September 24, 2020 @ 4:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced on Wednesday it has formed a global commerce partnership with Salesforce to power Commerce Cloud Payments and advanced commerce experiences for enterprise customers. The duo is teaming up to help retailers adapt to a reported digital spending surge. “E-commerce spending has… Read More

September 24, 2020 @ 1:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Santander Bank announced on Thursday it has joined forces with Roostify for its digital home lending platform, EZApply. According to Santander, the platform provides a “convenient” way for customers to apply for the bank’s home lending services. Santander further explained that the platform offers a… Read More

September 24, 2020 @ 11:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc., a U.S.-based fintech company that created a smart debit card for kids, teens, and college students, announced on Thursday it raised $215 million through its Series C funding round, which was led by Canapi Ventures and TTV Capital with participation from… Read More

September 24, 2020 @ 10:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Petal, a credit card startup pioneering “Cashflow Underwriting” as an alternative to traditional credit scoring, announced on Thursday it secured $55 million through its Series C funding round, which was led by Valar Ventures with participation from Rosecliff Ventures, Afore Capital, RiverPark Ventures, Great Oaks… Read More

September 24, 2020 @ 9:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CogniSure AI, an insurtech startup that is focused on providing actionable insights from unstructured insurance documents such as policies, loss runs, quotes, and submission emails, announced on Wednesday the launch of its artificial intelligence (AI) platform for commercial loss run automation. Founded in 2019, CogniSure… Read More

September 24, 2020 @ 8:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Prime Trust, a blockchain-driven trust company, has teamed up with global identity verification provider Acuant for identity verification and complain to meet Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations, manage fraud and fight financial crime, through its All-In-One Trusted Identity platform. Prime Trust reported it is integrating… Read More

September 23, 2020 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mozzeno, a Belgium-based fintech, has raised around €3 million through latest investment round from reportedly its existing and new shareholders, which includes the W.IN.G Fund, as well as Federale (Federale Verzekering/Assurance). Launched in 2017, Mozzeno claims it is the fist Belgian platform that allows investors… Read More

September 23, 2020 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Penn River, a U.S. insurtech that’s focused on cloud-based annuity and life administration, announced on Tuesday it has joined forces with management consulting company Mantissa to launch its ProductHub platform. Penn River describes ProductHub as a solution that provides as much as a 30% reduction… Read More

September 23, 2020 @ 3:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based insurtech startup Pie Insurance announced on Tuesday it is now offering automated bind requests within its recently launched partner portal. Pie Insurance reported that by allowing partner agents to submit requests to bind on eligible submissions within the partner portal, the company is “streamlining”… Read More

September 23, 2020 @ 2:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Robinhood, a modern trading platform that offers both traditional securities as well as crypto, has reportedly secured $660 million in total through its Series G funding round. The platform revealed it raised $200 million through the round last month, with D1 Capital Partners leading the… Read More

September 23, 2020 @ 1:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Renewable energy solution provider Antaco has successfully secured its initial 400,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, which recently launched and has so far attracted more than 300 investors. Founded in 2011, Antaco is on a mission to become the world leader in turning… Read More

September 23, 2020 @ 12:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small business funding platform Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday it is teaming up with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), its business and technology arm, CPA.com, to launch a new small business funding platform, CPALoanPortal.com. According to Biz2Credit, the platform was created to help… Read More

September 23, 2020 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

DiversyFund, a real estate crowdfunding marketplace, announced on Tuesday it has undergone a period of significant growth in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding platform reported it saw an increase in customers this year and surpassed the 13,350 milestone. DiverseyFund further noted that it… Read More

September 23, 2020 @ 9:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Next Insurance, an insurtech seeking to transform small business insurance, announced on Wednesday it secured $250 million through its Series D funding round, which was led by CapitalG, Alphabet’s independent growth fund, with participation from FinTLV, a global insurtech VC, and existing investor Munich RE… Read More

September 22, 2020 @ 4:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

inwi money, a subsidiary of inwi and telecom provider in mobile money services, announced on Tuesday it has joined forces with WorldRemit, a provider of online money transfer services, and MFS Africa, a Pan-African fintech that operates an e-payment platforms in Africa.to launch an international… Read More

September 22, 2020 @ 3:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ally Lending, the personal lending arm of Ally Bank, a subsidiary of Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY), announced on Tuesday it has added to its retail market lending offering through its new agreement with installment payments platform, Sezzle. Ally Lending revealed through the partnership it will bring a… Read More

September 22, 2020 @ 2:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paysend, a UK-based global payments platform,  announced on Tuesday it is waiving money transfer fees for U.S. customers throughout the month of October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The fee waiving comes just a couple of weeks after Paysend’s U.S. launch. Speaking about the… Read More

September 22, 2020 @ 12:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MetaBank, N.A. announced on Tuesday the expansion of its payments platform to include processors Finix and TabaPay. According to Metabank, Finix builds payments infrastructure for vertically-focused software providers and fintech companies. With Finix, businesses may own and monetize entire payments experience without having to build… Read More

September 22, 2020 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

TotallyMoney, a UK-based fintech firm that helps its clients make better financial decisions by putting them right at the center of their credit data, announced on Tuesday it has launched a “Credit Assistant” feature on its mobile app to help improve credit scores and move… Read More

September 22, 2020 @ 10:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Multinational consumer credit reporting company Experian announced on Tuesday that Virgin Money has launched on its pre-qualification platform to help streamline the mortgage process. According to Experience, Virgin Money will put mortgage eligibility in the hands of homebuyers and intermediaries upon the platform with a… Read More