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The Brexit challenge. Rising economies of Central and Eastern Europe. The crisis of confidence in traditional financial institutions. The growing anxiety over the power of new enabling technologies … how will innovation in financial technology be shaped by these competing interests and demands? Next week in Berlin, Germany, Finovate will host its first fintech conference Read more…
Starting in Q2 of this year, Mastercard customers will be able to get a new, “augmented” understanding of the benefits and rewards available to them as cardholders. The augmented reality app, announced by Mastercard late last week, will offer cardholders a virtual tour of three different portals representing Mastercard’s three reward categories: Experiences, Everyday Value, Read more…
Around the web Move Your Business to the United States podcast features Aire CEO Aneesh Varma. Zopa’s new securitization receives AAA rating for P2P loans. PayStand expands into Canada. SumUp partners with donation software company to help charities to go contactless for Christmas. TransferWise partners with Visa to enable real-time transfers to debit cards.
On Finovate.com WeInvest Bolsters its WealthTech with the Launch of StratWealth. No Static At All: Finovate’s Greg Palmer Hosts Fintech’s Latest Podcast Kofax Embraces AI and ML as Intelligent Automation Platform Evolves Financial Literacy Focused Best of Show Winner Zogo Unveils 11 New Partners Around the web Thurgauer Kantonalbank integrates Avaloq’s e-banking solution to its Read more…
On Finovate.com NestReady to Enhance the Homebuying Experience at West Community Credit Union. Around the web Tearsheet interviews Flybits CEO Hossein Rahnama on the challenge of digital transformation. Facebook partners with HackerOne to launch bug bounty for its Libra Project. Crowdfund Insider quotes Unison CEO Thomas Sponholtz and Lending Club CEO Scott Sanborn on the Read more…
On Finovate.com Analyst All Stars: Top Takes on Fintech’s Hottest Trends. Artivest Inks Deal with WM Partners. Around the web Schmidt List podcast hosts ClickSWITCH CEO and Cofounder Cale Johnston. LoanScorecard partners with LoanStream Mortgage to power QualONE. Avaloq onboards Banque Morval onto Intesa Sanpaolo’s BPaaS solution. Jumio joins NICE Actimize’s financial crime, risk management Read more…
Munich-based robo-advisor platform, Scalable Capital, has raised a further €25 million in growth capital, two years after BlackRock invested €30 million, writes Jane Connolly of Fintech Futures (Finovate’s sister publication). Handelsblatt reports that HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and Tengelmann Ventures also took part in this round. Founded in 2016, Scalable aims to target high-earning young professionals, who invest an average of €35,000. Read more…
Small business loan marketplace Lendio is entering into the cloud-based accounting software field with the launch of Sunrise. The new endeavor is the result of the Utah-based company’s just-announced purchase of online bookkeeping startup Billy. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded by Toke Kruse in 2012, Billy aimed to create “hassle-free” finance software Read more…
Mary Meeker, general partner at Bond Capital, a VC firm she founded, released her Internet Trends Report this week at Recode’s Code conference. The report, which aims to deconstruct the future of the internet, has come to be a yearly highlight for techies since 1995, as it contains data and insights on nearly every aspect Read more…
On Finovate.com Kazakh Eurasian Bank Upgrades Cash Tech with Fiserv. LenddoEFL Appoints New CEO. Token.io Teams Up with Omnio Group to Boost Open Banking. Financeit to Power Mobile POS Financing for ServiceTitan. Expensify Integrates with Southeast Asia Ridesharing Company Grab. Around the web The Five Minute Founder podcast interviews Jake Tyler, Finn AI CEO. STRANDS Read more…
The Breaking Banks PowerHour – a live feed of Brett King’s Breaking Banks podcast – returned to FinovateEurope last week. In case you missed it, here’s your chance to join Brett, J.P. Nichols, Jim Marous, and Greg Palmer as they discuss the latest trends in fintech innovation, the rise of TechFin competitors around the world, Read more…
Happy Valentine’s Day to lovers of fintech innovation everywhere! The demos are done and the Best of Show trophies have been awarded. That means it’s time for our fintech experts to take the stage and help put into context many of the technologies we’ve seen over the past two days of FinovateEurope. Here’s our agenda for Read more…