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July 11, 2017 @ 12:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Boston-based fintech and investment analytics firm, FinMason, announced on Tuesday it has partnered with non-profit accelerator Fintech Sandbox to provide its enterprise solution, FinRiver, to participates in the program.  Fintech Sandbox notably offers data from 30 data partners, infrastructure from three partners, and collaborates with… Read More

July 11, 2017 @ 12:00 pm By Jonathan Nieh  |  

Ether, the cryptocurrency based off of and powering the blockchain technology Ethereum, made headlines last month after soaring to over $400 a coin. The huge surge caused many people to speculate that Ethereum would one day surpass Bitcoin, the world’s most valuable cryptocoin both by market… Read More

July 11, 2017 @ 10:50 am By Therese Torris  |  

Banks represented by the European Banking Authority (EBA) and Fintechs represented through the Future of European Fintech are in profound disagreement about the technical standards for the implementation of the Second Directive on Payment Services (PSD2). Banks argue that screen scraping should be banned in… Read More

July 11, 2017 @ 7:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Folk2Folk has announced the launch of its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA). The P2P lender’s “local” ISA can give investors the opportunity to support British businesses within their local area whilst earning tax-free interest on the loans. Jane Dumeresque, CEO Folk2Folk, said they were delighted to… Read More

July 11, 2017 @ 7:35 am By JD Alois  |  

iwoca, an online SME credit provider and a founding member of Innovate Finance, formed a partnership with Intesa Sanpaolo Group on SME lending. Intesa Sanpaolo is among the top banking groups in the euro zone and the leading business lender in Italy. The bank has a… Read More

July 10, 2017 @ 3:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wirecard has announced an agreement with Tencent’s WeChat Pay, one of the leading mobile payment solutions in China. WeChat or Weixin are deeply integrated into Chinese people’s daily life with a combined monthly active users of over 938 million. The mobile payment solution, WeChat Pay, has… Read More

July 10, 2017 @ 1:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Partech Ventures has closed its seventh venture fund at the €400 million cap, for its program spanning pre-seed, seed, venture to growth stages over the past eighteen months. Partech states the fund has been oversubscribed, bringing together thirty major European and U.S. investors along with business angels,… Read More

July 10, 2017 @ 12:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The Bank of England has has published summaries of the third round of Proofs of Concept (POCs) completed by its Fintech Accelerator. Launched a year ago, the Accelerator seeks to deploy innovative technologies on issues relevant to the Bank’s mission and operations. The Bank… Read More

July 10, 2017 @ 11:04 am By JD Alois  |  

The non-profit International RegTech Association (IRTA), incorporated in Switzerland in May, has launched to provide a united community of individuals and organizations, with a shared vision to innovate, advance, and influence the future of Regulatory Technology (Regtech).  Regtech is a vital aspect of financial services…. Read More

July 10, 2017 @ 9:16 am By Therese Torris  |  

German online consumer lending marketplace auxmoney announced that it has crossed a new milestone: the marketplace has granted more than 70,000 loans worth more than €500 million in cumulated volume. Raffael Johnen, CEO of auxmoney, commented: “Half a billion euros worth of loans. This demonstrates… Read More

July 10, 2017 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs has announced that it will be the sole equity finance provider in a new partnership with Fidor Bank, a challenger bank that launched in the UK back in 2015. Nutmeg, an online wealth manager, will also be joining Seedrs on Fidor’s new marketplace. The two platforms… Read More

July 9, 2017 @ 6:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding and beer, or breweries in general, are a natural fit, so it would seem. Beer lovers have a tendency to be rather faithful to their preferred brew. Give them a chance to own shares in the company (along with a free beer or… Read More

July 9, 2017 @ 3:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Described as the next milestone for the alternative finance platform, Finnest, an SME online debt-based crowdfunding platform, has been selected by Polytechnic Luft- und Feuerungstechnik GmbH to provide growth funding. Investors may now invest in an internationally leading biomass, green energy firm; “We are very… Read More

July 9, 2017 @ 2:35 pm By Cole Lyons  |  

The Chinese Fintech Company, Dashu, has recently announced the completion of a 800 M Yuan ($115 M USD) series C round with some big names backing the company. Dachu’s list of investors includes PAG, Chunhua Capital, Sequoia Capital China Fund, Everbright Holdings, and Huaxing Capital… Read More

July 9, 2017 @ 1:48 pm By Timothy Li  |  

After an exhausting flight from LAX to Hong Kong, I was greeted by friendly staff at LendIt China, also known as Lang Di Conference, at one of the busiest airports in the world. The amount of logistics communication from Bo Brustkern, Chairman at Lang Di… Read More

July 8, 2017 @ 6:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

  This past Thursday at the Dorchester Hotel in London, the UK Business Angels Association’s (UKBAA) annual UK Angel Investment Awards took place. Fourteen awards were  presented by Emma Sinclair MBE, the youngest person in the UK to have created a public company. Jenny Tooth OBE,… Read More

July 8, 2017 @ 9:12 am By Xu Gao  |  

Ant Financial Brings Artificial Intelligence to Auto Insurance On June 27th, The Alibaba Group financial affiliate rolled out an artificial intelligence-driven, image-recognition system to aid vehicle insurance claims adjusters in operating faster and more efficiently. In its demonstration in Beijing, Ant pitted man against machine,… Read More

July 7, 2017 @ 3:36 pm By Cole Lyons  |  

It is fair to say that over the past couple years, Fintech has taken the financial industry by storm. Their new-age approach to classic finance has added value to both companies and consumers. Because of this, many countries have decided to ride this wave of… Read More

July 7, 2017 @ 11:46 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Department for International Trade has announced that the UK has attracted more foreign direct investment (FDI) projects than ever before for the year 2016 to 2017. This is encouraging news in light of Brexit and the looming changes regarding the UK’s relationship with continental Europe…. Read More

July 7, 2017 @ 11:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CreditEase announced on Friday its CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund (CEFIF) has backed 13 fintech startups that were selected to join CB Insights’ Fintech 250 list. This list was revealed during the Future of Fintech conference, which took place in New York City on June 27th…. Read More