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News/payments
The European Commission is pondering a "regulatory push" to encourage adoption of the new TIPS instant payments service and make it a genuine rival to the card schemes and tech giant-built digital wallets.
26 February 2019
News/regulation
Metro, Starling and ClearBank have been awarded a combined £280m from the RBS bail out fund, beating off competition from better-known brands TSB, Co-operative Bank and CYBG.
22 February 2019
News/Innovation
Allianz X, the digital investment unit of German insurance and asset management giant Allianz, is taking a big bet on the tech-driven future of finance, increasing its fund size to a whopping EUR1 billion.
20 February 2019
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is working with Estonia's Ministry of Finance on a technical assistance fintech project to support the creation of a regulatory sandbox in the Baltic state.
19 February 2019
The Financial Stability Board has warned that banks have more to fear from the competitive impact of Big Tech firms in financial services than the disruptive threat posed by cherry-picking fintech startups.
15 February 2019
News/startups
Rabobank is pumping another EUR80 million into its venture fund investing in early-stage fintech and agritech companies.
News/inclusion
The rise of fintech has the potential to extend the benefits of financial inclusion to millions of people but also poses complex regulatory challenges, says a new UN-backed report which also questions the value of the increasingly popular sandbox approach.
News/security
CaixaBank is offering customers the opportunity to use facial recognition technology rather than PIN codes to withdraw cash from ATMs.
14 February 2019
Mitsubishi UFJ has formed a joint venture with Akamai for the roll out of a new blockchain-based online payment network.
13 February 2019
VC firm Finch Capital has earmarked EUR20 million for investment in Irish fintech-focussed startups after scoring EUR10 million from State agency Enterprise Ireland.
UK fintech investment increased by 18% to $3.3 billion in 2018, retaining the country's top three profile for deal-making behind the US and China.
12 February 2019
Mastercard is heading to the Grammys and the Brit Awards to debut a new sonic brand identity scored with the help of Mike Shinoda of US rock band Linkin Park.
08 February 2019
Financial inclusion and security will be one of the challenges at what is being billed as the world's largest blockchain and AI hackathon, taking place in the Netherlands this April.
Facebook has reignited speculation about its plans in the payments space by aqui-hiring the team behind London-based blockchain startup Chainspace.
05 February 2019
An international network of financial regulatory bodies is calling for applications from firms wishing to test innovative financial products, services or business models across more than one country or jurisdiction.
31 January 2019
News/devops
NatWest is looking to train up its staff for the data revolution by pumping £1 million into an academy open to all of its 70,000 employees.
30 January 2019
Interbank co-operative Swift is to conduct a proof-of-concept trial to link its gpi network to the Corda platform of enterprise blockchain consortium R3.
Swiss startup Tangem has won a contract to issue physical 'banknotes' for the Republic of the Marshall Islands decentralised digital national currency.
News/retail
Temenos, Cisco and Deloitte Luxembourg are among a group of companies setting up a due diligence, connectivity and testing platform to help the financial services industry in its efforts to work more effectively with fintech firms.
29 January 2019
DBS innovation chief Neil Cross is bidding goodbye to banking after five years leading the Singaporean bank's digital transformation effort.
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