A bipartisan group of senators is pushing legislation that would enable municipal bonds to qualify for banks' capital requirements.

Key interest rate for short term municipal bonds have spiked from effectively zero to 70bps over the last few months.

The Wall Street giant feels that unsecured loans are an underserved part of the market where Goldman can carve out a niche between big...

California, the nation's largest issuer of municipal bonds, has suspended Wells Fargo as an issuer for a period of twelve months.

New York based FinTech Collective portfolio company has announced the release of their new Advisor Dashboard platform. The new dashboard...

BlackRock Inc has announced plans to offer infrastructure funds through FinTech Collective portfolio company Artivest, a startup...

East Africa based online payments processor Direct Pay has acquired a majority stake in South Africa based online payment processor...

San Diego based SaaS treasury solution company Kyriba Corp has closed a $23m Series D funding round led by bpifrance. Kyriba is the...

Allianz has taken a minority stake in Italian digital wealth manager MoneyFarm as it seeks to keep track of the fintech sector.

California Gov. Jerry Brown has approved a bill creating state-sponsored retirement plans for some 6.8M Californians who don’t have them...

Two sigma Investments is partnering with AIG and Hamilton Insurance to provide an automated, online analytical system to issue policies...

Burlington, Vermont is one of the five city winners of the contest that asked public agencies to give innovative proposals for investment...

Barcelona based expenses management platform Captio has raised €1m in venture funding led by Sabadell Venture Capital. Captio helps...

Paddle, a b2b ecommerce SaaS start-up announced a $3.2M Series A led by BGF Ventures, with participation from Spring Partners.

Bermudian-based Trunomi, led by founder and CEO Stuart Lacey, has created technology that can simplify the process of sharing personal...

Bloomberg shines a light in this article on how hard it is to build a challenger bank. UK challenger Atom, which began offering savings...

As SoFi looks to expand beyond student loans, they have indicated that they will soon start selling term life insurance to its base of...

Dropin claims they currently have a network of 1,100 licensed drone operators. The drone's camera transmits video and pictures of a claim...

Matt Miller, founder of Embroker, a commercial brokerage that offers a cloud-based risk and insurance management system to SME's laid out...

Los Angeles auto insurance claims startup Estify has raised $6.3m in new funding led by Romulus Capital and ff Venture Capital. Estify...

TheGuarantors, a New York based startup launched in 2014, sells payment insurance to tenants and provides landlords with a guarantee they...

A $700m LendingClub investment fund that's struggled with withdrawals this year posted a negative return for August, the first monthly...

India based housing finance company Aptus Value Housing Finance India Ltd has raised $40m in a funding round led by WestBridge Capital...

San Francisco based HR, payroll and benefits service Gusto has announced a series of updated platform features. This announcement follows...

A recent cyber attack on KrebsOnSecurity demonstrates how IoT devices (routers, webcams, digital video recorders, and other appliances)...

Hedge fund Marshall Wace's subsidiary MW Eaglewood is raising $300M for a private equity version of its billion-dollar investment trust...

Thomson Reuters has agreed to acquire trading technology firm REDI Holdings, saying the execution management system would strengthen its...

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority reported this week that nearly 5,500 British registered financial institutions use “passports” to...

Instead of taking on debt to buy a house, Point provides equity funding. The startup can find the capital needed to finance your home and...

Lemonade has launched its product for home and renters insurance in New York.  The start-up allows users to select a social cause...

FinTech portfolio company MoneyLion is bringing its next-generation personal finance platform to Malaysia to help its consumers gain a...

Who needs sleep? What a waste of time! This mantra has become the norm at China's fastest growing startups who are competing fiercely on...

Bloomberg reports that Tencent's culture is akin to a shark womb--while it may not be as deadly, it makes everyone adapt faster and be...

The Fed has maintained interest rates amid speculation of a 25 bps increase.  Yellen argued that the economy has more room to run...

San Francisco based pay-per-mile insurance startup Metromile has secured a $103m Series D, led by SV Angel and Index Ventures. Metromile...

Stockholm based small company loan platform Kameo has raised $1.2m in venture funding led by Norwegian investor Ola Heldal. 

Israel based crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has raised $72m in Series C funding, with a target of reaching $100m. OurCrowd did not...

