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In recent years, the fintech industry has been rapidly evolving, and technology is changing the way people conduct financial transactions. Core banking software is one of the most significant technologies that have been adopted by financial institutions worldwide.

Learn about the ongoing evolution in Banking-as-a-Service, the key market players, the market structure and how incumbents deal with new challengers.

Our best guess what trends will dominate the year in FinTech in Green Finance, Smart Contracts, Embedded Finance, Digital Banking and Artificial Intelligence.

Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) can allow anyone to easily realize financial products. In this article, we will cover BaaS for banks.

Analysts expect the blockchain technology market to grow by 62.73% CAGR over the next few years. But how can banks turn blockchain adoption into revenue?

Advanced generation AI models are shaping the future of the banking industry, offering transformative potential and creating new challenges. In this comprehensive article, we explore the evolution of generative AI models, their impact on the banking sector, and how to address the ethical and compliance concerns they raise.

APIs can be more than intermediary tools. When it comes to banks, what does it take to build a winning banking API strategy?

In today's world, maintaining a healthy credit score is crucial for your financial well-being. In India, your creditworthiness is typically represented by your CIBIL score, which is generated by the Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited.

This Meetup group joins people that want to gain and share knowledge on FinTech, meet entrepreneurs, investors, people from financial institutions ...

Welcome to the home of Israeli FinTech! FinTech Aviv, the Israeli FinTech Association, is operating in order to gather the Israeli minds in the Fi...

"Finfinity, the smart #Fintech Meetup in Cologne has been a hot spot to exchange views on financial technology and related areas for more than two ...

Hello Lisbon-FinTech Fans! Let’s start uniting FinTech Founders, Corporates, Developers, and VCs across Europe to share, build and collaborate. The...

Not quite in finance, and not quite in technology? Welcome to the wonderful world of FinTech! FinTech Women is a regular London-based meet-up f...

The regulation of cannabis in the US doesn’t mean that it ceased to be a high-risk business: Abaca chief executive, Dan Roda, talks about how finte...

The fintech Fnality will use blockchain technology to reduce banks’ intraday liquidity requirements by collaborating with other platforms and creat...

Even if 2021 came to an end, we retrace the most important fintech events of the past year with The Fintech Times: the magazine shares the most imp...

If financial institutions have so far guarded our financial assets, they could now be able to guard another kind of asset that is becoming more imp...

Ron Shevlin reflects on the digital transformation in banking. What many banks are doing is using new tools for an old industry, without really dea...

CBANC announced the launch of a new marketplace: the fintech platform will be free for all employees of U.S. financial institutions, as well as the...

There is no doubt that neobanks have been able to cut costs for the end users, but what will happen in the future? Traditional banks are reducing t...

While we’re on the subject, Tesco Bank is launching its Tesco Clubcard Pay+: this Visa card is a debit card you can top up with any UK bank account...

According to the J.D Power 2022 Canada Small Business Banking Satisfaction Study, 6 out of 10 small businesses in Canada are considered financially...

The African fintech space thrives, and the 2022 edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge has recently rewarded a fintech company, Touch and Pay, wi...

Even if the UK has been considered, for a long time, the best place to build a fintech - especially a global fintech, now the best place may be the...

Despite the fact that fintech is going through tough times, some fintech firms still manage to succeed and raise their valuations. One of these suc...

Aayush Mittal analyzes the effect of artificial intelligence on banking for FinTech Weekly. Generative AI is actually re-shaping the whole industry...

In partnership with other members of the Global Payments team, the Implementation Manager will primarily focus on implementations of new Prepaid, C...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority – FINRA – fined Goldman Sachs for incorrectly labeling short sales – worth over $60 million – as long s...

Banking is for sure one of the main sectors that can benefit from artificial intelligence. AI is already reshaping this industry by improving autom...

The CEO of 10X Banking, Antony Jenkins, affirmed that banks are “museums of technology”. The CEO went on saying that banks had never focused on tec...

The US debt ceiling becomes an increasingly tough topic, since the deadline of June 1 is closer. According to Treasury Secretary Yellen, after that...

Fintech Insider hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Ross Gallagher, are joined by Lotanna Ezeike (XPO) and Kyla Scanlon to discuss how fintech and banking serv...

Among the regions that realized the importance of green and sustainable finance, Southeast Asia is playing a major role. MUFG Bank, as well as othe...

And in response, the top asset manager HSBC decided to exclude thermal coal companies from its funds. The policy adopted by HSBC will allow the man...

In the meantime, Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive, assessed that the US should invest more in the fossil fuel industry to favor economic...

Aayush Mittal analyzes the effect of artificial intelligence on banking for FinTech Weekly. Generative AI is actually re-shaping the whole industry...

In partnership with other members of the Global Payments team, the Implementation Manager will primarily focus on implementations of new Prepaid, C...

The same is happening in the banking industry. Asia is for sure benefiting from the different benefits provided by generative AI: in Japan, three h...

Also Goldman Sachs could start using this technology, but the top bank is maybe going to train its own AI chatbot: this was suggested by Goldman Sa...

To get back to our discussion on how financial groups and banks are benefiting from generative AI, FinTech Weekly describes how this revolution is ...

The Fed wants to update bank-merger guidelines to make banks more competitive. The guidelines have not been reviewed since 1995, but as fintech ari...

This article considers an interesting point: do you exactly know what fintech-related terms mean? The Financial Brand takes into account 9 popular ...

Tink, the open banking platform, confirmed that it is introducing the “Income Check” in the United Kingdom. Thanks to this tool, both banks and len...

Enigma, the data provider, in cooperation with Customers Bancorp and Capital One Financial, developed a new company, Prime, a lending platform focu...

With higher inflation, paycheck-to-paycheck consumers find it even harder to pay off debts. Credit card debts alone are reaching pre-pandemic level...

