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2020 Fidor Solutions Milestones
Category:03. January 2021At Fidor Solutions, we bid goodbye to the demanding year of 2020 with some exciting news. Among the many milestones that we have achieved in the year 2020, few are mentioned below: Fidor Solutions Embracing Change On November 26, we publicly announced the intended acquisition of Fidor Solutions by Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital transformation. Read more...
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Financial Inclusion-Fidor's Vision for the Future
17. November 2020Going it alone isn’t the way to fast forward financial inclusion – banks need to look to collaborate. Community, knowledge, collaboration – these are three powerful drivers behind Fidor's passion for financial inclusion. We are determined to help banks break down the barriers that prevent easy onboarding of unbanked and underserved communities, in all types of economy, globally. Read more...
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Financial Inclusion Powered by Technology
09. November 2020There is no one way to solve financial inclusion. The needs of the financially excluded differ according to region, country and personal or family circumstance. Factors include regulatory regimes, geographical constraints and political will to name but a few. Approaches may be bottom-up or top-down and launched by a variety of agents including banks, telcos, tech players and more. Read more...
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How fidorOS platform helped ADIB create their community-focused digital banking platform?
22. September 2020Fidor was able to provide ADIB with a truly simple to use but highly innovative community-focused platform, based on the Fidor operating system, that plugged directly into ADIB’s existing core banking system. Read more...
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Forbes 2020 World's Best Banks Revealed
Category:09. June 2020We are proud to announce that Fidor Bank is listed among the top 3 banks in Germany by Forbes. In 2019 we were part of the top 5 making it to this list for the Second-year in a row. Read more...
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How Fidor Community can support your bank amidst Coronavirus(COVID-19) outbreak?
19. March 2020Our Community can substantially scale down the need to expand customer support at your end in circumstances where your existing customers require support on fee waivers or refunds, changing due dates, extending credit lines, accommodating hardship programs or communicating important notices. All of this can be initiated through our quick response communication channel that favours a huge customer base. Your bank can seamlessly acquire customers on a cost-effective basis and minimize financial service disruptions during operational challenges. Thus recommending your existing employees to work remotely may not be a hassle after all. Read more...
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AIFCA and Fidor Solutions sign a Memorandum of Understanding to drive fintech innovation in Central Asia
Category:03. July 2019This MoU foresees AIFC and Fidor fostering fintech collaboration to boost the digital economy and increase financial literacy and access. It includes Initiatives to support the development of a cashless economy in Kazakhstan, the development of joint fintech education programmes with key regional universities, Fidor Solutions will support the AIFC in developing their fintech marketplace to boost financial market innovation and collaboration while driving e-commerce activities. Read more...
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Fidor Solutions Selects Konsentus for PSD2 TPPs' Identity and Regulatory Checking
Category:27. June 2019The leading RegTech provider Konsentus will support the roll-out of Fidor Solutions' PSD2 open banking offering. Konsentus RegTech service will be implemented by Fidor Solutions to ensure Fidor Bank, along with other Platform as a Service clients, best protect their customers while using open banking services. Read more...
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Money 2020
Category:21. May 2019Heading to Money20/20? Come meet the Fidor team! We’re bringing our revolutionary digital banking services to the world’s leading financial innovation and payments event. From social finance, to crypto transactions, to banking-as-a-service – our favorite topics will be up for discussion as they relate to your vision. So, schedule a meeting with us! Plus: Enter to win a table reservation at Oktoberfest! Read more...
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O2 wins Celent Business Model Innovation Award
Category:23. April 2019Celent recognizes O2 Banking (Germany) as the winner of the 2019 Model Bank: Business Model Innovation Award for their initiative Blending Banking and Telecom Worlds. A German digital bank born from the shared vision of a telecom firm Telefónica Germany and a fintech bank Fidor Bank. It is a concept that blends both the telecom and the modern banking worlds, offering customers creative rewards. Read more...
