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Experian buys credit checking start-up ClearScore for $385m
Experian buys ClearScore Experian is to acquire ClearScore, a two year-old UK firm that offers free credit checks for consumers and has over 6 million customers. It comes with a price tag of £275...
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BMO launches banking chatbot with Finn.ai
BMO launches consumer banking chatbot Finn.ai, a Canada-based developer of conversational banking tech, has launched a new personal banking chatbot for the Bank of Montreal (BMO). The chatbot – called...
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bPay teams with seven brands to launch contactless payment watches
Contactless watches for every taste Barclaycard’s bPay payment unit has partnered with seven watch brands “to meet growing demand for contactless payment timepieces”, the company says. These include...
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Mastercard and IBM join forces for new “data trust”, Truata
Mastercard and IBM team for new “data trust” Mastercard and IBM have founded Truata, an independent trust to allow companies to conduct analytics while complying with the upcoming General Data...
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New Pelikin app fits the bill for globetrotting millennials
New app for globetrotting millennials Digital banking start-up Pelikin aims to reshape the way people save, send and spend their money in Australia and while travelling abroad. The company’s slogan is...
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BB&T scraps SAP core banking tech project
SAP’s US core banking tech project is no more EXCLUSIVE: US-based banking heavyweight, Branch Banking & Trust (BB&T), is believed to have halted the project to implement a new core banking...
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Form3 connects Ebury to UK Faster Payments in “industry first” service
Form3, a UK-based cloud tech provider of Payments-as-a-Service processing for banks and fintechs, has gained a new client, Ebury. Ebury, which specialises in corporate global transaction services, is...
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equensWorldline to process instant payments for de Volksbank
New paytech project for equensWorldline in the Netherlands De Volksbank, a major banking group in the Netherlands, has chosen equensWorldline to process its immediate payments transactions. De...
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SAB lands new core banking tech deal in West Africa
The Confédération des Institutions Financières d’Afrique de l’Ouest (CIF), a microfinance group in Sub-Saharan Africa, has signed for a new core banking system, SAB AT, from French banking tech vendor...
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Saudi Real Estate Refinance Company live on TCS Bancs core system
SRC to refinance up to $20bn of mortgage debt in Saudi Arabia over five years Saudi Real Estate Refinance Company (SRC) has implemented the TCS Bancs platform from TCS Financial Solutions for its core...
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UK regulator grants Tide e-money authorisation
UK-based SME banking start-up Tide is “entering adulthood” as it turns 15 months old, “in a distinctly youthful way and with plenty more to come”. “Milestones matter. They mark progress and the making...
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Aviva in major digital tech revamp with Atos
Aviva in digital tech revamp Insurance and asset management firm Aviva has signed a tech modernisation deal with Atos. The vendor will deliver “cross enterprise critical data services” to Aviva over a...
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Gatehouse Bank launches Islamic home financing platform
UK-based challenger Gatehouse Bank has launched a Shari’ah-compliant home finance platform. It is underpinned by a bespoke case management solution, based on BEP Systems’ Apprivo2. It uses...
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Affirm introduces in-store capabilities; integrates virtual cards with Apple Pay
US start-up Affirm reinvents credit Affirm, a start-up in the US launched by PayPal’s co-founder Max Levchin, will partner with merchants to make Affirm financing available in-store. The company, which...
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Beacon Community Bank opts for Jack Henry’s Silverlake core banking system
New bank in the US, Beacon Community Bank Beacon Community Bank, a start-up bank in the US state of South Carolina, has implemented the Silverlake core banking system from domestic banking tech...
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FICO revamps risk management tech at Basisbank
New tech project for FICO in Denmark Denmark-based online lender Basisbank is implementing FICO’s Blade Advisor rules management system to “control credit risk and accelerate its digital...
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Digital bank bunq launches Apple Pay; comes to Italy and Spain
Bunq, a new digital bank from the Netherlands, is expanding into Spain and Italy, and has also introduced Apple Pay – the first in the Netherlands. “At bunq our firm belief is that usability can always...
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SIA wins ABN Amro’s paytech tender
SIA wins ABN Amro’s paytech tender ABN Amro has turned to Italian paytech vendor SIA for instant payments access. SIA won the tender to connect ABN Amro to EBA Clearing’s pan-European instant payments...
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P2P investor Bondster implements Leveris’ core banking tech
“Breaking the habits of investing” Bondster Marketplace, a new peer-to-peer (P2P) investment platform in the Czech Republic, has implemented Leveris‘ core processing platform. This is Leveris’ first...
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Bank of Ceylon combats financial crime with CustomerXPs’ tech
CustomerXPs gains new client in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s largest bank, Bank of Ceylon (BOC), has signed for CustomerXPs’ Clari5 anti-money laundering (AML) solution for combating money laundering threats...
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