Existing banking ecosystems can't keep up with the growth of cryptocurrencies. This might be the reason behind the last successful funding round of...

Dan Novalis, CEO of 2Novas, give advice on how small banks can counter the power of fintech firms and large banks thanks to specific marketing stra...

Another successful fintech company is the London-based Toqio. The company, which offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model that allows its custom...

JPMorgan invests in the metaverse: the blockchain-based world Decentraland hosts a virtual lounge of the bank. This market opportunity is worth $1 ...

Fintech firms and banks are cooperating to find more innovative solutions for merchants and to enhance security: one of these collaborations is rep...

Synctera provides its platform and tools to fintech creators, communities and entrepreneurs. The platform has recently participate in the partnersh...

Even if African fintech is still a young sector, it proved to be successful in terms of investments. For 2023, the BDO Fintech In Africa report ide...

The European market is getting harder, but fintech companies don’t renounce to new investors: Penta is one of these companies. It is not a common f...

Fintech plays a major role in financial inclusivity not only by providing the tools to allow people to have easier access to financial services, bu...

Digital banks and lenders are becoming extremely popular in Hong Kong: higher interest rates - thanks to the lack of costs for physical branches, g...

Another milestone for fintech: after the records of 2021, in 2022 open banking managed to acquire over 5 million users only in the UK. This happene...

Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures, which has already invested in top companies like Qonto, Bitpanda, N26, is one of the top investors behind TreeCard. F...

Cyber attacks in Nigeria are rising. Mr. Musa Jimoh, the director of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured stakeholders that the bank is ad...

Even if banks and fintech companies are increasingly partnering to create new financial solutions, there are still risks that could threaten furthe...

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) can be a very innovative and useful way to integrate digital and traditional economies, but many technicali...

Fintech in Latin America and Africa is a thriving sector: the need to solve the issues of unbanked people made startups and established companies o...

The government tasked the Bank of Canada with supervising fintech and paytech firms that provide businesses with innovative payment methods. This t...

Ualà, the Argentina-based fintech company backed by financial personalities like George Soros, will start offering loans to Mexican clients thanks ...

The European Payment Initiative (EPI), acquired Currence Ideal and Payconiq, but it now has to lower its ambitions. Born with the intention to allo...

Artificial intelligence, along with blockchain, was included in our list of the fintech trends for 2023. Discover how different technologies have a...

In the meantime in Hong Kong, monetary authorities go on with their plan to create a regulatory framework that can help crypto firms to be fully co...

Owners Bank, the digital bank designed to offer small businesses the same financial opportunities offered by big banks to big companies, announced ...

In the meantime in the US, the FDIC – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – issued an order against the New Jersey-based Cross River Bank for all...

JP Morgan, one of the top US investment banks, continues to embrace tech innovations. The bank reported the creation of a new AI tool that uses Cha...

Amidst all the difficulties CeFi had to cope with in 2022, we talked about the top CeFi lawsuits under a 2023 perspective – read the complete artic...

The CEO of 10X Banking, Antony Jenkins, affirmed that banks are “museums of technology”. The CEO went on saying that banks had never focused on tec...

The US debt ceiling becomes an increasingly tough topic, since the deadline of June 1 is closer. According to Treasury Secretary Yellen, after that...

Penny Crosman, host of the American Banker podcast, welcomes Yasaman Hadjibashi and Keith Armstrong to discuss their innovative fintech company: th...

The Indian fintech Lentra has just raised $60 million. The Series B funding round was led by investors like SIG, Citi Ventures and Bessemer Venture...

Ron Shevlin shares Cornerstone Advisors data and focuses our attention on a particular point: fintech firms are becoming the first choice when it c...

Once again, fintech is able to solve common issues that might not be properly addressed by more traditional businesses. One of these problems is ho...

We at FinTech Weekly have already covered the so-called Edinburgh reforms, a set of changes to banking rules to make the UK financial system more s...

Smartpay, the Japanese fintech company founded by seasoned fintech professionals with previous experiences in companies like Facebook and Stripe, l...

2022 saw a crash in the crypto space, but despite this, the market witnessed the rise of new projects and major changes – like the Ethereum upgrade...

To further show how blockchain technology and fintech can even be able to change geopolitics, news about the digital ruble can make us reflect on t...

Predictions for 2022 saw fintech as the top player in financial inclusion. To reach this goal and, at the same time, comply with stricter regulatio...

JPMorgan Chase showed strong earnings, but the banking sector is not so strong to prevent the fall of stocks of top banks. In fact, despite JPMorga...

The same works for Morgan Stanley. Mike Wilson affirmed that even if many investors know that we are close to a recession, they don’t seem to reall...

Differently from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs – another top financial institution – posted its worst earning rewards in ten years. According to ex...

Tony Yates, former professor of economics and adviser at the Bank of England, shares his opinions on why central banks should stop working on CBDC ...

The US Fed revealed that over 700 banks are reporting significant unrealized losses – that is, the losses they would experience if they sell their ...

Bill Ackman, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, said that the US needs to solve the banking crisis soon, because there’s no time. The ...

Penny Lee, CEO of the Financial Technology Association, discussed why the Fed should support fintech firms as it does with traditional banks - this...

According to Bloomberg, sustainable debt instruments reached over $1.6 trillion in 2021. Moreover, GTB – global transaction banking – has a large r...

The top bank HSBC has launched a new platform for the UK and Hong Kong markets: the HSBC Trade Solutions – HTS – allows clients to manage their tra...

About a month after Elon Musk's plan to turn Twitter into a payment service platform, Sen. Sherrod Brown introduced a bill - the Close the Shadow B...

In these messy times, banks and fintech companies are cooperating more to reach financial results for their clients. This decision might be a direc...

The Fed may rise interest rates once again to face inflation. During the next FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee), the Fed could announce rates be...

