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Bango targets Google Play users in Nigeria

Bango (AIM: BGO), the mobile payments company, announces that it has launched operator-billed payments for Google Play users with 9mobile in Nigeria.

15 November 2017

Company update/Personal finance

Oval Money arrives on Android

Oval Money, a leading savings and financial education app, has now launched for Android and is available on Google Play.

09 November 2017

News/Personal finance

Starling integrates with Yolt

UK money management app Yolt has integrated with Starling Bank, enabling customers of the digital challenger to view their account details alongside those from other providers.

07 November 2017

News/Personal finance

AI-driven finance app Douugh partners Choice Financial for checking account

San Francisco-based fintech startup Douugh has teamed up with community bank Choice Financial to launch an app-based checking account and debit card that will lean heavily on AI to help users better manage their money.

06 November 2017

News/Personal finance

Wells Fargo to launch PFM-based mobile-only account

Wells Fargo is to launch a new mobile-only customer account tied to a standalone AI-based budgeting and savings app.

03 November 2017

Company update/Personal finance

Aus social finance app Finch secures $2.25 million in seed financing

Finch, ‘a financial app for your social life’ has secured $2.25m in seed funding just three months after launch.

01 November 2017

News/Personal finance

Japan's banks plan 33,000 job cuts in digital downsizing

Japan's megabanks are planning to make huge, long-term cuts to their workforces as they increasingly turn to artificial intelligence (AI) and automation in a bid to streamline operations and cut costs.

31 October 2017

News/Personal finance

Halloween howler: HSBC suffers online banking gremlins

High street bank HSBC was forced to apologise to UK customers after its online banking service went down for a chunk of Friday.

27 October 2017

Company update/Personal finance

Current raises $5m

Financial technology company Current today announced today it has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round led by QED Investors, with additional investment from Cota Capital.

25 October 2017

News/Personal finance

Nordea joins EUR14 million funding round in PFM startup Tink

Nordea is among a clutch of banks to have taken an equity stake in and signed a licensing deal with Swedish PFM startup Tink.

24 October 2017

Company update/Personal finance

AI startup Change wins BBVA Open Talent competition

An artificial inteligence startup aiming to give everyone their own virtual personal financial advisor has been named as the winner of the 2017 BBVA Open Talent Competition.

19 October 2017

News/Personal finance

Moneyfarm acquires tech behind PFM chatbot Ernest

UK digital wealth platform Moneyfarm is aiming to move into the personal financial management space with the acquisition of financial chatbot technology startup Ernest.

06 October 2017

News/Personal finance

HSBC moves into open banking

HSBC is testing a platform that lets customers see all of their accounts, no matter who the provider, on one screen.

28 September 2017

News/Personal finance

BBVA rolls out financial health diagnosis tool

Spain's BBVA has added a diagnostics tool to its app that gives customers a picture of their financial health and then offers a made-to-measure plan for improving it.

20 September 2017

News/Personal finance

ING-backed money management app Yolt gets smarter

Yolt, the UK money management app backed by Dutch banking giant ING, has added a host of new features, including a money transfer comparison service.

19 September 2017

Company update/Personal finance

Moven builds AI into latest app upgrade

Today, the team at Moven is releasing the latest update to their financial wellness platform. The release will be available in the Google Play and App store in the United States, as the team gears up to roll out the innovations for their global bank partners.

14 September 2017

Company update/Personal finance

Digital Onboarding and Geezeo team up

Digital Onboarding Inc. today announced a partnership with Geezeo, the US based financial digital financial management provider. Digital Onboarding is the first digital SaaS platform dedicated to increasing bank customer activation rates.

07 September 2017

News/Personal finance

Square applies for bank status

Square, the fintech startup headed by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, has made an official application in the US for a banking license, ending months of speculation about its plans but also reigniting the argument about the use of industrial loans charters (ILCs).

07 September 2017

Company update/Personal finance

Assetz Capital's P2P lending platform gets FCA approval

Today, Assetz Capital, one of the UK’s largest Peer-to-Peer platforms, announced it has received full authorisation from the UK regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

05 September 2017

Company update/Personal finance

Acorns Australia hits $100m AuM milestone

Acorns Australia, the micro-investing app, has reached a milestone of over a $100 million funds under management (FuM), highlighting the appetite among Australians for new ways to save and invest.

30 August 2017