March 8, 2018 @ 8:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BABB (Bank Account Based Blockchain), an FCA authorized payment institution headquartered in the Level39 fintech accelerator in Canary Wharf, announced on Wednesday it successfully raised its targeted $20 million in a sold-out initial coin offering (ICO) and is now set to open its first regulated blockchain-based bank accounts before… Read More

March 8, 2018 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, online lender Funding Circle announced investors lent more than £113 million to over 1,700 UK businesses throughout the month of February. Funding Circle also reported that over the last six months investors have helped more than 10,200 small businesses be able to gain access… Read More

March 8, 2018 @ 7:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lender Landbay announced this week it has hit its £100 million in lending milestone. The online lending platform achieved its half-way point in lending this past September and revealed that since then momentum has accelerated to result in near-on double of lending volumes… Read More

March 7, 2018 @ 4:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Left Handed Giant Brewing, a UK-based brewing company, has successfully secured its initial £450,000 funding target is now nearing £650,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Launched in 2015, Left Handed Giant Brewing claims to be one of the most highly rated breweries in the UK. “We… Read More

March 7, 2018 @ 3:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Consentium, a Singapore-based multi-digital currency and group monetization chat application, announced this week it has secured $10 million from its private ICO sale, which was launched on 25 January. The company reported that the funding will be used to drive expansion across Asia, including priority… Read More

March 7, 2018 @ 3:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Entersekt, a South African-based fintech, announced this week it is launching a digital payments enablement product, Connekt, which will add new payment services to banking apps notably quickly and easily. According to the company, Connekt helps financial institutions resolve this quandary. It puts at their disposal… Read More

March 7, 2018 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Financial Solutions Lab (FinLab), a five-year program aimed at harnessing and developing top fintech companies to create products that tackle Americans’ most pressing financial issues and is managed by CFSI with funding lab partner JPMorgan Chase & Co., recently announced applications are open for its… Read More

March 7, 2018 @ 3:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital payment platform Alipay announced this week it has reached a new partnership milestone with Canada-based fintech Motion Pay Technology Inc. According to the company, the partnership has resulted in a significant number of merchants across Canada enabling Alipay at point-of-sale.  According to the duo, Alipay is now accepted… Read More

March 7, 2018 @ 3:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Ripple announced that the Japanese Bank Consortium will release MoneyTap mobile app, which is powered by the company’s blockchain technology, to allow customers of the bank consortium to settle transactions instantly, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. According to Ripple, MoneyTap… Read More

March 7, 2018 @ 12:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

RealtyShares, an online marketplace for real estate investing, announced on Wednesday the results from its Commercial Real Estate Investing Survey, which was conducted online among over 2,000 U.S. adults in December 2017 by Harris Poll on its behalf. The results revealed that many Americans believe… Read More

March 7, 2018 @ 11:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pockitapp, a new mobile fintech app that lets consumers immediately convert the change from cash transactions and sends it to their phone, is now available to retail and food establishments in Orlando, Florida. Founded in 2016, Pockit’s mission is to convert physical change into digital currency… Read More

March 7, 2018 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global Fintech Hub LATTICE80 announced on Wednesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nanyang Polytechnic mid last year in 2017 to offer a first-of-its-kind fintech experience programme for its year 1 and 2 students. This news comes just as Lattice80 prepares to launch… Read More

March 7, 2018 @ 10:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PINTEC, a China-based end-to-end fintech solution provider, announced on Tuesday it was expanding its partnerships with e-commerce installment platform for luxury products Shefenqi to provide a customized interest-free installment financing solution for all products on Shefenqi’s platform. According to PINTEC, Shefenqi is backed by Tencent and… Read More

March 7, 2018 @ 9:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Symbiosism Economy Foundation (SEF) announced on Tuesday it has become a member with voting rights of the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA), a cross-industry, non-profit association that aims to be a platform for collaboration between all market participants and stakeholders in the financial technology ecosystem. Established in… Read More

March 6, 2018 @ 2:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

California fintech Credible announced on Monday it has appointed former Sindeo general counsel Jobe Danganan as its new general counsel and corporate secretary. According to the company, Danganan previously served as an enforcement attorney at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the U.S. regulator for consumer financial products,… Read More

March 6, 2018 @ 2:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canadian fintech Katipult announced last week it has been nominated, alongside Polymath Inc., for the Most Promising Partnership Award at the second annual Lendit Fintech Industry awards in April. According to Katipult, the partnership will be competing against some of the world’s finance and fintech giants… Read More

March 6, 2018 @ 2:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

TD Auto Finance (TDAF), a subsidiary of TD Bank, announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with AutoGravity, a fintech provider modernizing the way consumers buy and finance automobiles.  According to TDAF, through this partnership, indirect financing offers through TDAF will be made available to qualified… Read More

March 6, 2018 @ 1:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Property Master, a UK-based digital buy-to-let broker, has successfully secured its initial £250,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The initiative has attracted nearly 150 investors since its launch in January. As previously reported, Property Master was founded in 2016 and states that its… Read More

March 6, 2018 @ 11:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

eFOLDi, a UK-based scooter brand, is set to close its equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube with more than £1.1 million in funding. The campaign was launched last month and secured its initial £350,000 funding target. It has also attracted more than 730 investors. As previously reported,… Read More

March 6, 2018 @ 10:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

F10 FinTech Incubator and Accelerator announced on Tuesday its Program Grand Opening had been a resounding success. The organization reported that fifteen startups in the innovative fintech, insurtech, and regtech space pitched their pioneering ideas in front of a prestigious audience in Zürich’s Limmat Hall. The… Read More