January 14, 2020 @ 11:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions announced on Tuesday it has joined forces with IBM Service to bring a new cloud-based solution to its clients in the financial services industry. The company reported that as part of this strategic partnership, it will create The Broadridge Private… Read More

January 14, 2020 @ 11:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payment processing platform Klarna has teamed up with Swedish multinational clothing-retail H&M to launch Pay Later options in the U.S. According to H&M, the payment solution in the U.S. enables a “frictionless” and flexible checkout for customers across all channels. Stefan Vos, CFO of H&M… Read More

January 14, 2020 @ 8:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

iSTOX, a regulated capital markets platform that provides digital security issuance and trading, announced on Tuesday it secured a $5 million investment from South Korea-based Hanwha Asset Management. This new investment comes just a couple of months after iSTOX received a $5 million investment from… Read More

January 14, 2020 @ 7:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA, a Spanish multinational banking group, announced on Tuesday it has partnered with the authentication solutions company Nok Nok Labs to further strengthen the use of biometric authentication on its mobile banking services. BBVA reported that through this agreement, Nok Nok will provide BBVA with… Read More

January 14, 2020 @ 7:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), a banking software company based in Switzerland, announced on Tuesday it has launched banking distribution services through its Temenos Infinity digital front-office banking product.  Temenos claims that Temenos Infinity is the first core-agnostic product to give banks the ability to continuously transform… Read More

January 13, 2020 @ 9:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hycube, a Germany-based renewable energy storage solution, has successfully secured its initial €1 million equity crowdfunding target on Seedrs.  The company stated that it was created to build world-class energy storage systems  by taking energy from solar panels and storing it for later use in… Read More

January 13, 2020 @ 6:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Plaid, a U.S.-based fintech startup, announced on Monday it has been acquired by Visa. The companies both revealed that Visa will pay total purchase consideration of $5.3 billion through the acquisition. Founded in 2012, Plaid stated it is focused on enabling “innovation and democratizing” financial… Read More

January 13, 2020 @ 5:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small Robot, a UK-based ag-tech that is building sustainable farming robots, is now seeking £700,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The latest campaign comes just one year after Small Robot £1,173,940 through its latest Crowdcube campaign. Small Robot reported it has transitioned from… Read More

January 13, 2020 @ 2:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital money transfer service MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) announced on Monday it has formed a new partnership with  EbixCash, an international supplier of on-demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance, financial, healthcare and e-learning industries, to bring enhanced services to millions of consumers across India…. Read More

January 13, 2020 @ 2:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) has launched a mobile app for its digital banking service, Marcus.  The fact that such a prominent entrant into the digital bank sector has existed minus an App has long been a shortcoming of the Fintech. Goldman Sachs spokeswoman, Kristen Greco,… Read More

January 13, 2020 @ 12:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

DreamItReel, an all-in-one solution for premium video content creation at scale, is now seeking funding through its RegCF funding round on the crowdfunding platform, SeedInvest. DreamItReel describes itself as a video creation platform built specifically for brands, agencies, and content creators looking to create high-quality… Read More

January 13, 2020 @ 11:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paysafe Group, a global payments provider, announced on Monday has expanded its omni-channel payments offering through the launch of the Cloud SDK from Handpoint. According to Paysafe, the Cloud SDK allows independent software vendors (ISVs) with cloud-based platforms to provide businesses with enhanced in-person payments…. Read More

January 13, 2020 @ 10:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

ThinCats, a UK-based lending platform, has reportedly hit a new company milestone. According to P2P Finance News, the platform’s 2019 was record-breaking, with its new loan number doubling to nearly 200 million. It was also noted that ThinCats’ loan book is now over 580 million…. Read More

January 13, 2020 @ 7:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based digital banking group Starling Bank announced on Monday it supercharging its bank accounts for businesses and sole traders with a range of new features, which includes unsecured loans of up to £250,000, an increase in its overdraft limits from £10,000 to £150,000, more competitive… Read More

January 12, 2020 @ 10:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based digital banking group Monzo celebrated the new year by sharing the successes of the past twelve months. The fintech revealed it started last January with just over a million customers, and now, over 3.6 million people bank with its platform. The company has since… Read More

January 12, 2020 @ 7:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Brewer Lane Ventures, a U.S.-based venture capital firm focused on investing in the insurtech and fintech industries, it has officially launched and it has brought on Martha Notaras as Managing Partner. Notaras previously led XL Innovate, a leading property and casualty insurtech VC fund that invested in Cape… Read More

January 12, 2020 @ 7:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based insurtech Honcho has successfully secured its initial £700,000 funding target through its latest Crowdcube round. The campaign comes less than two years after Honcho raised £829,370 on Crowdcube.  As previously reported, Honcho describes itself as a reverse-auction marketplace where insurers enter a competitive real-time… Read More

January 10, 2020 @ 11:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ledger Holdings Inc., the parent company to LedgerX LLC, a regulated cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, announced on Friday that LedgerX co-founder and former CTO, Zach Dexter, as the new CEO. This news comes less than six months after LedgerX’s former CEO, Paul Chou, issued a “profanity-laced”… Read More

January 10, 2020 @ 11:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paul Rippon, Monzo’s Co-Founder and Deputy Chief Executive, announced this week he has stepped down from his position with the UK fintech to pursue an alpaca business, Barnacre Alpacas. In a letter published on Linkedin, Rippon revealed the exciting news and what’s next for him…. Read More

January 10, 2020 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bricksave, a UK-based property investment platform, has not only secured its £600,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, but it is also now nearing £720,000 thanks to nearly 150 Seedrs investors. As previously reported, Bricksave provides individuals direct access to institutional-grade real… Read More