Insurtech Lime makes for refreshing UK launch time
Start-up offers a “flexible twist” and wants to fill nation’s protection gap.
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New Valley Bank & Trust gears up for launch in Massachusetts, selects new lendtech
New Valley Bank & Trust has selected Baker Hill NextGen for its commercial and small business lending operations.
Zurich North America acquires Sea Pine for auto insurance action
Deal for dealers as insurance firm gets access to vehicle protection products.
Blossom Capital brings $85m tech fund to Europe
New fund will pay special attention to reviewing female-pitched ideas.
Insurtech Axinan plays it cool with igloo app launch
Singapore-based firm targets popular millennial market.
Europe’s army of fintech start-ups
How European fintech start-ups are competing for a market share.
South Korea plans interbank payment network
The nation’s Financial Services Commission gives fintech another boost.
Discovery’s digital bank to go live next month
South African financial services company satisfied with testing.
Will challenger banks motivate change?
The need for digital transformation has been obvious for years and the window of opportunity is about to close.
Fun days for insurtech start-up Sunday with $10m funding
Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore are the next stops for the Thai firm.
Case study: Citizens Access – access all areas
A banking start-up with the rules of having no paper and no fees.
Arceo flies into US cyber insurance space
Start-up wants to bridge the insurance and cybersecurity worlds.
Starling Bank promises 400 new UK jobs with £100m grant
UK challenger also pledges to invest £95 million of its own money.
Sasfin takes equity stake in South African lendtech Payabill
Johannesburg-based firm looking for more SME action.
Kenya keen on regulatory fintech sandbox
Capital Markets Authority outlines its plans for innovation.
Nigerian paytech OyaPay is no more
“Our grand experiment is at an end after 365 days.”
Allianz X boosts fund size to €1bn for insurtech action
Looking for digital firms in insurance and asset management space.
Capitalise captures £3.5m funding
UK firm helps accountants provide advice for their clients.
Nassau Re Imagine-s insurtech accelerator in US
Nassau Re/Imagine designed to develop the insurance industry in Connecticut.
Israel’s Jerusalem Venture Partners closes $220m tech fund
JVP shows interest in cybersecurity, fintech and insurtech.
Challenger banks in Spain: who’s who (and what’s their tech)
A list of the known challengers to date and the technology they are using.
Japan’s fintech boosted by nonbank money transfers
The Financial Services Agency will grant licences for a more competitive nation.
Spirited Seoul plans $1bn spend on fintech start-ups
Seoul Innovation Growth Fund seeks to boost sector.
Data manager Spinr spins into view for fintech SMEs
UK firm offers cloud-based data and API integration platform.
Life insurance is DeadHappy with pay-as-you-go launch
UK-based insurtech start-up awakens to walk the land.
US challenger LikeBank makes light work of messengers
Digital bank sits within Facebook Messenger, Viber and Telegram.
EBRD and Estonia unveil regulatory sandbox
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Baltic nation team up.
Morning wakes up as French challenger bank
“The account that wakes up the bank.”
Brazilian challenger bank C6 will see you now
It has its licence and is now testing out functionalities
Scotland’s SME challenger bank AlbaCo readies for launch
Glasgow-based entity plans to be ready in early 2020.
TymeBank times South African launch for this month
Digital challenger gets ready following its soft launch in December 2018.
UK trade finance challenger Diaspora preps for flight
Will offer a trade finance ecosystem on blockchain.
TMRW dawns as UOB’s digital bank will debut in Thailand
New entity is designed for “mobile savvy” millennials.
No Xpence spared as Dubai neobank readies for business
“Gulf region’s first neobank designed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs.”
Munich Re leads $9m investment in insurtech Inshur
US/UK firm gets Series A funding and credit facility for its rideshare journey.
Ant Financial to buy WorldFirst for $700m
It was expected and gives Chinese firm a handy boost to its e-commerce plans.
UK challenger bank Griffin gears up for wholesale launch
Plans to provide fintechs with custodial accounts and interbank payments.
Goldman Sachs leads $44m funding in US business credit start-up Nav
Other investors include Point72 Ventures and Experian Ventures.
Mojo Mortgages gets its mojo working with £7m funding
UK firm’s Series A funding round led by NVM and Maven.
Visa plans innovation centre in South Korea
Payments firm confirms that preparations are “in the works”.