The UK will go through the most significant revision of banking rules of the last 30 years. The package of reforms, called the "Edinburgh Reforms",...

JPMorgan Chase showed strong earnings, but the banking sector is not so strong to prevent the fall of stocks of top banks. In fact, despite JPMorga...

The same works for Morgan Stanley. Mike Wilson affirmed that even if many investors know that we are close to a recession, they don’t seem to reall...

Differently from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs – another top financial institution – posted its worst earning rewards in ten years. According to ex...

Tony Yates, former professor of economics and adviser at the Bank of England, shares his opinions on why central banks should stop working on CBDC ...

Alternative payment methods create competition between banks and fintech businesses focused on favoring people to use both debit and credit cards a...

The fintech startup Wahed, which is backed by the popular player Paul Pogba and the oil giant Saudi Aramco, launches a new bank branch in London to...

The fall of FTX and the crypto winter, as we said, made regulators more severe. And this is evident also when it comes to the relationship between ...

Virginia is one of the most crypto-friendly states in the US, and the last move of the government in this sense is to allow banks to provide crypto...

Zeta, the fintech company specialized in banking and credit card services, is considered a unicorn in the fintech space. The last funding round rai...

Simon Taylor is joined by Nicole Perry (Strategy Director at 11:FS), Martin Haring (Temenos), Mary Agbesanwa (Seccl) and Josh Williams (Seattle Ban...

The New York based fintech firm Baselane announced the introduction of a new banking platform. Baselane helps property owners to manage all the ope...

The Launch Innovation Programme of Lloyds Banking Group is opened. The group opened this program for the second time to find new fintech partners f...

BaaS – Banking-as-a-Service – has benefited from the fintech investment boom, but it’s now facing some challenges: not only the increasing competit...

Telis Demos raises a question: what will happen when zero interest rates will end? This is the actual advantage of many neobanks, but the competiti...

Gwera Kiwana and Sam Rai are joined by Roger De’Ath (Truelayer) and Jimmy Fong (SEON) to discuss the most relevant developments in financial techno...

Ron Shevlin shares his thoughts – and data – about the WSJ article, and uses some interesting topics to defend fintech and the future of fintech co...

Regulators aren’t just acting directly against cryptocurrencies, but they’re also warning banks. If banks want to serve fintech and crypto customer...

People’s Bank of China and Chinese financial regulators want to encourage “controllable risks” to improve financial technology in the region. The c...

Marcus Treacher (ClearBank) analyzes the disruptive changes brought by financial technology. The infrastructure of banks, if they want to survive, ...

Santander launches new payment solutions that will allow SMEs in Spain to make immediate payments to Brazilian recipients. This solution – One Trad...

Chase, the U.K. digital bank of JPMorgan, launched a new savings account to allow users to maximize interest. As Shaun Port – managing director at ...

Fintech companies are replacing traditional banks and payment methods in India: some of the reasons that led to this new system can be found in the...

While the Congress argues about raising the debt ceiling of the US, there is still the possibility for a default. Brian Moynihan, CEO of the Bank o...

The fintech firm Zelle – backed by some giants like JPMorgan, Bank of America and Wells Fargo – experienced an impressive growth due to the pandemi...

The collapse of FTX stopped the process that was bringing closer banks and cryptocurrencies. Regulators became more severe, but some clarifications...

Financial inclusion is one of the main goals of fintech: compared to traditional financial instittions, fintech companies manage to be more efficie...

In this article by Surbhi Arora, published by FinTech Weekly, the focus is BaaS – Banking as a Service. To understand BaaS, there are some key aspe...

The types of services offered by banks still can’t compete with fintech companies. Even if banks started focusing more on digitalization, it’s also...

What is your branch doing to exceed their expectations and meet the needs of other generations as well? Future Branches is two days of action-packe...

Benjamin Henson, host of the Fintech Insider podcast, invited Lena Hackeloer, Mary Agbesanwa and Ruth Foxe Blader to his recent podcast episode to ...

The fintech firm Griffin is now transitioning from fintech startup to bank. The London-based fintech is officially on the Financial Conduct Authori...

As JP Morgan Chase reports, chatbots help them to save thousands of hours of work. But it’s also true that when it comes to financial decisions, pe...

The banking giant, Truist, finds it hard to appeal to the youngest generations of users. This is the reason behind its last acquisition: the financ...

While major banks are leaving the Irish market, bunq enters the banking market of the country to offer its online services. The Dutch fintech compa...

Despite these messy times for the global economy, crypto investors and fintechs, there are some cases more successful than others – despite what th...

Viva Wallet, which operates in over 20 countries in Europe, is going to be partially acquired by JP Morgan Chase. JP Morgan wants to acquire 48.5% ...

Fintech firms and digital-only banks might seem the preference of new users, but as suggested by GlobalData's Financial Services Consumer Survey, p...

The UK and the Euro area are already in recession, and this will drive inflation to higher peaks. According to Golman Sachs’ forecasts, the UK is j...

Tap, the crypto trading app founded by 29-year old Arsen Torosian, allows users to trade currencies and use them also for purchases thanks to the p...

In the meantime, crypto firms in the US are in trouble. It seems that the Fed is increasingly widening the barrier between banks and crypto firms. ...

Fintech constantly grows: users prefer fintech companies because, as it emerged from a The Harris Poll’s survey, they help to save money, time and ...

Banking as a Service (BaaS) is a great occasion for companies that want to easily integrate banking services into their models.

We have built our entire banking platform in house and mostly in Java. We are looking for people who want to work on building the tooling that is u...

Due to the liquidity issues faced by the United States, Bangladesh and India decided to trade in their national currencies. The Bangladesh Bank too...

The chief economist of Europac, Peter Schiff, warns about a new Great Depression. According to the economist, the depression will be worse than th...

The tax cuts announced almost one month ago by the UK government will be reversed. If the measures were meant to help people deal with the recessi...