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Marketplace Banking Case Study
Category:15. April 2019Celent released a case study on Fidor's marketplace which was awarded the prestigious “Celent Model Bank of the Year” based on clear business benefits, innovation and implementation excellence. Get access to your free copy. Read more...
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Celent recognises Fidor for new E-commerce inspired Marketplace, Efficient Scale
Category:15. April 2019Fidor has today been recognised by Celent as a winner of a “Model Bank of the Year” for its novel marketplace, Efficient Scale. The award was presented at a formal awards ceremony during the annual Innovation and Insight Day in New York. Read more...
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Forbes 2019 World's best banks
10. March 2019Fidor Bank is proud to be listed in Forbes World's Best Banks 2019. For the first time, Forbes ranked banks by consumer choice. Together with market research firm Statista, they surveyed over 40,000 customers around the globe to create the final list. Check out the list. Read more...
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Fidor partners with Finn AI to launch a new AI-powered chatbot for banks
Category:14. February 2019The Fidor chatbot uses conversational AI and natural language understanding to deliver personalised and efficient interactions with users in real-time. Fidor business partners will benefit from a market-ready digital banking platform with pre-integrated conversational AI, including deep machine learning capabilities and natural language understanding. Read more...
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o2 Banking in Germany opens up to Raisin's savings marketplace
Category:23. January 2019In Germany’s ongoing low-interest environment, o2 Banking customers looking for new options to save or invest can enjoy significant benefits from Raisin’s higher interest rates and cost-effective, globally-diversified ETF portfolios. Read more...
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Fidor Bank among first of German banks to roll-out Apple Pay support
Category:07. November 2018Fidor Bank has become one of Germany's first banks to integrate with Apple Pay - the service that is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay that’s fast and convenient. Customers will enjoy the Apple Pay experience at a number of retail and supermarket chains including Aldi, Lidl, Kaufland, Edeka, DM, Aral and Shell. Read more...
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Fidor Market Wins Best Banking Platform from Juniper Research
30. October 2018Fidor Market is a platform that offers a one stop shop for a holistic financial experience. It gives access to a range of fintech offerings from insurance, crowdlending, financing, trading, mobile and TV products in addition to essential tools for consumers and businesses. And all of them have been carefully approved by Fidor. Read more...
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Gold Award for “Best Neobank” on ADIB’s moneysmart Digital Community at Efma Accenture Awards
Category:24. October 2018EFMA-Accenture awarded Fidor for its partnership with Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), in launching moneysmart.ae the region’s first digital community for personal finance Read more...
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Fidor and GFT extend partnership to the Americas markets
Category:22. October 2018This partnership will see GFT USA, Inc. offer Fidor’s operating platform (fidorOS/fOS) and associated services to banks across the Americas. Read more...
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Fidor on Fintech Insider Podcast
25. September 2018Sophie Guibaud, Managing Director Europe, Fidor talks to Fintech Insider about creating communities in banking Read more...
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Fidor Joins Consortium to Create ASEAN Financial Innovation Network’s First Regional API Fintech Marketplace and Sandbox
Category:18. September 2018Fidor signed an agreement with AFIN to create ASEAN’s first API Exchange (APIX) platform as Fintech Marketplace and Sandbox together in a consortium formed with Virtusa and Percipient. Read more...
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A new kind of marketplace, an interview by IBS Intelligence
Category:16. July 2018Sophie Guibaud, Managing Director for Europe, talks to IBS Intelligence about how diversity will be the watchword of the next few years. Read more...
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Fidor and IFC partner to expand digital financial inclusion in developing markets
Category:11. April 2018The agreement will see Fidor and IFC jointly identify opportunities to expand digital banking services in Africa and Latin America to boost financial inclusion. Read more...
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ADIB launches pioneering moneysmart digital community to engage millennials in personal finance, powered by Fidor
Category:21. February 2018Middle East's first community for personal finance has been designed to suit millennials digital lifestyle Read more...
