10/30/2014 8:44:06 PM Russell Brand, bankers’ scourge, holds on to their cash By Gareth Jones Not fintech specifically, but fun non the less! In his attempt to overthrow global capitalism, Russell Brand has called for an...
10/30/2014 2:44:41 PM Anti-fraud and compliance company, Socure, raises $2.5 million Series A By FinTech Collective Socure offers online identity verification solutions that protect enterprises against identity fraud. The company combines structured and...
10/30/2014 2:37:19 PM Digital advisor Personal Capital raises $50 million Series D By FinTech Collective Personal Capital has raised $50 million in new funding, the second big deal announced this week in the digital advice market. Wealthfront...
10/30/2014 2:20:07 PM Etsy introduces a credit card reader to go beyond the web By FinTech Collective Online marketplace Etsy will start offering free credit card readers to some of its U.S. sellers as part of an effort to extend its reach...
10/30/2014 2:12:45 PM Reddit gets into crowdfunding with Redditmade By FinTech Collective Reddit is starting to monetize its 115 million unique monthly visitors. The company plans to launch a virtual currency and a...
10/29/2014 5:41:34 PM Apple Pay Rival and Walmart-backed MCX Hacked By Gareth Jones A little bit of press this week in prep for Money2020 and bingo.. The Hackers turn up!
10/29/2014 4:26:42 PM Isn't it pretty? Former Google Wallet Head Launches Poynt, A “Future-Proofed” Payment Terminal By Gareth Jones Poynt is a “future-proofed” payment terminal that combines an Android-based tablet with a hardware docking station, and includes support...
10/28/2014 10:06:48 PM Wealthfront Closes A Big New Round As Competitors Crowd The Wealth Management Market By Gareth Jones Jonathan Shieber at Techcrunch has filled this article with some solid data from the Crunchbase database. Big numbers are being thrown...
10/28/2014 3:56:35 AM Banks join wave of investors in cyber security start-ups By Gareth Jones Brooks weighs in on this timely Financial Times article on Banks needing to pay board level attention to cyber security.
10/28/2014 3:50:00 AM CurrentC Is The Big Retailers’ Clunky Attempt To Kill Apple Pay And Credit Card Fees By Gareth Jones Can't wait to see how cr*p this is at Money2020 next week.
10/28/2014 3:46:29 AM UBS CIO: Blockchain Technology Can Can Massively Simplify Banking By Gareth Jones Is Bitcoin winning over the bankers? “I believe – and this is my personal view – that blockchain technology will not only change the way...
10/28/2014 3:41:02 AM How Many Facebook Likes do Banks and Credit Unions Have By Gareth Jones building a social media community in banking is hard. Very hard. Capital One who lead the charge have 3.2M likes (0.5M more than Chase in...
10/28/2014 3:30:07 AM APDS deploy 125 tablets into San Francisco's County Jails By Gareth Jones One of the many remarkable stories coming out of this company. Financial literacy and disrupting the money transfer business into jails...
10/27/2014 2:08:17 PM Race to be the big wheel in fintech By Gareth Jones Politicians’ pronouncements are often evasive but when George Osborne declared his hopes for the future of financial technology in...
10/24/2014 7:32:13 PM Ebola fear factor in the stock market By FinTech Collective Are the markets suffering from Ebola fear mongering? It's clear the market doesn't know how to react. The market is placing bets on...
10/24/2014 6:40:33 PM Could community currencies produce a more sustainable financial system? By Gareth Jones Banks and the EU are becoming interested in currencies such as the Bristol and Brixton Pound, but what is the point of them?Although...