At the same time, regulators and banks would like to have more control over the financial and economic revolution that started with blockchain and ...

Recession, inflation, and layoffs might change not only regulators’ opinions about fintech, but also top executives’ choices when it comes to consi...

Despite difficulties, fintech still meets people’s needs – therefore, interesting projects manage to get significant investments. Often, funding ro...

Not everyone agrees with banks and regulators on the adoption of new regulatory measures concerning the digital economy and assets. The involvemen...

Savings become more important for people, and big companies realize that. Apple is increasingly benefiting from fintech solutions, constantly inclu...

Learn about the ongoing evolution in Banking-as-a-Service, the key market players, the market structure and how incumbents deal with new challengers.

CDAO Financial Services brings together your data & analytics community from the Financial Services industry for two days of learning, networki...

Benjamin Henson, host of the Fintech Insider podcast, invited Lena Hackeloer, Mary Agbesanwa and Ruth Foxe Blader to his recent podcast episode to ...

The fintech firm Griffin is now transitioning from fintech startup to bank. The London-based fintech is officially on the Financial Conduct Authori...

Banking as a Service (BaaS) is a great occasion for companies that want to easily integrate banking services into their models.

We have built our entire banking platform in house and mostly in Java. We are looking for people who want to work on building the tooling that is u...

Benjamin Henson, host of the Fintech Insider podcast, invited Lena Hackeloer, Mary Agbesanwa and Ruth Foxe Blader to his recent podcast episode to ...

The fintech firm Griffin is now transitioning from fintech startup to bank. The London-based fintech is officially on the Financial Conduct Authori...

Banking as a Service (BaaS) is a great occasion for companies that want to easily integrate banking services into their models.

We have built our entire banking platform in house and mostly in Java. We are looking for people who want to work on building the tooling that is u...

What is your branch doing to exceed their expectations and meet the needs of other generations as well? Future Branches is two days of action-packe...

The US Fed revealed that over 700 banks are reporting significant unrealized losses – that is, the losses they would experience if they sell their ...

Bill Ackman, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, said that the US needs to solve the banking crisis soon, because there’s no time. The ...

Banks and fintech companies have some points in common, but competition among them is a reality. Despite this, relationships among “older” and new ...

The Swedish fintech Dreams, focused on financial well being, partners with Mastercard to create new and more sustainable banking products.

While inflation rises prices, people struggle with debts – also credit card debts. The fintech company Nickels works with financial institutions to...

And like every year, the Sunday Times Rich List was published. It’s worth noting that many of the 1,000 names listed are in the banking and fintech...

As reported by the World Economic Forum, Brazil is a leading country in the adoption of digital payments. As David Vélez – founder of Nubank – poin...

The fintech company Marqeta is launching its banking-as-a-service platform that will allow its partner banking institutions to offer more financial...

TrueLayer, the European open banking platform, and the digital bank Zopa are partnering to create new products: Zopa’s Smart Saver, launched in Feb...

Markus Ferber, leader of the center-right party in the European Parliament, said that regulators should stop the fear spreading after the Silicon V...

Also a banking provider like Yobota joins the BNPL market: the London-based company is partnering with Tranch – a Buy Now, Pay Later startup – to p...

Sally Bakewell discussed what could happen now to the Silicon Valley Bank and said that the bank wanted to initiate a rescue plan but failed to do ...

HSBC, the popular financial service institution, partners with Oxford to create a FinTech course for employees: the program will be based on the Ox...

The bank of Silicon Valley has come to an end this week and it shocked everyone, even the most experienced and the most expert people in finance. F...

During these chaotic times for finance and markets, Goldman Sachs launches a new derivative product. Its underlying asset? Ether (ETH).

Chinese enterprises said that the sudden collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank had a limited impact on them, but they should be aware of the risks of...

JPMorgan wants to enter DeFi protocols – but in an institutional way. As Tyrone Lobban, head of Onyx Digital Assets, said during the Consensus 2022...

Regulators are having some trouble in finding a buyer for the firm over the weekend, after their try in auctioning the Silicon Valley Bank. But acc...

The issues the Silicon Valley Bank is facing are not the same as the 2008 crisis. The SVB is not Lehman: according to Paul Krugman, even if the col...

On Monday, President of the United States Joe Biden said that the US banking system is safe and is taking action to contain the recent collapse of ...

A complete definition of FinTech is the starting point to understand what is happening in the industry, why fintech is disruptive, where regulators...

Due to the liquidity issues faced by the United States, Bangladesh and India decided to trade in their national currencies. The Bangladesh Bank too...

The chief economist of Europac, Peter Schiff, warns about a new Great Depression. According to the economist, the depression will be worse than th...

Nicole Valentine, FinTech Director at the Milken Institute Center For Financial Markets, joins Allie Garfinkle (Yahoo Finance) to discuss the curre...

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, said – during an interview – that regulators should focus less on creating new rules for banks. The main proble...

Nicole Valentine, FinTech Director at the Milken Institute Center For Financial Markets, joins Allie Garfinkle (Yahoo Finance) to discuss the curre...

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, said – during an interview – that regulators should focus less on creating new rules for banks. The main proble...

The CEO of 10X Banking, Antony Jenkins, affirmed that banks are “museums of technology”. The CEO went on saying that banks had never focused on tec...

The US debt ceiling becomes an increasingly tough topic, since the deadline of June 1 is closer. According to Treasury Secretary Yellen, after that...

In the meantime, CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies) are still one of the most discussed topics. At Consensus 2023, participants talked about t...

JPMorgan Chase launched a pilot program to settle transactions with six Indian banks by using Onyx, the blockchain created by the company. The proj...

The Union Bank of Switzerland – UBS – agreed to buy the troubled Credit Suisse in an historic deal worth over $3 billion. The deal represents one o...

