House of Fraser, the U.K. department store operator, is making a £35 million investment in an app-only bank as a way to give shoppers a banking tool and payment means. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
The rearview mirror for investing has a nice view: double-digit percentage gains for stocks, and much of that accomplished in just the last several weeks of the year. One spark to the fire, of course, came with the surprise election of Donald J. Trump to...
Snap Inc. and a handful of lesser known software companies are gearing up for IPOs in 2017 in a sign that the IPO market could finally be on the upswing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Eurozone stocks got good news on the first day of trading in 2017, which sent their shares up to a level not seen in longer than a year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
The “Facebook-Google duopoly” has crashed funding for advertising technology start-ups to five-year lows, according to reports emerging this morning. All in all, there were 343 adtech venture deals in 2016 — a 17 percent drop compared with the 414 deals made in 2015. The value of...
Axoni, the blockchain startup, raised $18 million in a Series A round of funding, with Wells Fargo and Euclid Opportunities acting as the lead investors in the round. With the $18 million, Axoni has raised more than $20 million, reported American Banker. Get the Full Story...
Danish front-end card management platform and cardholder application Cardlay, which works with banks to provide digital finance solutions as a means to compete with FinTech companies, recently announced it has raised $4 million in a funding round led by private investors. Get the Full Story...
The third full week of December saw overall investment spend at just over $286 million, well below last week’s haul. FinTech took the lead again this week with about 64 percent ($185.3 million) of total investment activity after it was overshadowed by major B2B deals...
Personalization technology startup Dynamic Yield recently announced it had raised $22 million in a Series C venture capital funding round. This most recent round was reportedly led by Vertex and ClalTech, with additional participation from Baidu and Global Founders Capital. Get the Full Story Complete...
