DBS jumps on Carousell for mobile payments ride
Invests in classifieds marketplace’s latest fund raising round.
Investment & Funding
Circle raises $110m and creates dollar-pegged cryptocurrency coin
Each token backed by reserves of US dollars.
Y2X wants to do Moore for blockchain investment
Plans to raise $200 million through global token offering.
African payments firm Cellulant raises $47.5m
Helped by The Rise Fund – marking its debut on the continent.
Crowdfunding platform OurCrowd surpasses $1bn AUM
Equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has reached a major milestone.
Jeneration game for fintech with new $800m fund
All right, my loves? Bonus news from Hong Kong-based investor.
Trading app Robinhood feeling merry with $363m funding
Series D round puts its valuation at $5.6 billion.
Blockchain Valley Ventures begins its adventures
Swiss accelerator launches offering advice and venture capital.
Mortgage maven Trussle gets Goldman Sachs backing
Goldman Sachs among investors and part of £13.6m Series B funding.
Australian start-up Athena readies to launch lending wisdom
Ex-NAB bankers looking to nab lendtech market.
Insurtech Betterview feeling better with Nationwide investment
Nationwide in the US. Not the UK one.
Crypto-investing 101: advice for beginners
Ten tips to help you avoid common pitfalls when investing in cryptocurrencies.
New holding company Syncapay looks for paytech acquisitions
Syncapay’s vision is to build a powerhouse portfolio of disruptor payment solutions.
Top fintech stories this week – 4 May 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Trusted Key raises $3m for passwordless authentication
Trusted Key’s total funding now stands at $4.1 million.
Student Loan Genius lands $4.7m new funding
11 investors participated in the funding round.
Quovo lands funding to expand to Canada
The new investment takes Quovo’s total funding to $20 million.
Credit Suisse provides $200m line of credit to BlueVine
Boosting BlueVine’s combined debt and equity funding to $518 million.
Banking Technology May 2018 issue out now
All encompassing. Right place, bright time.
Acorns Australia rebrands as Raiz Invest; Westpac and Assembly Payments team up
Acorns Australia, an app that uses small change to invest, has rebranded as Raiz Invest.
Dosh raises $44m, PayPal among investors
PayPal headlines Dosh’s $44m payday for advertising-rebate business.
Top fintech stories this week – 27 April 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Avaloq takes 10% stake in blockchain firm Metaco
Core banking software vendor Avaloq muscles into blockchain space.
Revolut lands $250m funding
One of the fastest tech companies in Europe to reach unicorn status: now valued at $1.7bn.
Deserve raises $50m in debt financing
Deserve secures a $50 million debt facility from Keystone National Group.
Arvato Financial Solutions invests $8m in SecuredTouch
Bringing the company’s total funding to $11.5 million.
Regtech start-up ClauseMatch lands £3.6m funding
ClauseMatch raised £3.6 million ($5 million) from Index Ventures and other investors.
Swedbank invests €3m in banking tech vendor Meniga
Swedbank is also Meniga’s client.
Top fintech stories this week – 20 April 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Stockbroking start-up Freetrade’s beta app goes live
Looks to light up stock market with liveliness and laissez-faire.
Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban invests in Billshark
Bill reduction service Billshark receives some serious street cred.
Fintech funding round-up: 17 April 2018
Features Santander InnoVentures, Creditas, Konsileo and ArchOver.
Scale-Ups seeks fintech start-ups
Make a beeline for B-Hive’s innovation platform.
BBVA to invest $50m into Chinese venture capital fund
The fund has a special focus on artificial intelligence.
Barclays UK Ventures in pursuit of innovation
BUKV will work as a start-up, will partner with fintechs and invest in them.
Where top European banks are investing in fintech – CB Insights
European banks are investing in wealthtech, lendtech, paytech, regtech and blockchain.
Agreement Express lands investment from Frontier Capital
Account onboarding specialist Agreement Express receives its second round of funding.
Regions Bank invests in lendtech firm Lender Price
The California-based mortgage tech firm gets equity funding from Regions Bank.
Fintech funding round-up: 12 April 2018
Featuring Intramezzo, Microsoft for Startups, Global Fintech Solutions, Eos Venture Partners and Supply Finance.
Fintech funding round-up: 11 April 2018
Features Ant Financial, Ripple, Blockchain Capital and Liberis.
