Samantha Hurst

Mogo Set to Acquire Additional Shares In Canada-Based Crypto Platform Coinsquare

  Mogo Inc. (NASDAQ: MOGO) (TSX: MOGO) a Canada-based digital payments and financial technology company, announced on Tuesday it is set to acquire additional 2.0% of the outstanding common shares of cryptocurrency platform, Coinsquare.  The acquisition was announced just a little over a month after Coinsquare… Read More

Truebill Reportedly Secures $45 Million Through Series C Investment Round Led By Accel

  Less than a year after securing $17 million through its Series C funding round, personal finance startup Truebill has reportedly raised $45 million through its Series D investment round, led by Accel with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Cota Capital, and Eldridge. Founded in… Read More

Latin American Fintech Belvo Secures $43 million to Accelerate Open Finance Platform Expansion

  Belvo, a Latin American fintech, announced on Tuesday it secured $43 million through its Series A funding round, which saw participation from Future Positive and FJLabs. Founded in 2019, Belvo enables financial innovators to access and interpret data from their end-users in an easy… Read More

CommonBond Appoints Square’s Sonali Sambhus to Board of Directors

  CommonBond, an online lending platform servicing the student loan market, announced on Tuesday it has appointed Sonali Sambhus to its Board of Directors. According to CommonBond, Sambhus currently leads the developer platform at Square.  CommonBond also revealed that Sambhus has two decades of experience building technology products, from… Read More

Celsius Network Unveils Web-Based Application For Corporate & Institutional Financial Services

  Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending and borrowing platform, recently announced the launch of its web-based application for its financial services. While sharing more details about the launch, Nuke Goldstein, CTO of Celsius, stated: “The Celsius team of talented designers, developers, devops, and testers were… Read More

Crypto Exchange Xcoins Receives Class 3 Virtual Financial Asset License From Malta Financial Services Authority

    Xcoins, a cryptocurrency exchange platform, announced on Monday it received its Class 3 Virtual Financial Asset (VFA) License issued by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). The company claims it was one of the first cryptocurrency exchanges to receive these permissions from MFSA…. Read More

Wirex Teams Up with Terra Virtual For New Exclusive “Non-Fungible Token” Giveaway

Digital payments platform Wirex announced on Monday it has teamed up with digital collectible platform Terra Virtua for exclusive non-fungible tokens (NFTs) giveaway. Wirex reported it will give away 500 exclusive Terra Virtua vFlect NFTs, as well as up to $500,000 worth of cryptocurrency in promotions throughout… Read More

Plug and Play Japan Announces Startups For Summer/Fall 2021 Batch

‘   Plug and Play Japan announced on Monday it has selected a total of 91 Japanese and international startups for its Summer/Fall 2021 program batch. The startups, which were notably selected by 44 corporate partners, will be joining the following programs, IoT, Fintech, Insurtech,… Read More

NatWest Now Calling for Small Businesses to Join “Together for our Planet” Climate Action Government Campaign

    UK banking group NatWest recently announced it is encouraging small business customers to make a climate commitment and join the government’s Together for our Planet ‘business climate leaders’ campaign, which was launched by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Business & Energy Secretary. NatWest… Read More

Viva Wallet Launches “Tap on Phone” Feature on POS Android App

    Viva Wallet, a Greece-based neobank startup, recently announced its new Tap On Phone feature on its new POS app. According to Viva, the feature turns any Android mobile into a card terminal. “With the new payment solution, merchants no longer must wait for their card… Read More

Digital Health Platform Eysz Now Seeking Funds Through RegCF Campaign on Bioverge Portal

  Eysz, a U.S.-based digital health platform, recently launched its Regulation Crowdfunding (RegCF) campaign on investment platform Bioverge.  Founded in 2018, Eysz stated it is developing a digital health platform to enable personalized medicine for neurological disorders, starting with epilepsy. “We exist because we want to… Read More

Australian Insurtech Expense Check Secures AU$4 Million Global Expansion; Rebrands to Kanopi

Expense Check, an Australian insurtech, announced on Monday it raised AU$4 million through its latest investment round, which was led by Holland Insurance Company. The company also revealed that it has rebranded to Kanopi as it prepares to expand its local presence and launch into… Read More

Israel-Based Insurtech Parametrix Raises $17.5 Million Through Latest Investment Round

    Parametrix Insurance, an Israel-based insurtech startup, recently announced it secured $17.5 million through its latest investment round, which included participation from FirstMark Capital and F2 Ventures. Founded in 2019, Parametrix Insurance explained it provides insurance policies covering third-party IT downtime events such as… Read More

Curve Closes Latest Crowdfunding Campaign With Nearly £10 Million Raised

  Curve, a banking platform that consolidates multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and even smarter app, closed its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with nearly £10m in funding from 11,795 investors. Curve also claimed it was the fastest ever company on Crowdcube to raise… Read More

Funding Circle Receives Recovery Loan Scheme Accreditation

Funding Circle lobby

  Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the U.S. and parts of Europe, recently announced it received accreditation under the British Business Bank’s Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS). Funding Circle reported that RLS loans will be offered alongside the platform’s… Read More

U.S. Auto Financing Fintech MotoRefi Scores $45 Million Through Series B Investment Round Led By Goldman Sachs Asset Management

  MotoRefi, an auto refinancing startup on a mission to help consumers save on their car loans, announced on Friday it scored $45 million through its Series B investment round, which was led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The latest investment round comes less than… Read More

Worldline Set to Acquire Greece-based Network Services Provider Cardlink

Worldline, (Euronext: WLN) a European payments and transactional services firm, announced on Friday it is set to acquire Greece-based network services provider, Cardlink. Worldline claims that Cardlink is the leading Greek Network Services Provider (NSP) with an above 240,000 POS fleet (46% of POS transactions), managing… Read More

Apifiny Launches Global Digital Asset Trading Platform Designed For Professional Traders “Apifiny Connect”

  Apifiny, a digital asset marketplace that seeks to enable institutional trading across multiple regulated exchanges, announced on Thursday it has launched Apifiny Connect, which is a global digital asset trading execution platform that empowers professional traders to execute global strategies on over 20 connected exchanges with… Read More

Funding Circle Announces £300 Million Lending Partnership With Atom Bank

  Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the U.S. and parts of Europe, announced on Friday it has teamed up with Atom Bank to provide £300 million of new funding to small businesses. Through the collaboration, Atom will use… Read More

Circle Secures $440 Million Through Latest Investment Round

  Global fintech Circle announced on Friday it secured $440 million through its latest investment round.  Fidelity Management and Research Company, Marshall Wace, Willett Advisors, Intersection Fintech Ventures, Atlas Merchant Capital, Digital Currency Group, FTX, Breyer Capital, Valor Capital Group, Pillar VC, as well as Michael J…. Read More

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