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With its new launch today, Azimo is making global money transfers as easy as sending a message. The London-based company now lets customers send money to 190+ countries via Facebook Messenger, which counts one billion users. Azimo’s integration with Facebook Messenger reaches customers in the channel they’re already using. It makes transferring money easy: No IBAN number, contact details, or other info is required. Read more…
If you are planning to join hundreds of your fellow dev-friendly fintech colleagues this October 18 and 19 for our fall developer conference, then there is no time like the present to pick up your ticket, save your spot, and show your respect for the tech. Buy your ticket to FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016 by Friday and Read more…
Our FinDEVr New York developer showcase was a success! FinDEVr Silicon Valley will be held 18/19 October 2016 in Santa Clara. Register today and save. On FinDEVr.com GreenAddress Acquired by Blockstream From the Tech Side: Interview with Checkbook.io CTO PJ Gupta The latest from FinDEVr New York 2016 presenters Q2 Leverages MX Technology to Launch Contextual PFM France’s Read more…
Identity security solutions provider Ping Identity has acquired UnboundID, its former partner, for an undisclosed amount. Austin-based UnboundID offers customer identity and access management solutions. The deal is expected to help Ping expand from identity management into customer engagement. This comes two months after Colorado-based Ping Identity was acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $600 million. That acquisition, Ping Read more…
While many of you were busy catching Pikachu last week, you may have missed that Nasdaq, in collaboration with KBW, launched an index to track financial technology. Officially named KBW Nasdaq Financial Technology Index (KFTX), the fund tracks 49 fintech companies, including 17 Finovate and FinDEVr alums. On Monday, 18 July, the index opened at Read more…
It was a huge week in German fintech funding, coinciding with, but too soon to be caused by, Brexit. Eight of the 26 global deals were German with five out of Berlin, one from Frankfurt (Finovate alum ayondo), and one in Koln. The total raised by the eight was at least $60 million (although two raised undisclosed Read more…
Our FinDEVr New York developer showcase was a success! FinDEVr Silicon Valley will be held October 18 & 19 in Santa Clara. Register today and save. Dev news A modern-day Renaissance: APIs fuel a cultural shift in businesses. The latest from FinDEVr New York 2016 presenters Institutional Investor features Xignite and PayPal CEOs in the 2016 Tech-50 list of fintech technologists. Read more…
Lending platform Cloud Lending Solutions recently announced a partnership with Japanese technology company Fujitsu. Fujitsu will help Cloud Lending Solutions distribute CL Originate, CL Lease, CL Loan, and CL Collections to its large and small business customers in Japanese and ASEAN markets. Fujitsu EVP Hideki Kiwaki, corporate executive officer and vice head of global services integration, called the partnership an “important strategic Read more…
With the summer travel season in full swing, expense-management specialist Expensify is busy launching new solutions to make it easier for business travelers to manage expenses. Last week, Expensify unveiled ReceiptBurner, a new integration platform that automatically pulls data from receipts regardless of source. And this week, the company announced a new feature, Price to Beat, Read more…
With more than 10 years experience in financial services technology, Isaac Young will be the new CTO for SuiteBox. Young comes to the New Zealand-based fintech startup after working with global banks like Commerzbank, Rabobank, and UBS. At SuiteBox, he will be responsible for directing the company’s integration initiatives with large channel partners. “It is a Read more…
Cloud-based information services specialist Neustar hired former Walmart Chief Data Officer Venkat Achanta to be its Chief Data and Analytics Officer. Achanta will develop and manage Neustar’s identity and attribution platform Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Steven Wolfe Pereira called Achanta “a real thought leader” and pointed out that attracting top data-science talent is no easy feat. Read more…
Cloud-based business-valuation specialist BizEquity has inked a strategic partnership that will bring its prospecting and valuation-as-a-service technology, Advisor Office, to the wealth management platform of Sawtooth Solutions. “With the advent of the new DOL fiduciary ruling, and increasing pressures from robo-advisers, now more than ever the more than 400,000 financial advisers in the U.S. will need to arm Read more…