7/29/2016 10:18:27 PM Fidelity Launches Retail Robo-Advisor Fidelity Go By Sean Lippel The mutual fund giant has officially launched its robo. Fidelity Go gives retail investors access to an automated platform that requires...
7/29/2016 9:43:21 PM Rocket Internet to Develop Banking Services With FinTech Group By FinTech Collective FinTech Group AG announced Tuesday that it would create digital banking services in Europe together with Rocket Internet SE. The two...
7/29/2016 5:00:59 PM How Texting With Chatbots Creates A Better UX Than Apps By FinTech Collective Chatbot startups Digit and Cloe are working to help people save, and recommend how to spend, with easy-to-use chatbots. Though bots may...
7/29/2016 4:46:17 PM Kasisto’s chatbot will soon trade stock on Facebook Messenger By FinTech Collective Personal finance chatbot maker Kasisto will soon be able to trade stock and help users track their portfolio. MyKAI, their current...
7/29/2016 12:49:02 PM Startup Investors Are Still Finding Ways to Cash Out Despite the IPO Drought By Gareth Jones Preferred stock made up 45 percent of all shares that changed hands on Nasdaq's trading venue for private companies' stock in H1 2016....
7/29/2016 12:42:33 PM Kenya’s PesaPal is moving into the physical world with its first point-of-sale system By Gareth Jones PesaPal, a Nairobi-based aggregator for online and mobile payments, is set to launch its own POS to rival similar products from PayPal,...
7/29/2016 12:39:31 PM Britain and Korea form fintech investment partnership By Gareth Jones The cooperation agreement has regulatory approval from Britain's FCA and the Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC), and will enable...
7/29/2016 12:36:12 PM The rise and rise of Mexican fintech By Gareth Jones With plenty of experienced founders who bring a wealth of domain expertise, product and technical know-how and a market that represents...
7/29/2016 12:27:34 PM This Finance Bot Helps You Bank, Pay Bills, Withdraw Cash, And Deposit Money Via Facebook Messenger By Gareth Jones Buying burgers and boarding passes via a bot are one thing. Paying your utilities or credit card bill is another. Tochka Bank in Russia...
7/29/2016 12:20:17 PM UK FinTech startup Smart Pension gets £3m from Legal & General Investment Management By Gareth Jones FinTech startup Smart Pension has received an undisclosed sum of investment from European asset manager Legal & General Investment...
7/28/2016 9:56:29 PM Elevate Links with Victory Park Capital to Increase Credit Facility to $545M By Sean Lippel Subprime online lender Elevate has increased its credit facility size to $545m, led by Victory Park Capital Elevate claims to have...
7/28/2016 9:38:57 PM Super-fast small biz mobile banking service Tide raises $2M seed round By Sean Lippel London based small business banking service raised $2m of Series Seed financing from Local Globe and Passion capital. Tide claims to be...
7/28/2016 4:14:24 PM Over 50 startups are building chatbots for the enterprise, says Betaworks By FinTech Collective Betaworks has received its first class of applicants for its accelerator called Botcamp. The application data reveals that 15% of 350...
7/27/2016 9:43:20 PM One Thing Both Parties Want: To Break Up the Banks Again By Sean Lippel Could the Glass-Steagall Act, the 1933 legislation that forced the separation of investment banking from commercial banking, be coming...
7/27/2016 4:58:14 PM N26 launches its investment product in Germany By FinTech Collective N26 (formerly Number26) is partnering with fellow German fintech startup vaamo to offer a robo investment product to its customers. The...
7/27/2016 4:50:46 PM Zeek, a startup that lets you buy and sell unwanted gift vouchers, closes $9.5M Series B By FinTech Collective Tel Aviv-based gift voucher startup Zeek has raised $9.5 million in Series B funding led by Scale-Up Venture Capital, with participation...