January 10, 2020 @ 2:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Muse, a data-driven financial management mobile app, is now seeking 500,000 through its newly launched equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The startup is currently offering 6.67% in equity at a £7 million pre-money valuation.  Muse stated that it enables businesses to “thrive” by bringing financial… Read More

January 10, 2020 @ 10:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RiverNorth Marketplace Lending Corporation, an established and currently operating as a closed-end interval fund dedicated to the marketplace lending asset class, announced on Thursday the final results of its repurchase offer for up to 5%, or 330,914 of its outstanding common shares. The repurchase offer… Read More

January 10, 2020 @ 10:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Western Union (NYSE: WU) announced on Friday it has partnered with Du Xiaoman Financial (formerly fintech Baidu Finance) to launch Western Union international money transfers to be paid out in real-time into even more bank accounts in China.  According to the duo, the account payout… Read More

January 10, 2020 @ 8:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global online payment service provider PayU announced on Friday it is merging consumer lending business LazyPay and digital credit platform PaySense to build a full-stack digital lending platform in India. PayU reported it will acquire a controlling stake in PaySense and all its assets at… Read More

January 9, 2020 @ 11:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

HOP Vietnamese, a UK-based fresh food concept that is on a mission to showcase a “passion” for Vietnamese colorful food, culture, and street atmosphere, has quickly secured its initial £750,000 funding target and is now nearing £920,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The company… Read More

January 9, 2020 @ 11:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Standard Chartered, a UK-based multinational banking and financial services company with $688 billion in assets, announced on Thursday its strategic investment into Linklogis, a Chinese supply chain financing platform, to enhance its joint supply chain ecosystem proposition and provide suppliers with access to affordable and… Read More

January 9, 2020 @ 5:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

loanDepot announced on Thursday it will celebrate its 10 year anniversary by paying off one lucky customer AND one employee’s mortgage through its nextX Mortgage Sweepstakes, which will feature $680,000 in total prizes. According to loanDepot, the nextX Mortgage Sweepstakes is part of its year-long #nextX… Read More

January 9, 2020 @ 3:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chinese fintech Pintec Technology Holdings Limited (PINTEC) announced on Thursday it has formed a new partnership with comprehensive financial service platform West Guarantee. Pintec reported that through the partnership, it and West Guarantee will carry out in-depth collaboration in both technology and financial service areas… Read More

January 9, 2020 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Corvus Insurance, a U.S.-based insurtech startup, announced on Thursday it raised $32 million through its Series B funding round, which was led by Telstra Ventures with participation from Obvious Ventures and existing Corvus investors including .406 Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures and Hudson Structured Capital Management…. Read More

January 9, 2020 @ 8:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

European investment platform Bux announced on Thursday it has acquired Blockport, a social cryptocurrency investment platform based in Amsterdam. Bux reported that the acquisition will further expand its service offerings and will continue to drive its mission to become a single designation for young investors… Read More

January 9, 2020 @ 7:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AlgoTrader AG, a Swiss platform services provider for fully-integrated and automated quantitative trading and trade execution, for both traditional and digital assets, announced on Wednesday it secured CHF 3.7 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by an undisclosed global Tier 1… Read More

January 9, 2020 @ 7:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com announced on Thursday it has appointed Mariana Gospodinova as its new European general manager. Crypto.com reported that Gospodinova joins its team from Binance, where she headed the operations in Europe and looked after the launch of the crypto to fiat… Read More

January 8, 2020 @ 4:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Telegram announced on Tuesday that despite the rumors it is not planning to integrate its message app with its cryptocurrency token wallet. The platform noted that until now it has not addressed any rumors in the past while its team was working on building the… Read More

January 8, 2020 @ 3:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its equity crowdfunding campaign set to close next week on Crowdcube, Cowboy, a Belgium-based smart electric bike startup, will be completing the funding round with more than £3.66 million in funding raised. The company launched the funding round last month, originally seeking £1.2 million…. Read More

January 8, 2020 @ 1:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Port of Salalah, one of Oman’s largest seaports, has reportedly joined the blockchain-enabled digital shipping solutions platform, TradeLens. As previously reported, the solution was notably developed by IBM and Maersk to apply the blockchain global supply chain. “TradeLens uses IBM Blockchain technology as the foundation… Read More

January 8, 2020 @ 1:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Roofstock, an online marketplace where you can invest in single-family rental homes, announced on Wednesday it secured $50 million through its Series D funding round, which was led by SVB Capital with participation from Citi Ventures, Fort Ross Ventures and 7 Global Capital as well… Read More

January 8, 2020 @ 1:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Standard Chartered, a UK-based multinational banking and financial services company with $688 billion in assets, announced on Tuesday the launch of SC GPI Track, which is described as a publicly accessible portal that offers the ability to trace all cross-border payments cleared through Standard Chartered’s… Read More

January 8, 2020 @ 12:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

InsurTechNY, an InsurTech community that is based in the New York metro area, announced on Tuesday it has opened applications for the 2020 InsurTech Startup Competition. According to InsurTechNY, the competition has two tracks and will award $300,000 in prizes to the six winning teams. Startups in… Read More

January 8, 2020 @ 11:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

YieldStreet, an online marketplace for a diverse array of asset-backed investments, announced on Wednesday it has formed a new partnership with Citi to access investment opportunities across private credit markets, which includes Real Estate, Aviation, Shipping, Telecommunications, as well as other structured credit products. YieldStreet… Read More

January 8, 2020 @ 10:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Northmill, a Fintech based in Sweden, announced on Tuesday the launch of its savings accounts with deposit insurance, called Rebilla Reserve. This news comes just a few months after the company received its banking license from the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA or Finansinspektionen). While… Read More