7/31/2015 7:19:03 PM Blackstone finance chief Laurence Tosi is latest to head west By FinTech Collective Top tier industry veterans from Wall Street continue to take jobs with startups. Blackstone's CFO, Laurence Tosi, is the latest example...
7/31/2015 7:09:13 PM Stripe, digital payments start-up, raises new funding and partners with Visa By FinTech Collective The SF based payments startup continues to make waves. The company secured its latest round of financing at a $5b valuation. That is a...
7/31/2015 7:01:18 PM Symphony Communications, Instant Messaging Company, Seeks New Investment By FinTech Collective Symphony Communications is trying to replace Bloomberg's messaging system. The startup's last round of financing of $66m was a consortium...
7/31/2015 7:01:09 PM Seedrs closes £10m Series A round By Sean Lippel Seedrs has closed a £10 million Series A round led by Woodford Patient Capital Trust, valuing the company at a £30 million on a...
7/31/2015 6:52:00 PM Behalf Lands Credit and Equity Funding, Lending Startup Financing Hits Record By Sean Lippel Behalf, a lending startup that originated in Israel and is now based in New York, has closed a $119 million Series B round led by...
7/31/2015 6:51:55 PM Wells Fargo Joins Other Banks in Testing Mobile Biometrics By FinTech Collective Wells Fargo is looking to implement biometrics as a security feature and services by the end of 2016. It's expected that nearly one-third...
7/31/2015 6:13:53 PM Why we should care about mega-insurers By Sean Lippel Why is the insurance industry consolidating and why should we care? Foremost, heavily regulated industries tend to thrive when they can...
7/31/2015 6:13:42 PM Low interest rates and alternative capital driving insurance industry consolidation By Sean Lippel A&M Best believes that an influx of alternative capital into the market, low interest rates, and a desire for geographic expansion are...
7/31/2015 4:32:09 PM Stagefright: Google's Android megabug By Doug Binder Google already has a patch out for it's most recent vulnerability, but most phone-makers are lagging behind pushing the update out. This...
7/31/2015 11:47:46 AM Mike Tyson suckered into endorsing branded Bitcoin ATMs in potential scam By Gareth Jones Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson "may be biting off more than a rival’s ear" as it appears he's been scammed into supporting a...
7/31/2015 11:28:09 AM Facebook wants to be the place where you go to shop. By Gareth Jones “Buy buttons” and in-app purchases aren’t new. Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest have all been testing them. Facebook just went a step...
7/31/2015 11:17:01 AM Square’s IPO Filing turns talk to Dorsey’s Juggling Skills By Gareth Jones Square filed to IPO this week, but the press focused less on Squares opaque performance and more on the ability of it's co-founder, Jack...
7/31/2015 11:05:34 AM Nearly 1 billion phones can be hacked with 1 text By Gareth Jones Mobile security firm Zimperium this week uncovered a computer bug called "Stagefright", one of the worst Android security holes...
7/31/2015 10:55:09 AM Retailers’ answer to Apple Pay (MCX) might launch in August By Gareth Jones 3yrs after it was announced by Wal-Mart, Target and Best Buy, CurrentC (MCX) is finally getting off the ground, but there are plenty of...
7/31/2015 10:40:29 AM Multi-Million Dollar Startup Celebrates Acquisition by Trashing Dolores Park By Gareth Jones Twitter erupted last week when Kara Swisher (Re/Code) told Marc Andreessen (a16z) to get his "overpaid kids" to clean up after themselves...
7/30/2015 8:25:01 PM Anthem To Acquire Cigna, Only 3 Big Health Carriers Remain By Sean Lippel In another merger of health insurance giants, Anthem has agreed to acquire Cigna in a $54 billion deal, leaving only three major...