BankingTech
Starling Bank raises £130.5m to build acquisition war chest
Starling Bank has completed an internal fundraise of £130.5 million at a pre-money valuation of more than £2.5 billion.
The UK digital bank said the...
Avaloq goes live with first client in Taiwan
Avaloq has successfully implemented its core banking system at Cathay United Bank to support the bank’s continued growth.
The Avaloq Core Platform will cater to...
Zevoy raises €15m for roll-out of expense management solution in Europe
Finland-based expense management fintech Zevoy has raised €15 million in a series A round to fund launches in eight new markets during Q2 2022.
Zevoy, which...
Digital private bank Alpian lands licence and financing for launch
Switzerland-based private digital bank Alpian has secured a banking licence and closed a CHF19 million ($20.34 million) extension of its series B round.
The banking licence,...
Revolut appoints CEO to lead Brazil launch
UK digital bank Revolut has appointed Glauber Mota as its chief executive officer in Brazil ahead of its launch in Latin America’s largest market.
Mota,...
PensionBee and Starling Bank broaden integration
PensionBee pensions are now available to all Starling Bank business and personal customers though the fintechs’ marketplace integration.
Sole traders join the owners of limited...
Finxact chosen to underpin launch of new branchless US bank
Finxact will provide the banking operations platform for a new bank expected to launch in the second half of this year.
Battle Bank, from Colorado-based Battle...
An Post partners with Tink to boost money management app
Irish postal services provider An Post has teamed up with European open banking platform Tink to deliver better money management services to its customers.
An...
Neobanking platform Niyo lands US$100m of series C funding
Neobanking platform Niyo has raised US$100 million in its series C funding round.
Accel and Lightrock India led the funding round, with participation from Beams Fintech Fund. Existing...
UK challenger bank Atom raises £75m
UK challenger bank Atom has raised more than £75 million in new equity priced at 70p per share as it continues to grow its...
Bank of America launches online payment solution and invests in paytech
Bank of America has launched an online payment solution that enables customers of ecommerce companies to pay for transactions directly from their bank account,...
Asian Development Bank to build prototype blockchain for cross-border securities settlement
The Asian Development Bank has launched a project to make cross-border securities transactions in Asia and the Pacific more efficient and secure through the...
Jumio verifies identity and age of new Nationwide Building Society members
Verification technology provider Jumio has partnered with UK-based Nationwide Building Society to streamline the digital onboarding process for new members.
Nationwide, the world’s largest mutual building society, turned...
Mambu and Volante strike strategic partnership focused on payments
Banking fintech Mambu and Volante Technologies, a specialist in cloud payments and financial messaging software, are integrating their solutions to help banks and lenders modernise their banking...
Zwipe and Forzacard partner on biometric cards for Mexico
Biometric fintech company Zwipe and Forzacard are bringing biometric payment cards to Mexico.
The new payment cards will be manufactured by Forzacard and powered by...
Manasquan Bank to connect customers to crypto through Bakkt
Manasquan Bank retail customers could soon be buying, selling and holding cryptocurrency through a partnership with digital assets fintech Bakkt.
The mutual community bank, based...
Monese eyes credit and lending with Trezeo acquisition
Mobile banking fintech Monese is pressing ahead with a move into credit and lending after acquiring Trezeo.
Trezeo, a specialist financial services provider for the...
Tinkoff partners with Finastra for Asia expansion
Russia-based digital bank Tinkoff will use Finastra’s Fusion Essence Cloud core banking solution to power its planned expansion into the Philippines.
Tinkoff, a digital bank...
Wells Fargo and HSBC to settle FX transactions using blockchain-based solution
Wells Fargo and HSBC intend to use a blockchain-based solution to settle matched foreign exchange (FX) transactions.
Through a bilateral agreement, the banks will both use...
Curve appoints new chief technology officer
Curve has appointed Eric Molitor, a former Improbable and Amazon vice president, to the role of chief technology officer.
Molitor joins Curve, the provider of an over-the-top banking platform that combines debit and credit cards...
WeLab acquires Bank Jasa Jakarta with plans for digital offering in Indonesia
Pan-Asia fintech firm WeLab is acquiring PT Bank Jasa Jakarta (BJJ), a retail bank in Indonesia, to realise plans to launch a digital bank in a country with an estimated 180 million tech-savvy younger...
National Bank of Kuwait to launch Weyay digital bank
National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has announced plans to launch the country’s first fully digital bank.
Aimed at young people in Kuwait, Weyay was revealed at an inauguration ceremony attended by members...
Patriot National Bancorp targets digital bank efficiencies with American Challenger merger
Patriot National Bancorp is entering into a reverse subsidiary merger with digital banking startup American Challenger Development Corp.
The Connecticut, USA-focused Patriot, which operates branches under the Patriot Bank brand in...
Standard Chartered plans launch of Starling-powered digital platform focused on climate change
SC Ventures, the innovation arm of Standard Chartered Bank, is launching a new digital platform powered by Starling Banking Services and designed to help...
Starling Bank launches new app feature to simplify personal finance
Starling Bank is introducing Bills Manager, a new bank account feature to help UK customers pay their bills on time and better manage their money.