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Fidor Expands Middle East Africa Regional Hub in Dubai Silicon Oasis
Category:21. February 2018Fidor Solutions plans to double its current MEA regional teams within the next 6 months due to growing demand across MEA region. Read more...
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Fidor Bank Wins Silver Award For “Best New Business Ecosystem” at Efma Accenture Awards
Category:21. February 201868,000 votes and a silver award for Fidor Market, our direct to consumer fintech marketplace Read more...
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Fidor partners with Eight Inc.
Category:21. February 2018Further to its successful Beta Test - Fidor partners with Eight Inc. - to design Fidor Market, its Digital marketplace, for global launch Read more...
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Fidor launches first of its kind API learning programme with 5 Singapore Polytechnics
Category:21. February 2018Fidor invests close to S$800,000 (€500,000) to develop first-of-its-kind student academy programme for polytechnics in Singapore Read more...
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Fidor Solutions continues its leadership hires, Geert Ensing appointed CIO
Category:21. February 2018Geert has extensive experience in IT for retail banking and commercial banking leading complex IT infrastructures and organisational transformations. Prior to joining Fidor, Geert was Executive Vice President of IT ABN AMRO. Read more...
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Fidor Solutions strengthens its leadership team, Brad Whittfield appointed as Global CFO
Category:10. November 2017Brad has played a key role in advising on a number of high profile fintech acquisitions including businesses operating in digital banking, mobile wallets and digital payments. Read more...
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Fidor partners with Van Lanschot in the Netherlands to create the first PSD2-inspired Payment Avenue
Category:10. November 2017The partnership will enable Van Lanschot to upgrade their payments software and infrastructure using the Fidor digital banking solution. Read more...
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ADIB partners with Fidor to offer community-based digital banking
Category:10. November 2017The new platform is designed to fit the lifestyle of millennial consumers also known as Generation Y. Read more...
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Token Launches Open Banking Mobile App on FidorOS platform
Category:10. November 2017We are glad to unveil the availability of Token on Fidor’s open banking platform FidorOS at Finovate Europe, to support banks that use our platform to easily adopt future payment scenarios, such as the upcoming PSD2 standard Read more...
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Fidor and EPAM Partner to Provide Innovative Global Digital Banking Solutions
Category:19. October 2017Fidor and EPAM Partner to Provide Innovative Global Digital Banking Solutions This partnership will offer Fidor access to EPAM's pool of highly-skilled technical resources for specific project collaborations. Read more...
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A German challenger bank that works like an app-store just got acquired — here's why
Category:29. July 2016German digital bank Fidor is being acquired by Groupe BPCE, the second-largest banking group in France. Fidor will continue as in independent business after the deal. Read more...
-
2020 Fidor Solutions Milestones
Category:03. January 2021At Fidor Solutions, we bid goodbye to the demanding year of 2020 with some exciting news. Among the many milestones that we have achieved in the year 2020, few are mentioned below: Fidor Solutions Embracing Change On November 26, we publicly announced the intended acquisition of Fidor Solutions by Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital transformation. Read more...
-
Financial Inclusion-Fidor's Vision for the Future
17. November 2020Going it alone isn’t the way to fast forward financial inclusion – banks need to look to collaborate. Community, knowledge, collaboration – these are three powerful drivers behind Fidor's passion for financial inclusion. We are determined to help banks break down the barriers that prevent easy onboarding of unbanked and underserved communities, in all types of economy, globally. Read more...
-
Financial Inclusion Powered by Technology
09. November 2020There is no one way to solve financial inclusion. The needs of the financially excluded differ according to region, country and personal or family circumstance. Factors include regulatory regimes, geographical constraints and political will to name but a few. Approaches may be bottom-up or top-down and launched by a variety of agents including banks, telcos, tech players and more. Read more...
-
How fidorOS platform helped ADIB create their community-focused digital banking platform?
22. September 2020Fidor was able to provide ADIB with a truly simple to use but highly innovative community-focused platform, based on the Fidor operating system, that plugged directly into ADIB’s existing core banking system. Read more...
