021
Accenture Delivers Cloud-Based Solution to Help Regions Bank Enhance PPP Loan Application and Forgiveness Processes
Solution powered by Salesforce supports crucial steps in national lending program designed to help keep small businesses open amid the pandemic
03/31/2021
Banks, Wealth Managers and Fintech Disruptors Vie to Create ‘Goldilocks’ Retail Product
For the rest, many of whom are younger people and minorities, the idea of setting up a retirement investment account or trying to time the market on the next GameStop frenzy is a foreign notion.
03/31/2021
France's Capgemini raises medium-term targets on global tech expansion
The Paris-based group said it expects an operating margin of 14% by 2025, c
03/30/2021
Citizens Bank and Trust goes real time with Fiserv
DNA is a modern core account processing platform with an open architecture that makes it easier for financial institutions to integrate other solutions
03/30/2021
Kenya banking startup gets seed funding for global expansion
Tanda plans on growing its Kenyan footprint to over 100,000 merchants and agents while expanding further to Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania.
03/30/2021
FCA to define new rules about data ethics in evolution of Open Banking
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is to use its legislative powers to steer the evolution of Open banking to a broader model of Open Finance.
03/30/2021
Slovakia gets fintech hub
The overarching goal is to support innovation and digitization in the financial sector in the CEE region.
03/30/2021
Austrade and Fintech Australia sign MoU
This MoU will build on the work Austrade is already doing to provide fintech businesses with market insights, partnership opportunities and connections in the United Kingdom, Singapore and the United States.
03/29/2021
Dubai leading technologies to exploit Middle East's increasing demand for AI and RPA with partnership with global software companies
Report from McKinsey Global Institute highlights, 60% of all global occupations have at least 30% technically automatable activities
03/29/2021
BlackRock Tops the First Fund Brand 50 Global Asset Manager Rankings
Broadridge’s Fund Brand 50 study expanded, reveals best-performing fund brands globally
03/29/2021
BNP Paribas to provide investors with sustainability analytics from Clarity AI
Through this first partnership, Manaos users can have access to Clarity AI’s sustainability insights and services, covering more than 30,000 companies, 400 country and local governments and 200,000 investment funds[1].
03/29/2021
Westpac expands ‘banking as a service’, diverging from CBA strategy
Westpac has decided getting exposure to the trend is worth the risk of giving up customer engagement to the technology players.
03/29/2021
Asia tech groups tap global equity markets at record pace
Didi Chuxing and Tokopedia among those set to launch IPOs on back of listings boom
03/29/2021
Hong Kong digital asset custodian bags $6m in QBN-led round
It plans to use the fresh capital to further enhance its custody platform and hire key talent in its Hong Kong and Singapore offices.
03/26/2021
Dutch fintech recharge scores €10 million in debt funding
The company secured the funding largely from London-based Kreos Capital, who specialise in providing financing for high-growth companies.
03/26/2021
VTB opens API platform
After connecting to the platform, partners will be able to create banking products under their own brands, which will be issued and serviced by VTB.