The new feature, one of...
Santander and Oxentia Foundation seek banking solutions for all
Santander and Oxentia Foundation have launched a competition to identify and support innovative, scalable solutions that open up banking products and services to everyone.
The Santander X Global Challenge is already...
American Express and Goldman Sachs develop digital payments solution for corporates
American Express and Goldman Sachs Transaction Banking (TxB) are launching a cloud-based payments solution for large corporate clients.
The solution, currently available to select clients and anticipated to launch...
Raiffeisen Digital Bank launches a new app in six months with Mambu
Raiffeisen Digital Bank, a provider of consumer lending products in Poland delivered exclusively online, has launched a new mobile app using the Mambu low-code...
Chip launches growth investment round
Digital savings fintech Chip is planning a growth investment round from the crowd and institutions in the coming weeks.
The UK-based fintech says the new round of funding...
BNY Mellon Invests in Quantexa Technology
BNY Mellon has completed a strategic investment in Quantexa Technology, to close its series D led by private equity firm Warburg Pincus.
As part of the investment, Joseph Sieczkowski, chief information officer of engineering...
Starling to make BaaS available in Europe
Starling Bank has confirmed that it is looking to expand into Europe next year.
During H1 2022 and subject to regulatory approval, the digital bank hopes to make its...
Open banking fintech Vyne raises $15.5 million in seed funding
Open banking fintech Vyne has secured $15.5 million in seed funding from leading fintech investors as it takes on traditional card and alternative payment methods.
Investors in the seed round include Hearst...
Canadian fintech Neo Financial raises $50 million
Neo Financial, a fintech based in Canada specialising in spending, savings and rewards, has closed a $50 million (CAD $64 million) series B funding round.
This latest round takes Neo’s total funding raised to almost $90...
Mastercard swoops for CipherTrace and Aiia
Mastercard has announced two acquisitions this month, swooping for cryptocurrency intelligence company CipherTrace and Aiia, the European open banking technology provider.
US-based CipherTrace helps customers, including banks, exchanges,...
Nerve, a neobank for musicians, to launch in September
Nerve, the first neobank created specifically for musicians, is launching next month to provide dedicated financial products and services to this specialist subset of entrepreneurs and self-employed professionals.
The neobank, based in Texas, USA, plans to...
Upgrade closes $105m series E round
US digital bank Upgrade has closed a $105 million series E funding round.
The round, led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT) with participation from new...
Circle plans to become US commercial bank
Circle, the US fintech firm combining with Concord Acquisition Corp with a view to going public, is taking steps to become a federally chartered...
Reserve Trust finalises $30.5m series A and executive appointments
Reserve Trust has raised $30.5 million in a series A funding round.
QED Investors led the series A round, with participation from FinTech Collective and...
Klarna acquires APPRL to take advantage of social commerce
Klarna has expanded its retailer marketing services with the acquisition of Stockholm-based marketing software provider APPRL.
The bank is actively building its suite of tools...
Solarisbank raises €190 million and acquires Contis
Solarisbank, the European banking-as-a-service provider, has raised €190 million in an oversubscribed series D funding round that values the Germany-based fintech at €1.4 billion.
The...
SaaScada appoints Paul Payne as chief technology officer
SaaScada, the new core banking platform and services provider, has appointed Paul Payne as its chief technology officer.
Payne will oversee the execution of UK-based...
Starling Bank acquires buy-to-let specialist mortgage lender
Starling Bank has acquired specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender Fleet Mortgages in a £50 million cash and share deal.
Fleet Mortgages, based in Hampshire, UK, focuses...
Revolut raises $800m of funding
Revolut, the banking app has more than 16 million customers worldwide, has raised $800 million in series E funding, valuing the business at $33...
Circle to float on NYSE
Circle, a fintech that provides payments and treasury infrastructure for internet businesses, is combining with Concord Acquisition Corp, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition...
Crown Agents Bank launches EMpower Pensions
Crown Agents Bank, the UK-regulated financial service partner of choice for governments, international development organisations, banks and pension administrators, has launched a new pension...
Visa to acquire European open banking solution provider Tink
Visa has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tink, the provider of open banking solutions that enables financial institutions, fintechs and merchants to build...
JPMorgan Chase to acquire UK wealthtech Nutmeg
JPMorgan Chase has struck a deal to buy UK-based digital wealth management provider Nutmeg.
Reports value the transaction at £700 million. The acquisition comes as...
Standard Chartered partners with Franklin Templeton to launch Autumn
SC Ventures, the innovation and ventures unit of Standard Chartered, and asset management firm Franklin Templeton have partnered up to launch Autumn, a wealth,...
Dreams rolls out financial wellbeing platform at Ukrsibbank
Dreams, the provider of behavioural and engagement banking solutions for some of the world’s largest financial institutions, has launched its financial wellbeing platform in...
PayAlly strengthens international payments offering with Banking Circle
PayAlly, provider of the fully integrated payments ecosystem for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), is using Banking Circle solutions to improve its multi-currency business-to-business...