Singapore based personal finance app Jojonomic has secured $1.5m in venture funding led by Maloekoe Ventures. The startup plans to use...

UK based invoice financing service DueCourse has completed a £6.5m angel seed funding round from investors including the founders and...

London based credit card startup Curve has raised £2m in further seed funding led by backers Connect Ventures, Paul Townsend and Samos...

Berlin based insurance management startup FinanceFox has closed a $28m Series A funding round led by Horizons Ventures. FinanceFox lets...

Bloomberg feature story about how China is quietly becoming the most friendly place in the world for female entrepreneurs and venture...

Stripe, the payment processor that powers many on-demand apps, has added an instant-pay option which allows workers to cash out...

Ant Financial is now worth an estimated $75b, with most of the value ($50bn) stemming from Alipay. Microloan service is worth ~$8bn and...

Ratesetter, one of the UK's largest P2P lenders, has broken the magic of P2P by taking £2m of risk on to its own balance sheet in order...

Today we can proudly announce the launch of Vestwell, an automated 401(k) and defined contribution platform that helps advisors stay...

New York based FinTech Collective portfolio company Artivest has appointed a new Chief Compliance Officer to join their team. Jon...

Antwerp based Digital Transaction Management developer Connective has secured €4.5m in venture funding from investors Erik Dralans and...

New York based women's investment platform Ellevest has raised $9m in venture funding led by Khosla Ventures. Ellevest, founded by Sallie...

Seven buy-side and sell side firms, including Alliance Bernstein, Citi, Credit Suisse and HSBC are applying Axoni's distributed ledger to...

New Delhi based small business financier Hero FinCorp has secures $105m in venture funding led by ChrysCapital and Credit Suisse. Hero...

California based cyber security insurance company Cyence has raised $40m in venture funding led by New Enterprise Associates. Cyence...

According to a recent report China’s 8 fintech unicorns have raised $9.4B in funding and have a combined valuation of $96.4B. That dwarfs...

WeLab, a Hong Kong and Shenzhen-based online lending start-up backed by Malaysia's state fund Khazanah Nasional, has secured a credit...

Quandl, which provides alternative datasets alongside financial and economic data for investment professionals, announced a raise of $12...

U.S.-based start-up Ripple, a provider of blockchain-based cross-border payments technology for banks, said on Thursday it has raised a...

LendingClub has hired a former executive from one of the largest U.S. bank failures to help it recover from its own troubles. Thomas...

The WSJ profiles a new species that is prowling America’s most obscure industry conferences: the data hunter. The information ranges from...

Multi-million dollar cases are being brought against retirement plan sponsors and their providers. In one high profile case, a former...

The credit facilities from institutional investors, combined with equity capital from FinTech Collective and other VCs, will allow...

According to the Financial Times, The U.S. Department of Labor's new fiduciary rule will force retirement advisers to shift the assets...

Mvisa, the credit card giant's new alternative to Mpesa, was developed as credit card uptake in Africa has been slow relative to mobile...

Sydney based mobile-only super fund Spaceship has raised $1.6m in seed funding led by Mike Cannon-Brookes. Spaceship is a mobile-only...

Sydney based digital mortgage service Uno has raised $16.5m in Series A funding led by Westpac. Uno offers households the tools to...

Gosh we're proud! From Powepoint presentation (when we invested) to $650M of capital, Diwakar and team have crushed it. With this fresh...

Alibaba's payments arm, Ant Financial, has acquired EyeVerify for $100m.  The deal indicates the company's interest in...

Israel based investment tech company Creditplace has raised NIS6m ($1.59m) in venture funding led by controlling stakeholders Serge Aziza...

Palo Alto based home equity financing company Point has raised $8.4m in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, who also led the...

San Francisco based restaurant billing company Sourcery has raised $5m in venture funding led by Marker LLC. Sourcery allows restaurants...

Blackburn, UK based Praetura Asset Finance has raised an £18m venture investment from British Business Bank Investments LTD. A privately...

The 2015 Census report shows that the share of people without health insurance declined in 49 states relative to 2014.

Thomas Casey, who was WaMu's CFO from 2002 through 2008, said that he would apply some of the lessons that he learned from WaMu’s...

Having shut down its price comparison site for motor insurance, Google Compare, earlier this year the tech giant seems to be back in the...

