Agorai invests £20m in UK AI market
A vote of confidence in the UK.
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Enterprise Ireland launches €750,000 fund for fintech start-ups
Applications will open on 19 June.
Luge Capital goes huge with $75m fintech funding
Canadian VC fund looking at fintech, financial services and AI.
Copenhagen Fintech and CARE call for start-ups
Looking for ideas in providing loans and cash for the unbanked.
Micro-lending case study: Mynt
Philippines’ largest telco moves into micro-lending space.
Top fintech stories this week – 8 June 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Money20/20 Europe: GAFA and Grandhood day
Fraud fears, GAFA and other odds and ends from the Amsterdam event.
Knowing when to stop: bringing start-up disciplines to the land of plenty
Maybe it’s time for the ultimate pivot.
Banking Technology June 2018 issue out now
A sublime eternal tune to the rhythms of fintech.
Banking Technology Awards 2018 now open for entry!
Recognising excellence in the use of IT in financial services.
MassChallenge Fintech accelerator: start-ups wanted
Big corporations increasingly say they see start-ups as friends, not enemies.
TD launches TD Ready Challenge to open industry to humanitarian initiatives
Canada’s TD bank opens its Ready Challenge to “world-changing” solutions.
Orange and Google looking to fund fintech start-ups
Interested in IoT, cybersecurity, cloud and AI in EMEA.
Ex-Simple co-founder preps developer app for launch
Shamir Karkal wants to help developers get fintech apps to market.
UK start-up Tosca Money prepares to act
Social savings service powered by a digital token.
Top fintech stories this week – 1 June 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Not all banks are equal in the open future
Using stars as our metaphor, let us venture to the final frontier.
Israel postpones cryptocurrency exchange regulations
Four month delay greeted with deep disdain by fintech firms.
Fintech hub H:32 launches in Berlin
Innovation is addressed at Hardenbergstrasse 32.
UK challenger banks: who’s who (and what’s their tech)
A comprehensive list of the known UK bank challengers to date and the technology they are using.
Nordea and Invesdor fuel financing for Finnish firms
Offering alternative financing solutions for growth companies.
Personal finance app Fintify readies for UK-India launch
Targeting the non-resident Indian (NRI) market.
Digital bank Lidya lands $6.9m funding
The latest round brings the bank’s total funding to $8.2 million.
Former MD of Metro Bank preps new SME challenger
New UK-based bank to be called Recognise.
US banking app CapWay readies to launch
Targeting millennials who are either underbanked or uncertain.
Big bank’s mobile app Beem IT goes live in Oz
Australian app created by CBA, NAB and Westpac.
ICICI Bank unveils innovation labs
Indian bank follows the digital trend.
Clever UK mobile banking app Bofin preps for launch
A chartered engineer unleashes his new fintech creation.
Hometap raises $12m to buy a piece of your home
US firm invests in a person’s home with a minority stake to give them a cash infusion.
Start-ups: there is no right way of selling to a bank, but there is a wrong way
The do’s and don’ts of selling to a bank.
Transactive Systems gets FCA e-money licence
Its sponsor for the Faster Payment Service is ClearBank.
Tokyo fintech business camp calls for start-ups
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government wants you.
Mastercard Accelerate-s search for fintech mates
New Accelerate initiative to offer tools, tech and investment.
Fintech funding round-up: 18 May 2018
Stars LendingPoint, Open and The Disruption House.
UK government releases two new fintech envoys into the wild
Brand new faces in Wales and Northern Ireland.
UK personal finance app Elifinty preps for launch
For people who see no way out.
Interview: Eric Wilson, Xinja – upbeat Down Under
European challengers, the flaws of the big four, and how his father-in-law inspired him.
Revolut introduces new payment sharing feature, Near Me
Now you can send money to nearby strangers.
Circle raises $110m and creates dollar-pegged cryptocurrency coin
Each token backed by reserves of US dollars.
Danske Bank Spiir-ed into first fintech investment
Hot for Spiir’s budget app.
