02/16/2022
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund backs new digital bank called D360
The Saudi cabinet approved a licence for D360 bank on Tuesday
Innovation & Startups
02/15/2022
Bank of America leads $20 million investment in London fintech Banked
Banked has built technology that allows people to pay online directly from their bank accounts, rather than via a credit or debit card or third party like PayPal or Klarna.
02/15/2022
ANZ's new CTO banks on "big technology bets"
Inside the bank's two-year engineering and architectural uplift.
02/15/2022
BBVA invests $300m in Brazil's Neon
BBVA is investing $300 million in Neon, bringing the Spanish lender's stake in the Brazilian digital bank to just under 30%.
02/15/2022
Will Ferrell invests in Lunar
That’s where Lunar comes into play as a digital disrupter in the financial industry.
02/15/2022
BBVA to invest $300 million in Brazilian digital bank Neon
Neon has 15 million registered accounts.
02/14/2022
ADQ gets licence to set up digital banking platform
The digital banking platform’s primary shareholders ADQ and Alpha Dhabi, one of the fast-growing investments holding companies in the Middle East, own a combined stake of 65 per cent.
02/14/2022
Switzerland and Singapore jointly planning international fintech conference in Zurich
Thomas Jordan, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, leaders of the Swiss financial and fintech sector, as well as high-level representatives from the industry will also participate in the Forum.
02/14/2022
Commerce Bank goes live on Temenos core banking platform
Temenos continues to see strong momentum in the United States
02/11/2022
Standard Chartered announces Indonesia as first market to launch Atome Financial partnership through Kredit Pintar
The partnership also plays out the Bank’s commitment to grow via innovative digital partnerships.
02/11/2022
ADQ-backed digital bank gets UAE central bank approval for launch
Some UAE banks have in recent years launched their own digital banking offerings targeted at digitally-savvy and younger users, such as LIV by Emirates NBD and Mashreq Neo by Mashreq Bank.
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.
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.