12/29/2016 12:00:00 AM Technology Will Be Everywhere By FinTech Collective Aaron Schumm, CEO of portfolio company Vestwell, shares his thoughts on the future of wealth management. Technology and secular trends...
12/25/2016 12:00:00 AM Fintech Collective Portfolio Company Axoni Raises $18 Million By FinTech Collective We are pleased to share that Axoni, an FTC portfolio company focused on blockchain solutions for the capital markets, has raised an $18m...
12/16/2016 4:29:03 PM Venezuela's extends border closure and pulls 100-bolivar note By Sean Lippel Venezuela's highest denomination banknote has ceased to be legal tender, in a move that has caused cash chaos and long queues at banks...
12/16/2016 3:43:11 PM Why Bitcoin's Remittance Disruption Slowed to a Crawl By Gareth Jones Cross-border remittance was expected to be bitcoin’s killer app. It was a simple equation: the global remittance market is huge, and the...
12/16/2016 3:38:42 PM Into the fintech sandbox of the United Arab Emirates By Gareth Jones The UAE is striving to support and develop the very nascent local fintech start-up ecosystem with rivalry emerging between Abu Dhabi and...
12/16/2016 3:34:36 PM Nine in ten UK financial advisers now outsource investment work By Gareth Jones While advisers tend to charge customers a 1% p.a. fee, the addition of discretionary management services is likely to push the bill...
12/16/2016 3:04:31 PM Tencent: Inside China’s ‘killer app’ factory By Gareth Jones The FT profiles how the Hong Kong-listed company keeps its customers glued to their phones and explores some of the darker Orwellian...
12/16/2016 12:45:39 AM A cashless future is the real goal of India's demonetization move By Sean Lippel Forbes believes Prime Minister Modi's real motivation is a desire to leapfrog the cash generation to digital payment solutions----a...
12/16/2016 12:33:58 AM One month in, what's the impact of India's demonetization fiasco? By Sean Lippel The unbanked and informal economy has been especially hard hit. Trade across all facets of the economy was disrupted with cash-centric...
12/16/2016 12:19:49 AM How India's demonetization is affecting its startups By Sean Lippel International ratings agency Fitch is now reporting a lowered GDP growth forecast of 6.9%, down from the earlier forecasted 7.4%, as a...
12/16/2016 12:00:52 AM Lunar Way raises €4.2m By FinTech Collective Copenhagen based millennial banking app Lunar Way has raised €4.2m in venture funding led by Seed Capital. The funding will help Lunar...
12/16/2016 12:00:43 AM SupportPay raised $4.1m Series A By FinTech Collective Sacramento based SupportPay has secured $4.1m in Series A funding led by Fenway Summer Ventures. SupportPay's app helps manage child...
12/16/2016 12:00:38 AM CommLoan raises $2.25m Seed Financing By FinTech Collective Scottsdale, Arizona based mortgage lending technology company CommLoan has raised $2.25m in Series Seed funding led by Social Leverage...
12/16/2016 12:00:26 AM ApplePie Capital raises $16.5m Series B By FinTech Collective San Francisco based franchise online lender ApplePie Capital has raised $16.5m in Series B funding led by Fifth Third Capital and QED...
12/15/2016 11:59:32 PM Hippo raises $14m Series A By FinTech Collective California based insuretech startup Hippo has announced $14m in Series A funding led by Horizons Ventures. Hippo offers direct to...
12/15/2016 11:59:02 PM Schwab Announces New Robo-Hybrid Service By FinTech Collective The new services provides emerging or mass affluent investors with a financial plan, created via a self-directed online tool, and a fully...