1/31/2017 7:53:00 PM Knock racks up $32.5 mln Series A By Sean Lippel New York based residential home-selling platform has raised $32.5m Series A financing led by RRE Ventures.
1/31/2017 7:30:12 PM Humans are coming for the robots’ jobs at Betterment By Sean Lippel Betterment will begin offering a "premium" plan that will combine human advice from financial advisors alongside its automated service...
1/31/2017 5:09:29 PM BitPesa secures $2.5m Series A By FinTech Collective Kenya based digital currency payments platform BitPesa has secured $2.5m in Series A funding led by Draper VC. BitPesa is a payments...
1/27/2017 7:56:07 PM Brazil: A look into Latin America’s largest startup ecosystem By FinTech Collective With more than 200m people, Brazil is still South America's largest market. The country also has high internet penetration and more...
1/27/2017 5:27:27 PM Flood of new lenders in the UK brings with it the risk of going under By Gareth Jones 56 firms have either “interim permission” or full authorisation from the FCA to operate a peer-to-peer lending platform. A senior...
1/27/2017 5:10:23 PM 3 charts from PitchBook that show the effect of venture fundraising on founder ownership By Gareth Jones While it's a widely known fact that founders see their ownership stakes decrease as they raise capital, it's always surprising to see by...
1/27/2017 3:58:07 PM With MoneyGram, China’s Ant Financial Gets an American Base By FinTech Collective Ant Financial has acquired remittance firm MoneyGram for a whopping $880m. Ant Financial has been seeking methods to expand...
1/27/2017 3:18:05 PM Brazil’s Nubank to take on the big boys in financial services By Sean Lippel Nubank, whose first (and to-date only) product has been a "no-fee" credit card that is managed only through a mobile app, is mounting a...
1/26/2017 10:09:22 PM Raisin raises €30m Series C By FinTech Collective Berlin based deposit marketplace Raisin, formerly known as SavingGlobal, has raised €30m in Series C funding led by NYC based Thrive...
1/26/2017 10:09:15 PM BitFury Group recieves $30m in Venture Funding By FinTech Collective San Francisco based Bitcoin Blockchain security and infrastructure provider BitFury Group has recieved $30m in venture funding in a...
1/26/2017 10:09:07 PM Two possible routes Trump could take to delay DOL fiduciary rule By FinTech Collective The DOL could propose a delay that would be subject to public comment, or the administration could issue an interim rule seeking delay...
1/26/2017 10:08:53 PM Cuvva secures £1.5m seed By FinTech Collective Scotland based car insurance startup Cuvva has announced £1.5m in Series Seed funding led by LocalGlobe. Cuvva provides on demand car...
1/26/2017 10:08:42 PM OfferPad raises $260m funding By FinTech Collective Arizona based home selling platform OfferPad has announced $260m in funding, made up of $230m in debt financing and $30m in venture...
1/26/2017 10:08:28 PM Alpaca secures $1.75m venture funding By FinTech Collective San Mateo, CA based financial trading startup Alpaca has secured $1.75m in venture funding from backers including D4V, Monex Ventures and...
1/26/2017 10:08:14 PM Prattle Analytics secures $3.3m Seed Funding By FinTech Collective Missouri based data provider Prattle Analytics has received $3.3m in Series Seed funding led by Chicago based GCM Grosvenor. Prattle...
1/26/2017 10:08:07 PM Cambridge Blockchain secures $1.7m debt financing By FinTech Collective Cambridge, MA based blockchain identity startup Cambridge Blockchain has raised $1.79m in debt financing from undisclosed investors....