April 26, 2017 @ 12:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain tech company, Humaniq, announced on Tuesday it has officially formed a new cryptocurrency partnership with BOScoin. with South Korean cryptocurrency platform, BOScoin. The partnership will allow both companies to share strategy resources in technology while BOScoin will support Humaniq’s Asia expansion and Humaniq will support BOScoin’s… Read More

April 26, 2017 @ 11:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tipalti announced on Wednesday it is enhancing its NetSuite integration by launching a touchless invoices process. According to the fintech company, the enhanced integration allows NetSuite clients to streamline their entire end-to-end accounts payable and supplier payments workflow, from supplier onboarding and vetting to AP tax… Read More

April 26, 2017 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

FinMason, a Boston-based fintech and investment analytics firm, announced on Tuesday it appointed three new staff members to its growing staff. The appointees were added to the data science, marketing, and sales departments. According to FinMason, Mark Carroll was appointed as director of data science, Bob Leaper… Read More

April 26, 2017 @ 9:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hyperledger Project, a collaborative cross-industry effort created to advance blockchain technology, announced on Wednesday seven additional members to the project. The latest members include CollectorIQ Inc., Korea Exchange, Shanghai Onechain Information Technology, Shenzhen Forms Syntron Information, The State of Illinois, The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific… Read More

April 26, 2017 @ 9:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdcube #FundedClub member and award-winning online marketplace for local food producing, Farmdrop, announced it raised £7 million during its Series A funding round, which was led by a previous investor, Atomico, which was founded by Skype co-founder, Niklas Zennström. This new round of funding comes… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 6:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, NextGen Crowdfunding announced voting is now open for the season finale of its Crowdfunding Video Awards (CVAs). The award show’s season one kicked off on January 25th and had six rounds. The final six of season one are now competing, and the winner… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 4:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Snapshot Games, the studio behind Kickstarter alum Chao Reborn, announced on Tuesday it is now seeking $500,000 on crowdfunding platform Fig for its new video game project and XCOM inspired, Phoenix Point.  Phoenix Point is described as a turn-based tactics and world-based strategy scifi game. The game’s story reads:… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Ohio-based companies KeyBank, Progressive, The Kroger Co., Grange Insurance, Huntington, FifthThird, First Federal Lakewood, Root Insurance, and Safelite announced the launch of their new global fintech accelerator program, Fintech71. JPMorgan Chase will also be lending its thought leadership and industry expertise to the… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 2:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, healthcare tech startup, Patientory, announced the launch of its healthcare crypto-token currency. According to the company, the tokens will be used to power its network, which is described as a secure, closed loop distributed ledger system that connects all parties in the healthcare… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 1:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paladin fs, an IT banking contractor company, announced on Tuesday the launch of Quote Check, its newest service offering that helps bankers before signing a new service quote. This service will ensure that banks are being offered equitable terms and pricing nationally. While sharing details about the… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 11:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, creators of the hit Kickstarter-funded card game project, Bears vs. Babies, Elan Lee and Matthew Inman, announced shipping confirmation details. The duo revealed that the game copies are almost ready. Bears vs. Babies is described as a card game with one goal: for… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 11:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Moldable glue company, Sugru, announced on Tuesday that due to continuous interest from various investors, it has decided to extend its latest equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube by another two weeks. In the latest update, Sugru’s Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh, Roger Ashby, and Paraic Begley stated:… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 10:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

XY Planning Network (XYPN) announced on Tuesday it has opened application registration for its second annual Fintech Competition during its #XYPN17, which is a financial planning conference that is exclusively for advisors serving the generation X and Y markets. The event will take place in Dallas, Texas… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 9:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Computing and the IBM Center for Blockchain Innovation (ICBI), a part of IBM Research, announced on Tuesday they are collaborating to develop a module on fintech, which is set to better equip students with essential knowledge and skill sets in this area…. Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 9:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SmartBiz Loans, an online SBA marketplace and bank-enabling technology, announced on Tuesday it added Five Star Bank to its technology network. The company stated its technology platform would match Northern California-based bank to the right customers in a fraction of the time, allowing the bank to originate… Read More

April 24, 2017 @ 3:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than one month after launching its new equity crowdfunding round on Invesdor, Finland-based Ägräs Distillery has successfully secured its initial €100,000 funding target. This campaign comes a little over a year after the company secured nearly €200,000 through its first Invesdor campaign. As previously reported, Ägräs Distillery was… Read More

April 24, 2017 @ 2:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Barclays Bank recently selected the 10 fintech startups that will be participation in its second acceleration program, powered by TechStars, at its Africa’s Rise fintech innovation hub in Cape Town. According to TechStars, the second class’ applications extended to 52 countries across the globe and… Read More

April 24, 2017 @ 1:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two weeks until its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube comes to an end, food and beverage online marketplace, TheFoodMarket has successfully sur passed its initial £200,000 funding target thanks to more than 320 investors. The company reported that through this latest funding round… Read More

April 24, 2017 @ 1:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Innovate Finance announced on Monday its members will be joining a RegTech delegation to New York City this week, which is being organized by the Department for International Trade (DIT). According to the organization, this is DIT’s first RegTech mission to America and will be part of… Read More

April 24, 2017 @ 11:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain startup, Humaniq, announced on Monday it has appointed Former winner of BBC’s The Apprentice, Tim Campbell, has been appointed as a new member of its board. According to Humaniq, Campbell will join Alex Fork, Dinis Guarda and Dmitry Kaminskiy on the board. Speaking about his appointment, Campbell… Read More