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TCF 2022: Closing the void between banking and fintech

Banking as a Service (BaaS) and Banking as a Platform (BaaP) were key themes throughout both days of the Temenos Community Forum (TCF). These topics were also hit on during a session about how to scale your business, led by Ross Mallace – speakers executive vice president, global head of SaaS and partner ecosystem at Temenos.

19 May 2022

News/cloud

TCF 2022: Plug-and-play required for hyper-personalisation

Max Chuard, Temenos CEO, opened the Temenos Community Forum 2022 (TCF) introducing a number of the key themes to be covered during the conference, from embedded finance, to disruptive technologies, disintermediation, new business models, composable services, and sustainability.

19 May 2022

News/retail

Israeli BaaS player Unit raises $100 million to expand into credit markets

Israeli banking-as-a-Service platform Unit has raised $100 million in a Series C round led by global software investor Insight Partners.

19 May 2022

Company update/retail

Digidoe unveils BaaS offering

Digidoe, the UK-based fintech start-up which aims to revolutionise the world’s payments infrastructure, has unveiled a super-fast ‘Banking as a Service’ (BaaS) solution which enables innovative businesses to launch a new digital bank within 72 hours.

13 May 2022

Company update/startups

Brazil's Dock raises $110m

Dock, a leading full-stack payments and digital banking platform across Latin America, announced today that it has raised $110 million in growth funding led by Lightrock and Silver Lake Waterman, with participation from existing investors Riverwood Capital, Viking Global Investors and Sunley House Capital, bringing its valuation to over $1.5 billion.

12 May 2022

Company update/regulation

BaaS startup Griffin submits application for UK banking authorisation

Today, Griffin – a UK Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) fintech – announces the completion of an important step in its application for a banking licence.

12 May 2022

News/cloud

Temenos Community Forum 2022 theme announced

As media partner for the Temenos Community Forum, Finextra can reveal the theme for the first in-person event Temenos has held in three years.

05 May 2022

Company update/startups

Hay Group launches Shaype

Australia’s Hay Group is launching Shaype to redefine what is possible in financial innovation, fintech and embedded financial experiences.

02 May 2022

News/devops

Finastra announces Hack to the Future 4 winners

Finastra has named the winners of its Hack to the Future 4 annual global hackathon.

28 April 2022

News/payments

Mondu moves into online B2B BNPL with BaaS support from Raisin

Germany's Mondu is to offer buy now, pay later services to online B2B merchants and marketplaces through a Banking-as-a-Service collaboration with Raisin Bank.

27 April 2022

News/retail

SEB signs new fintech startup as first BaaS customer

Sweden's SEB has signed Humla, a fintech startup from retail congolomerate Axel Johnson, as the first customer for its banking-as-a-service platform.

27 April 2022

Company update/payments

Evolve Bank & Trust and Bond Financial partner for Banking-as-a-service platform

Evolve Bank & Trust and Bond Financial Technologies, Inc. are pushing the boundaries of embedded finance to bring innovation to companies that want to offer financial products to their customers.

22 April 2022

News/people

Finastra hires Isabel Fernandez to lead lending biz unit

Finastra has appointed former ING Bank board member Isabel Fernandez as EVP for the company’s lending business unit.

22 April 2022

News/startups

Plaid co-founder unveils bank for fintechs

Plaid co-founder William Hockey has taken the wraps off his new venture, a bank he is running with his wife that is built specifically to help developers creating financial products.

22 April 2022

News/predictions

Retail banks must embrace data-centric capabilities to see off fintech challenge - report

As fintech upstarts snap at their heels, retail bank executives are concerned that they are lagging in their ability to offer true omnichannel and personalised experiences, according to a report from Capgemini and Efma.

21 April 2022

Finextra TV/payments

Banking as a Service is gaining unstoppable momentum

Margaret Franco, CMO, Finastra & Craig Ramsay, HSBC Global Head of Innovation and Partnerships, Global Liquidity and Cash Management share their outlook for BaaS in 2022 and beyond, and discuss the unstoppable momentum that is being gained.

20 April 2022

Company update/retail

FIS opens Banking-as-a-Service hub

Financial technology leader FIS® (NYSE: FIS) today announced its Banking-as-a-Service Hub, enabling banks, credit unions, and fintechs to build the digital banking and payments ecosystems they need to deliver innovation to merchants and consumers.

12 April 2022

Company update/wholesale

OneConnect enters BaaS space with Pismo partnership

OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd (OneConnect), the leading Technology-as-a-Service (TaaS) provider and an associate of Ping An Group, today announced a 10-year exclusive strategic partnership with Pismo, one of the world’s fastest-growing banking Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) firm with a momentum in the Americas and Europe.

12 April 2022

News/wholesale

Finastra unlocks lending for Microsoft Dynamics 365 users

Finastra has formed a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) collaboration with Microsoft to provide access to finance for SME's using Microsoft Dynamics 365.

12 April 2022

Company update/payments

BlueSnap launches embedded payments suite globally

BlueSnap, a global payment orchestration platform committed to helping B2B and B2C businesses accept and optimize payments around the world, has launched its Embedded Payments and Payfac-as-a-Service offering for software platforms looking to scale their customer base globally.

07 April 2022