-
Forbes 2020 World's Best Banks Revealed
Category:09. June 2020We are proud to announce that Fidor Bank is listed among the top 3 banks in Germany by Forbes. In 2019 we were part of the top 5 making it to this list for the Second-year in a row. Read more...
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How Fidor Community can support your bank amidst Coronavirus(COVID-19) outbreak?
19. March 2020Our Community can substantially scale down the need to expand customer support at your end in circumstances where your existing customers require support on fee waivers or refunds, changing due dates, extending credit lines, accommodating hardship programs or communicating important notices. All of this can be initiated through our quick response communication channel that favours a huge customer base. Your bank can seamlessly acquire customers on a cost-effective basis and minimize financial service disruptions during operational challenges. Thus recommending your existing employees to work remotely may not be a hassle after all. Read more...
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AIFCA and Fidor Solutions sign a Memorandum of Understanding to drive fintech innovation in Central Asia
Category:03. July 2019This MoU foresees AIFC and Fidor fostering fintech collaboration to boost the digital economy and increase financial literacy and access. It includes Initiatives to support the development of a cashless economy in Kazakhstan, the development of joint fintech education programmes with key regional universities, Fidor Solutions will support the AIFC in developing their fintech marketplace to boost financial market innovation and collaboration while driving e-commerce activities. Read more...
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Fidor Solutions Selects Konsentus for PSD2 TPPs' Identity and Regulatory Checking
Category:27. June 2019The leading RegTech provider Konsentus will support the roll-out of Fidor Solutions' PSD2 open banking offering. Konsentus RegTech service will be implemented by Fidor Solutions to ensure Fidor Bank, along with other Platform as a Service clients, best protect their customers while using open banking services. Read more...
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Money 2020
Category:21. May 2019Heading to Money20/20? Come meet the Fidor team! We’re bringing our revolutionary digital banking services to the world’s leading financial innovation and payments event. From social finance, to crypto transactions, to banking-as-a-service – our favorite topics will be up for discussion as they relate to your vision. So, schedule a meeting with us! Plus: Enter to win a table reservation at Oktoberfest! Read more...
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O2 wins Celent Business Model Innovation Award
Category:23. April 2019Celent recognizes O2 Banking (Germany) as the winner of the 2019 Model Bank: Business Model Innovation Award for their initiative Blending Banking and Telecom Worlds. A German digital bank born from the shared vision of a telecom firm Telefónica Germany and a fintech bank Fidor Bank. It is a concept that blends both the telecom and the modern banking worlds, offering customers creative rewards. Read more...
-
Marketplace Banking Case Study
Category:15. April 2019Celent released a case study on Fidor's marketplace which was awarded the prestigious “Celent Model Bank of the Year” based on clear business benefits, innovation and implementation excellence. Get access to your free copy. Read more...
-
Celent recognises Fidor for new E-commerce inspired Marketplace, Efficient Scale
Category:15. April 2019Fidor has today been recognised by Celent as a winner of a “Model Bank of the Year” for its novel marketplace, Efficient Scale. The award was presented at a formal awards ceremony during the annual Innovation and Insight Day in New York. Read more...
-
Forbes 2019 World's best banks
10. March 2019Fidor Bank is proud to be listed in Forbes World's Best Banks 2019. For the first time, Forbes ranked banks by consumer choice. Together with market research firm Statista, they surveyed over 40,000 customers around the globe to create the final list. Check out the list. Read more...
-
Fidor partners with Finn AI to launch a new AI-powered chatbot for banks
Category:14. February 2019The Fidor chatbot uses conversational AI and natural language understanding to deliver personalised and efficient interactions with users in real-time. Fidor business partners will benefit from a market-ready digital banking platform with pre-integrated conversational AI, including deep machine learning capabilities and natural language understanding. Read more...
-
o2 Banking in Germany opens up to Raisin's savings marketplace
Category:23. January 2019In Germany’s ongoing low-interest environment, o2 Banking customers looking for new options to save or invest can enjoy significant benefits from Raisin’s higher interest rates and cost-effective, globally-diversified ETF portfolios. Read more...
