Gold-as-currency enabler Glint goes for £15m funding
UK-based start-up wants to shine in US and Japan.
Start-up
Big boy problems: the challenger banks’ challenge
In the disruption era, disintermediation is the big boys’ loss for sure, but not necessarily the disruptors’ gain.
Eye in the sky: how drones can shape underwriting
Drones are hitting the mainstream – but how do they impact insurance?
Index Ventures unleashes $1.7bn fund
London-based company looking for action in US and Europe.
Powering self-employment with fintech
Fintech is well placed to deliver innovative solutions to challenges that the mainstream industry has ignored.
Square no longer angling for US bank charter
Plans to apply later to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Canadian financial data firm Flinks fuels up with $1.75m funding
With Luge Capital making its first investment.
Startupbootcamp’s InsurTech Accelerator opens doors to applicants
Selected start-ups will relocate to Hartford, Connecticut.
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.
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.
Banking Technology Awards 2018: celebrating most innovative projects of the year!
Enter the awards by 31 August.
Largest start-up class yet enters UC Berkeley’s accelerator
More than 100 start-up teams begin the programme.
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.
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
Core components of an AI programme
Don’t be afraid to start small.
AlphaPoint raises $15m in Series A funding round
The Series A round was led by Galaxy Digital Ventures.
Fintech funding round-up: 15 June 2018
USA! USA! Features Strangeworks, Eventador.io, SeriesX, Unchained Capital and ALTR.
Luge Capital goes huge with $75m fintech funding
Canadian VC fund looking at fintech, financial services and AI.
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.
Ex-Simple co-founder preps developer app for launch
Shamir Karkal wants to help developers get fintech apps to market.
Not all banks are equal in the open future
Using stars as our metaphor, let us venture to the final frontier.
US banking app CapWay readies to launch
Targeting millennials who are either underbanked or uncertain.
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.
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.
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.
Y2X wants to do Moore for blockchain investment
Plans to raise $200 million through global token offering.
Ex-JP Morgan duo launch blockchain start-up Clovyr
There’s no lack of Quorum with the new firm.
