New York based residential home-selling platform has raised $32.5m Series A financing led by RRE Ventures.  

Betterment will begin offering a "premium" plan that will combine human advice from financial advisors alongside its automated service...

Kenya based digital currency payments platform BitPesa has secured $2.5m in Series A funding led by Draper VC. BitPesa is a payments...

With more than 200m people, Brazil is still South America's largest market.  The country also has high internet penetration and more...

56 firms have either “interim permission” or full authorisation from the FCA to operate a peer-to-peer lending platform. A senior...

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...

Ant Financial has acquired remittance firm MoneyGram for a whopping $880m.  Ant Financial has been seeking methods to expand...

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...

Berlin based deposit marketplace Raisin, formerly known as SavingGlobal, has raised €30m in Series C funding led by NYC based Thrive...

San Francisco based Bitcoin Blockchain security and infrastructure provider BitFury Group has recieved $30m in venture funding in a...

The DOL could propose a delay that would be subject to public comment, or the administration could issue an interim rule seeking delay...

Scotland based car insurance startup Cuvva has announced £1.5m in Series Seed funding led by LocalGlobe. Cuvva provides on demand car...

Arizona based home selling platform OfferPad has announced $260m in funding, made up of $230m in debt financing and $30m in venture...

San Mateo, CA based financial trading startup Alpaca has secured $1.75m in venture funding from backers including D4V, Monex Ventures and...

Missouri based data provider Prattle Analytics has received $3.3m in Series Seed funding led by Chicago based GCM Grosvenor. Prattle...

Cambridge, MA based blockchain identity startup Cambridge Blockchain has raised $1.79m in debt financing from undisclosed investors....

Mumbai based micro-lender Muthoot Microfin, the microfinance arm of Pappachan Group (MPG), has secured $20m in private equity funding...

Madison, WI based lending technology startup CUneXus Solutions has announced $5m in Series A funding led by CMFG Ventures. CUneXus...

TechCrunch thinks cryptocurrency investment funds, tempered interest in private chains, SegWit introduction, and increased exchange...

Most believe the Trump administration will take action against the DOL fiduciary rule, delaying its stated April 2017 implementation.  

Surprisingly, cash usage still represents about 40% of total transactions for 18 - 24 year olds.  Pymnts speculates at least some of...

The Bitcoin Investment Trust (Ticker: GBTC), sponsored by Grayscale and part of the Digital Currency Group, has initially filed 

Condor Capital Management's President opened accounts at more than a dozen robo-advisers with the goal of comparing the results....

New York based derivatives startup LMRKTS has raised a $7m Series A led by Motive Partners.

In its first deal with a captive lender, AutoFi has received an undisclosed equity investment and entered into a partnership with Ford...

Low levels of compliance, outright fraud, and lack of oversight are some of pitfalls of the current form of the Jobs Act that are...

Airbnb is nearing the acquisition of social payments startup Tilt, reportedly for more of $50 million.  The company has raised $62M...

In an effort to reduce 'screen scraping,' JP Morgan has entered into an agreement with Intuit to create an API that will make it easier...

Paris based corporate payments platform Spendesk has raised €2m in Series Seed funding led by Kima Ventures and Funders Club. Spendesk...

The asset manager has yanked custody service from State Street on $1tn of assets in a move to cut costs by putting pressure on vendors....

Lemonade provides it's third "transparency update," revealing it sold over 2k policies in 2016, with the majority sold in Manhattan and...

A federal judge has blocked Aetna’s merger with Humana after finding that the health insurers’ $37 billion deal would leave seniors with...

The Dems will offer President Trump their support if he backs the bill, despite the potential for a growing federal budget deficit....

The company has funded over 323 individual loans, returned more than $151 million to its investors with no loss of principal, and yielded...

Speaker Ryan has proposed a tax plan that would eliminate a core tenet of LBOs - the ability to deduct interest expense from taxable...

Cincinnati based no credit required consumer lender Tempoe has received $150m in senior secured credit from an undisclosed investor....

Istanbul, Turkey based online payment platform iyzico has secured $13m in Series C financing led by Vostok emerging finance....

New York based app developer Starburst Labs has closed a $6.25m round of Series A funding led by Bel45 Capital Partners. Starburst Labs...

5G Expected to Create 22 Million Jobs, Produce Up to $12.3 Trillion of Goods and Services by 2035 and catapult mobile into the exclusive...

New York’s top banking regulator on Wednesday joined a growing chorus of critics attacking a federal government plan to help...

Great article from the WSJ on how super-low rates have reduced loan revenue to a point where small local Japanese banks are diversifying...

And here is the data (from Pitchbook and the FT): Baby boomers have fueled the growth of a $71tn asset management industry over the past...

The latest version of the Google app (V.6.11.13 beta), contains strings of code which hint at payments coming to the service soon....

A host of US fintech firms - including Betterment, Kabbage and Ripple - have set up an industry group - the Consumer Financial Data...

Nasdaq and NYSE have been going head to head to host Snapchat's IPO. Experts say the contest is less about the fees exchanges generate...

Nick Ogden, who sold Worldpay to Royal Bank of Scotland in 2002, is planning to launch ClearBank in the coming months after receiving a...

Ant Financial gained about 100m new clients last year, taking its total above 500m, almost 10 times the level of the world’s biggest banks.

The short answer is Microsoft. The second-largest cloud service provider signed six of last year’s largest wholesale data center leases....

For 14 cents, a Shanghai company will compensate a driver for getting a parking ticket. Another one offers “love insurance” for $14....

David Klein, CEO of CommonBond, shares his thoughts on key trends for 2017.  These trends include further stratification of online...