-
Fidor Bank among first of German banks to roll-out Apple Pay support
Category:07. November 2018Fidor Bank has become one of Germany's first banks to integrate with Apple Pay - the service that is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay that’s fast and convenient. Customers will enjoy the Apple Pay experience at a number of retail and supermarket chains including Aldi, Lidl, Kaufland, Edeka, DM, Aral and Shell. Read more...
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Fidor Market Wins Best Banking Platform from Juniper Research
30. October 2018Fidor Market is a platform that offers a one stop shop for a holistic financial experience. It gives access to a range of fintech offerings from insurance, crowdlending, financing, trading, mobile and TV products in addition to essential tools for consumers and businesses. And all of them have been carefully approved by Fidor. Read more...
-
Gold Award for “Best Neobank” on ADIB’s moneysmart Digital Community at Efma Accenture Awards
Category:24. October 2018EFMA-Accenture awarded Fidor for its partnership with Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), in launching moneysmart.ae the region’s first digital community for personal finance Read more...
-
Fidor and GFT extend partnership to the Americas markets
Category:22. October 2018This partnership will see GFT USA, Inc. offer Fidor’s operating platform (fidorOS/fOS) and associated services to banks across the Americas. Read more...
-
Fidor on Fintech Insider Podcast
25. September 2018Sophie Guibaud, Managing Director Europe, Fidor talks to Fintech Insider about creating communities in banking Read more...
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Fidor Joins Consortium to Create ASEAN Financial Innovation Network’s First Regional API Fintech Marketplace and Sandbox
Category:18. September 2018Fidor signed an agreement with AFIN to create ASEAN’s first API Exchange (APIX) platform as Fintech Marketplace and Sandbox together in a consortium formed with Virtusa and Percipient. Read more...
-
A new kind of marketplace, an interview by IBS Intelligence
Category:16. July 2018Sophie Guibaud, Managing Director for Europe, talks to IBS Intelligence about how diversity will be the watchword of the next few years. Read more...
-
Fidor and IFC partner to expand digital financial inclusion in developing markets
Category:11. April 2018The agreement will see Fidor and IFC jointly identify opportunities to expand digital banking services in Africa and Latin America to boost financial inclusion. Read more...
-
ADIB launches pioneering moneysmart digital community to engage millennials in personal finance, powered by Fidor
Category:21. February 2018Middle East's first community for personal finance has been designed to suit millennials digital lifestyle Read more...
-
Fidor Expands Middle East Africa Regional Hub in Dubai Silicon Oasis
Category:21. February 2018Fidor Solutions plans to double its current MEA regional teams within the next 6 months due to growing demand across MEA region. Read more...
-
Fidor Bank Wins Silver Award For “Best New Business Ecosystem” at Efma Accenture Awards
Category:21. February 201868,000 votes and a silver award for Fidor Market, our direct to consumer fintech marketplace Read more...
-
Fidor partners with Eight Inc.
Category:21. February 2018Further to its successful Beta Test - Fidor partners with Eight Inc. - to design Fidor Market, its Digital marketplace, for global launch Read more...
-
Fidor launches first of its kind API learning programme with 5 Singapore Polytechnics
Category:21. February 2018Fidor invests close to S$800,000 (€500,000) to develop first-of-its-kind student academy programme for polytechnics in Singapore Read more...
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Fidor Solutions continues its leadership hires, Geert Ensing appointed CIO
Category:21. February 2018Geert has extensive experience in IT for retail banking and commercial banking leading complex IT infrastructures and organisational transformations. Prior to joining Fidor, Geert was Executive Vice President of IT ABN AMRO. Read more...
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Fidor Solutions strengthens its leadership team, Brad Whittfield appointed as Global CFO
Category:10. November 2017Brad has played a key role in advising on a number of high profile fintech acquisitions including businesses operating in digital banking, mobile wallets and digital payments. Read more...
