Fintech Spotlight: Noesis and the Emergence of Three Way Marketplaces
In this week's FIntech Spotlight we speak to Noesis's Scott Harmon and learn about the evolvement of vendor aligned finance.
View ArticleJapanese Cloud Accounting Firm, Freee, Nabs ¥3.5B in Series C Funding
Japanese fintech startup, Freee, has announced that it has closed a ¥3.5B Series C funding round to help expand its growth with SMBs.
View ArticleFintech Spotlight: An Unsecured Debt Bubble? Or Is This Time Different?
Driven by better data, marketplace lenders believe ‘this time will be different’ and they will avoid an unsecured credit bubble
View ArticleH1 Results Put Optimal Payments on Track for Listing on LSE’s Main Board
The payments solutions provider's revenues were up 40.2% YoY, taking it a step closer to its goal of trading on the LSE's Main Market .
View ArticleFintech Hub Stone & Chalk Welcomes Metamako to Its Growing Community
The newly established fintech hub in Sydney expects to have 200 people working there by the end of the year.
View ArticleSumUp Raises Another €10 Million to Boost Their mPOS Growth
A provider of mPOS technology, SumUp announced that they have closed a new €10 million funding round led by Groupon and BBVA Ventures.
View ArticleZopa has New CEO as Founder to Focus on P2P Lending Business Development
Zopa COO Jaidev Janardana is being promoted by the P2P lender to become the firm's CEO with Andrew Giles becoming Executive Chairman.
View ArticleFunding Circle Growth Rockets Higher as CEO Expects over £35M in Revenues
After growing 121% in 2014, revenues for Funding Circle and its marketplace lending platform may be set to triple during 2015.
View ArticleKPMG to Boost Fintech Exposure with Matchi and Cambridge Partnerships
In twin announcements, KPMG is seeking to expand its involvement in the fintech sector to provide l consultancy services for customers.
View ArticleFintech Spotlight – Oradian’s Cloud-Based Solution for Financial Inclusion
In today's Fintech Spotlight, we take a look at Oradian, and learn how their cloud-based software is helping increase financial inclusion.
View ArticleContactless Payments Grow to £2.5B and Trigger Limit Increase to £30
Contactless payments are proving to be an area of growth in the UK, with £2.5B in payments registered for the first half of 2015,
View ArticleAfter £50M in Campaigns in 2015, CrowdCube Reaches £100M in Investments
Reaching £100M in total funds investing on its platform since launching, CrowdCube today announced hitting the key milestone.
View ArticleM-Pesa Opens Up to 3rd Party Developers in Kenya as Safaricom Launches API
As mobile payments grow in Kenya, Safaricom has launched a developer API to increase business payments for the M-Pesa system.
View ArticleAs Thematic Investing Grows, Swissquote Launches Themes Trading
Also gaining interest, and similar to Swissquote’s new Themes Trading service, are actively traded ETFs.
View ArticleFintech Spotlight: Will Stock Losses Hamper Equity Crowdfunding? It Depends
Stock markets performed poorly in August and continue to experience weakness this month. How will it impact the growing crowdfunding space?
View ArticleFUSION Selects 10 Startups for Its Swiss-Based Fintech Accelerator
Ten startups from seven countries were selected for FUSION's inaugural fintech accelerator program in Geneva, Switzerland.
View ArticleCircleUp Introduces Secondary Market to Create Liquidity for Private Shares
Liquidity for private company deals is arriving to CircleUp's consumer company focused equity crowdfunding platform.
View ArticleVostok Emerging Finance Announces Twin Investments in Revo and Sordata
Vostok Emerging Finance has announced a $2.5 million investment as they take stakes in Russian merchant finance firms Revo and Sorsdata.
View ArticleFinTech Sandbox Gains More Crowdsourced Data as Estimize Becomes a Partner
Estimize and their crowdsourced stock market financial forecasts and economic indicators data joins FinTech Sandbox as a partner
View ArticleTrunomi Closes $3M Round to Grow Their KYC Data Collection Technology
Trunomi announced today that it has closed $3 million in new funding in a deal led by Saturn Partners.
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