Although the UBS-Credit Suisse deal will help the customers of CS, this doesn’t necessarily mean that the European banking system – and the banking...

Actually, there are still doubts on when the banking crisis will end. Regulators don’t seem to be in full control of the current situations and sim...

One of the most discussed bank collapses of the past weeks is the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank – the 16th bank in the US. Despite many exper...

In the meantime, and as we mentioned in our Weekend Newsletter, the importance of CBDCs might increase over time. Central Bank Digital Currencies c...

San Francisco is for sure one of the US cities that most rely on tech. And investment in artificial intelligence and generative tech are an importa...

Questions arise also when it comes to the future of artificial intelligence – AI – in banking. As Alex Kreger points out, ChatGPT is the “fastest-g...

Also, Elon Musk, one of the top personalities in the tech and AI spaces, talked about the currency banking situation. Following the tweet of the fi...

We at FinTech Weekly analyzed – and also shared some opinions – on the current economic and financial situation. The main question is – will the co...

The Union Bank of Switzerland – UBS – agreed to buy the troubled Credit Suisse in an historic deal worth over $3 billion. The deal represents one o...

Although the UBS-Credit Suisse deal will help the customers of CS, this doesn’t necessarily mean that the European banking system – and the banking...

Actually, there are still doubts on when the banking crisis will end. Regulators don’t seem to be in full control of the current situations and sim...

One of the most discussed bank collapses of the past weeks is the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank – the 16th bank in the US. Despite many exper...

In the meantime, and as we mentioned in our Weekend Newsletter, the importance of CBDCs might increase over time. Central Bank Digital Currencies c...

San Francisco is for sure one of the US cities that most rely on tech. And investment in artificial intelligence and generative tech are an importa...

Questions arise also when it comes to the future of artificial intelligence – AI – in banking. As Alex Kreger points out, ChatGPT is the “fastest-g...

Also, Elon Musk, one of the top personalities in the tech and AI spaces, talked about the currency banking situation. Following the tweet of the fi...

We at FinTech Weekly analyzed – and also shared some opinions – on the current economic and financial situation. The main question is – will the co...

The CEO of 10X Banking, Antony Jenkins, affirmed that banks are “museums of technology”. The CEO went on saying that banks had never focused on tec...

The US debt ceiling becomes an increasingly tough topic, since the deadline of June 1 is closer. According to Treasury Secretary Yellen, after that...

Benjamin Ensor and Gwera Kiwana are joined by Soren Aabel Hammer (Mazepay), Keshvi Radia (Allica Bank), Tim Rutten (Backbase), Richard Davies (Alli...

Tony Coleman, CTO of the fintech firm Tenemos, talks about how the company is helping banks to keep up with modern business models.

The rise of open banking is evident and fast: OBIE – Open Banking Implementation Entity – found that this kind of service managed to get 1 million ...

After the issues that the popular centralized crypto exchange Kraken had with regulators - issues that resulted in a fine worth $30 million - the c...

Despite the fact that Indian fintech startups have raised over $15 billion in investments in the past years, the central bank took a decision that ...

Ron Shevlin analyzes the article that appeared in The Telegraph, “The phony ‘fintech revolution’ is eating itself”, and assesses that even if the s...

David M. Brear and Kate Moody are joined by Andrea de Gottardo (Kroo) and Jessica Cath (Fintrail) to discuss some of the hottest fintech news – amo...

Banks and similar financial companies in India have almost stopped their relationships with fintech for what concerns lending products and services...

By analyzing venture capital firms’ choices, Ryan Browne identifies some hot fintech investments and projects that currently don’t attract investor...

Warba Bank is the first company in the MENA region to enter the Metaverse. The bank chose Decentraland and Sandbox to join the digital world.

The competitive intelligence source for digital financial services, Keynova Group, shared its findings on traditional banks: to respond to pressure...

Future Branches is two days of action-packed stories, conversations and connections with the top minds in retail banking. We will explore how leadi...

Open banking, backed by APIs, allows non-financial businesses to easily embed financial services and make people’s lives easier. That’s one of the ...

Starling, the fintech company and largest online-only bank in the UK, withdrawn its European bank license application. The fintech backed by Goldma...

Union Bank of India is joining the Metaverse: the banking company announced the launch of a Metaverse Virtual Lounge and Open Banking Sandbox durin...

The CEO of 10X Banking, Antony Jenkins, affirmed that banks are “museums of technology”. The CEO went on saying that banks had never focused on tec...

Neobanks are able to overcome traditional banks’ shortcomings by using technology and delivering inclusive financial services. They’re here to stay...

The French banking company Qonto is expanding across Europe. The company announced that it’s planning to acquire the German Penta: the deal should ...

Moove is a mobility fintech company also able to underwrite loans to drivers. Its financial and mobility technology mix makes it the largest supply...

Dee Hock passed away in July 2022, and this article helps understand how his work and beliefs were able to set the ground for modern fintech. The f...

Dee Hock passed away in July 2022, and this article helps understand how his work and beliefs were able to set the ground for modern fintech. The f...

Dee Hock passed away in July 2022, and this article helps understand how his work and beliefs were able to set the ground for modern fintech. The f...

Dee Hock passed away in July 2022, and this article helps understand how his work and beliefs were able to set the ground for modern fintech. The f...

The Middle East is home to 85 million unbanked people. Fintech companies and their simplified and innovative payment solutions, allow everyone to b...

Universities, industry partners and the Australian Government are all cooperating to better understand how digital currencies can improve the Austr...

Fintech Automation is now a part of Mastercard’s Engage network. The goal of this program is to make it easier for businesses to access fintech and...

The African vibrant fintech sector attracts even more overseas investments. Among the latest more significant investments, the US-based UMBA Inc. i...

An interesting and long-lasting debate about regulators: should they “regulate entities or activities?”. The debate is reignited by the new regulat...