-
Fidor partners with Van Lanschot in the Netherlands to create the first PSD2-inspired Payment Avenue
Category:10. November 2017The partnership will enable Van Lanschot to upgrade their payments software and infrastructure using the Fidor digital banking solution. Read more...
-
ADIB partners with Fidor to offer community-based digital banking
Category:10. November 2017The new platform is designed to fit the lifestyle of millennial consumers also known as Generation Y. Read more...
-
Token Launches Open Banking Mobile App on FidorOS platform
Category:10. November 2017We are glad to unveil the availability of Token on Fidor’s open banking platform FidorOS at Finovate Europe, to support banks that use our platform to easily adopt future payment scenarios, such as the upcoming PSD2 standard Read more...
-
Fidor and EPAM Partner to Provide Innovative Global Digital Banking Solutions
Category:19. October 2017Fidor and EPAM Partner to Provide Innovative Global Digital Banking Solutions This partnership will offer Fidor access to EPAM's pool of highly-skilled technical resources for specific project collaborations. Read more...
-
A German challenger bank that works like an app-store just got acquired — here's why
Category:29. July 2016German digital bank Fidor is being acquired by Groupe BPCE, the second-largest banking group in France. Fidor will continue as in independent business after the deal. Read more...
-
2020 Fidor Solutions Milestones
Category:03. January 2021At Fidor Solutions, we bid goodbye to the demanding year of 2020 with some exciting news. Among the many milestones that we have achieved in the year 2020, few are mentioned below: Fidor Solutions Embracing Change On November 26, we publicly announced the intended acquisition of Fidor Solutions by Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital transformation. Read more...
-
Financial Inclusion-Fidor's Vision for the Future
17. November 2020Going it alone isn’t the way to fast forward financial inclusion – banks need to look to collaborate. Community, knowledge, collaboration – these are three powerful drivers behind Fidor's passion for financial inclusion. We are determined to help banks break down the barriers that prevent easy onboarding of unbanked and underserved communities, in all types of economy, globally. Read more...
-
Financial Inclusion Powered by Technology
09. November 2020There is no one way to solve financial inclusion. The needs of the financially excluded differ according to region, country and personal or family circumstance. Factors include regulatory regimes, geographical constraints and political will to name but a few. Approaches may be bottom-up or top-down and launched by a variety of agents including banks, telcos, tech players and more. Read more...
-
How fidorOS platform helped ADIB create their community-focused digital banking platform?
22. September 2020Fidor was able to provide ADIB with a truly simple to use but highly innovative community-focused platform, based on the Fidor operating system, that plugged directly into ADIB’s existing core banking system. Read more...
-
Forbes 2020 World's Best Banks Revealed
Category:09. June 2020We are proud to announce that Fidor Bank is listed among the top 3 banks in Germany by Forbes. In 2019 we were part of the top 5 making it to this list for the Second-year in a row. Read more...
-
How Fidor Community can support your bank amidst Coronavirus(COVID-19) outbreak?
19. March 2020Our Community can substantially scale down the need to expand customer support at your end in circumstances where your existing customers require support on fee waivers or refunds, changing due dates, extending credit lines, accommodating hardship programs or communicating important notices. All of this can be initiated through our quick response communication channel that favours a huge customer base. Your bank can seamlessly acquire customers on a cost-effective basis and minimize financial service disruptions during operational challenges. Thus recommending your existing employees to work remotely may not be a hassle after all. Read more...
-
AIFCA and Fidor Solutions sign a Memorandum of Understanding to drive fintech innovation in Central Asia
Category:03. July 2019This MoU foresees AIFC and Fidor fostering fintech collaboration to boost the digital economy and increase financial literacy and access. It includes Initiatives to support the development of a cashless economy in Kazakhstan, the development of joint fintech education programmes with key regional universities, Fidor Solutions will support the AIFC in developing their fintech marketplace to boost financial market innovation and collaboration while driving e-commerce activities. Read more...
