Industry news
The quickly-rising number of conferences, InsurTech (insurance technology) hubs, podcasts and online InsurTech magazines across the globe is indicative of an industry that is looking to reshape its image, products, and customer experience.
A.T. Kearney is predicting the demise of one in ten European banks over the next five years as more agile digital challengers embrace the changes wrought by Open Banking to increase their market reach.
Konsentus, a RegTech company that delivers SaaS solutions to Financial Institutions to enable them to be PSD2 Open Banking compliant have announced a new strategic relationship with Neonomics.
Khaleeji Commercial Bank has become the first bank in Bahrain to be fully compliant with the Central Bank of Bahrain’s Open Banking directives.
Open Banking is ushering in a brave new world, with many possibilities as to how it could develop. Already parts of the industry are expanding the discussion from Open Banking to Open Finance – looking beyond banking to additional applications.
Bahrain’s national bank partners with Tarabut Gateway, Bahrain’s first licensed open banking systems provider, to enable customers to access new digital services and aggregate all their accounts from different banks
Koho Financial Inc., the Toronto-based company behind a mobile-banking service that has helped more than 120,000 Canadians track their spending, has raised $42-million in growth capital.
Investors in start-up fintech include Amadeus Capital Partners and SixThirty.
Shawbrook Bank has announced it is now live with Monzo offering up its savings products to Monzo customers.
Funding Options has partnered with Runpath, a part of Experian, to develop a cash flow management tool that will allow small business to better manage its finances.