Fintech funding round-up: 11 April 2018
Features Ant Financial, Ripple, Blockchain Capital and Liberis.
SME
Kabbage and Ingo Money to power faster loan payouts to SMEs
Online alternative lender Kabbage has teamed up with push payments innovator Ingo Money.
SME lender Lendio unveils Lender Turndown initiative
Lendio’s network of lending partners can offer a loan alternative to SMEs that do not fit their risk profile.
Online payroll and HR tech provider Gusto goes freemium
Gusto’s HR Basics offers small businesses a set of basic HR tools for free.
BlueVine and Veem: SME financing meets cross-border payments
New partnership to enable small business owners to save on international payments.
Kapow! Kofax to power Spotcap’s credit assessment algorithm
SME financing provider Spotcap has implemented Kofax’s Kapow robotic process automation (RPA) software.
Nesta offers £2.5m prize fund for fintech start-ups
Applications are open for next phase of its “Open Up Challenge”.
Dream Payments and Mastercard speed up insurance payouts
Cloud-based payments platform Dream Payments has teamed up with Mastercard.
Fintech funding round-up: 21 February 2018
Stars Anyfin, CivilisedBank, Greenlight Financial Technology, Even Financial and Wealthsimple.
Davo launches two new apps for SME cash management
Welcome to Davo Sweep and Save, and Davo Savings Club.
Podcast: [the SME sector is] so hot right now
11:FS Fintech Insider show featuring FinTech Futures’ Tanya Andreasyan.
Top fintech stories this week – 02 February 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
StreetShares brings in $23m in equity funding
StreetShares has landed $23 million in equity funding, bringing total investment to $43 million.
New bank to launch in California, Endeavor Bank
First new bank to open in San Diego in ten years and one of only two new banks in California since 2010.
Top fintech stories this week – 26 January 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Payments round-up: 23 January 2018
Features DBS Bank, Xero, WeChat Pay and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Fintech funding round-up: 20 December 2017
Features Raisin, PayPal, Home Credit Venture Capital, Barion Payment and Cash Svidha.
TSYS to acquire fellow paytech firm Cayan for $1.05bn
The acquisition is expected to close in Q1 next year.
SumUp teams with BancoEstado for cool mobile card deal in Chile
SMEs in Chile have just won a new ally when it comes to making it easier to accept mobile card payments. The country’s largest national bank, BancoEstado de Chile, has partnered with SumUp to launch a joint venture (JV) that will give Chilean businesses the ability to offer “anytime, anywhere” mobile card acceptance without fees […]
BNP Paribas and Caple make European SME credit capable
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has acquired a 10% stake in European credit provider Caple, allowing for a partnership to offer alternative credit to European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Fintech funding round-up: 8 November 2017
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s (7 November) fintech funding round-up, here’s more money action. Features WeSwap, OakNorth Bank and OTCX. Peer-to-peer currency exchange platform WeSwap has revealed its £8 million series B investment round led by London-based private equity firm IW Capital. As WeSwap nears the end of 2017, it says further product features include […]
Tink secures investment and bank partners as it plans European expansion
Swedish fintech company Tink has signed with Nordic banks Nordea, Klarna and Nordnet. Integrating in 2018, the banks will use Tink’s payment technology and personal finance management (PFM) platform within their existing customer channels.
Wave brings business services to RBC’s online banking platform
Wave – a business financial management (BFM) solutions provider from Toronto – has signed a deal that will integrate its invoicing, accounting, and business financial insights technology into Royal Bank of Canada’s online banking platform.
Bill.com discloses September investment round, doubles total funding
Business payments network Bill.com has updated the news regarding the $100 million in funding it landed last month. The round was lead by JP Morgan Chase and Temasek.
Credo Bank completes Temenos T24 core banking system upgrade
Credo Bank, a Georgia-based bank providing sustainable financial services for micro businesses and SMEs, has moved to the latest version of Temenos’ T24 core banking system.
Banking on a new competitive environment – marketplace banking
Marketplace banking has the potential to deliver an interconnected financial services industry where banks can get closer to their small business customers explains Five Degrees’ Peter-Jan Van de Venn.
Cashplus Expands with £30 Million Debt Facilities Led by RBS
Cashplus, a London-based alternative financial services provider—and Top 5 Best Challenger Bank—has announced two new, three-year funding arrangements totaling £30 million (US$40.52 million). The company will use the credit to expand its lending products for SMEs.
Innovators’ Spotlight: SPENT Money
Rather than being top of wallet, SPENT Money wants to help consumers manage and earn rewards from what’s already there—at least for now.
Fintech funding round-up: 21 September 2017
Following swiftly on from the fintech funding round-up on 19 September, here’s more concise, cash-coated action. Features CivilisedBank, HighRadius, Swirlds and Luno. UK challenger CivilisedBank, which got its banking licence in May, has agreed terms for a further round of funding from current investor Warwick Capital Partners. No more details on that but the bank […]
Bento for Business Names Jeff Pomeroy VP of Product
Blackhawk Network veteran Jeff Pomeroy has joined the Pay Award-winning Bento for Business, a provider of employee expense management solutions for small businesses, as vice president of product.
Square wants to be a bank, sort of
Mobile point-of-sale pioneer Square Inc. is applying for an Industrial Loan Company (ILC) charter to support the expansion of its lending business, the volume of which grew 68 percent year-over-year in Q2 to $318 million.
Lloyds Bank’s new bookkeeping service is a keeper
Lloyds Bank has launched a new service to help businesses manage their bookkeeping without manual intervention. Called Lloyds Bank Direct Bank Feed it allows clients to receive their statement information directly into their accounting software – “eliminating the need for businesses to manually input their bank statements and reduce the time spent reconciling accounts”. Steve […]
Top 5 Best Challenger Banks: Cashplus
Meet our No. 1 on the Top 5 Best Challenger Banks list and find out why CEO Rich Wagner says the company belongs there.
Square Opens Manhattan Store
Mobile POS pioneer Square is venturing into new territory with its own brick-and-mortar store in Manhattan.
Top 5 Best Challenger Banks: Capital on Tap
Get to know the SME lending specialist that’s challenging U.K. high street banks by providing zero percent interest when balances are paid in full within 37 days.
Shoeboxed launches Fetch to remove blood, sweat and tears from expense reporting
For anyone who spends hours completing their expense reports, the news that receipt and business card digitisation company Shoeboxed is ushering a travel and expense reporting system out of beta is welcome news.
PayPal to buy Swift Financial to boost SMB lending
After a spate of recent partnership announcements to expand its acceptance network and P2P reach, PayPal is buying Swift Financial to boost its small business lending division.
Sharing Funds across Families, Groups and Small Business with Prepaid and Mobile
Prepaid is having a renaissance thanks to real-time mobile and web account access that’s enabling a number of disruptors to offer prepaid solutions for a new set of customers.
SME lender Kabbage collects $250m investment from Softbank
Online small business lender Kabbage has raised $250 million in funding from Japan’s SoftBank Group. The capital, which takes Kabbage’s total funding to more than $488 million, will be used to support new lending products for small businesses, as well as “exploring non-lending products and services” for its customers, the company says.