-
Fidor Solutions Selects Konsentus for PSD2 TPPs' Identity and Regulatory Checking
Category:27. June 2019The leading RegTech provider Konsentus will support the roll-out of Fidor Solutions' PSD2 open banking offering. Konsentus RegTech service will be implemented by Fidor Solutions to ensure Fidor Bank, along with other Platform as a Service clients, best protect their customers while using open banking services. Read more...
-
Money 2020
Category:21. May 2019Heading to Money20/20? Come meet the Fidor team! We’re bringing our revolutionary digital banking services to the world’s leading financial innovation and payments event. From social finance, to crypto transactions, to banking-as-a-service – our favorite topics will be up for discussion as they relate to your vision. So, schedule a meeting with us! Plus: Enter to win a table reservation at Oktoberfest! Read more...
-
O2 wins Celent Business Model Innovation Award
Category:23. April 2019Celent recognizes O2 Banking (Germany) as the winner of the 2019 Model Bank: Business Model Innovation Award for their initiative Blending Banking and Telecom Worlds. A German digital bank born from the shared vision of a telecom firm Telefónica Germany and a fintech bank Fidor Bank. It is a concept that blends both the telecom and the modern banking worlds, offering customers creative rewards. Read more...
-
Marketplace Banking Case Study
Category:15. April 2019Celent released a case study on Fidor's marketplace which was awarded the prestigious “Celent Model Bank of the Year” based on clear business benefits, innovation and implementation excellence. Get access to your free copy. Read more...
-
Celent recognises Fidor for new E-commerce inspired Marketplace, Efficient Scale
Category:15. April 2019Fidor has today been recognised by Celent as a winner of a “Model Bank of the Year” for its novel marketplace, Efficient Scale. The award was presented at a formal awards ceremony during the annual Innovation and Insight Day in New York. Read more...
-
Forbes 2019 World's best banks
10. March 2019Fidor Bank is proud to be listed in Forbes World's Best Banks 2019. For the first time, Forbes ranked banks by consumer choice. Together with market research firm Statista, they surveyed over 40,000 customers around the globe to create the final list. Check out the list. Read more...
-
Fidor partners with Finn AI to launch a new AI-powered chatbot for banks
Category:14. February 2019The Fidor chatbot uses conversational AI and natural language understanding to deliver personalised and efficient interactions with users in real-time. Fidor business partners will benefit from a market-ready digital banking platform with pre-integrated conversational AI, including deep machine learning capabilities and natural language understanding. Read more...
-
o2 Banking in Germany opens up to Raisin's savings marketplace
Category:23. January 2019In Germany’s ongoing low-interest environment, o2 Banking customers looking for new options to save or invest can enjoy significant benefits from Raisin’s higher interest rates and cost-effective, globally-diversified ETF portfolios. Read more...
-
Fidor Bank among first of German banks to roll-out Apple Pay support
Category:07. November 2018Fidor Bank has become one of Germany's first banks to integrate with Apple Pay - the service that is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay that’s fast and convenient. Customers will enjoy the Apple Pay experience at a number of retail and supermarket chains including Aldi, Lidl, Kaufland, Edeka, DM, Aral and Shell. Read more...
-
Fidor Market Wins Best Banking Platform from Juniper Research
30. October 2018Fidor Market is a platform that offers a one stop shop for a holistic financial experience. It gives access to a range of fintech offerings from insurance, crowdlending, financing, trading, mobile and TV products in addition to essential tools for consumers and businesses. And all of them have been carefully approved by Fidor. Read more...
-
Gold Award for “Best Neobank” on ADIB’s moneysmart Digital Community at Efma Accenture Awards
Category:24. October 2018EFMA-Accenture awarded Fidor for its partnership with Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), in launching moneysmart.ae the region’s first digital community for personal finance Read more...
-
Fidor and GFT extend partnership to the Americas markets
Category:22. October 2018This partnership will see GFT USA, Inc. offer Fidor’s operating platform (fidorOS/fOS) and associated services to banks across the Americas. Read more...
