Open Banking Expo UK returns to London in October

This year’s Expo, with headline partner Token, features speakers from Barclays, Starling Bank, GoCardless and the FCA across nine stages.

Digital assets exchange KoinKoin to double headcount

The company’s expansion plans come as its annual revenues exceed $40 million in over-the-counter transactions.

Q&A: Nethone’s Hubert Rachwalski on achieving frictionless payments without compromising security

Hubert Rachwalski, CEO of Nethone, busts the myth that frictionless payments and transactions cannot be achieved without skimping on full anti-fraud capabilities.

Europeans lag UK consumers in ‘embracing’ digital banking

New research by CRIF found that 53% of Europeans still prefer to apply for new financial products in-person at a local bank branch.

Q&A: Raidiam’s Ralph Bragg on creating an Open Banking ‘ecosystem-in-a-box’

Ralph Bragg, co-founder of Raidiam, explains how its technology helped the UK deliver secure Open Banking transactions and how it played a fundamental role in enabling Brazil to realise its “Open Data dream”.

JP Morgan boosts payments capabilities with Renovite deal

The investment bank’s acquisition of cloud-native payments fintech Renovite is part of its plans to “develop the next-generation payments processing platform globally”.

Investment in Canadian fintech declines amid lower tech valuations

According to KPMG in Canada, there was $810 million in total investment across 85 deals in the first half of 2022.

Swoop Funding chooses ForwardAI to improve SMBs’ access to loans

ForwardAI’s ‘Precise API’ will give Swoop access to historical, real time and predictive data to help assess a business’ viability.

ClearBank names new chief revenue officer

Andrew Barker has been appointed by ClearBank as prepares to expand across Europe initially, and then internationally.