Three challenges facing European challenger banks when they go to the US
From regulatory loops to jump through to massive competition, European challenger banks have many obstacle to overcome if they want to expand across the pond.
CaixaBank is rolling out ATMs equipped with facial recognition technology
Spanish banking and insurance company CaixaBank is embarking on a new biometrics-powered initiative to add more security for its users.
Commonwealth Bank bans using banking service for abusive messages
Hot on the heels of the industry doubling down on preventing financial abuse, one of Australia's biggest banks has stepped up to prevent harassment...
Tink to support PayPal across Europe and receives strategic investment
Swedish open banking company Tink has filled its coffers by signing an extended commercial agreement with PayPal which now sees it include all countries within the European Economic Area (EEA).
Financial institutions individually spent over €50m on open banking last year
Open banking may have divided market stakeholders about how successful the initiatives have been so far, but that hasn't stopped financial firms from spending a lot of dosh on it.
indó formally takes a stand against money laundering with new Lucinity partnership
In its mission to rebuild trust in the banking industry, Icelandic neobank indó has signed a partnership with Lucinity to bolster its anti-money laundering (AML) defences.
Tink integrates with Nordea’s Nordic app to deliver personalised financial overviews for customers
Open banking startup Tink has integrated its software into Nordea’s mobile banking app to deliver a personalised financial overview for the bank’s customers in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.
48 RegTech and FinTech funding rounds you missed in the last two weeks
The last two weeks have seen everything from huge $1bn investments rounds to undisclosed seed rounds. Let's check some of them out.
Open banking startup Yapily raises $13m in Series A funding round to drive growth...
Open banking startup Yapily raises $13m in Series A funding round to drive growth across Europe
Pannovate enlists Salt Edge’s customer authentication services
British payment and digital banking technology venture Pannovate has partnered up with Salt Edge, the customer authentication company, to provide clients with a smooth way of launching regulatory compliant banking and payment services.
