Banking Infrastructure

Santander becomes majority stakeholder in Ebury after £350m deal

Ebury, a trade and foreign exchange facilitator for small and medium-sized companies, has collected £350m in an investment from Banco Santander.

Upcoming SME bank Recognise picks Mambu for its banking infrastructure

Recognise is a new upcoming SME bank expected to launch in 2020. It has now taken another step towards the launch by tapping Mambu to provide its banking software.

Consolidated Bank Ghana taps Temenos for its banking core system

Founded in 2018, Consolidated Bank Ghana is the consolidation of five different banks. It is now live, having enlisted Temenos, the bank and financial services software company, for help.

What will tech titans entering the FinTech sector mean for competition, talent and the...

Uber has taken another step into FinTech scene. As other big tech firms are also viewing the opportunities of the sector, the industry might change considerably.

Visa partners with TrueLayer and contributes to the open banking API startup’s $35m Series...

London-based TrueLayer has just received a major vote of confidence for its open banking API platform.

Fairmarkit scores $11m in Series A led by Insight Partners

Fairmarkit, an AI-powered tail spend management solution, has scored $11m in its Series A round led by Insight Partners.

UAE-based Bayzat collects $16m Series B

Bayzat, company offering human resources, payroll, and employee benefits, has collected $16m in its Series B.

Expat banking solution Denizen shuts down after failing to scale

Denizen is shutting down barely three years after the global banking solution first saw the light.

Galileo bags $77m in funding round to keep supporting companies like Robinhood, Revolut and...

Banking software company Galileo Financial Technologies has scored $77m in an investment round led by venture capital firm Accel.

OTP Bank launches its third later-stage startup partner programme for FinTechs and RegTechs

Financial service provider OTP Bank has opened its application process for the latest batch of its later-stage startup programme.

News Stories

Strong week in the FinTech sector with $1.7bn raised

FinTech Global this week reported on 21 recorded deals in the FinTech sector, with a strong showing in the reinsurance space bringing the total value recorded over $1bn.

EU regulator suggests revamp in sustainable investment rules

The ESMA has recently recommended a significant overhaul of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) within the EU.
MNT-Halan, Egypt’s largest non-bank financial institution and FinTech, has acquired Tam Finans, a prominent commercial finance company in Turkey.

MNT-Halan expands into Turkey with acquisition of Tam Finans

MNT-Halan, Egypt’s largest non-bank financial institution and FinTech, has acquired Tam Finans, a prominent commercial finance company in Turkey.

EU banks and insurers lag in green compliance, PwC study finds

A recent PwC study has uncovered a striking deficiency in the alignment of financial institutions’ activities with the EU's taxonomy for sustainable activities. According...
India

India’s new climate finance taxonomy to propel green transition

India is poised to implement a climate finance taxonomy, as announced by the Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman, during the annual budget.

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