General News

June 14, 2018 @ 2:14 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Seedrs alum Wrisk began its second crowdfunding campaign in May — its second within a year — and is crushing it again within a few weeks. Having already raised over £954,550 on its current Seedrs convertible campaign (a mere £500K was the platform’s initial goal),… Read More

June 14, 2018 @ 1:40 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Spanish startup WOOM, a data app that empowers women to maximize chances of pregnancy, is overfunding and poised to easily surpass £400,000 on its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Just last week, WOOM celebrated hitting its £300K initial goal. More than 77 investors have stepped up… Read More

June 14, 2018 @ 1:04 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Mambu, the Berlin-based SaaS engine powering innovative lending and deposits, announced that business leader and academic Henning Kagermann joined its board of directors. Mambu will draw on Kagermann’s decades of executive and operational expertise to help guide the company as it increasingly attracts interest and business… Read More

June 14, 2018 @ 12:48 am By Erin Hobey  |  

SharesPost, a private company liquidity solutions and private capital markets research provider, has joined forces Security Token Offerings advisory firm Satis Group LLC d/b/a Corinthian Partners LLC. Satis is the first partner participating in SharesPost’s newly-launched global Advisor Partner Program. The partnership aims to result… Read More

June 13, 2018 @ 7:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinTech Australia has shared the 2018 Finnie Award winners. The second annual industry event recognizes the best in financial innovation in the fast growing sector of finance. Receiving the top award of Australia’s outstanding FinTech leader of the year is Katherine McConnell, the founder and CEO of… Read More

June 13, 2018 @ 6:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, the UK government announced a new initiative that will allow those who want to start a business in the country to apply for a new “startup” visa. According to government officials, this new route, which was announced during London Tech Week, will widen… Read More

June 12, 2018 @ 11:31 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Lending Express, an AI-powered marketplace for business loans, has opened a new Silicon Valley office in San Mateo, as well as the appointment of Moshe Kazimirsky to VP of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development to support the West Coast team. The announcement comes on the… Read More

June 12, 2018 @ 6:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The London-based fintech platform Opal Transfer is celebrating its 15 year anniversary with launch of new app offering ‘one click payments.’  Having reportedly transferred over £1.5 billion across Europe, Opal’s new app aims to give users access to one click payments making transfers quicker and easier. Currently Opal… Read More

June 11, 2018 @ 8:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, global fintech InvestCloud announced it has acquired London-based rplan Limited for $20 million. According to InvestCloud, rplan is a provider of client engagement technology to support investment propositions for web and mobile. The company’s client base includes four of the top eight UK… Read More

June 9, 2018 @ 7:33 am By Cali Haan  |  

Computing’s “Temple of Open Source” -the Linux Foundation- has extended an olive branch to Microsoft by blessing its recent acquisition of the popular software collaboration platform GitHub. According to Github, over 28 million software developers use the site to co-build software and sift it for… Read More

June 8, 2018 @ 3:02 pm By Cali Haan  |  

“The millionaire is changing,” says glamorous London art dealer and Georgian noblewoman Eleesa Dadiani, and that millionaire needs a novel way to invest in art. Even the sub-millionaire can get involved now that Dadiani’s London Gallery has partnered with ‘decentralized’ gallery Maecenas Fine Art. Together… Read More

June 8, 2018 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SharesPost, a provider of late-stage private company liquidity solutions and private capital markets research, announced on Friday it has appointed Vijay Chetty as its new Vice President of Business Development. SharesPost reported that before he joined its team, Chetty spent more than three years focusing… Read More

June 7, 2018 @ 11:12 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Finanbest, a Madrid-based licensed securities agency, offers a digital end-to-end wealth management solution for retail investors, reportedly reducing costs for clients up to 70%. The platform has partnered with Crowdcube to raise £175,000 for 6.22% equity. The agency was pre-valued at £2,638,522.  At this writing, the… Read More

June 7, 2018 @ 10:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Cayman Island-based crypto market and portfolio analysis platform TokenAI has introduced Juliet, a proprietary Artificial Intelligence tool which aims to help both new and experienced cryptocurrency traders make smarter investments. Juliet seeks to integrate with TokenAI’s three core services: Individual Coin Analysis, Current Portfolio Rebalancing and… Read More

June 7, 2018 @ 9:57 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Earlier this week Revolut announced its plans to apply for a US banking license. Today the challenger bank indicated that it will launch a global trading platform to buy and sell listed stocks commission-free through which Revolut customers will be able to invest in companies such as Apple… Read More

June 5, 2018 @ 10:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at University of Cambridge Judge Business School, Asian Development Bank Institute and Academy of Internet Finance, Zhejiang University are collaborating on the Third Asia-Pacific Region Alternative Finance Industry Survey. The research will cover all forms of alternative finance… Read More

June 5, 2018 @ 3:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Distributed Credit Chain (DCC) and Plug and Play China announced that DCC has joined the Plug and Play China’s “ecosystem” to drive the growth and development of the global fintech and blockchain industry. According to the duo, Plug and Play China has helped over… Read More

June 5, 2018 @ 10:58 am By Erin Hobey  |  

With Money 20/20 comes exciting news! Case in point, Chainvine, a provider of cutting edge Distributed Ledger Technologies that develops bespoke, white label, blockchain platforms, is now publicly celebrating a £2.5M private equity investment from Deepbridge Capital. The platform works closely with management teams to create a… Read More

June 5, 2018 @ 10:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fintonic, a money management and savings app operating in Spain and Chile, now counts BBVA as a partner. BBVA has signed up to be part of the Fintonic loans platform. Since launching six years ago with more than 760,000 aggregated bank accounts signed on, Fintonic… Read More

June 5, 2018 @ 9:33 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Adyen, the Dutch payments platform that recently usurped PayPal’s reign at eBay, announced its direct API integration with the Mastercard Account Updater service. Qualified merchants processing with Adyen globally can now increase revenue from card-on-file payments by automatically updating Mastercard accounts in real time.The direct… Read More