Tagged: fintech

December 2, 2020 @ 12:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK fintech Dot Investing recently announced the launch of its new digital investment platform. According to Dot Investing, the platform allows individual investors to invest in top private and alternative asset funds, including private equity, VC and hedge funds. “Users are able to invest from £100,000… Read More

December 2, 2020 @ 11:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Razorpay, an India-based digital bank, has announced its integration with payment giant PayPal. Razorpay reported that its partner businesses may now integrate with PayPal and accept payments from international customers from across 200 markets. “By integrating PayPal into Razorpay’s payment platform, freelancers and MSMEs will… Read More

December 1, 2020 @ 3:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over a month after announcing its payment capabilities debuted in South Korea, B2B fintech-as-a-service provider Rapyd announced it has launched the capabilities in Thailand. According to Rapyd, the integrated solution is a comprehensive set of local and international payment methods that includes… Read More

November 30, 2020 @ 10:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Germany-based banking as a service platform solarisBank is reportedly planning to expand its services in Europe this upcoming year. CEO of the banking group, Roland Folz, revealed to Reuters that he and his team will be working on getting the solarisBank products in a string… Read More

November 30, 2020 @ 8:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a year after raising £1.37 million on Seedrs, UK fintech GeoDB has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform and has already surpassed its £2 million funding target from nearly 360 Seedrs investors.  As previously reported, GeoDB is a big data marketplace that aims to… Read More

November 29, 2020 @ 10:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Primer, a UK-based fintech startup, has raised £14 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Accel. The investment round comes just a little over six months after Primer secured £3.2 million through its seed funding round, led by Balderton Capital…. Read More

November 25, 2020 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Paysme, a UK-based fintech mobile app, has successfully secured its initial £250,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Founded in 2018, Paysme describes itself as a super app delivering financial services to underserved small business communities to accelerate their transition to the digital… Read More

November 25, 2020 @ 10:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

EarlyBird, a U.S.-based fintech gifting platform, announced on Wednesday it secured $2.4 million through its latest investment round, which was led by Network Ventures, with strategic participation from Chingona Ventures, Bridge Investments, Kairos Angels, Takoma Ventures, and Subconscious Ventures along with notable angel investors. Along with the investment, EarlyBird announced… Read More

November 25, 2020 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

European fintech Viva Wallet recently announced it has bought Google Pay to customers in 18 countries. The company previously announced the service was being offered for customers in 11 countries. On October 27th, the service became available in Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,… Read More

November 25, 2020 @ 10:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UP Fintech Holding Limited (NASDAQ: TIGR), an online brokerage firm focusing on global investors, announced on Wednesday it opened its one millionth customer account. The company reported that since launching its flagship APP, Tiger Trade, six years ago, it has invested heavily in innovation and now… Read More

November 24, 2020 @ 10:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Check Point Software (NASDAQ: CHKP), a global provider of cyber-security solutions, announced on Tuesday it has become a strategic partner of FinTech Scotland, an independent not-for-profit body jointly established by the private sector and the Scottish Government. Check Point solutions bring a practical boost to… Read More

November 24, 2020 @ 9:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Vennfi, a U.S.-based fintech focused on tax-exempt payments and the creator of Charityvest, reportedly secured $2.3 million through its seed funding round. According to FinsMes, the round, which comes just a little over six months after the startup raised $1.1 million through its pre-seed round, was… Read More

November 23, 2020 @ 12:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business is now offering a new six-week course called “Fintech Revolution: Transformative Financial Service and Strategies.” According to the business school, this course helps users critically assess the future of financial services and identify opportunities for growth. It… Read More

November 23, 2020 @ 9:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Expensify, a U.S.-based expense software, announced on Monday it is set to surpass $100 million in annual recurring revenue in 2020. The company reported it only raised $20.2 million in primary capital since its founding in 2008, also recorded its highest monthly revenue ever… Read More

November 22, 2020 @ 10:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) recently announced it has launched “WellsOne” virtual card payments Services. The launch of WellsOne comes just a little over a month after Wells Fargo launched its new payment track, which is a single status, secure, web-based solution for tracking… Read More

November 20, 2020 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wemlo, a U.S.-based fintech that’s focused on mortgage loan processing, announced on Friday the launch of its new AI technology called Athena. According to Wemlo, Athena is a virtual assistant AI developed to empower and improve loan processing by identifying discrepancies within a mortgage loan… Read More

November 20, 2020 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Juni, a Sweden-based fintech startup, announced on Thursday it secured €2 million through its Seed funding round, which was led by Cherry, an early stage European venture fund. The company reported that it was created by a group of marketers and fintech entrepreneurs tired of “modern”… Read More

November 20, 2020 @ 9:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Scotiabank announced earlier this week the launch of its new artificial intellignce (AI) platform. According to the Canadian banking group, the platform provides customers with intelligent and personalized financial advice. It also enables the bank to provide what it believes to be fast, relevant advice… Read More

November 20, 2020 @ 9:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  XTM, a Canada-based fintech that provides mobile banking and payment card solutions, announced on Friday plans to launch its unsecured Visa credit card program and offering, the Vert Card. According to XTM, the program uses an intuitive mobile app to collect customer data and… Read More

November 19, 2020 @ 8:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

NestEgg, a U.S.-based residential rental property management startup, announced on Wednesday not only did it raise $7 million through its Series A investment round, but it also is planning to launch an interest-free payment service.  Founded in 2017, NestEgg describes itself as an all-in-one platform… Read More