News by FinTech Collective

News by FinTech Collective

News by FinTech Collective Archive

Thomson, Fidelity to Create 'Sandbox' for Fintech Startups

Great news David Jegen - one of our lovely co-investors!! Well done for starting to stitch this together..

“Fintech entrepreneurs have a unique problem, which is the high cost of data to help them build applications,” said David Jegen, managing...…

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Whither the mobile wallet?

700 mobile payments start-ups on Angel List, ISIS adding 20,000 new customers per day in April, Apple rumours of NFC in the next iPhone.....

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Barclays introduces digital experts

7,000 "Digital Eagles".....oh dear! The twitter-sphere disagrees with me and thinks they are FAB...

Barclays has announced a new scheme that places 7,000 experts, known as 'Digital Eagles', in branches to take questions and offer advice...…

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How Wal-Mart and Google could steal young customers from traditional banks

We've blogged a lot about this, but there are some good charts and some easy to digest stats in this well writen Washington Post article.

It used to be that the JPMorgans of the world only worried about losing customers to Wells Fargo or Bank of America. But that universe of...…

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Modi's To-Do List: Priorities For A New India

Forbes notes that Financial Services reform makes it onto Modi's to-do-list..

Other challenges include a proposed change to the act that governs the Reserve Bank of India , which would, among other things, remove...…

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Google’s Brin Wants to Ban Patent Trolls

Having been sued by a patent troll I couldn't agree more with Mr. Brin..

Google co-founder Sergey Brin took square aim at the shortcomings of U.S. patent law during his onstage interview at the Code Conference,...…

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Intuit buys Check for $360 million

"Intuit said Tuesday morning that it had acquired Check, a company that makes a mobile app that lets its customers track and pay for all...

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Not too big to jail

A big financial firm pleads guilty to a criminal charge and lives to tell the tale.. The prevailing wisdom has been that no financial...

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Indiegogo Pulls In Additional Investment From Max Levchin, Sir Richard Branson And Others

This week saw more celebs pile into a platform that, along with kickstarter, is helping to educate the broader population about crowdfunding

Following a massive $40 million Series B, Indiegogo has just announced it has secured additional investments from Sir Richard Branson,...…

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HSBC and UBS ramp their investment in fintech

In addition to many other bulge bracket banks, HSBC and UBS are the latest to dedicate resources for developing and investing in the next...

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On the Wings of Eagles

Eaglewood Capital was the first leveraged fund in the P2P space and the first to securitize P2P loans.

UK-based $18B Manager, Marshall...

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JP Morgan Backs an Online Broker, Motif Investing

JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs invest in an upstart online broker, in total Motif has raised over $86 million.

Motif Investing, based in San Mateo, Calif., opened its doors in 2012. The company lets investors buy a basket of stocks centered on a...…

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Drug cartels are ruining Cinco de Mayo

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo will be slightly different today. This article from CNN explains why there will be a lemon and not a lime in...

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Gradually, Then Suddenly...The Course of Secular Change

Three charts which show the velocity of change on (1) analog photographs (2) music industry (3) Windows operating system

“Gradually, then suddenly.” That’s how Hemingway described the ill fortune of a bankrupt in The Sun also Rises. It should probably be...…

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MasterCard lobbying on digital currency bitcoin

Nothing earth shattering here, but interesting to see the big players starting to get themselves educated.

The payment giant is the first company to officially lobby on the virtual currency, according to federal disclosure records. In a...…

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