June 21, 2018 @ 10:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Swedish communications company Rebtel has secured $8 million in new funding to further expand its ecosystem of resources for “modern migrants,” adding digital banking services to its existing communication / telephony services and on-demand work offerings.  Rebtel’s primary service today comes in the form… Read More

 Tagged balderton capital, challenger bank, digital bank, index ventures, magnus larsson, migrants, rebtel, sweden, telecommunications

June 21, 2018 @ 7:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Marketplace lending platform Linked Finance has secured a commitment from Portugal’s Banco BNI Europa, who will provide up to €50 million over a 2-year period, to lend to Irish SMEs. Niall Dorrian, CEO of Linked Finance, called the decision by Banco BNI Europa to deploy… Read More

 Tagged banco bni europa, banking, digital banking, ireland, linked finance, niall dorrian, online lending, p2p, pedro coelho, peer to peer

June 21, 2018 @ 5:05 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Crypto Valley Association (CVA), a global blockchain and cryptographic technology ecosystem, has partnered with BDO Switzerland, one of the country’s leading providers of auditing, accounting, tax and advisory services. “We are delighted to welcome BDO as a Strategic Partner. The development of blockchain technology is adding… Read More

 Tagged bdo switzerland, blockchain, crypto valley association, cryptographic technology, cva, oliver bussmann, switzerland, werner schiesser

June 21, 2018 @ 4:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Kenetic Capital, a blockchain investment and tech firm, and Decentraland, an Ethereum-based virtual reality platform powered by blockchain, has put NIFTY, a three-day conference and hackathon for international developers, investors, and entrepreneurs to discuss the future of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), collectibles, and blockchain gaming, on… Read More

 Tagged andrew kim, ari meilich, barunson, blockchain, blockchain based gaming, decentraland, hackathon, jehan chu, kenetic, kenetic capital, nft, non-fungible tokens

June 21, 2018 @ 3:33 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Kabbage, Inc., a global financial services, technology and data platform serving small businesses headquartered in Atlanta, released survey data that uncovers insights from 500 established small businesses and the key moments that triggered their growth. The results offer entrepreneurs applicable lessons from experienced business owners… Read More

 Tagged bredin, kabbage, lending, SMB, SME, victoria treyger

June 20, 2018 @ 11:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

It is a truism that we need bank like services but we really don’t need banks. The portfolio of services offered by a traditional analog bank sometimes feel cobbled together. Difficult to manage and expensive to use. Current accounts is an excellent example. For some… Read More

 Tagged banking, challenger bank, digital banking, sofi, sofi money

June 20, 2018 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, KeyBank announced it has acquired digital lending platform for small businesses Bolstr. According to Key, the fintech software, which is expected to be implemented later this year, will enable the banking group to provide faster and easier access both to SBA loans and to… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, Bolstr, charlie tribbett, fintech, jamie warder, keybank

June 20, 2018 @ 2:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nets, a Denmark-based payments platform, announced on tuesday it has expanded into Poland thanks to the acquisition of payments service providers Dotpay/eCard. According to Nets, Andrzej Budzik will continue as CEO of Dotpay/eCard and will report directly to Asger Hattel, Head of Merchant Services in Nets,… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, denmark, dotspay/ecard, nets, poland

June 20, 2018 @ 1:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this week, Revolut tweeted out that something “huge” is coming to the Revolut App. The digital bank already enables cryptocurrency trading, so what could it be? Speculation is that since it has to do with paying with your phone – it must be Apple… Read More

 Tagged apple, apple pay, banking, challenger bank, revolut, uk, united kingdom

June 20, 2018 @ 12:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chinese fintech Pintec Technology Holdings Limited (PINTEC) announced on Wednesday it has launched installment financing on its e-commerce platforms. This news comes just a couple of weeks after PINTEC secured $103 million through its latest financing round, which as led by Mandra Capital and SINA Corp…. Read More

 Tagged asia, china, e-commerce platform, fintech, installment financing, pintec