February 8, 2019 @ 10:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BNP Paribas announced earlier this week that it is now offering Apple Pay to its customers, as well as Hello bank! customers in France. This news comes just a couple of months after BNP Paribas announced it was bringing Apple Pay to its customers in Belgium. … Read More

February 8, 2019 @ 10:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK based peer-to-peer lender RateSetter announced on Friday it is expanding its Property Development Finance Team in South West England with the appointment of Ian Granger as its new Business Development Manager. Granger will reportedly oversee client management and business development in Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall as… Read More

February 8, 2019 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wealth Migrate, a UK-based real estate crowdfunding platform, has completed its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with £1,687,965 secured. The funding round was launched in November, originally seeking a minimum of £750,000. As previously reported, Wealth Migrate was established in 2010 and describes itself as a leading… Read More

February 8, 2019 @ 8:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

OakNorth, a UK-based fintech startup, has successfully secured $440 million through its latest investment round, which was led by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp.  Launched in 2015 by Rich Khosla and Joel Perlman, OakNorth claims to be Europe’s fastest-growing fintech company by assets and valuation. The company… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 9:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK), a small business online lending platform, announced on Thursday the closing of its $85 million corporate revolving credit facility with a lender group, which included four banks. According to OnDeck, the new committed facility can be used for general corporate purposes and replaces OnDeck’s prior $30… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 8:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tim Draper backed and attention monetization company Bitbounce announced on Thursday it has processed more than one billion emails through its free cryptocurrency spam solution that enables its members to earn compensation for receiving paid email messages from senders they do not know.  BitBounce reported that its global footprint… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 2:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ripple, a provider of enterprise blockchain solutions for payments, announced on Thursday new partners for its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI). According to Ripple, the initiative was launched in 2018 and now supports 29 partners to further accelerate research as well as technical development innovation in blockchain,… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 2:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BitTorrent, Inc., a peer-to-peer protocols and products firm, announced on Thursday CoinPayments now supports BitTorrent (BTT). According to BitTorrent, the support will now enable millions of customers to use BitTorrent (BTT) to purchase goods and services from hundreds of online merchants. BitTorrent reported it is already working… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 1:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Jetty, a U.S.-based insurtech startup, announced on Wednesday it secured $25 million through its Series B funding round led by Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures with participation from Valar Ventures and Ribbit Capital. Founded by Mike Rudoy and Luke Cohler, Jetty states it offers insurance that is designed to help… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 1:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Issuance, Inc., a marketing platform for digital securities, announced on Thursday it has completed the acquisition of financial marketing firm CrowdfundX. The acquisition was announced at the beginning of November and the transaction closed successfully on February 1, 2019, following receipt of company approvals and execution… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Yoyo announced on Thursday the launch of its new omnichannel platform. Yoyo reported that it has combined its in-store digital payments and loyalty experience with an e-commerce solution to enable retailers to created the channel.  According to Yoyo, the omnichannel platform provides the following: Multichannel one-click checkout:… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 8:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tink, a Sweden-based fintech that provides APIs to create next-generation banking services, announced on Thursday it secured €56 million through its investment round, which was led by Insight Venture Partners. Founded in 2012, Tink stated its mission is to make banking “better” by creating technology to improve… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 7:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Top British banking group Barclays has reportedly taken a minority stake in the UK-based fintech loyalty mobile app startup Bink. Founded in 2014, Bink stated its mission is to “redefine loyalty, making life simple and rewarding for all.” The company revealed: “Bink is set to transform… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 4:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Anna Money, a UK-based fintech that specializes in SME business banking, has received an £8.5 investment from tech investment firm, Kinetik. Founded in 2017, Anna, which stands for Absolutely No-Nonsense Admin, describes itself as a business current account for startups and small businesses. The company manages invoicing and comes… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 3:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Coinbase announced on Tuesday it is now offering Bitcoin support on its Coinbase Wallet service. Coinbase reported that users may now store their Bitcoin directly in the Coinbase Wallet app, which already supports Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, and more than 100,000 different ERC20 tokens, and ERC721 collectibles… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 2:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Modular contemporary company nHouse has successfully secured its initial £200,000 funding target through its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round was launched in November, just a little over a year after nHouse secured £984,110 through its first Crowdcube initiative. As previously reported, nHouse creates spacious, high-tech,… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 12:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard recently announced it has formed a cooperation agreement with BASF Digital Farming GmbH, Münster, Germany, to provide digital payment services for the company’s latest farming solution. According to Wirecard, xarvio Field Manager of BASF is a commercial digital product to… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 11:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerStreet, a real estate crowdfunding platform that has crafted an interesting niche that pairs retail investors with institutional money, announced on Wednesday it has formed a new integration with Liquid Logics, a market-leading loan origination software (LOS) platform. PeerStreet reported that approved lenders can submit loan information… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 10:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based business lender Growth Street announced recently announced that investor returns up by 16.7% in 2018 through its peer-to-peer investment platform. Founded in 2013, Growth Street’s main mission is to help businesses grow. The platform has already matched £175 million of investors’ funds with growing businesses since… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 9:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Aave, a UK-based tech company which specializes in the development of decentralized and hybrid blockchain applications, announced on Wednesday the launch of bitcoin on its crypto lending marketplace platform, ETHLend. According to Aave,  ETHLend is a lending peer to peer marketplace where users can borrow money using their… Read More