March 12, 2018
Funding Circle Chooses Bank Partners For Record-Setting Float
Funding Circle has reportedly chosen the banks to help it go public, according to Bloomberg reports from Sunday (March 11). An unnamed source revealed that Bank of America Merrill Lynch,...
April 24, 2017
Ant Financial’s Great Mobile Payments Race
The most memorable thing that came out of the 1959 movie, A Hole in the Head, was its 1960 Oscar-winning song, “High Hopes,” sung by Frank Sinatra. If the song...
January 02, 2017
Getting Ready For 2017? Not Before You Read This
Every Monday, this column space is dedicated to the musings of Karen Webster and her take on all things payments, commerce and retail. The goal: to start a conversation by...
December 26, 2016
2016 Words Of Wisdom: The CEO Edition
Phew! We made it through another holiday season (relatively) unscathed. Our wallets may be a bit lighter and our pants a bit tighter (depending on how many holiday treats you...
November 04, 2016
Copenhagen Banks On Livability For Tech Success
Denmark has gained quite a reputation for supporting an overall positive business environment and fostering creativity and innovation – all of which have contributed to its capital city attracting the...
October 17, 2016
Misys Drops Its Valuation By £1 Billion
Fintech companies in Europe are retreating from IPOs in the post-Brexit aftermath. Many are wondering whether it is worth turning to public markets when interest rates are so low. Misys...
August 25, 2016
Mobile Payments: Adornments For the U.S., mVisa For The Unbanked...
This week, Visa has big news for Nigeria. Adornment is also a theme as corporate activity sees Mary Kay consultants with new Bluetooth readers paired with Smartphones while innovation activity...
August 24, 2016
ID 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 health issue in 2016, the KPMG Fintech reports...
July 25, 2016
Why 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 deal with stock exchange Nasdaq to debut a...