3/31/2014 8:17:48 PM High frequency trading is providing an unfair advantage By FinTech Collective Great 60 minutes interview with Michael Lewis who explains how investors are disadvantaged without access to high-frequency trading...
3/31/2014 8:04:40 PM Real Estate Tech Funding Tops $429M Across 102 Deals in 2013 By FinTech Collective The convergence of commercial real estate and new technologies has spawned a throng of new startups tackling the real estate tech space
3/29/2014 7:02:57 PM Bitcoin 2.0 Shows Technology Evolving Beyond Use as Money By Gareth Jones Active dinner party chat about this last night at chez Jones!! People seem to be twigging that the bitcoin rails (block chain) could be,...
3/28/2014 4:19:14 AM I just used Cover to buy drinks and I LOVE it.. By Gareth Jones My business partner Brooks and I had drinks with one of our investors this evening.. We split the bill using a new NYC built payments app...
3/28/2014 3:43:19 AM A New Bank for the Young and Affluent Kicks Off Funding Round By Gareth Jones Simple, Moven, PerkStreet and Fidor Bank in Germany led the way.. Will these guys truly be able to crack the seemingly high cost of...
3/27/2014 6:49:36 PM Scandal-Hit British Banks Turn to 'Weirdy Beardy'.. and his bright pink socks By Gareth Jones You have got to be kidding - especially with those pink socks!! However as our post earlier this week (The Millennial Disruption Index)...
3/26/2014 4:09:59 PM Acorns turns small change into an investment portfolio By FinTech Collective A new app allows users to allocate change to an investment portfolio. Acorns provides an easy way to save and invest without having to...
3/26/2014 1:59:28 PM London’s Financial Tech Sector Growth Outpaces Global Growth By Gareth Jones Thank you to @donalsmith who alerted us this morning to an interesting report that Accenture published today in the UK. The report points...
3/26/2014 12:00:00 AM Crowdfunding Site CircleUp Raises $14 Million By Gareth Jones CircleUp, a crowdfunding website, has allowed a number of fledgling companies to raise money over the last two years. Now, CircleUp has...
3/25/2014 10:51:54 PM Lending Club was one of the first, now many online lenders aim to disrupt banks By FinTech Collective
3/25/2014 10:45:40 PM The IRS makes an important ruling on Bitcoin By Gareth Jones The IRS has ruled bitcoin should be treated as property, not as currency, for tax purposes. That could be awkward, as the WSJ points...
3/25/2014 1:22:21 PM FeeX launches in the U.S. to be the ‘Waze of retirement fund planning’ By Gareth Jones Some people just cant stop themselves.. Uri Levine (co-founder of Waze) has turned his gun turret towards the US retirement plan market...
3/24/2014 3:52:46 PM Church Wants to Put Wonga Out of Business By Brooks Gibbins The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned the payday loans company Wonga that the Church of England aims to drive it out of business with...