April 20, 2017 @ 3:43 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Japanese investment bank Nomura has set up a fintech program in India, inviting entrepreneurs in Mumbai to build new tools for capital markets. The Voyager partnership aims to give Indian fintech specialists access to Nomura’s resources at the Mumbai innovation centre, enabling them to test their ideas using… Read More

April 7, 2017 @ 8:54 am By Therese Torris  |  

At the EXEC FinTech 2017 in Berlin, Jörg Sandrock, a Partner and Managing Director of Strategy& Financial Services Germany at global business consultancy PwC presented the results of PwC’s newly released FinTech Report titled “Redrawing the lines: FinTech’s growing influence on Financial Services.” Based on… Read More

March 13, 2017 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

A new report by the Startupbootcamp FinTech London program and PwC states that Fintech startups are increasingly focusing on building artificial intelligence and its potential to solve customer problems. The report says there has been a change in culture over the past year in the Fintech… Read More

March 10, 2017 @ 7:55 am By JD Alois  |  

PwC’s Accelerator has published the first edition of their SME Equity Financing Atlas.  According to their data, equity investments in SMEs have been growing steadily over the last years. The main drivers are the accumulation of capital in investor’s hand, new technologies and low-interest rates…. Read More

January 13, 2017 @ 11:42 am By JD Alois  |  

In a discouraging sign, investment in venture capital backed companies tanked in Q4 of 2016. This is according to the PwC / CBInsights MoneyTree Report. Both deals and dollars sagged, 16% and 20% respectively. The report said the global market experienced a similar decline with… Read More

January 12, 2017 @ 9:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PwC announced earlier this week the opening of its new fintech accelerating program, Startup Collider, which is described as a new initiative for nurturing and promoting the Central and Eastern European start-ups. The company stated it will provide the start-ups with a workspace within PwC network,… Read More

December 22, 2016 @ 2:04 pm By Thomas LeTrent and Aaron Schwartz  |  

Market credibility and an emphasis on better transparency will be two key factors for marketplace lending in 2017. 2017 will be a pivotal year for the marketplace lending (MPL) space as the market will seek stabilization in both confidence and venture funding, following a challenging… Read More

November 22, 2016 @ 10:28 pm By Jessica Pham  |  

PwC launched earlier this month a new Fintech tool called the Vulcan Digital Asset Services, which digitizes everyday banking, commerce, and personal currency and asset related services.  Currently, specific services available include digital asset wallets, international payment processing, and investment and trading services.  In the near… Read More

November 21, 2016 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

PwC and the Crowdfunding Centre are prepping to jointly publish a report in early 2017 entitled “Women Unbound”.  Their initial feedback indicates that women led crowdfunding campaigns are significantly more successful than those led by men across most industries – and across the world. The… Read More

October 14, 2016 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

PwC has published a report on venture capital indicating that $10.6 went into early stage companies during the 3rd quarter of 2016. The MoneyTree Report, based on data provided by ThomsonReuters, showed that venture capital declined by 36% in total number of deals and by… Read More

August 10, 2016 @ 2:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

PwC is out with another report this time focusing on the Payments sector. This is part of their broader research into Fintech in general and how it is impacting traditional financial firms and what they are doing to mitigate the operational risk.  Entitled “Payments in… Read More

August 9, 2016 @ 9:50 am By JD Alois  |  

“CMA Sticks to its Guns” The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its final report on the UK retail banking sector. The government initiative has concluded that highstreet banks do not compete enough for customers’ business. Simultaneously, challenger banks find it difficult to compete… Read More

August 5, 2016 @ 11:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this week PwC (under the DeNovo label) published a wide-ranging report on the evolution of Fintech. The document was the production of many PwC executives covering topics like blockchain, payments, banking and the overall transformation of financial services. In one respect the report is… Read More

August 2, 2016 @ 11:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

PwC is out with a report on the fast emerging global Fintech sector. Financial Technology or Fintech is picking up velocity as regulators and government bodies are just beginning to grasp how new forms of finance are going to alter the financial landscape.  The document… Read More

July 15, 2016 @ 12:01 am By Erin Hobey  |  

With seed stage numbers coming in at over $6M, why is Reg CF stuck at $1M?  Who is getting access to the better deals? According to The MoneyTreeReportTM from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data provided by Thomson Reuters,… Read More

June 20, 2016 @ 2:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), an auditing and consulting company, announced on Monday that it has formed a partnership with Germany’s equity crowdfunding platform, Companisto.  According to the duo, the new partnership is meant to enable start-ups successfully financed through Companisto to get support on all aspects related to their… Read More

May 3, 2016 @ 4:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global consulting firm PwC has published a report on the marketplace lending industry.  The timing is good as the industry is being buffeted by the broader challenge of a stumbling economy. The document aptly starts by noting the marketplace lending sector is oh, so much… Read More

April 15, 2016 @ 12:01 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Venture capitalists invested $12.1 billion in 969 deals in the first quarter of 2016, according to the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. Total venture dollars deployed to startup companies for… Read More

January 19, 2016 @ 2:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

PwC has just revealed their annual survey of global CEOs at the World Forum in Davos.  This is the 19th annual survey published by the global consulting firm. This year PwC tallied the thoughts and impressions of 1,409 respondents. There are loads of interesting data… Read More

October 7, 2015 @ 8:44 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The newly announced partnership between Finpoint, Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and PwC allows for the expansion of Pinpoint’s service into the UK. Finpoint has already been supported by 70 lenders across the UK, including among others Loyds Bank, Metro Bank, Funding Circle, FundingKnight and… Read More