FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 27 May 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
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ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Tranch, Quantifeed, Chekk & Crowd Data Systems
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
iCapital expands its platform with Simon Markets acquisition
The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2022 pending regulatory approvals.
Finovate Spring 2022: The changing landscape of financial services
Digital innovation is one of the key talking points at this year’s conference.
Wealthtech TIFIN doubles valuation with $109m Series D
Global investment manager Franklin Resources and fintech-focused investment firm Motive Partners participated.
Emotional connection in customer experience
Many digital financial services lack a “human heart”. And that should be something that worries the industry.
North America fintech funding round-up: CoreChain, OneVest & Crowdz
This week’s funding round-up includes three North American fintechs – CoreChain, OneVest & Crowdz.
Investment management platform FundGuard lands $40m Series B
The round saw participation from Citi, State Street, Blumberg Capital, LionBird Ventures and Team8 Capital.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 8 April 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Gotrade, lemon.markets, Unifimoney & Gaviti
Our weekly fintech round-up for you to get the latest funding news from around the world.
Savings and retirement wealthtech Lilly set to launch in US
Billed as “the world’s first retirement debit and credit card”, the service will cost from $5 a month.
RBC set to acquire UK wealth management firm Brewin Dolphin in £1.6bn deal
The deal is subject to shareholder and regulatory approval and is expected to be completed by Q3 2022.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 1 April 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Archie, Dapio, Finary, Jia Finance, & Zimpler
Our weekly fintech round-up for you to get the latest funding news from around the world.
Saphyre secures $18.5m in Series A from HCAP, J.P. Morgan and BNP Paribas
Saphyre’s AI-enabled platform is intended to improve pre- and post-trade data and processes.
London Stock Exchange Group sells BETA+ in $1.1bn deal
BETA, Maxit and Digital Investor (collectively known as BETA+) have been sold to Clearlake Capital and Motive Partners.
Irish fintech Global Shares sold to J.P. Morgan
Global Shares is 40% owned by Motive Partners, which bought the stake in 2018 for $25 million.
Marlette secures $225m Series E to grow Best Egg financial platform
The round was led by the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP).
US fintech Acorns lands $300m investment to boost growth
The funding comes after the fintech abandoned its planned IPO in January.
Banking Tech Awards 2022 now open for nominations
The awards are open to banks, financial institutions, technology and service providers, teams and individuals.
Banking on spreadsheets
Banks and fintechs need to step up their game to serve customers better when it comes to money management.
PrimaryBid lands $190m in SoftBank-led Series C investment round
The money will be used to expand across continental Europe and the US.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Actyv.ai, MoneyHash, Novus, SJ Mobile Labs, Trace Finance, & Zand
Our weekly fintech round-up for you to get the latest funding news.
Wealthtech FNZ secures $1.4bn investment
The company says the investment is one of the largest ever primary equity raises in the sector.
Lowering the ladder: how NY fintech Xrent plans to help millennials become homeowners
“We have seen a widening wealth gap trend without much sign of slowing down,” says Xrent.
Black-owned wealthtech start-up Esusu hits $1bn valuation following $130m Series B
Esusu is now one of just a handful of Black-owned unicorn start-ups in the world.
Fintech funding deals globally 24 January – 30 January 2022
Featuring Fireblocks, FTX US, Creditas, Esusu and CoinTracker.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – UBS, Katana Labs and Walmart
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, every week.
Walmart-backed Hazel snaps up fintech platforms Even and One in super app push
Walmart CEO says the app will allow users to “manage their money in one place”.
UBS agrees $1.4bn deal to acquire wealth management platform Wealthfront
Millennial and Gen Z-focused Wealthfront caters to “the next generation of investors”.
Crypto IRA software platform iTrustCapital secures $125m in growth equity
The growth equity investment round values the company at more than $1.3bn.
White paper: Accelerate! Digital transformation in wealth management
A fresh insight into how financial institutions adopt new strategies, brought to you by Celent.
Change at the top for Credit Suisse as Horta-Osório resigns as chairman
Horta-Osório resigns after it was found he broke Swiss and UK Covid-19 isolation rules.
Fintech funding deals globally 10 January – 16 January 2022
Featuring Checkout, Qonto, CAIS, Qraft Technologies and SEBA Bank.
Alternative investment platform CAIS hits unicorn status with $225m funding
CAIS describes itself as “the first truly open marketplace for alternative investments”.
Alternative retirement investment platform Alto raises $40m in Series B
The firm claims more than 15,000 IRA investors with a billion dollars of assets under custody.
Credit building start-up Petal raises $140m in Series D, faces lawsuit
Petal CEO says firm is hiring across the board for more than 100 positions this year.
2021: Top five fundraises
FinTech Futures takes a look back at some of the year’s most eye-catching funding rounds.
What the FinTech? Podcast | Season Two’s Jailed Buzzwords
We run down all the buzzwords our podcast guests wanted gone from the industry this year.
Embedded finance platform Ant Money raises $20m, acquires savings app Blast
Acquisition of Blast boosts the number of apps under the Ant Money umbrella.
