FinovateEurope 2019: days of creation
Fintech is currently in an exciting creative phase.
LendTech
UK Finance wants to bring ethics to banking sector
Good luck getting that to work.
Go Figure! US lendtech gets $65m funding
Brings its total funding to $120 million for its second year of operations.
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.
HSBC mixes with NepFin for middle market move in US
American firms via NepFin can now tap into HSBC’s commercial banking services and its network.
Bank of Ireland unveils €2bn Brexit fund for SMEs
“Brexit isn’t ‘business as usual’.”
M&S Bank sparks open banking life into mortgages
Marks & Spencer’s stylish entity teams up with Equifax and AccountScore.
ASX to sell $385m stake in tech provider Iress
“It no longer provides the strategic value to ASX that it once did.”
AI Foundry and Ellie Mae use AI for speedy lending
Two firms will integrate their technologies for mortgage origination process.
Validus Capital raises $15m for SME financing
Series B round led by Dutch public-private development bank FMO.
Will challenger banks motivate change?
The need for digital transformation has been obvious for years and the window of opportunity is about to close.
UK lendtech DivideBuy feeling spry with £60m funding
Firm offers interest free credit and plans to develop its tech.
NSF makes £1.3bn takeover bid for UK lender Provident Financial
Non-Standard Finance makes unsolicited offer to buy its struggling rival.
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.
Capitalise captures £3.5m funding
UK firm helps accountants provide advice for their clients.
FCA appoints new chair for Financial Services Consumer Panel
Wanda Goldwag will start role from 1 March 2019.
Finastra’s Fusion Essence core system savours Saudi success
Saudi Arabia’s Agricultural Development Fund looking for better lendtech.
SME lender Iwoca gets £150 million funding
Takes its total funding to £350 million.
Fintech charms US state regulator into modelling
Conference of State Bank Supervisors will implement changes based on feedback.
Big banks bond with CommonBond for $750m lending spree
US firm to use money for in-school student lending businesses.
Interview: Pavel Novak, Zonky – a fintech fable
Zonky’s helpful community in the Czech Republic and which country the P2P lending firm might target next.
Fintech investment in US hits record $52.5bn
KPMG’s “2018 Pulse of Fintech” report is good news for the States.
Thoma Bravo to acquire US lendtech Ellie Mae for $3.7bn
Private equity investment firm makes an all-cash transaction.
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.
Unicaja Banco loans are in with Fintonic app
The marketplace incorporates the Spanish bank’s lending offer.
UK fintech investment reaches record $3.3bn
Industry body Innovate Finance serves up the stats.
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Possible Finance definitely raises $4m funding
Stunning Seattle-based lendtech looking for fintech nirvana.
SoftBank leads $440m funding round in UK challenger bank OakNorth
Plans expansion in North America.
New York’s a wonderful town for Fiserv DNA
Fiserv signs its largest core processing deal with New York Community Bancorp.
Digicro pulls in $300k funding for mobile microfinance in Cambodia
Round led by Japanese firm Showcase Capital.
Nordea turns to Divido platform for lending push
Bank will license platform to deliver point-of-purchase finance to retail merchants.
Phoebus Software wins new client in lending space
UK-based Business Lending Group signs a five‐year contract.
Funding Options launches in Netherlands with ING
A partnership six months in the making.
Student loan firm Climb-s to $50m funding
US company gets investment from Goldman Sachs.
Goldman Sachs and Amex join Better Mortgage’s $70m funding round
US-based digital lender plans partnerships and recruitment.
Licence lust lets Lithuania’s fintech sector soar
Sector expanded by 45% in 2018 as Google and Revolut were awarded licences.
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Superstructures: fintech reaches new heights.
