Insurtech Setoo takes off with Invia Flights Germany
After its platform launch late last year, start-up now gets first customer.
Start-up
FutureFlow and Anorak join Fintech Innovation Lab London
In total, 20 start-ups get selected… and get happy.
SBI and Wefox unleash new Asian insurtech
Shake-up planned as SBI Wefox Asia enters the insurance market.
Banking platform Joust-s for freelancers’ attention
US start-up launches multi-feature financial app.
Crypto trading platform Currency.com launches
A firm that has a website as a name is unveiled.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 14 January 2019
Featuring N26, RBS and Loot, Google in Ireland, and Alipay in Pakistan.
Orowealth acquires wealthtech app Wealthtrust
Indian direct mutual fund seeks expansion.
Monerium gets $2m funding for e-money on blockchain
Icelandic firm’s latest round includes support from ConsenSys.
MUFG launches new $185m fintech fund
With a focus on innovation and partnerships.
White paper: Digital Disruption in Banking
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Countingup finds its auto-match for payments invoicing
UK challenger business banking provider is up for it.
Upgrade Pack has crack at fintech with £1m funding
UK-based loyalty start-up straddles travel and banking sectors.
Unite Global to launch real-time correspondent hub
EXCLUSIVE. Norwegian firm in discussions with 30 banks for its global dream.
TrueLayer launches data API in Germany
Ahead of the one-year anniversary of open banking.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 8 January 2019
A short and sweet round-up of the week’s selected news stories in a video format.
BBVA leads $12m funding in paytech Grabango
Busy bank shows more interest in invisible payments.
Interview: Roderick Simons, CTO of Yolt
What is it like to build a smart thinking money app from the ground up?
UK start-up Viola Black tunes in with account launch
“We are not a bank.”
Galeo Bank preps for UK launch
The London-based bank aims to offer Banking-as-a-Service.
Fiserv fuels Mi Bank’s de novo launch
Michigan’s first de novo bank in a decade.
Texas start-ups use AI to help customers find and pay workers
The American workforce has moved significantly beyond what Dolly Parton was familiar with.
Initiatives by India’s government to boost fintech
The fintech space in India has seen an exponential growth over a few years.
Top ten insurtech stories in 2018
Ensure you’re up to speed with the insurance scene in our top ten insurtech stories in 2018.
Top ten fintech start-up stories in 2018
New faces and great ambitions. Let the rockets reign in this top ten trip down memory lane.
Top ten fintech interviews in 2018
Over the course of 2018, we’ve interviewed a range of industry specialists on a variety of fintech subjects.
Coconut milks crowdfunding to launch current accounts
UK firm unleashes latest product for freelance folks.
Blockchain incubator Adel does file transfers well
AdelPoint offers decentralised, anonymous and encrypted service.
SoftBank pours $500m into Cambridge Mobile Telematics
SoftBank Vision Fund sees something in US-based insurtech.
Lendtech Blend Network gets £10m funding
To grow its lending product and raise the UK firm’s profile.
Norway’s DNB calls for fintech start-ups
DNB NXT Accelerator and StartupLab want you.
FundedByMe gets the nod for UAE crowdfunding debut
Sweden-based platform granted approval for 2019 start.
Egypt’s Commercial International Bank ventures into fintech investment land
CIB unleashes CVentures for a national “first”.
Crypto data firm Nomics nabs $3m funding
Arthur Ventures leads the round with Coinbase participating.
CivilisedBank name change leaves founder short-changed
EXCLUSIVE. UK challenger bank now called Allica. Founder now trying to make sense of it all.
Banking Technology Awards 2018: and the winners are…
The Banking Technology Awards 2018 winners announced!
AriseBank execs fined $2.5m over ICO scam
US Securities and Exchange Commission lays down the law yet again.
Australian challenger bank Judo powers on with Vermeg regtech
Selects AgileReporter package for APRA requirements.
Lower’s a goer with AI-powered lending launch
Firm plans to sock it to ’em for mortgage decisions.
NEO Global Capital invests in blockchain platform Ultrain
Decentralised computing platform plans to build cloud infrastructure.
Revolut gets European banking licence
Will begin operations in 2019.
