Zopa finally acquires its banking license and prepares to launch its first product
Peer-to-peer lending platform Zopa has received its full banking licence and will look to launch a new set of products, beginning with a fixed-term savings account.
Curve inks deal with Samsung to launch new digital payment solution Samsung Pay Card
Samsung Pay has signed a partnership with the digital banking platform Curve and Mastercard to launch the Samsung Pay Card.
Mastercard to acquire open banking FinTech Finicity in $825m deal
North American FinTech Finicity is being sold to Mastercard in a $825m deal, with the payments giant planning to leverage the acquisition to further its push into open banking.
Symphonic’s founder says watching the door is no longer enough when it comes to...
Symphonic Software has gone from being a cybersecurity research project to offering a contextualised data user experience to massive banks and governments around the world.
Bitcoin wallet HandCash bags new investment from Two Hop Ventures and Unbounded Capital
HandCash fashions itself the embodiment of bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto's vision and now it has strengthened its financial muscles to keep developing its cryptocurrency wallet through a new funding round.
MoneyGram partners up with Global Money Express
Cross-border payments and money transfer company MoneyGram has inked a partnership with Global Money Express, the South Korean money transfer and payment FinTech company.
Why FinTech companies can’t rest on their laurels despite being ideally placed to weather...
While many FinTech firms could be ideally placed to leverage the coronavirus to their advantage, they still have much to do to capitalise on the situation.
Branch launches its InsurTech services into Missouri
Branch, which helps consumers to find the best home and auto insurance, has launched its My Community Discount service in Missouri.
Over half of industry professionals expect the startup ecosystem to take a year to...
More than half of industry professionals expect it to take a minimum of 12 months before the stratup ecosystem recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, research shows.
Speechmatics teams up with Daisee to improve transcriptions
Speech recognition technology developer Speechmatics has teamed up with speech analytics software Daisee.