Latest DevOps News: Finextra Research

Nationwide partners fintechs to build apps that help financially vulnerable

Nationwide Building Society has picked seven fintech startups to take part in its £3 million challenge to develop Open Banking-based apps and services that help financial vulnerable people.

23 April 2019

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Visa introduces APIs for digital-first payment experiences

Visa has unveiled a platform with a set of beta APIs and development tools that help issuers and issuer processors build and test digital payment products.

23 April 2019

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Tackling the fintech talent deficit

Amid continued concerns around the impact Brexit will have on the talent deficit in the financial services industry, Felicity Burch, director of innovation and digital at CBI and Omar Ali, partner at EY discuss how to inspire the next generation of fintech talent with Finextra.

23 April 2019

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Stripe buys Touchtech ahead of new EU online authentication rules

Stripe is gearing up for new EU-wide ecommerce transaction authentication rules by buying Irish biometrics specialist Touchtech Payments. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

17 April 2019

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Fintech firms form association to fight PSD2 corner

A group of European fintech firm have set up a non-profit organisation to fight the corner of third parties on issues related to the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2).

17 April 2019

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US Bank names BBVA's Derek White chief digital officer

US Bank has hired Barclays and BBVA veteran Derek White as its first chief digital officer, putting him in charge of a new combined digital team.

15 April 2019

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CMA9 banks respond to Open Banking mobile app delays

In light of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority scolding five of the CMA9 – Bank of Ireland, Danske Bank, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and Santander – for being in breach of Open Banking delivery on mobile apps, Finextra questions the banks on why deadlines were missed.

12 April 2019

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Extend raises $11m for virtual card issuance platform

Virtual corporate credit card issuance startup Extend has raised $11 million in a Series A funding round led by Point72 Ventures and FinTech Collective.

11 April 2019

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FIS vows to help community banks set up digital units in 90 days

Fintech behemoth FIS has unveiled a tech package it promises will help US community banks and credit unions roll out standalone digital banks in just 90 days.

10 April 2019

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Standard Chartered retools developers for Open Banking age

Standard Chartered is working to turbo-charge its Open Banking capabilities, opening a third party developer portal, inhouse test lab and developer academy.

09 April 2019

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Fintech phenomenon boosts London jobs market

Job creation within the fintech space in London increased by 61% over the past year as the City cemented its standing as a global hub for financial technology startups, according to data from recruitment firm Robert Walters.

09 April 2019

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Bud extols the value of PHP for open banking

In an interview with Finextra, Bud’s chief information and security officer Merlin Gore maintains that PHP is important for open banking, despite the programming language currently being neglected by the wider engineering industry.

05 April 2019

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