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3.1KQuant Taps JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley For U.S. IPO
Quant, a FinTech that has backing from movie stars in China, has tapped JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley to serve...
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3.1KStartup Bread Raises Funds To Offer Consumers Financing On Big Purchases
FinTech startup Bread, which offers consumer financing on large online purchases, has raised $126 million in a Series B venture capital (VC)...
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2.7KChinese Investments Activity In FinTech, Payments Firms Increases Into May’s End
In activity seen through the very beginning of June, the latest period for which PYMNTS has data, the week that ended on...
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1.6KHong Kong SFC, ASIC In Australia Sign Agreement To Collaborate On FinTech
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and ASIC in Australia announced Tuesday (June 13) that they signed a cooperation agreement...
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5.9KFinancial Services Innovation/Inertia Tug of War
As traditional financial services firms find themselves challenged by FinTech and other upstarts, the choice, when it comes to products, services and...
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3.1KMobile Money Messenger App Plynk Secures €25M In Venture Capital
Mobile money messaging app Plynk has secured €25 million in a new venture capital funding round — one of the largest Series A...
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1.7KStartup Stem Raises $8M In Venture Capital Funding Round To Help Streamline Fund For Music Artists
Startup Stem has raised $8 million in a venture capital funding round that it will use to build tools to enable music...
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3.0KJapan’s Mizuho Launching FinTech Venture
Mizuho Financial Group, the Japanese financial company, is gearing up to launch a venture in June to create new businesses with FinTech....
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806Equiniti Expands UK Footprint
Equiniti Group PLC, a FTSE-listed FinTech and regulatory services business, announced the opening of its latest regional technology hub — Ada House....
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7.6KDubai FinTech Set To Offer Gold-Backed Digital Currency
On Tuesday, Dubai FinTech company OneGram announced it would offer a gold-backed digital currency called OneGramCoin with the hopes of raising over...
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3.9KBanks/FinTech — The Long And Winding (Regulatory) Road
In an age where FinTech upstarts, payments companies and banks vie for the same customers, might regulations force them to collaborate? In...
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3.6KCurrencyCloud Founder Leaving To Focus On His Next Venture
Currencycloud founder Nigel Verdon is reportedly leaving the company to focus on a new FinTech startup, RailsBank. According to a report in...
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3.4KMBAs Flocking To FinTech (Instead Of Consulting Or Banking)
“Consulting was fantastic — however, I had to walk away from recommendations and not get to see them go live,” noted Wharton...
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3.2KAARP Report Finds People 50+ To Generate $83B For Fintech Over Next Five Years
New research released by the AARP shows the significant impact that people ages 50 and older will have on FinTech — generating $83...
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2.8KDeutsche Bank Joins Competitors To Open NYC Innovation Hub
Deutsche Bank, the Wall Street investment firm, announced Tuesday (March 21) the launch of an innovation lab in New York City. According...
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3.6KIs The Silicon Valley Startup Scene On Its Way Out?
For years, Silicon Valley has rested pretty knowing it was the king of startups for tech and various other industries. However, research...
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CreditEase Invests In Three US-Based FinTechs
CreditEase, the Chinese FinTech investment fund, announced Friday (March 17) it had made investments in FinTech companies in the US. According to a...
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2.4KDimebox Raises €5 Million In Series A Funding From BillPro Group
Dimebox raised €5 million in a Series A round from the BillPro Group, a leading global payment processing organization. According to Finextra,...
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3.8KUK Auto Financing Startup Grows 1000%
One of the more onerous tasks in adult life is servicing your car. Motoring costs, such as replacement tires or timing belts can...
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3.5KThe Brits And Canadians Loosen FinTech Regulations
Startups in the financial technology space have typically had a long and arduous process for getting their businesses off the ground, due...
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2.7KBrazilian FinTech Creditas Raises $19M In VC
Creditas Soluções Financeiras, a Brazilian FinTech firm focused on low-interest secured consumer loans, has obtained $19 million in funding that will allow...
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3.4KCitigroup Taps Facebook, IBM And FinTech’s Top Talent To Build Better Government Services
While much has been said and written about the power of technology and its its power to build a better world, clearcut...
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1.6KIoT Double Whammy: Sigfox Has Scale and Funding
IoT’s slow adoption by consumers is not deterring investment in industry startups. Sigfox has established partners and clients in 24 markets. Its...
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2.7KCarbon Black Privately Files For IPO
An uptick in technology IPOs is expected after recent cyber security attacks have followed a period of dearth in technology investment. Carbon...
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2.2KOurCrowd Gets Record Equity Investment
The crowdfunding platform OurCrowd announces that it has raised $72 million but expects the final amount to be close to $100 million....
