May 23, 2019 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two years after securing more than £1.3 million through its previous Crowdcube round, Money Dashboard was returned to the equity crowdfunding platform and has surpassed more than £2.1 million in funding. The funding round was launched, originally seeking £1.5 million, and has so… Read More

May 23, 2019 @ 2:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Robinhood announced on Thursday its Robinhood Crypto service has officially launched in New York. This news comes just six months after Robinhood announced that Robinhood Crypto received a virtual currency license, also known as the BitLicense, and a money transmitter license in the state. At… Read More

May 23, 2019 @ 8:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

InstaReM, a Southeast Asia’s digital cross-border money transfer service provider, announced on Wednesday it has formed a new partnership with Thailand-based banking group, KASIKORNBANK. The partnership will reportedly help InstaReM further entrench itself as a leading player in the institutional payments space. While sharing more… Read More

May 23, 2019 @ 8:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital bank Revolut announced on Thursday the launch of its Group Vaults, which are described as the simple way to save for that special gift or occasion with friends and family on the Revolut platform. Revolut further explained: “Wedding gifts, holidays, a family car, or… Read More

May 22, 2019 @ 4:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Snapsheet, a U.S.-based insurtech that’s focused in virtual claims solution, announced earlier this week it raised $29 million through its Series E funding round, which was led by Tola Capital, a venture capital firm that focuses on enterprise software. It includes participation from new investors,… Read More

May 22, 2019 @ 3:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), Germany’s supervisor of banks, financial services providers, insurance undertakings, and securities trading, reportedly published an order for N26 to remove backlogs in IT monitoring in order establish process descriptions and workflows in writing. In response to the… Read More

May 22, 2019 @ 2:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pension managing company PensionBee announced earlier this week that it has expanded its integration with digital banking group Starling Bank. PensionBee revealed that Starling Bank customers may now seamlessly combine all their old pensions into a new PensionBee plan, offering a pension consolidation product in… Read More

May 22, 2019 @ 1:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Portugal-based agriculture tech company, Agroop, has successfully secured its initial €500,000 funding target through its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round was launched in March, less than two years after Agroop obtained €514,000 on the funding platform.  As previously reported, Agroop was… Read More

May 22, 2019 @ 11:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

TicketGuardian, an insurtech startup that’s aiming to shake up the ‘no refunds’ standard of live events ticketing, announced earlier this week it has rebranded to Protecht. According to TicketGuardian, the name change is designed to streamline and simplify the Protecht offerings to partners, prospects, and… Read More

May 22, 2019 @ 11:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Wednesday it has formed a new partnership with India’s government-owned company UTI Infrastructure Technology and Services Limited (UTIITSL), to facilitate the issuing of physical and digital taxpayer identification cards, also known as PAN (Permanent… Read More

May 22, 2019 @ 9:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com announced on Wednesday it has listed ICON’s ICX to its wallet and card app. Crypto.com reported that ICX is the sixteenth token added to the crypto platform, joining cryptocurrencies and stablecoins such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), XRP,… Read More

May 22, 2019 @ 8:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

KoreConX announced on Wednesday it has appointed Howard Atkinson, the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Canada-based multi-cryptoasset investment round 3iQ, is joining the company’s Board of Directors. According to KoreConX, Atkinson has also been in the financial services industry for over three decades… Read More

May 22, 2019 @ 8:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global fintech InvestCloud announced last week it has appointed Will Bailey as its new Chief Strategy Officer. According to InvestCloud, the newly-created role will see Bailey head up development on emerging product initiatives, which includes leading a strategic product team to apply the latest technology, from… Read More

May 21, 2019 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Biz2Credit Inc. announced on Tuesday the launch of its new turnkey global SaaS platform, Biz2X. According to Biz2Credit, Biz2X enables financial institutions to provide a customized online lending experience for their small and midsize business customers. Biz2Credit further explained: “The Biz2X Platform is the natural outgrowth of… Read More

May 21, 2019 @ 3:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ivalua, a provider of global spend management cloud solutions, today announced that it has raised $60 million in growth equity funding to further accelerate its rapid growth. This capital raise values the company at a ‘unicorn’ level of more than $1 billion. Founded in 2000,… Read More

May 21, 2019 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Alipay announced on Tuesday that fintech company ininal has become its first partner in Turkey. According to Alipay, ininal is a new-general payment platform and a subsidiary of Multinet Up. The partnership will allow Alipay to be available for Chinese mainland visitor sat bricks-and-mortar stores… Read More

May 21, 2019 @ 1:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BlockSafe Technologies, a company that is designed to provide security solutions for blockchain businesses and cryptocurrency, announced on Tuesday it has launched an ambassador program to generate awareness around crypto wallet security, as well as the company’s CryptoDefender offering. According to BlockSafe, the ambassadors are… Read More

May 21, 2019 @ 11:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based fintech Broadridge Financial announced on Tuesday it is set to acquire Canadian wealth management technology provider, RPM Technologies for approximately $300 million. Broadridge reported that RPM’s technology platforms support more than 15 million customer accounts. Broadridge revealed: “Building on Broadridge’s strong Canadian Wealth Management business,… Read More

May 21, 2019 @ 10:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based AI company SingularityNET announced on Monday the launch of its new SingularityNet X-Lab Blockchain AI accelerator program. According to SingularityNet, the program aims to foster and support promising entrepreneurial teams specializing in the development and application of cutting-edge technologies at the intersection of… Read More

May 21, 2019 @ 9:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced on Tuesday it will team up with Samsung to explore and offer a new way for consumers to conveniently and securely verify their digital identity on mobile devices. While sharing more details about the collaboration, Ajay Bhalla, president of cyber &… Read More