So far, fintech companies in the United States have been in a limbo. To get access to Fed’s payment services, firms that are not considered as a pa...

Lithuania faces two major issues: the Russia-Ukraine conflict – especially because of its borders, and SME financing gap – since the few traditiona...

The aggressive policy of the Federal Reserve is affecting fintech lenders too. These kinds of fintech firms have fewer restrictions when it comes t...

After the comments of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell about higher interest rates to address inflation, the US dollar continued to appreciate. Higher in...

Kristen Broady, a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, shares her thoughts on the condition of unbanked people, whose number is...

Brazilian LIFT (Financial and Technological Innovation and Technology Laboratory), a public program aimed at reaching financial inclusion in the co...

Different interest rates, approaches towards neo banking, and regulatory frameworks across the world, ignite – once again – the long-lasting debate...

The crypto market decline seems to be a good occasion for big moves from big players. One of these moves could be the decision of Binance, the larg...

The UAE fintech company Optasia plans to expand across Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. The company, backed by major investors, focuses o...

To prove once again the strength of the African fintech environment, and the possible cooperation between companies and institutions, the fintech c...

In the meantime, another African fintech company had to lay off part of its workforce. The company is Kuda, the digital bank based both in Nigeria ...

The Singapore-based fintech company DT One renews its top management positions to go ahead with its plans to expand across different sectors of the...

Banks and fintech firms are long-time competitors, but it seems that by offering people what they want, the two are partnering more than expected. ...

Since we’re talking about sustainable finance, a European city was elected the center of sustainable finance education. The city is Edinburgh, the ...

Benjamin Ensor and Kate Moody are joined by Nilixa Devlukia (Payments Solved) and Karen Kerrigan (Moneybox) to discuss Stripe’s latest launches, th...

The fintech company Raisin and the Credit Europe Bank are partnering to offer improved savings products to their customers.

American Express launches Amex Rewards: US customers will be able to enjoy no-fee, no minimum balance account, and each user will be rewarded with ...

Vyne, the frictionless payments platform, and Gr4vy, which allows merchants to manage all the operations related to payments with one platform, ann...

Fintech adoption is becoming a must for every company, no matter the industry sector. Digitalization, APIs and financial services are becoming one ...

PaaS (Platform as a Service) providers are improving payment systems creating modern and easy-to-use platforms. Among the services offered by these...

Request to Pay looks like an easy and flexible solution to improve payment systems and transactions between payers and billers. Despite customers a...

Gas prices are rising – it’s not something new. But the real news is that Klarna is allowing users to use BNPL schemes also to buy gasoline. This s...

JPMorgan Chase continues with its strategy to stay competitive in the financial space: the last acquisition of the company is Viva Wallet, a Greek ...

Ross Gallagher and Deepa Anikhindi are joined by Kiaan Pillay - co-founder and CEO of Stitch - and Catherine Birkett - CFO at GoCardless. Fintech I...

Finally, Klarna announced the launch of its physical card: the card will be launched in the UK as part of Klarna's “Pay in 30” program, so consumer...

Xrent opened the waitlist for its new debit card. The fintech firm wants to provide users with a debit card that serves their “rent-to-mortgage” pr...

TrueLayer, an open banking platform, wants to expand its offer to address the main issues of traditional payment methods: no more long waiting time...

Amidst financial uncertainty, people look for applications that can help them to manage their finances. App Radar found that over 5 million people ...

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Even if a possible European Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is still being discussed, five nations are already pointing out that the currency ...

Walmart has been working on a fintech solution for a while, even involving top investors Ribbit Capital and executives like Omer Ismail and David S...

EMTECH, the popular company focused on providing banking infrastructures, partners with SEC Ghana to deploy an innovative regulatory sandbox. Thank...

As we anticipated in our FTW Weekend newsletter, it seems that fintech companies are the solution to the current crisis. The co-CEO and co-founder ...

AI in finance. The use of artificial intelligence in the financial sector raised questions about the future of work and the fintech industry. Despi...

The FDIC – the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – announced that First Citizens Bank will buy $72 billion worth of Silicon Valley Bank’s as...

Despite the various deals that seem to ease concerns about the banking crisis, in reality investors are still nervous. As Kate Marino points out, t...

The US debt ceiling becomes an increasingly tough topic, since the deadline of June 1 is closer. According to Treasury Secretary Yellen, after that...

While concerns about the actual power of the US economy, the US dollar, and the discussions related to debt ceiling, other currencies might challen...

Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are just a part of the current talks surrounding the global financial and economic system. People still ...

IndexGPT, the ChatGPT rival created by JPMorgan Chase, was registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on May 11. In April, the CEO ...

FTW Vintage: an article published by FinTech Weekly to highlight how banks can benefit from the use of blockchain technology, something that is bec...

At the Amsterdam Money 20/20, many were the definitions of generative AI given by bankers. They were positive thoughts and opinions, and even if mo...

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Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in Germany, applied with BaFin (the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) to get the license for its digital ass...

Fidelity International is exploring European markets. The goal of the company is to provide secured loans to SMEs – something that European entrepr...

We are looking for a Growth Strategy Manager to help our continued expansion across Europe and the US.

A new episode of FI podcast to discuss recent fintech news with Jonas Lornell (Majority) and Nadia Edwards-Dashti (Harrington Starr). Among the mos...

Crypto-based financial products will become more popular. HSBC opens futures Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) based on Bitcoin and Ethereum to its Hong...

Banks & Cryptocurrencies. In the European Union, lawmakers agreed on the capital requirements for banks that hold cryptocurrencies. This is a t...

EVO Payments is looking for talented team members.

A new episode to discuss recent fintech news. Among the most important events, the European Union plans for open banking.

Fintech in Africa. SoLo Funds, the US community-led lending platform, is expanding to Nigeria to serve unbanked people.

At Discover, be part of a culture where diversity, teamwork and collaboration reign. Join a company that is just as employee focused as it is on it...

