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Santander pips Metro Bank for best savings account

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Santander pips Metro Bank for best savings account

Santander has the most intuitive savings account and ranks fastest for account opening time when compared with nine other leading UK banks, according to Worship’s inaugural Savings Account Audit.

Finastra calls developers for community bank-focused appathon

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Finastra calls developers for community bank-focused appathon

Finastra is running its first public appathon, inviting fintech firms and developers to build applications that help North American community banks and credit unions.

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Mogo Finance Technology and Difference Capital merge

Mogo Finance Technology Inc. (TSX:MOGO) (NASDAQ: MOGO) ("Mogo") and Difference Capital Financial Inc. (now “Mogo Inc.”) (TSX: DCF) ("Difference" or, following the Arrangement (as defined below), the “Combined Entity”) are pleased to announce the completion of Mogo’s previously announced arrangement (the “Arrangement”) under the Business Corporations Act(British Columbia) (“BCBCA”), pursuant to which Mogo combined its business with the business of Difference.

EBAday 2019: Is cashless across Europe attainable?

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EBAday 2019: Is cashless across Europe attainable?

The message is clear at EBAday 2019: Sweden does not accept cash. While the ABBA Museum may prefer card or mobile payments, Frantz Teissedre, head of interbank relationships at Société Générale, believes that a purely cashless society across Europe may be ambitious.

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Tally raises $50m in Series C funding

Tally, a leading financial automation company, today announced it has received $50 million in Series C funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (“a16z”), bringing its total amount raised to $92 million

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Token secures $16.5m funding for open banking

Token, the turnkey open banking platform, today announced a $16.5m strategic investment from a pool of investors, including Opera Tech Ventures, the venture arm of BNP Paribas - one of the world’s largest banks and two other visionary banks headquartered in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Facebook reveals digital wallet plan

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Facebook reveals digital wallet plan

Social media platform Facebook has unveiled further details of its much-anticipated digital currency offering, which it hopes will transform financial services.

Tinkoff introduces Oleg the voice assistant

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Tinkoff introduces Oleg the voice assistant

Russia's Tinkoff has unveiled Oleg, a "polite but also firm" voice assistant who can help customers with everything from transferring money to making restaurant reservations.

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British money management app Emma launches in North America

Emma, the best financial friend, has launched its money management app in the United States and Canada.

Stripe leads $22.5m funding round for teen banking startup Step

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Stripe leads $22.5m funding round for teen banking startup Step

Stripe has led a $22.5 million Series A funding round for Step, a teenager-focused US mobile banking startup that has built up a half million-strong waitlist in a matter of months.

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Monese adds 'Pots' money management feature

Monese, the banking service that gives people the financial freedom to thrive anywhere, today adds Monese Pots, in Pounds and Euros, to its ever-growing range of money management features.

Money 20/20 Europe 2019 Q&A: ING’s Benoît Legrand

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Money 20/20 Europe 2019 Q&A: ING’s Benoît Legrand

Benoît Legrand, chief innovation officer at ING, graced the stage at Money 20/20 Europe in Amsterdam to discuss how the Dutch bank has developed and deployed its own innovation methodology. Ahead of the session, Finextra spoke to Legrand about post-Brexit Amsterdam, where ideas for innovation comes from and what platforms actually are.

Money 20/20 Europe 2019: Is Open Banking a complete fiasco?

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Money 20/20 Europe 2019: Is Open Banking a complete fiasco?

On the Industry Transmutation stage at Money 20/20 Europe 2019 in Amsterdam, Dave Birch, global ambassador at Consult Hyperion opens an afternoon of sessions on Open Banking and the potential it has to reshape the way the financial services industry works.

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Money Dashboard integrates with Revolut and Marcus; hires CFO

Money management app Money Dashboard has released integrations with three new account providers - Revolut, Chip and Marcus by Goldman Sachs.

French teen banking startup Pixpay raises EUR3.1m

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French teen banking startup Pixpay raises EUR3.1m

Pixpay, a French digital banking startup aimed at teenagers, has raised EUR3.1 million in a funding round led by Global Founders Capital.

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Meridian chooses MX Pulse to deliver AI-driven insights in online and mobile banking

MX, the leading provider of financial data services, announced that Meridian is the first financial institution in Canada to choose MX for its new, self-guided financial wellness tool Pulse.

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Tandem partners Brightside on financial education programme

Today, Tandem Bank announce that they are partnering with Brightside, a social mobility charity that creates mentoring connections to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, to create a dedicated programme, Money Hacks.

Visa and Swedbank invest in subscription management platform Minna

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Visa and Swedbank invest in subscription management platform Minna

Swedish subscription management platform Minna Technologies has raised EUR5.6 million in a Series A funding round led by Zenith Group and joined by blue chips Visa and Swedbank.

JPMorgan Chase pledges $125m to fintech-focused financial health initiatives

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JPMorgan Chase pledges $125m to fintech-focused financial health initiatives

JPMorgan Chase will give $125 million over the next five years to non-profits working around the world to improve the financial health of underserved communities, focusing on the use of fintech tools to help people save, boost their credit and reduce debt.

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Nationwide to invest in behavioural analytics startup

Nationwide Building Society is today announcing that it will invest in Scaled Insights, a company that uses behavioural AI to analyse people’s speech in order to communicate with them in language that is most accessible for them.

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