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Core Unicorn Deals Rattling the Future of Financial Technology

Gonzobanker

The unicorns of core banking systems have been running wild the past few weeks, and these frothy deals signal a future shift in how executives should view the world of financial technology. These levels of revenue and EBITDA multiples have never been seen in the history of core banking platforms.

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Grab-Singtel Ramps Up Hiring For Singapore Bank; Plans 2022 Launch

PYMNTS

A new Singaporean digital bank formed in a joint venture between Grab Holdings Inc. The new digital bank is coming about after the joint venture won one of two licenses for full digital banks awarded last week (Dec. and Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. 4) by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

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This Sequoia Capital-Backed Neobank Raised $750M To Scale Operations

CB Insights

Chime , a digital banking platform, has raised $750M in a Series G. California-based Chime collaborates with regional banks to create member-centric financial products, coining itself as a financial technology firm rather than a bank. HOW’S THE COMPANY PERFORMING? Want the full post?

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SMB Funding Embraces The Open Banking Way

PYMNTS

It may be an open road for open banking as, three years after the rollout of the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), bank-FinTech collaborations and new initiatives unlocking bank account data continue to flourish. ThinCats Links Up With Open Banking FinTech Salt Edge. But it may not always be smooth sailing ahead.

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Hong Kong Permits Virtual Banks in Test to Traditional Lenders

Bank Innovation

Hong Kong’s traditional banks are set to face one of their biggest challenges yet: a new breed of financial technology firms estimated to snare as much as 30% of their revenue.

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Mastercard, EedenBull Extend Into Asia Pacific

PYMNTS

Mastercard and Norwegian financial technology (FinTech) company EedenBull have agreed to expand their partnership to the Asia Pacific region, the firms announced Monday (June 29). Under the terms of the new deal, Mastercard will support EedenBull’s product development and digital services.

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An interview with Tom Blomfield, co-founder of Monzo

Chris Skinner

After studying law at Oxford, he went back to business and is now Co-Founder and CEO of digital bank Monzo. And it gave me this grounding in how money works, how FinTech, financial technology works, and sort of, how money moves around the world…I worked for a dating website for a year, after I left GoCardless, which was amazing fun.

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