Challenger bank Knab taps facial biometrics company iProov for its customer authentication services
Dutch online bank Knab prides itself on supplying a human service backed by the latest technology. To that end, it has just teamed up with biometrics company iProov.
Willa collects $3m in a seed round to make it easier for freelancers
Willa has raised $3m in funding to make it easier for freelancers to arrange for payments and to get control of their finances.
Hunters collects $15m in Series A round
Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity company Hunters has bagged $15m in a Series A funding round from Microsoft M12 and U.S. Venture Partners.
The state of cybersecurity in the remote workforce
Over the past few months, the world has had to get used to a new normal. Offices are now largely ghost towns and employees have been settling into a working-from-home lifestyle.
Capital raises $9m in seed round led by AME Cloud Ventures
Fundraising FinTech Capital has closed a $9m seed funding round led by AME Cloud Ventures.
Bud launches open banking API
UK-based FinTech Bud has launched an open banking and PSD2-compliant solution to provide an alternative to card payments and bank transfers.
Zenus Bank becomes Visa principal member
As the US challenger bank Zenus Bank gears up to open later in 2020, it has now become a principal member of Visa.
Revolut users can now trade with silver on the challenger bank’s app
UK neobank Revolut has announced that its standard, Premium and Metal customers can now access silver through the Revolut app.
Pockit accounts are back in service after FCA lifts Wirecard restrictions
Neobank Pockit was one of the FinTech startups that had to halt its services after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) froze all of Wirecard's regulated activities, but now it is back in business.
FCA allows Wirecard to resume operational activities
Last week the UK's top financial markets watchdog ordered Wirecard to freeze all of its regulated activities in the country. Now it has lifted the ban.