Moneybox, a U.K.-based investment app company, has raised $3 million in its seed funding round ahead of its planned 2016 launch date. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
Uber’s China division received a nearly $2 billion investment from Chinese firms, boosting the unit to a valuation of $7 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
Travel search site Skyscanner has raised $192 million in its latest round of funding, joining a clique of British unicorns. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...
When it comes to investments and the payments and commerce tech startups that need them, 2016 so far is shaping up to be a rather tense time. The World Bank thinks global markets are heading for a “perfect storm” of instability and the first two...
2015, with respect to FinTech investments, came in like a lion with big funding rounds and unicorn designations flying around at warp speed. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
When Foursquare launched out of the South by Southwest conference in 2010, it was briefly something of an overnight sensation. Consumers just couldn’t get enough checking-in. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
There are any number of players striving to be the prime mover behind Southeast Asian eCommerce — many of them very large and rather established. And in that crowded field is iPrice, a small firm with a big plan for itself: to be the gateway...
Insurance is, by its very nature, not an easy product to sell because it requires customers to give up current cash flow to hedge against a bad future situation of some kind. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Despite fewer business days last week, investment continued apace going into the holiday season, with even activity between commercial and B2B investment split almost evenly. That was good news for Bee, the online banking startup that grabbed $4.3M to seed its expansion outside New York.
