January 29, 2020 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

FinTech South, an event dedicated to financial innovation, announced on Wednesday it is now accepting applications for the FinTech South Innovation Award, which is hosted by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG). According to the event’s organizers, the program recognizes Georgia’s early-stage fintech companies by… Read More

January 29, 2020 @ 3:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

FIS (NYSE: FIS), a financial services technology firm, announced on Wednesday it is teaming with Liberis, a UK-based fintech that provides alternative funding for small businesses, to launch Working Capital to provide alternative funding solutions for U.S. small businesses. FIS reported that through its Working… Read More

January 29, 2020 @ 3:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase announced on Wednesday it has appointed Google’s former Vice President of Product, Surojit Chatterjee, as its new Chief Product Officer. Coinbase reported that Surojit will play a “critical role” in making the crypto-economy accessible to millions of more people through its… Read More

January 29, 2020 @ 1:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions announced on Wednesday of a new forecasting module within its revenue and expense management platform. According to Broadridge, the revenue and expense management solution tracks and calculates fees across a variety of complex workflows and helps asset managers and other financial services… Read More

January 29, 2020 @ 10:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK consumer banking group Barclays announced earlier this week the ten Fintech-focused startups that will join the 2020 London Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars. This is reportedly Barclays’ seventh accelerator class since the program’s establishment in 2014 and the participating companies notably span across a… Read More

January 29, 2020 @ 9:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based fintech Flux announced on Wednesday it has named UK consumer banking group Barclays its first strategic investment partner. Flux reported that Barclays has been a long-time supporter of its platform and has been involved with the company since 2017 when its executives joined the… Read More

January 29, 2020 @ 9:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK), a small business online lending platform, recently announced it has appointed Scott Totman as the company’s Chief Product and Technology Officer. OndDeck reported that Totman will oversee its engineering, product, and design organizations with a focus on building the next generation of… Read More

January 29, 2020 @ 8:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Royal Bank of Scotland recently announced its new £1 billion in funding through NatWest to support female entrepreneurs in the UK to scale and grow. The banking group revealed it is setting a target to support and inspire 500K people to consider starting a business,… Read More

January 28, 2020 @ 3:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Western Union (NYSE: WU) announced on Tuesday that it and La Banque Postale, the banking subsidiary of France’s postal services’ operator, La Poste Group, is now planning to expand its digital payments. Western Union reported that the integration of its global cross-border, cross-currency digital money… Read More

January 28, 2020 @ 3:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Refundo, a provider of tax-related financial products and services, announced on Tuesday it is once again making federal and state tax refunds available in cryptocurrency. The company revealed it is introducing support for Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETC), and Ripple (XRP) as additional cryptocurrency options… Read More

January 28, 2020 @ 2:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Uphold, a U.S.-based digital finance platform, announced on Tuesday the launch of its commission-free cryptocurrency trading. Uphold also revealed that it is adding new funding and withdrawal options to its platform, which reportedly now attracts up to 7,000 new accounts daily. Speaking about the new… Read More

January 28, 2020 @ 1:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerStreet, a leading platform for investing in real estate backed loans, announced on Tuesday it has appointed Ellen Coleman as its new Chief Financial Officer. Coleman reportedly joined the PeerStreet team last year and was previously named  EVP of Finance. The platform noted that Coleman… Read More

January 28, 2020 @ 11:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies (SCS) announced on Tuesday it has joined forces with Trilogy Education, a 2U, Inc. brand and leading workforce accelerator, to launch a fintech boot camp in the city. According to the school, the University of Toronto SCS FinTech Boot… Read More

January 28, 2020 @ 9:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Curve, a banking platform that consolidates multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and even smarter app, announced on Tuesday it is bringing Apple Pay to its customers across Europe. The company reported that with Apple Pay, customers may make purchases on iPhone, Apple… Read More

January 28, 2020 @ 8:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Standard Chartered, a UK-based multinational banking and financial services company with $688 billion in assets, announced on Tuesday it has made an investment in Contour, a blockchain-based open industry platform that will initially focus on digitally creating, exchanging, approving and issuing Letters of Credit (LCs). … Read More

January 28, 2020 @ 8:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gemini Trust Company, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange and custodian, announced on Tuesday it has appointed Blair Halliday as Chief Compliance Officer, as well as UK and European Money Laundering Reporting Officer. According to Gemini, Halliday will oversee the strategic direction of Gemini’s compliance program in the… Read More

January 28, 2020 @ 7:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitcoin IRA, a company that allows individuals to invest in cryptocurrency in an IRS-approved retirement account, announced on Tuesday it has surpassed $400 million in cryptocurrency transactions. Founded in 2016, Bitcoin IRA claims to be the world’s first, largest, and most secure digital asset IRA… Read More

January 27, 2020 @ 3:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending, and borrowing platform, has reportedly formed a new partnership with ZenLedger.io, a cryptocurrency tax analysis, and blockchain analytics startup. The duo reported that through the partnership cryptocurrency investors filing taxes with ZenLedger have an easy and seamless access to cryptocurrency-backed… Read More

January 27, 2020 @ 1:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marketplace lending company Funding Circle (LSE: FCH) announced on Monday it has appointed Oliver White as its new Chief Financial Officer, following Sean Glithero’s decision to step down from his CFO role and from the Board. White will be joining Funding Circle from Vanquis Bank,… Read More

January 27, 2020 @ 1:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Financial Data Exchange, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to unifying the financial industry around a common, interoperable, royalty-free standard for secure and convenient consumer and business access to their financial data, announced on Monday it welcomed 25 new members between August 1st and December 31st,… Read More