Category: FinTech

  • Payments and FinTech in South Africa: two reports

    Just had a wonderful time in South Africa, a country a love to visit. Going between Johannesburg and Cape Town, there were many great meetings and networking opportunities, and it made me realise how vibrant the African fintech scene is after my recent visit to Cairo. Cape Town is particularly noteworthy as one of the……

  • The Finanser’s Week: 27th May – 2nd June 2024

    The main blog discussions this week include … One account to rule them all? I was having a chat with some friends about the good old days, where everything was domestic and local. We had passbooks, cheques, cash and branches. Ah, those were the days. Life was simple, money was all in one place and……

  • nCino on track to spend $110M on R&D this year

    Cloud-based fintech nCino aims to spend nearly $110 million on research and development for AI and digital banking tools this year.  The Wilmington, N.C.-based company aims to develop automated and digital onboarding as well as AI- and generative AI-driven solutions for predictive analytics, Paul Clarkson, executive vice president of global sales at nCino, told Bank…

  • Movers and shakers: Green Dot appoints Caine to head BaaS

    Digital bank and fintech Green Dot has appointed Renata Caine as the general manager of its banking-as-a-service division.  “BaaS will continue to be an important enabler for companies thinking long term about their relationships with their customers and securing their loyalty through value-added embedded financial services,” Caine told Bank Automation News. “It is a complex…

  • The aggregator on steroids with AI

    Yesterday I talked about the difficulty of managing multiple financial accounts, and that we needed one account to rule them all. The problem with this is that you then have concentration risk, as one account if hacked would mean you would lose it all in seconds. So, what to do? The answer is one aggregated……

  • Things worth reading: 3rd June 2024

    Things we’re reading today include … Global Banks Start Targeting CRE Emissions Risk – Bloomberg Synapse bankruptcy: Yotta CEO says 85,000 bank accounts locked (cnbc.com) Should Canadian bank customers, investors worry about money laundering probes? – National | Globalnews.ca Unleashing the Full Potential of Fintech: Challenges, Opportunities, and a Way Forward (msn.com) Digital Transformation in……

  • The aggregator on steroids with AI

    Yesterday I talked about the difficulty of managing multiple financial accounts, and that we needed one account to rule them all. The problem with this is that you then have concentration risk, as one account if hacked would mean you would lose it all in seconds. So, what to do? The answer is one aggregated……

  • The aggregator on steroids with AI

    Yesterday I talked about the difficulty of managing multiple financial accounts, and that we needed one account to rule them all. The problem with this is that you then have concentration risk, as one account if hacked would mean you would lose it all in seconds. So, what to do? The answer is one aggregated……

  • The aggregator on steroids with AI

    Yesterday I talked about the difficulty of managing multiple financial accounts, and that we needed one account to rule them all. The problem with this is that you then have concentration risk, as one account if hacked would mean you would lose it all in seconds. So, what to do? The answer is one aggregated……

  • The aggregator on steroids with AI

    Yesterday I talked about the difficulty of managing multiple financial accounts, and that we needed one account to rule them all. The problem with this is that you then have concentration risk, as one account if hacked would mean you would lose it all in seconds. So, what to do? The answer is one aggregated……