Reuters explores how mobile, cashless payments are making it easier for the sheep trade that supplies an annual Senegal tradition.

Chicago based automated investment tool M1 Finance has received $9m in venture funding from undisclosed investors. M1 Finance allows...

Norway based crowd-trading platform Huddlestock has raised $1.5m in Seed Funding from undisclosed investors. Huddlestock allows users to...

Liberty Mutual has developed the first Amazon Alexa skill to address everyday insurance questions and needs, from getting a quote to...

Quartz explores the volatile industry of insuring rockets and satellites.

Kanata, Ontario based automated invoicing service Fusebill has raised $6m in Series A funding led by ScaleUp Ventures and Langdell...

Indonesian based financial e-commerce platform has raised $1.9m of Series A funding led by East Ventures. Cermati is a platform for...

France based SME p2p crowdlending startup Unilend has announced a €2.5m investment led by NewAlpha Asset Management. Launched in November...

Vacancy rates for prime real estate space in the business districts of Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam are at the lowest levels in a...

Financial Engines plans to leverage its captive customer base of 10m American workers to offer advice on all aspects of their financial...

Palantir alleges Marc Abramowitz betrayed the company by asking for confidential information about key projects in fields like...

Salesforce financial services CRM software will now incorporate FinTech Portfolio company Quovo's data aggregation services. Advisers can...

APDS has been honored by the Berkeley Haas School of Business  as one of "2016’s Best Businesses for the World.” Their tablet is...

Online international money transfer service TransferWise has revealed its marketing budget for the first time, showing it spent £12.3M on...

According to the Pulse of Fintech, investment in VC backed fintech companies fell by 24% in the U.S. and 50% globally during the second...

Utility Settlement Coin, a digital cash model aimed at facilitating payment and settlement for institutional financial markets, has...

New York based online financial advisor and analytics website SmartAsset has raised $12m in Series B funding led by IA Capital Group. The...

Bloomberg highlights how fintech companies such as Behavox and Humanyze are using wearables and machine learning programs to help global...

The 50-50 joint venture called Signac was entered into earlier this year and aims to catch rogue employees before they can harm the bank....

Christian Faes, co-founder and CEO of London based LendInvest is shrugging off the Brexit blues and looking to hire 100+ people in...

Paris based money transfer operator Afrimarket has raised €10m in venture funding led by Global Innovation Fund. Afrimarket is an...

San Francisco based online lender Social Finance Inc is looking to to raise $500m in equity, going against current slowing trends in the...

In a bid to win more business, Goldman is giving clients free access to its prized internal Securities DataBase ("SecDB"). The system...

Cheddar, the news video service that produces a daily business broadcast from the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange and a...

Online lending technology and data provider Orchard Platform has introduced a "Weekly Online Lending Snapchat," that will provide viewers...

Hong Kong based mobile lender WeLab has secured a $25m credit facility from previous investor ING Bank. WeLab creates seamless online and...

German credit card information processor Payworks has raised a $4.5 Million Series A round led by HW Capital and Rumford. Payworks plans...

UK based alternative payment startup Divido has raised £2.5m in second stage seed funding led by Mangrove Capital and DN Capital. Divido...

MarketWatch uses data from FinTech Collective portfolio company Openfolio to recount what investors bought and sold during August....

The WSJ got a rare look at some top tier VC's performance and noticed that despite some stella investments, Andreessen Horowitz lags...

The Chairman of Fosun Group, Guo Guangchang, called China's $65.9B P2P lending market “basically a scam”, becoming the latest...

New York based real estate capital markets startup raised $75m of venture funding led by Wellington Management. Valuation on the round is...

San Francisco based direct carrier payment startup has raised $13.8m of Series E funding. The compnay believes that carrier billing has...

The "Vanguard Effect" has led the asset-weighted average expense ratio of all U.S. funds down to 61bps in 2015, down from 73bps in...

According to Sanford Bernstein & Co., the meteoric rise of passive asset management threatens to fundamentally undermine the entire...

The idea of an index fund seemed a bit of a joke at first. 40 years and $3.6tn later, the Vanguard Group has certainly pioneered the...

Portland based rental management software company Cozy has raised an $8.5m Series B led by American Family Ventures.