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2.3KID Experts Light Up Portland
Investor appetite for fintech start-ups has waned recently while concern for cybersecurity is growing. While PwC reports cybersecurity as the fourth greatest...
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3.0KOctopus Investments Gives FinTech Startups A Leg-Up
TechCrunch reports that, while the accelerator investment model has been used in tandem with other strategies (by marquee names, such as Barclays),...
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2.0KUSAA Taps Former Citi FinTech Executive For New Digital Role
Banks and financial firms are forging ahead in the FinTech market, with many either partnering with startups or creating their own businesses...
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US Dept. Of Commerce Pegs China As 2017 FinTech Leader
In looking ahead at the near-term emergence of FinTech markets, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration said in its “2016 Top Markets...
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4.0KWhy The FinTech Index Is On The Rise
Investing in FinTech — there’s a new index for that. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods said last week that it has struck a...
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Revolut Nabs $10M To Ease Global Currency Exchange
London FinTech startup Revolut announced that it raised a $10 million (£7.75 million) Series A funding round to help improve the way...
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3.1KSizzle Or Fizzle: Walmart Pay Pays Off, Marketplace Lending Falls Off
It's a good time to be a retailing or tech giant — or a combination of both. Walmart says it’s found traction...
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3.5KX-Border Payments Startup Banks $3M
Australian FinTech startup Airwallex secured $3 million in its pre-Series A funding round, led by Alibaba’s venture capital fund manager, Gobi Partners,...
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4.2KPlaid Technologies Scores $44M Off Goldman Sachs-Led Round
The week is getting off on just the right foot for the folks over at Plaid Technologies, who are announcing $44 million...
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3.7KIndian SMB Online Lending Platform Raises $25M
Capital Float, an India-based FinTech startup aimed at helping SMBs gain access to loans, announced on Thursday (May 12) that it closed...
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3.2KUh Oh, Unicorn Storm Clouds Ahead?
Down rounds are up, while mature firms are getting a bit more scrutiny. This is the world of the unicorn, according to...
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The Gamification Of Savings
Getting millennials to embrace “traditional” financial services isn’t easy, particularly as a new crop of FinTech innovators has met more than halfway...
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3.9KRemitly Passes $1B Annual Transfer Milestone
Remitly, one of the fastest-growing remittance services, has hit a new milestone with over $1 billion in annual transfers. The startup’s fast-paced growth...
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5.4KTencent Talks $2B Loan
Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. is raising about $2 billion in a syndicated loan for expanding its business in financial services and...
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4.6KPeter Thiel’s Founders Fund Closes $1.3B VC Fund
In the latest sign that Silicon Valley still can attract attention, and funding, even amid the continued worries about startups, tech valuations...
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3.6KVC-Backed FinTech Doubled In 2015 — Despite Q4 Slump
The FinTech world can be divided between public and private companies. Publicly traded companies have had a tough time the last several months....
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4.2KLatvia’s Mintos FinTech Startup Grows P2P Loans Marketplace
Mintos, a Latvian P2P lending startup, which provides a platform for investors to finance nonbank lender loans, has raised $2.2 million in a...
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4.1KTech Momentum Looks Shaky
LinkedIn’s dismal guidance set the stage for a massive selloff in tech stocks on Friday. But there are other clouds gathering on...
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5.8KRocket Internet’s FinTech Startup Raises $34.4M For SMB Lending
FinTech firm Spotcap, based in Berlin and founded and backed by Rocket International, focuses on small business lending and has just grabbed...
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2.0KHow FinServ Funding Influences The Election
The Iowa caucus dust may be barely settled, but one force may continue to be a powerful one, regardless of the eventual...
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9.9KAs Tech Investments Chill, What’s Next For Unicorns?
It is not just the East Coast grappling with winter chill; even the West Coast has tech investments that are continuing to cool...
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1.5KWeLab Online Lending Platform Secures $160M To Expand
WeLab, a Hong Kong-based FinTech startup, has raised $160 million in its Series B round to further expand its roots in the Chinese...
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3.0KMicrolending Platform Mambu Scores Funds For Expansion
Germany-based software as a service (SaaS) banking platform provider Mambu has its eye on global expansion with the news of its latest...
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8.6KCES ’16: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (So Far)
It’s somewhat ironic that though the Consumer Electronics Show regularly brings thousands upon thousands of new gadgets to the floors of Las...
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5.0KWill Alphabet Dethrone Apple As The World’s Most Valuable Company?
The closeout of 2015 has been a very good time to be Alphabet/Google. Google finished the day yesterday (Dec. 28) with both classes...
