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UK bank Standard Chartered is planning to roll out its video banking service to more than five million users across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
21 July 2016
Santander has doubled the size of its fintech investment fund, from $100 million to $200 million, in what the bank describes as a sign of commitment to its philosophy of collaborating with startups.
19 July 2016
Sweden's SEB has contributed $4.2 million to a $10 million funding round in local PFM outfit Tink, making it the fifth-largest shareholder in the 10-person startup.
19 May 2016
Ally Financial is piloting an app called 'Splurge Alert' that uses geolocation technology to identify when users are near to stores that they overspend in and alerts friends who can intervene.
21 April 2016
Early-stage venture firm 500 Startups is launching a $25 million fintech fund focussed on investing in startups building "financial services for the rest of us".
24 February 2016
Neo-bank Moven has struck deals with loan refinancing startups CommonBond and Payoff as it seeks to burnish its "financial wellbeing" credentials.
28 January 2016
Lending firms dominate the fintech funding scene, pulling in nearly two thirds of all investment in digital banking startups in 2015, according to CB Insights.
07 January 2016
ABN Amro is to test a new personal financial management app developed in association with Swedish firm Tink, in a prime example of the bank's determination to work with smaller fintech startups on the creation of novel banking applications.
16 December 2015
The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities – EBA, EIOPA and Esma – has opened up a debate about the risks and benefits of robo-advisors in financial markets.
04 December 2015
Meniga has been awarded a global contract by Santander Group Markets to deploy Personal Financial Management (PFM) tools to clients across multiple business lines and geographies.
10 November 2015
Fintech startups in the San Francisco Bay Area tend to raise far more in capital funding than those in other parts of the US, figures put together by the Financial Solutions Lab (FinLab) suggest.
14 September 2015
New Zealand's ASB is bringing the piggy bank into the digital, cashless age, ditching the coin slot for a display screen that helps kids keep track of their pocket money.
Personal finance behemoth Intuit is preparing to flog off the family silver with the proposed sale of its flagship accounting software package Quicken.
21 August 2015
The UK could be swamped by P2P lenders after it emerged that more than 100 companies have sought regulatory authorisation while almost 200 are already operating via interim permission from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
11 August 2015
Online army bank USAA has enlisted vendor Nuance Communications for the launch of a virtual assistant app dedicated to helping millennials save money.
22 July 2015
The UK arm of Santander has launched a virtual 'cash kitty' app that lets up to 100 people create and manage collective pots of money.
A $3 million pot put up by JPMorgan Chase is being split between nine finetch startups that have won a competition aimed at finding ways to help households better manage their money.
12 June 2015
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management has teamed up with education technology outfit EverFi to launch a web-based financial education programme.
14 May 2015
Tech giant Accenture has formed an alliance with neo-bank Moven to develop and sell digital tools to financial services firms around the world.
13 May 2015
Australians are relying more on digital platforms to manage their money. ANZ’s latest Adult Financial Literacy Survey found that nearly three quarters of people now bank online, up from 63% during the last 2011 survey.
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