Veille FinTech (1 février 2015)
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« Rapid-rising Transferwise, Nutmeg, Funding Circle, GoCardless and Osper are among the 27 UK fintech stars named in the European FinTech50 for 2015, announced in London this week. »
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TransferWise raises $58m from US-based a16z
« P2P money transfer startup TransferWise has raised a $58m Series C round from US West Coast VC Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). »
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Paiement mobile : les offres bancaires se généralisent
Après Crédit Mutuel-CIC et BNP Paribas, La Banque Postale et Société Générale lancent à grande échelle un service de paiement mobile sans contact. »
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Silver surfers join UK mobile banking boom
« Nearly 2.3 million people aged over 70 are now using internet banking, or 30 percent of that age group, according to a study released by the British Bankers’ Association. It said more than 450,000 customers over 60 are using banking apps on smart phones, iPads and other tablets. »
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PayPal Losing Friends in China
« Many Chinese cross-border merchants have decided to stop using the online payment service, claims a Shenzhen-based retailer, because money in their PayPal accounts was seized by U.S. courts following a number of lawsuits. »
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Orange investit dans la start-up Afrimarket, rivale française de Western Union
» Le groupe de télécoms entre au capital de cette jeune pousse, spécialiste du transfert d'argent en « cash to goods », en mettant un million d’euros sur la table. »
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Number26, a smartphone-only banking service, launches in Germany
« Dubbed ‘the Simple for Europe’, after the US-based banking startup now owned by Spanish Bank BBVA, online-only bank Number26 has begun taking deposits from pre-invited customers in Germany and Austria. »
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The Financial Services Club’s Blog: The 50 most innovative FinTech firms, 2015
« So the FinTech50 were announced last night. These are the 50 most innovative fintech start-ups, as voted for by a panel that included yours truly. «
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Misys launches FusionBanking Lending platform for loan lifecycle management
« Misys has launched FusionBanking Lending, an all-in-one lending solution that provides banks the ability to manage the full loan lifecycle on a single platform. »
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Banking apps failing user experience test
« The functionality of mobile banking apps developed by five of the UK’s top banks has been criticised after they racked up so-so scores in user experience testing conducted by Adaptive Lab. »
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Apple takes lion’s share of US contactless payments
« With iPhone sales going off the charts, the company was able to bask in a strong ‘first innings’ for its integrated payments app, Apple Pay, which now accounts for two-thirds of all contactless transactions across Visa, American Express and Discover cards. »
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Norway’s big three mobile operators select Amdocs tech for Strex joint venture
« Norway’s three leading operators; Telenor, TeliaSonera and Tele2; have selected the Amdocs Mobile Financial Services solution to advance their Strex joint venture for mobile payments. »
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Level39 and Nest open startup trade route between London and Hong Kong
« Canary Wharf accelerator space Level39 has opened a tech trade route to Hong Kong, through a partnership with Asian startup incubator Nest. »
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18% of Brits spend more than five hours using tech after work – Nationwide survey
« According to Nationwide Building Society a large proportion of Brits (89%) may think that modern technology has made their lives easier, but over half of those (59%) don’t feel like they have any more free time as they are choosing to re-invest time saved into technology related activities. »
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GoCoin reaches 5,550 merchant milestone
« Today at Inside Bitcoins GoCoin announced it has achieved 5,500 new merchant sign-ups and is now offering liability accounts in Singapore Dollars, GDP, and Euros with pricing available in 165 currencies. »
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Coinbase runs into trouble over New York and California regulatory status
« Coinbase is being sized up for a class action suit by securities litigators Tripp Levy for allegedly making false and misleading statements relating to the regulatory status of its new bitcoin exchange in New York and California. »
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Google brings e-mail money transfer system to Europe
« Google is rolling out its e-mail-based money transfer system in the UK, almost two years after the feature was first released in the US. »
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UK P2P lending hit £1.2 billion in 2014
« The peer-to-peer lending industry in the UK hit more than £1.2 billion in 2014 according to new figures released today from the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA). »
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Fortuneo atteint l’objectif des 310.000 clients un an plus tôt que prévu
La banque en ligne comptabilise désormais un encours global de 10 milliards d’euros. Selon son directeur général, elle devrait connaître une croissance moyenne de 15 à 20% par an dans les années à venir.
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Fintech Fundings: 13 Companies Raise Nearly $400 Million This Week
« The majority of the cash ($322 million or 82%) went to Finovate alums including KreditTech ($200 million), Coinbase ($75 million including money from two retail banks, USAA and BBVA), Motif Investing ($40 million from China), True Link ($3.4 million), and Kofax ($1.9 million). »
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Marc Barbezat
Veilleur et spécialiste en cybersécurité
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