Credit Karma closes Noddle acquisition for UK expansion
It will make Noddle’s premium services available for all.
LendTech
Australian challenger 86 400 partners with Vow Financial for home loans
As it seeks the regulator’s licence to deliver its own home loans.
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Top fintech stories this week – 12 March 2019
Teradata’s event coverage, Sopra Steria acquired SAB, and other news.
Finicity Partners accelerates Pulte Mortgage’s asset verification
Reducing the time-consuming, manual, and paper-intensive process “from weeks to minutes”.
Forward Financing to build on growth with $90m credit facility
Deal is described as “transformative” for the company.
Kabbage pulls in $700 million in debt funding
It claims to be the largest asset-backed securitization by a small business online lending platform to date.
Upstart raises $50m investment and lands new bank contracts
AI lending platform wants to expand its applications.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 8 April 2019
Africa Fintech association, City watchdog’s orders, and a new blockchain alliance!
LendInvest to enter home loan market with up to £200m HSBC funding
Company’s ambition is to become a whole-of-the-market mortgage provider.
Affirm thrives with $300m Series F funding
The Californian firm offers point-of-sale financing.
OnDeck acquires Evolocity
Catering for small businesses in Canada.
Bene working up to be a challenger bank in Australia
The firm currently offers digital loans.
ABN AMRO and Infosys partner for digital mortgage tech push
This includes Infosys’ acquisition of mortgage provider Stater.
StreetShares to launch credit cards for veteran-owned businesses
A new credit card for the 2.5 million veteran-owned small businesses in the US.
Qupital raises $15m Series A to expand into mainland China
Hong Kong fintech plans to hire and grow.
Synchrony picks Fundbox to provide B2B credit for merchants
Merchants can apply for up to $100,000 credit.
Blue Sage integrates Capsilon’s tech to lending platform
The integration will help with document recognition and data extraction technology.
Credijusto closes $100m credit facility with Goldman Sachs
The Mexican lendtech provides SMEs with credit.
SamePage gains first go-live at Green Deal Finance Company
The loan origination system aims to take the lending platform fully digital.
Amount to power TD Bank’s digital lending platform
The first in a series of collaborative initiatives.
Wolters Kluwer gets new credit union win in Florida
Grow Financial Credit Union is implementing lending and compliance solutions in 26 branches.
Indian lendtech Spoon readies for launch
Aiming to offer micro lending through a mobile app, in real time.
Client experience: hallmark of the digital credit and lending journey
What is the Holy Grail of credit and lending transformation?
Dutch SME lender Finturi raises €2m funding
The start-up uses blockchain and AI for its lendtech platform.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 11 March 2019
Featuring New Zealand, Ant Financial, and Raisin.
Spanish fintech Pagantis closes €65m for e-commerce financing
It aims to expand its services to Portugal, Italy and France.
First State Community Bank picks Jack Henry’s lending suite
New tech is provided by Jack Henry’s ProfitStars division.
UK fintech regulator puts bigger fines on the menu
FCA confirms increase in Financial Ombudsman Service award limit.
Omidyar Network releases fintech venture fund with Flourish
New firm Flourish launches evergreen fund backed by founder of eBay.
TurnKey Lender locks in new investment from OSK Ventures
Singapore-based digital solution provider gets more funding.
nCino lands new customers in Stockholm and Sydney
DBT Foretagslan and Thinktank are BOS-sing it.
Singapore regulator’s new tech group targets risky business
Monetary Authority of Singapore makes some changes and gets truly focused.
AI Foundry creates new mortgagetech solutions
Designed to speed up the pre-approval and underwriting approval process.
The forgotten faces of diversity: the invisibles
To be successful, diversity and inclusion must start from within – and it must be built into the culture.
Esme Loans getting data warehouse courtesy of Microsoft
To help with AI processes in the lending process.
White paper: Intelligent business software solutions enabling fintech companies to grow
How can you grow your fintech firm with a business software solution?
Open banking – build it and they will come?
It is the innovative data wranglers that will decide the success of open banking.
The reality of Brexit for small businesses
Small businesses are applying a practical no-nonsense approach to protect themselves and their business.
Banking Technology March 2019 issue out now
Pay attention. Fintech in the ascension.
