12/30/2014 2:30:42 AM Bitcoin has its own college football bowl game By FinTech Collective Bitcoin invades college football! Last week the University of Central Florida played North Carolina State in the inaugural St. Petersburg...
12/26/2014 6:59:24 PM Young People Are Risky Investors — And It Isn't Paying Off By Gareth Jones Openfolio open their data set again to provide more interesting insights into investor trends. This time they pair off younger vs. older...
12/22/2014 6:42:25 PM TradeBlock Welcomes Jeff Ward as Lead UI Enginee By Gareth Jones Jeff's primary responsibility will be the optimization of human-computer interactions on the TradeBlock Professional platform. Jeff has...
12/20/2014 12:08:26 AM Alternative lenders are hot -- especially among Millennials By FinTech Collective Alternative lending platforms are catering to Millennials. This generations trusts and understands the power of social platforms. A...
12/19/2014 11:56:24 PM LendingClub and billion dollar valuations are just the beginning for online lenders By FinTech Collective Last week LendingClub was the first online lending platform to go public. The industry is growing rapidly and aggressively trying to...
12/19/2014 11:47:50 PM Early gamble in OnDeck pays off big for VC funds By FinTech Collective When OnDeck raised a Series A in 2006 the company was valued at $2.5 million today it is valued at more than $1.7 billion. Many investors...
12/19/2014 6:19:46 PM UBS turns to artificial intelligence to advise clients By FinTech Collective UBS is tackling its big data problem and using some Silicon Valley tactics to do it. The Swiss bank launched a hackathon ("The Innovation...
12/19/2014 6:18:04 PM A day at Betterment's HQ By FinTech Collective RIABiz provides some interesting insights on the culture, business model and growth strategies for the robo-advisor, Betterment. With...
12/19/2014 5:12:48 PM The list of fintech focused accelerators is growing By FinTech Collective BankInnovation highlights 8 fintech focused accelerators and identifies what makes each one good, bad and different.
12/19/2014 5:00:01 PM Bitcoin falls even as some Russians turn to cryptocurrency By FinTech Collective The recent slide of Russia's currency has led to a large spike in the Ruble-to-Bitcoin volume with the number of trades growing a...
12/19/2014 4:58:12 PM WeWork to raise $300-$400 million with a valuation around $6 billion By FinTech Collective WeWork is about to close a round of private equity financing between $300-400 million that will value the startup at around $6 billion. ...
12/19/2014 4:55:21 PM FinTech Collective featured on CBinsights By Doug Binder FinTech Collective was added to CBinsights' Periodic Table of Fintech. The table provides a great visulaziation of 178 companies, VCs,...
12/19/2014 4:46:40 PM NextCapital's hybrid offering helps FAs compete with rival robo-advisor platforms By FinTech Collective NextCapital's EVP, Rob Foregger, compares the digitalization of client advice to the advent of online banks. NextCapital believes there...
12/19/2014 4:16:52 PM KPMG's report on the 50 best fintech innovators of 2014 By FinTech Collective Good overview of the big brand name fintech startups of 2014. KPMG Australia, the Financial Services Council (FSC) and AWI ventures,...
12/19/2014 4:01:48 PM Charitweet lets anyone donate to charity with a tweet By FinTech Collective Charitweet is a new platform that is facilitating small donations to any charity on Twitter. Twitter users simply create a new tweet that...
12/19/2014 3:55:40 PM Medigo is a marketplace helps patients find better healthcare abroad By FinTech Collective Medigo is a Berlin-based company that helps users plan medical tourism trips. The company recently secured EUR 5 million in funding from...