Maltese lawmakers welcome blockchain and crypto action
Nation’s parliament has officially passed three bills.
Start-up
Canadian financial data firm Flinks fuels up with $1.75m funding
With Luge Capital making its first investment.
UK start-up BABB seeks more funding in banking licence hunt
Wants £1.5 million for 1.48% of the business.
EBA warns banks of obvious threat from fintech
European Banking Authority publishes wordy roadmap.
Santander-backed Asto finance app preps for beta launch
London-based firm wants to be a pocket business helper.
Payments start-up Fire gets open banking glow
First Ireland-based payments firm to be authorised as a PISP.
Lendtech Ezbob buzzing with sweet investment from Honeycomb
Alternative business lending company gets some sugar-coated cash.
Payments start-up Akwewa launches in Benin
Cotonou-based firm offers money transfers around the world.
Lithuania stays approachable with remote fintech licence
Sociable Bank of Lithuania wants you.
Australian payments start-up Airwallex raises $80m
Melbourne-based firm combines payments and FX transfers.
China New Era Technology Fund powers up with $15bn
China’s answer to SoftBank’s Vision Fund in Japan.
Startupbootcamp’s InsurTech Accelerator opens doors to applicants
Selected start-ups will relocate to Hartford, Connecticut.
Oracle chooses Brussels to sprout its fintech innovation programme
Will work with B-Hive as it looks for more action.
Starling and Revolut suffer weekend outages
Curve and Pockit also reported issues.
Monzo faces challenging times with £33m losses
But user numbers did treble for UK mobile-only challenger.
Assembler Labs aims to get Detroit entrepreneurs out of their shells
Start-ups are not being formed in Detroit at the same rate as other US metropolitan areas.
Andreessen Horowitz unleashes $300m crypto venture fund
It’s called a16z crypto and seeks to tap into the latest craze.
Trade.io launches crypto-to-crypto exchange
Lugano-based exchange backed by a $50 million liquidity pool.
US mobile app Mezu fires up with privacy promise
Lets people give and get money without sharing personal information.
US mobile start-up AeroPay preps for lift off
Chicago fintech firm will launch beta version soon.
Highland Europe looking up with new €463m funding
It brings the tech investor’s assets to over a billion.
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Enter the awards by 31 August.
Georgia’s TBC Bank launches digital neobank Space
SaaS engine Mambu powers new autonomous business.
Largest start-up class yet enters UC Berkeley’s accelerator
More than 100 start-up teams begin the programme.
UK’s cyber innovation centre opens
Comes with £14.5m investment.
Australian challenger bank 86 400 launches
Team includes former ANZ CEO and ex-Metro Bank founder.
Nationwide seeks start-up action with £50m fund
Mobile activity by customers has prompted the society to invest in the sector.
UK start-up Congo to build e-commerce infrastructure
London-based firm is inspired by WordPress and Magento.
UAE digital payments start-up Foloosi fires up
New firm offers cashless transactions through a digital wallet.
French savings firm Cashbee preps for flying launch
Offering automated, digital cash deposits and savings.
Bahrain Development Bank unleashes $100m VC fund
Will provide support to Middle East start-ups.
Investment marketplace Newchip lands $2m in funding
Participants in round include JadeValue Fintech, Yeoman’s Capital and Polymath.
Better Fintech launches for financial equality
Former Green Dot employee wants to foster financial literacy and equality in the US.
US financial planner Grove gets groovy with $8m funding
It publicly launched four months ago.
Fintech rock band storms the charts
To those about to rock in a sensible manner we salute you.
Oval Money shapes up nicely with Intesa Sanpaolo backing
Italian bank also takes stake in the automated savings platform.
NorthOne launches free invoice app
An app for small business owners, entrepreneurs and freelancers.
Brex unveils corporate card for start-ups
It also now has a total of $57 million in funding.
The Fintech Station has now arrived in Montreal
Finance Montreal’s new hub gets support from government of Quebec
Spanish start-up Hipoo hops into action with hip mortgages
It aims for onboarding 15,000 customers throughout next year.