-
Fidor on Fintech Insider Podcast
25. September 2018Sophie Guibaud, Managing Director Europe, Fidor talks to Fintech Insider about creating communities in banking Read more...
-
Fidor Joins Consortium to Create ASEAN Financial Innovation Network’s First Regional API Fintech Marketplace and Sandbox
Category:18. September 2018Fidor signed an agreement with AFIN to create ASEAN’s first API Exchange (APIX) platform as Fintech Marketplace and Sandbox together in a consortium formed with Virtusa and Percipient. Read more...
-
A new kind of marketplace, an interview by IBS Intelligence
Category:16. July 2018Sophie Guibaud, Managing Director for Europe, talks to IBS Intelligence about how diversity will be the watchword of the next few years. Read more...
-
Fidor and IFC partner to expand digital financial inclusion in developing markets
Category:11. April 2018The agreement will see Fidor and IFC jointly identify opportunities to expand digital banking services in Africa and Latin America to boost financial inclusion. Read more...
-
ADIB launches pioneering moneysmart digital community to engage millennials in personal finance, powered by Fidor
Category:21. February 2018Middle East's first community for personal finance has been designed to suit millennials digital lifestyle Read more...
-
Fidor Expands Middle East Africa Regional Hub in Dubai Silicon Oasis
Category:21. February 2018Fidor Solutions plans to double its current MEA regional teams within the next 6 months due to growing demand across MEA region. Read more...
-
Fidor Bank Wins Silver Award For “Best New Business Ecosystem” at Efma Accenture Awards
Category:21. February 201868,000 votes and a silver award for Fidor Market, our direct to consumer fintech marketplace Read more...
-
Fidor partners with Eight Inc.
Category:21. February 2018Further to its successful Beta Test - Fidor partners with Eight Inc. - to design Fidor Market, its Digital marketplace, for global launch Read more...
-
Fidor launches first of its kind API learning programme with 5 Singapore Polytechnics
Category:21. February 2018Fidor invests close to S$800,000 (€500,000) to develop first-of-its-kind student academy programme for polytechnics in Singapore Read more...
-
Fidor Solutions continues its leadership hires, Geert Ensing appointed CIO
Category:21. February 2018Geert has extensive experience in IT for retail banking and commercial banking leading complex IT infrastructures and organisational transformations. Prior to joining Fidor, Geert was Executive Vice President of IT ABN AMRO. Read more...
-
Fidor Solutions strengthens its leadership team, Brad Whittfield appointed as Global CFO
Category:10. November 2017Brad has played a key role in advising on a number of high profile fintech acquisitions including businesses operating in digital banking, mobile wallets and digital payments. Read more...
-
Fidor partners with Van Lanschot in the Netherlands to create the first PSD2-inspired Payment Avenue
Category:10. November 2017The partnership will enable Van Lanschot to upgrade their payments software and infrastructure using the Fidor digital banking solution. Read more...
-
ADIB partners with Fidor to offer community-based digital banking
Category:10. November 2017The new platform is designed to fit the lifestyle of millennial consumers also known as Generation Y. Read more...
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Token Launches Open Banking Mobile App on FidorOS platform
Category:10. November 2017We are glad to unveil the availability of Token on Fidor’s open banking platform FidorOS at Finovate Europe, to support banks that use our platform to easily adopt future payment scenarios, such as the upcoming PSD2 standard Read more...
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Fidor and EPAM Partner to Provide Innovative Global Digital Banking Solutions
Category:19. October 2017Fidor and EPAM Partner to Provide Innovative Global Digital Banking Solutions This partnership will offer Fidor access to EPAM's pool of highly-skilled technical resources for specific project collaborations. Read more...
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A German challenger bank that works like an app-store just got acquired — here's why
Category:29. July 2016German digital bank Fidor is being acquired by Groupe BPCE, the second-largest banking group in France. Fidor will continue as in independent business after the deal. Read more...

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