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Fintastico Team
3 hours, 50 minutes
https://thefintechtimes.com/splitwise-vs-splitb...
SplitBill: An Innovative Way to Share Consumer Payments Has Launched but Is It Better Than Splitwise? | The Fintech Times
Earlier this month, UK-based SplitBill launched as the first bill sharing application that uses open banking to instantly and securely settle transactions within an all-in-one payment platform, completely free of charge.
Fintastico Team
21 hours, 56 minutes
https://www.raconteur.net/finance/inclusive-fin...
Inclusive fintech: why there is still a long road ahead
Finance and technology are plagued by poor cultural and diversity records. So how can inclusive fintech become a reality?
Fintastico Team
1 day, 20 hours
https://news.sky.com/story/us-hedge-fund-d1-tak...
US hedge fund D1 takes stake in £4bn fintech giant TransferWise
D1 Capital Partners is buying a $200m stake in one of Britain’s most successful tech companies, Sky News learns.
Fintastico Team
4 days, 22 hours
https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/83264/mon...
Monzo tests 'easy bank transfer' for moving money into account from other banks
We're making it easier to add money to your Monzo account.
Fintastico Team
6 days, 23 hours
https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/18980/will...
Will cashlessness prompt a rise in business banking for merchants?
Cashless payments were on the rise way before the pandemic. However, COVID-19 has forced consumers t...
Fintastico Team
1 week, 1 day
https://thefintechtimes.com/fintechs-came-out-e...
Exclusive: Despite Industry Support, Fintech Executive Boards Remain Low on Ethnic Diversity | The Fintech Times
Fintech's came out en masse in support of the Black Lives Matter campaign, but the ethnic makeup of their executive boards reveals a lack of ethnic diversity
Fintastico Team
1 week, 1 day
https://thefintechtimes.com/fintechs-came-out-e...
Exclusive: Despite Industry Support, Fintech Executive Boards Remain Low on Ethnic Diversity | The Fintech Times
Fintech's came out en masse in support of the Black Lives Matter campaign, but the ethnic makeup of their executive boards reveals a lack of ethnic diversity
Fintastico Team
1 week, 1 day
https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/07/monzos-c...
Monzo’s co-founder Tom Blomfield leaves its board - FinTech Futures
Monzo's co-founder, Tom Blomfield, has left the challenger bank’s board according to a Companies House filing showing it occurred on 17 June 2020.
Fintastico Team
1 week, 2 days
https://thenextweb.com/growth-quarters/2020/07/...
6 tips on how to overcome the unique challenges of managing a fintech team
Finance and tech need vastly different methods. Creating and leading a team that will be successful in this ever-shifting environment is crucial for success
Fintastico Team
1 week, 5 days
https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/07/white-pa...
White paper: Three key trends driving financial services IT transformation - FinTech Futures
How financial institutions can become more customer-centric, leverage hybrid IT infrastructure, and avoid vendor lock-in.
Fintastico Team
1 week, 6 days
https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/18959/why-...
Why fintech has fallen in love with Kubernetes
Kubernetes is a word some people in fintech will have seen mentioned but few are likely to understan...
Fintastico Team
1 week, 6 days
https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/18959/why-...
Why fintech has fallen in love with Kubernetes
Kubernetes is a word some people in fintech will have seen mentioned but few are likely to understan...
Fintastico Team
2 weeks
https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/83124/psr...
PSR confirms widespread implementation of name-checking system, Confirmation of Payee
As of today, there is now widespread coverage of the new fraud-prevention tool – referred to as Confirmation of Payee (CoP) – which gives people the additional protection of checking the name of who you want to pay against the account number you are paying.
Fintastico Team
2 weeks
https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/83122/tra...
TransferWise plugs two Swiss banks into API
For the first time, we’ve brought TransferWise for Banks, our bank-friendly API integration, to Switzerland, enabling financial institutions the ability to surface our best in class international transfer experience within their banking app directly to their customers for cheaper, faster, transparent international payments.
Fintastico Team
2 weeks, 1 day
https://thefintechtimes.com/starling-bank-wins-...
Starling Bank wins Covid with a shed | The Fintech Times
Starling is the only challenger with cause for optimism. It is the only neo bank to post better app download numbers for May 2020 than May 2019.
Fintastico Team
2 weeks, 1 day
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/29/wirecard-scanda...
Wirecard scandal hits UK consumers as online banking apps freeze accounts
The Financial Conduct Authority ordered Wirecard's U.K. unit stop carrying out regulated activities.
Fintastico Team
2 weeks, 2 days
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2020/06/163354...
UK Fintech TransferWise and Digital Bank N26 Now Helping Consumers in Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, the Philippines with Fast, Cheap Cross-Border Payments
UK Fintech TransferWise and N26 now helping consumers in Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, the Philippines with fast, cheap cross-border payments.
Fintastico Team
2 weeks, 2 days
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2020/06/163354...
UK Fintech TransferWise and Digital Bank N26 Now Helping Consumers in Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, the Philippines with Fast, Cheap Cross-Border Payments
UK Fintech TransferWise and N26 now helping consumers in Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, the Philippines with fast, cheap cross-border payments.
Fintastico Team
2 weeks, 2 days
https://thefintechtimes.com/the-inaugural-finte...
The Inaugural Fintech Forecast | The Fintech Times
Outward VC and Callsign launched the inaugural Fintech Forecast, an annual event bringing together leading figures in Fintech to discuss the state of the market.
Fintastico Team
2 weeks, 4 days
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbirch/2020/06...
Bye Fintech. Hello Techfin.
He goes on to point out, somewhat harshly, that banks have used fintech partnerships as a way of convincing themselves that they are innovating rather than actually doing anything transformational.
Fintastico Team
2 weeks, 5 days
https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/06/samsung-...
Samsung chooses Curve to power its new Samsung Pay Card in UK - FinTech Futures
Samsung has chosen UK fintech Curve to power its new Samsung Pay Card. The initiative is set to launch “later this year”.
Fintastico Team
2 weeks, 6 days
https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/06/why-uk-c...
Why UK challenger banks haven't taken on the insurance market - FinTech Futures
FinTech Futures talks to Simon Ball, the CEO of insurtech, Quotall, to discover the reasons why UK challenger banks are shying away from insurance.
Fintastico Team
3 weeks
https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/36084/zopa...
Zopa secures UK banking licence
UK P2P pioneer Zopa has been awarded a full banking licence as it gears up to begin taking deposits via its first product, a one-to-five year fixed term savings account.
Fintastico Team
3 weeks
https://sports.yahoo.com/zopa-granted-full-bank...
Fintech Zopa set to launch first banking products
Zopa has been granted a full banking licence with no restrictions, allowing it to launch its fixed savings account and credit card to the public later this year.