A new episode to discuss recent fintech news. Among the most important events, the European Union plans for open banking.

Fintech in Africa. SoLo Funds, the US community-led lending platform, is expanding to Nigeria to serve unbanked people.

At Discover, be part of a culture where diversity, teamwork and collaboration reign. Join a company that is just as employee focused as it is on it...

As Head of Project Management, you will assume a critical leadership role within our payments fintech company. This position requires an experience...

Diversification is becoming a must for Mastercard, and the set of new products it’s launching proves that. Open banking is becoming a major player,...

Mobilize Financial Services is Hiring talented Business Analyst

AI & banking in Africa – First Bank of Nigeria managed to gather a number of achievements and recognitions. One of its unique features is its ...

A Banking Operations Specialist is an expert in operations with in-depth process and tooling expertise. The role is in the Payment Operations team,...

Extreme weather events are always more common, and they’re becoming the rule more than the exception. Despite this, Republicans oppose financial tr...

Despite the drop in fintech funding, there are some economies that perform better than others. The UK is one of them: the country ranked second glo...

Extreme weather events are always more common, and they’re becoming the rule more than the exception. Despite this, Republicans oppose financial tr...

Despite the drop in fintech funding, there are some economies that perform better than others. The UK is one of them: the country ranked second glo...

As we're aware, the pandemic prompted individuals and businesses to reevaluate many routine activities. Financial transactions, which form a core p...

As we're aware, the pandemic prompted individuals and businesses to reevaluate many routine activities. Financial transactions, which form a core p...

Singaporean fintech companies are scaling up despite challenges from banks and reduced funding, targeting an increased demand for payment and remit...

The Middle East, especially nations like UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, is witnessing a surge in FinTech mobile app development due to increased mo...

The business methods and tools we adopted during the pandemic proved so convenient that they have become permanent fixtures. Eileen Dignen, the Glo...

Special guests Ron Shevlin and Reggie Young delve into generative AI and chatbots. They explore the revolutionary tools banks and fintechs can depl...

Lori Beer, CIO of JPMorgan Chase, is enthusiastic about AI's transformative potential. Yet, she cautions that AI's full integration into banking is...

The Federal Reserve (Fed) has issued official warnings to Goldman Sachs regarding risks and compliance. The regulator's concerns are related to the...

Ritu Singh discusses the changing fintech landscape with her hosts and how it is impacting the banking industry.

Hosted Checkout, Acquired.com's highly customizable and pre-built solution, is designed to allow merchants to accept credit and debit cards, as wel...

Despite the significant impact of fintech startups in Latin America—a region that is notably underbanked—venture capital volumes have decreased by ...

The incumbent will be responsible for leading the end to end process of the Production of the Annual and Interim reports of HSBC Continental Europe...

Conscious of the competition brought by fintech firms, one of the largest banking groups in Europe, Intesa Sanpaolo Group, launched a digital platf...

Information Services Group, a leading global tech research firm, says that banking and financial firms are navigating economic uncertainty, cyber r...

PayU, a leading payment and Fintech company in 50+ high-growth markets throughout Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East ...

FinextraTV hosts Richard Kalas and Simon Thompson to discuss recent developments in fintech, from GFT’s Banking Disruption Index to the next evolut...

Mastercard participated in the Annual Conference organized by FinanceMalta, sharing insights on the Maltese fintech landscape and a set of strategi...

Credit Union Times analyzes some trends that should be incorporated into fintech blueprints. Among them, open banking and the use of API, embedded ...

An AI product manager is responsible for developing and actively managing the product road map for data driven AI products being developed at Money...

Fintech firm Weavr discontinues its open banking payments app, Comma, moving towards an API-only solution, leveraging its technology in embedded fi...

Bain Capital, LP is one of the world’s leading private multi-asset alternative investment firms with approximately $160 billion of assets under man...

Symbotic, an AI-driven warehouse technology firm, has garnered attention from giants like Walmart and Softbank. The company provides an AI-powered ...

Fintech firms are leveraging AI to navigate the intricate landscape of compliance, with AI-driven solutions offering a competitive edge in the indu...

Amid escalating tensions and conflict with Hamas, major Wall Street banks including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley have advised their ...

Intesa Sanpaolo pioneers as the first European bank to harness artificial intelligence for regulatory analysis. Adopting the "RegTech" solution, th...

The fintech sector has evolved from being seen as a competitor to traditional banks to becoming a collaborative partner, ushering in a new financia...

Goldman Sachs is testing a generative AI initiative aimed at enhancing the productivity of bankers' meetings and strengthening client relationships...

Banks are increasingly exploring blockchain technology for issuing digital bonds, aiming to streamline the traditionally slow and costly debt issua...

The Financial Times delves into why technology, particularly artificial intelligence, is increasingly preferred for verifying bank customer identit...

Before the Biden administration's significant executive order on AI regulation was unveiled, banks and fintech executives gathered at Money20/20 to...

Chinese banks are adopting artificial intelligence to cut labor costs and boost efficiency, despite facing technical and regulatory challenges. The...

Dive into the advancements of Blockchain within the Banking and Financial Services sector alongside Sarang Bhoyar and Prof. Himanshu Tyagi at the G...

JPMorgan's blockchain endeavors are expanding, with its Onyx division aiming to handle settlements in sterling, building on its experience of manag...

Fintech industry experts are observing the impact of the White House's executive order on artificial intelligence, confident in their ability to ad...

Brazilian neobank Nubank has reached a milestone with over 90 million customers, primarily in Brazil. The bank reported a significant increase in p...

Fnality International, a fintech firm, has raised €89 million in a Series B funding round, led by notable investors like Goldman Sachs and BNP Pari...

The European Central Bank (ECB) has raised concerns about the prolonged slump in the commercial property sector, which could pose a threat to banks...

