Insurtech Lemonade is going public. This is according to multiple reports indicating the early stage insurance company is going public at an approximate $2 billion valuation. Lemonade last raised capital in April with a $300 million round led by Softbank. Lemonade may seek up to… Read More
Last year, in the month of June, with great fanfare JP Morgan Chase announced the launch of a “fully digital banking experience Finn by Chase.” Today, Finn is dead. At the time of the launch, JPM Chase said the new-shiny iOS App would provide a… Read More
U.S. fintech startup Kyriba Corp. announced earlier this week the launch of the integration of its real-time payment through J.P. Morgan’s API. The integration reportedly allows Kyriba clients that are also J.P. Morgan clients to send real-time payments in the U.S. through The Clearing House’s RTP… Read More
J.P. Morgan announced earlier this week it is advancing its real-time payments offering by launching SEPA Instant in Europe. The banking group reported that with this latest offering it is continuing on its mission to drive efficiency and add critical value to our clients’ business…. Read More
Kadena has announced that its proof-of-work blockchain Testnet, Chainweb, is now live. Beginning with v1 and v2, the testnet will become open to the public to participate in the network and provide feedback. The next test version expects to have a mining client. Kadena started… Read More
JP Morgan’s Global Head of eCommerce Solutions, Ron Karpovich, has told CNBC that there is, “more partnership instead of competition,” in payments and that, “Ultimately behind the scenes, (payments disruptors) are going to have to use a bank to move funds.” He also seemed to dismiss… Read More
JP Morgan Chase held their annual investor day today. The full stack, day-long event, covers all aspect of the money center bank’s operations. In a report by CNBC, it was mentioned that Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPM, commented on the previously announced JPM Coin, a… Read More
Last week, one of the big Fintech news stories was that JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) was issuing its own stablecoin anointed JPM Coin. The fact that an old school bank was embracing blockchain tech and going crypto caught the attention of traditional finance and disruptive… Read More
JP Morgan Chase, a traditional bank whose CEO Jamie Dimon famously called Bitcoin a fraud, is issuing its own stablecoin: JPM Coin. According to CNBC, Umar Farooq, Head of JP Morgan’s blockchain projects predicted the JPM Coin may be huge for corporations. “Money sloshes back and… Read More
JP Morgan analysts have written that the main value of cryptocurrencies would be in situations of “dystopia” where investors have, “lost faith in all major reserve assets (dollar, euro, yen, gold) and in the payments system,” Business Insider reports. According to “a note dated January 24th,”… Read More
Kadena is now offering blockchain as a service, free of charge, on the AWS marketplace. The new offering should make the tech far more accessible to a diverse group of potential users. AWS has more than a million enterprise users and is one of the… Read More
Zoe Financial, New York-based financial tech startup that was founded by Andres Garcia-Amaya, former JP Morgan Global Market Strategist, has launched its services that are aiming to transform how high-earners approach their personal finances, starting with their relationship with a financial advisor. The company, which describes itself as a digital… Read More
Alternative finance startup OpenTap is aiming to disrupt an environment where many creditworthy borrowers do not have access to short-term personal loans from the traditional financial services sector. Founded in 2015, OpenTap is based in Chennai, India and seeks to grant access to short-term credit for… Read More
Moody’s has published a report on the marketplace lending industry stating that platforms are “steadily expanding credit to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) – but challenges remain. The authors are of the opinion that partnerships with traditional banks may ease the path forward for… Read More
Last year JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon rattled Wall Street by stating the obvious. FinTech firms popping up across Silicon Valley and around the world were looking to challenge traditional banks and siphon their business away. This year the message from the fabled CEO has changed…. Read More
Zopa, the largest peer to peer lending platform in the UK, is reportedly working with JP Morgan to raise £70 million giving the company a £500 million valuation. Zopa was the first P2P lender in the UK and pioneered the concept that has been embraced… Read More
KeyBank announced a non-equity partnership with Aptexx, a California-based provider of payment and property management software, reported Crain‘s Jeremy Noble. The collaboration continues the Cleveland-based bank’s foray into fintech, initiated by September’s strategic partnership and minority investment in AvidXchange and another partnership with InstaMed. With much debate in the fintech industry… Read More
Yesterday JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon spoke about partnering with a peer to peer lending platform without mentioning the company by name. Later in the day, it was shared that OnDeck Capital has announced a strategic partnership with JPM where the largest bank in… Read More
The king of banks, JP Morgan Chase, has decided to partner with a so-far unnamed peer to peer / marketplace lending platform as it seeks to adapt to the fast changing sector of online finance. CEO Jamie Dimon, speaking on a panel at a US… Read More
RealtyMogul, a peer-to-peer marketplace for real estate investing, has hired Megan Goodfellow as its Head of Credit, Commercial Real Estate. This executive hire is part of the company’s recent launch of a commercial lending division. Goodfellow will be responsible for the credit risk management of… Read More
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