Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com Emailage Raises $10 Million in Round Led by Anthos Capital. Our latest FinovateFall Sneak Peeks are up. Meet: Optimove i-exceed Nvstr Stash Around the web Federacion Nacional de Cooperativas de Ahorro y Credito selects core banking technology from Temenos. Azimo introduces “one hour or less” cash pick-up services in the Philippines. ING Bank Read more…

HooYu Brings Identity Confirmation Technology to BCRemit

Better onboarding and fewer fraud incidents are the goals of U.K.-based, online money transfer platform, BCRemit. And this week, the UK.-based company partnered with identity confirmation specialist HooYu to help them reach both of those critical objectives. “HooYu is a great complement to the traditional database identity check approach,” BCRemit Managing Director Oliver Calma said. Read more…

Turnkey Lender Raises $2 Million in Series A

In a round led by Vertex Ventures, the venture capital wing of Temasek Holdings, Turnkey Lender has picked up $2 million in funding. The Singapore-based company specializes in loan management technology, delivered over the cloud, that automates all stages of the lending life cycle – from application processing to collections and reporting. Turnkey Lender will use Read more…

Finovate Alumni News

Around the web The largest bank in the Philippines, BDO Unibank, reups with Fiserv. Customers of PayU gain access to payments services from Zooz courtesy of new partnership. Let’s Talk Payments interviews BanQu co-founder, Ashish Gadnis. Insuritas partners with Constellation to Monetize Online Banking Experience. Forbes features Trustly. This post will be updated throughout the day as Read more…

Backbase and eWise Team Up

Omni-channel banking provider Backbase and data aggregation company eWise have joined forces this week. The two veteran fintechs have formed a partnership that will offer Backbase bank clients access to eWise’s account aggregation technology via the Backbase Open Banking Marketplace. Backbase’s Open Banking Marketplace, which launched in 2015, now hosts 53 fintech APIs which offer banks access to Read more…

Exclusive Interview with eWise’s CTO, Allan See

We have a great speaker lineup for FinDEVr London which will take place on June 12 & 13. As part of our FinDEVr Feature series, which highlights some of the speakers you will see on stage at the event, we recently interviewed the CTO of one of the presenting companies, eWise. You can save 20% on your FinDEVr ticket when you register Read more…

Daon Brings Mobile Biometric Authentication to UnionBank

EON, the new digital banking platform from UnionBank of the Philippines, will feature mobile biometric authentication technology from Daon. The company’s solution, Identity X, will enable EON mobile app users to login using fingerprint and face authentication initially, with other authentication options including voice recognition to be available later. “As banks embark on their digital transformation journey Read more…

Payoneer Closes $180 Million Series E Round

Global mass payout services provider Payoneer announced a $180 million round of funding today. The Series E round is from Technology Crossover Ventures, the same firm that has backed Facebook, Netflix, and Spotify. This new round doubles the New York-based company’s previous funding amount, bringing its new total to $270 million. Payoneer CEO Scott Galit Read more…

i-exceed Teams Up with Mindtree to Bring Mobile Tech to BFSI Sector

Via a new partnership with Mindtree, Bangalore-based i-exceed technology solutions looks to bring mobility solutions to the BFSI (banking, financial services, insurance) sector. Quoted in ETCIO.com, i-exceed’s Managing Director Joseph John said the agreement showed the increased traction Appzillon was gaining in the marketplace. “With our long-standing experience in the banking sector, coupled with Appzillon’s Read more…

i-exceed Unveils Appzillon 3.1 with Enhanced Security, UX

Meet the new Appzillon. i-exceed technologies announced the release of Appzillon 3.1 this week. The company’s flagship mobile application development platform now comes equipped with a number of new enhancements designed to make it easier to create “fully functional, omnichannel apps.” New widgets, style editors, additional default themes, and over-the-air (OTA) support have been added Read more…