News by FinTech Collective

News by FinTech Collective

News by FinTech Collective Archive

That is a Big Crowd

Israel crowdfunding platform, OurCrowd, announces it has raised an additional $25M in funding. Is this all equity financing? Some...

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Money on wheels: Banking gets seriously mobile

Gemalto built a few of these for a bank in the Middle East a few years back.. They came complete with an ATM in the back!

For the UK's urban-dwelling, short-of-time majority, mobile banking is something that usually comes in the shape of a smartphone app. ...…

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HAPPY EASTER

I ate two of these today and they are indeed one of Britain's finest exports.. Some would even call them "the dog's back wheels..."...

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Lending Club buys Springstone Financial for $140m

Lending Club expands its capabilities and further builds value in preparation for a rumored IPO.

The addition of financing to the Lending Club portfolio seems to be one more step in the direction of the company’s evolution into the...…

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Disrupting Insurance

Often the last-mentioned segment when talking about "FinTech", Insurance holds a treasure trove of opportunity. But...be prepared, it...

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LearnVest has now raised $72 Million in capital

This week, it was Big Deal Tuesday as LearnVest and Betterment raise a total of $60M

LearnVest Inc.— based just an avenue east and nine blocks south of Betterment — disclosed a $28 million investment led by none other than...…

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What would a disruptive bank look like?

Marc Andreessen and other VCs are keen to invest in a disruptive bank. Jack Gavigan outlines what he believes this bank should look like.

Efforts by UK regulators to foster competition in the banking market by encouraging more new entrants mean that now is probably the...…

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Facebook targets payments

It seems everyone wants to be in the payments business, Facebook is the latest entrant.

Not content with being just a platform to host cat photos and status updates, Facebook is readying itself to provide financial services...…

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Wonga vs. Bank overdraft Fees

Wonga just got into trouble in the UK with this advert, but... Using a bank overdraft can be as expensive as a payday loan. According to...

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Overdraft Fees at Banks Hit a High, Despite Curbs

Squeezed by falling revenue on deposit accounts, banks are turning to a familiar source of income: overdraft fees.

Overdraft fees make up the bulk of checking-account fee revenue, said Jefferson Harralson, a banking analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods...…

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The Fifth Protocol - Naval Ravikant (Angel List) Blog Post

Naval goes deep with his description of the "Fifth Protocol".. Some interesting comments in there too from folks like Fred Wilson.

Cryptocurrencies will create a fifth protocol layer powering the next generation of the Internet. Humans don’t *need* math-based...…

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