Indonesia's central bank, in collaboration with major fintech associations, has introduced ethical guidelines for AI use in fintech. This move, emp...

Mia-Platform has partnered with Genio Diligence to integrate AI-assisted credit checks into its embedded finance platform. This collaboration aims ...

Despite stock market fluctuations, the fintech sector has experienced explosive growth, with the number of fintech unicorns reaching 272, cumulativ...

Ankur Ghosh, CEO of SSV Capital, outlines the company's significant progress, including the London Stock Exchange listing and the upcoming soft lau...

Spain's CaixaBank is creating a multi-disciplinary team to develop generative AI, aiming to enhance internal processes and customer experiences. Th...

India's central bank has tightened regulations on unsecured consumer loans, impacting fintech lenders like Paytm. The Reserve Bank of India's move ...

Bloc, an emerging African fintech startup, has unveiled its new business banking platform in Lagos, Nigeria, designed for modern, tech-savvy busine...

In a revealing conversation, Manish Bhatia, a tech industry stalwart with over 20 years of experience, shares his insights on fintech's evolution. ...

In 2024, Asia Pacific's fintech sector is set to embrace a 'balanced vision,' focusing on stable growth with a prudent approach. A key trend is the...

The fintech market in 2024 is poised for transformative changes, driven by emerging technologies like Open Finance, generative AI, and Account-to-A...

Yvonne Ng, Regional Director APAC at Elliptic, emphasizes the critical need for collaboration between traditional financial institutions and crypto...

The fintech technologies market is poised for remarkable growth, with a projected CAGR of 24.79% through 2032, expanding from USD 136.73 billion to...

The FinTech industry is facing a surge in fraud and financial crime, driven by advanced technologies like mobile banking and digital payments. Crim...

Recent regulatory guidelines from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are significantly impacting the Indian financial services sector, initiating tran...

Phalanx Impact Partners, focused on environmental and community betterment, invests in Dallas-based FinTech firm CollateralEdge. The innovative sol...

Risk Management Benchmarks 2024 report indicates only a quarter of central banks (25.8% of 31 surveyed) revised their cyber security and fintech ri...

HSBC's new FX app, Zing, marks its latest venture in the fintech arena, following partnerships and investments in platforms like Tradeshift and Mon...

In addressing the critical challenge of slow crypto-to-cash conversions that hampers broader cryptocurrency adoption, Renegade, a Web3 financial pl...

The Bank of England and the UK Treasury have assured that user data associated with the proposed digital pound, a state-backed cryptoasset, will re...

Banco do Brasil has led an investment in Traive through the BB Impacto ASG I Fund to support technological innovation, operational expansion in Bra...

A study by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) on central banks' use of artificial intelligence (AI) has highlighted potential risks with ...

A new era of artificial intelligence, highlighted by technologies like OpenAI's ChatGPT, is expected to significantly affect high-paying white-coll...

Banks are exploring generative AI's potential, particularly in small-business lending, to streamline the loan application process. These AI models,...

The anticipation surrounding the integration of generative AI technologies like ChatGPT into the financial services sector is high, with prediction...

Banks are exploring generative AI's potential, particularly in small-business lending, to streamline the loan application process. These AI models,...

The anticipation surrounding the integration of generative AI technologies like ChatGPT into the financial services sector is high, with prediction...

Banks are exploring generative AI's potential, particularly in small-business lending, to streamline the loan application process. These AI models,...

The anticipation surrounding the integration of generative AI technologies like ChatGPT into the financial services sector is high, with prediction...

Haris Karonis, founder and CEO of Viva Wallet, a fintech co-owned by JPMorgan, has initiated legal action against the banking giant, alleging that ...

Carbon, established in 2016 and known for providing instant loans, BNPL services, savings plans, and a debit card to Nigerians, is expanding into t...

Simone Mensink of IG&H and Hein Wegdam of ING Real Estate discuss the future of credit assessment, focusing on combining artificial intelligenc...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the financial sector, enabling fintech and financial services to develop advanced embedded finance ...

Bud Financial, a leading data intelligence platform, has partnered with Fintech Galaxy, a pioneer in open banking and financial innovation, aiming ...

The Fintech Benchmarks 2024 report reveals that most central banks lack staff training in artificial intelligence (AI), with only 37.1% of 35 surve...

Fintech has undergone significant transformation recently, largely driven by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)...

Investment Evolution Credit plc (IEC), a prominent global fintech group, has unveiled a strategic partnership that has led to the formation of MRAL...

Banks are intensively enhancing their AI capabilities across all operations, investing heavily in both technology and personnel. This episode delve...

In a tech-advanced yet paradoxical world, the slow adoption of innovative payment technologies stands out. The gradual success of systems like Expr...

BNP Paribas and Citi have taken a pioneering step by investing in United Fintech, a digital transformation platform that is gaining attention amids...

Swiss fintech startup nsave, aimed at democratizing access to Swiss banking for individuals in countries plagued by unstable banking sectors or ram...

The Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) and HSBC have launched a three-year strategic partnership to foster innovation and e...

Synctera, a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) startup, has undergone restructuring, leading to a workforce reduction, the company confirmed to TechCrunch...

Rakuten Group is set to merge its fintech divisions into a single unit to enhance collaboration and customer acquisition, spanning online banking, ...

Fintech is revolutionizing Nigeria's banking, enhancing financial service reach and efficiency, and contributing significantly to the African finte...

Swiss fintech nsave, co-founded by Amer Baroudi, offers secure foreign accounts to individuals from economically unstable regions to protect their ...

Technology is reshaping banking and finance in the Middle East, driven by a youthful population, high mobile usage, and government initiatives towa...

Financial technology firm Revolut plans to invest over $100 million in Mexico this year, capitalizing on record remittance flows, according to the ...

The digital transformation in banking is being driven by strategic partnerships that enhance customer experiences and streamline operations. An exa...