Tagged: fintech

June 14, 2019 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Money Dashboard, a UK-based online personal financial management service, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with more than £3.7 million. Originally seeking £1.5 million, the funding round attracted more than 3300 investors. As previously reported, Money Dashboard’s app empowers over 100,000… Read More

June 13, 2019 @ 9:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Glint, a UK-based fintech that enables physical gold to make instant payments using a debit Mastercard, announce on Thursday it completes £5 million private placement. The private placement comes nearly one year after Glint raised more than £2.1 million through its Crowdcube funding round. As… Read More

June 13, 2019 @ 3:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Curve, a banking platform that consolidates multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and even smarter app, announced on Thursday the launch of its instant cashback scheme offering 1% on all purchases at some brands and retailers. According to Curve, the new program, which… Read More

June 12, 2019 @ 4:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

EarnUp, a fintech startup that offers a consumer-first platform for automating loan payments, announced on Wednesday it has surpassed $10 billion in loans managed through its platform.  Launched in 2017, EarnUp Revealed it is looking to help consumers stay on track in making loan payments… Read More

June 11, 2019 @ 11:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S. fintech Brex announced on Tuesday it secured $100 million through its latest investment round, which was led by Kleiner Perkins Digital Growth Fund. This round of investment comes just a couple of months after Brex received $100 million debt capital investment from Barclays Investment… Read More

June 6, 2019 @ 10:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Visa (NYSE:V) announced on Thursday it has partnered with LINE Pay Corporation, an operator of digital wallet and fintech services on the LINE messaging app, to launch new financial services experiences for its collective user bases of millions of consumers and merchants worldwide. The two… Read More

June 5, 2019 @ 10:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

KOHO, a fintech startup that offers Canadians an alternative to traditional banking, announced on Wednesday the launch of its new cashback program. This news comes just weeks after Koho successfully secured $42 million through its Series B funding round. As previously reported, Koho stated with… Read More

June 5, 2019 @ 8:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Afterpay, a digital platform that offers interest-free installment plans for online purchases, announced on Wednesday it has formed new partnerships with Levi’s, Ray-Ban, O’Neill, and Tarte Cosmetics, among many other brands and retailers in the U.S. Afterpay reported that since launching in the country just… Read More

June 4, 2019 @ 7:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based fintech FinMason announced on Tuesday it has partnered with Silver Wealth Technologies, a trusted provider of enterprise-class business and technology solutions for investment services companies. Through the collaboration, FinMason’s real-time API will be used to deeply integrate investment calculations into Silver’s innovative wealth data… Read More

May 30, 2019 @ 2:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PaySend, a UK-based global payments platform, announced on Thursday it is set to launch its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. As previously reported, PaySend was founded in 2015 and describes itself as a UK fintech company and payments disruptor on a mission to change how… Read More

May 30, 2019 @ 8:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

FinTech Scotland announced on Thursday the fintech community in Scotland has now increased to over one hundred innovative firms focused on re-inventing financial services through new technology and data. According to the organization, this increase continues the momentum from the start of the year when… Read More

May 28, 2019 @ 2:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Swedish fintech startup Open Payments announced on Tuesday it secured 1.2 MEUR through its latest seed funding round, which included investments from Brightly Ventures, Luminar Ventures, and selected angel investors. Founded in 2017, Open Payments provides what it believes the “groundbreaking market infrastructure” that is… Read More

May 26, 2019 @ 9:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canadian fintech Katipult announced last week its 2019 first quarter financial results for the three-month period ended March 31st. The company revealed that the first quarter 2019 is the fifth consecutive quarter of higher subscription revenues and marks its highest recorded subscription revenue and total… Read More

May 22, 2019 @ 8:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global fintech InvestCloud announced last week it has appointed Will Bailey as its new Chief Strategy Officer. According to InvestCloud, the newly-created role will see Bailey head up development on emerging product initiatives, which includes leading a strategic product team to apply the latest technology, from… Read More

May 21, 2019 @ 11:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based fintech Broadridge Financial announced on Tuesday it is set to acquire Canadian wealth management technology provider, RPM Technologies for approximately $300 million. Broadridge reported that RPM’s technology platforms support more than 15 million customer accounts. Broadridge revealed: “Building on Broadridge’s strong Canadian Wealth Management business,… Read More

May 16, 2019 @ 2:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Operating system of finance, OpenFin, announced on Thursday it secured $17 million through its Series C funding round, which was led by Wells Fargo with participation from Barclays and existing investors including Bain Capital Ventures, J.P. Morgan and Pivot Investment Partners. Founded in 2010, OpenFin… Read More

May 15, 2019 @ 5:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tink, a Sweden-based fintech that provides APIs to create next-generation banking services, announced on Wednesday it has join forces with banking group SDC to provide 120 Nordic banks access to account aggregation and payment initiation services. According to Tink, the access will allow the banks to… Read More

May 15, 2019 @ 12:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Binji, a U.S.-based Fintech startup, announced the launch of its new personal finance solution. The company reported that its digital display debit Mastercard works in tandem with its mobile app. The platform also offers the ability to consolidate up to 24 credit and debit cards… Read More

May 15, 2019 @ 9:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

KOHO, a fintech startup that offers Canadians an alternative to traditional banking, announced on Wednesday it secured $42 million through its latest funding round, which was led by Portag3 Ventures, with participation from Greyhound Capital and other strategic investors. Founded in 2014, KOHO stated that… Read More

May 15, 2019 @ 8:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tencent Holdings Limited, a leading provider of Internet value-added services based in China, announced on Wednesday its financial results of 2019’s first quarter. According to Ma Huateng, Chairman and CEO of Tencent, Tencent sustained “healthy user engagement” across its key platforms and saw notable growth in… Read More