Industry leaders are hammering out standards for 5G networks which are projected to switch on around 2020.  5G may empower an...

5G may help to massively expand IoT by enabling connected devices and sensors to gather data continuously, proactively, and (eventually)...

Cautionary tale of CAN Capital, a big online lender to small businesses, that breached its covenants with its largest bank lenders and...

The new rules include having written policies and procedures, hiring a designated chief information security officer, and reporting...

The 138 transactions last year set a new record for RIA M&A activity, and a 16% compound annual growth rate since 2009.  Macro...

Software from the data aggregation company, who expects to reach $1tn of assets on platform by year end, will now be used by MS's...

In its waning days, the Obama administration is pressing to wrap up investigations of Wall Street firms for creating and selling the...

London based micropayments startup SatoshiPay has raised €640k in new venture funding led by Blue Star Capital. SatoshiPay develops...

Bond trading revenue was up nearly 50% in the fourth-quarter from last year's period, while risk-weighted assets have shrunk...

London based online lender Borro has announced $6.79M in new venture funding from undisclosed investors. Borro is an online company...

Berlin based blockchain venture fund Neufund has secured €2M in Series Seed funding led by Atlantic Labs, Klaas Kersting and a...

Austin, Texas based online consumer lending platform has raised $100m in debt financing from Waterfall Asset management, a SEC-registered...

San Francisco based student loan market place Credible has secired $10m of Series B funding led by Regal and Carthona Capital. Credible...

Berlin based online invoice financing platform bezahlt.de has raised €5.5m in Series Seed funding from Redalpine, DN Capital, Point Nine...

With fee pressures from passive management, will sponsors adopt performance-based "fulcrum fees" asks the WSJ. Under federal rules, a...

Embroker has already been named one of the innovators shaping the future of finance by Goldman Sachs and one of the startups disrupting...

Despite not having any official presence in Las Vegas, Alexa won the show and appears to be winning the voice-controlled AI battle....

Portfolio company Embroker has posted a white paper providing guidance on how small businesses can optimize the insurance renewal...

Analytics platform dv01 and Experian announced a partnership to provide df01 clients (including hedge funds, banks, and asset managers)...

Switzerland based SME financing startup Advanon has raised $13.3m in Series B funding from four investors including Swisscom, the...

Austin, TX based crowdfunding platform MicroVentures has attained a total of over $1m in funding through the four initiatives currently...

Gurgaon, India based small business lender Loan Frame has raised $2.25m in Series Seed funding led by Vedanta Capital. Loan Frame...

A quick read from the Economist on how factoring invoices has become cheaper and faster for hard-pressed suppliers. The market is also...

Senators Sherrod Brown and Jeff Merkleysaid said this week that Congress should be the one to oversee fintech firms and that “it is far...

The WSJ digs into the trend of Life insurers making it easier to get policies online, often waiving medical exam and instead relying on...

A six-year-old asked her family’s new Amazon Echo “can you play dollhouse with me and get me a dollhouse?” The device readily complied,...

New York based customer smart bot startup Kasisto has raised $9.2m in Series A funding led by Propel Venture partners. The company...

Paris based financial management app Bankin has raised €7m in venture funding led by Omnes Capital. The company, which has raised €8.4m...

€45 million of the funding is coming in the form of debt from Victory Park Capital. The remaining €15 million comes from existing...

The investment was led by ACE & Company, Richard Li’s Pacific Century Group, Nova Founders Capital, SBI Holdings (former SoftBank...

London based digital wallet and exchange platform Verimuchme has received a £5,000 grant from the GCHQ Cyber Accelerator, a new UK...

Palo Alto based payroll startup Activehours has raised $22m in Series A funding led by matrix Partners. Activehours allows employees to...

London based peer-to-peer lending platform Funding Circle has raised $100m in Series F funding led by Accel. This latest fundraise brings...

The bot calculates small amounts that a user wouldn't notice to add to a savings account. The company will again help users apportion...

Is a new, unsuspected contender for the European fintech crown emerging post-Brexit? PYMNTS.com takes a closer look at Helsinki, a city...

The Supreme Court has denied an appealby multi-national banks including Wells Fargo, Credit Suisse, and Deutsche Bank to halt...

The investment bank, which employees with more technologists than Facebook or Twitter, has named Elisha Wiesel as the new Chief...

The company has officially launched in its first market and is aiming to close the $20tn life insurance coverage gap between what...

The event will be held in the Spring and is dedicated to recognizing outstanding innovation in fintech. Awards exist for 19 different...

ANZ,  an Australian bank, was among the first to explore the possibility of using AI for wealth management by using Watson to help...

Consolidation in the crowdfunding space seems to be picking up steam. While terms of the deal have not been disclosed, CrowdRise will...

Vast network affects in the multi-trillion dollar bond corporate bond market are certainly appealing.  The potential union of the...

FinTech Portfolio company NextCapital will now provide 401(k) digital advice and paperless IRA rollover services to 2.7m participants in...

Origin Markets has teamed up with six investment banks and 20 borrowers to simplify the way money is raised in the private placement...

As Greg Schvey, chief executive of Axoni, described the venture to the FT today as “a watershed moment for the industry” and he isn't...

Peer-to-peer lending platform Funding Circle has secured £40m from the UK government to support small businesses amid concern that the...

Vestwell is disrupting the way Americans save for retirement.  This is an excellent opportunity to get in on the ground floor!...

Blockstack, a three-year-old, New York-based decentralized Internet and developer platform for secure, serverless apps, has raised $4...

It's started and the World Economic Forum predicted last year that the rise of robots and AI will result in a net loss of 5.1 million...

As we collect some of the predictions for 2017 this great article from Quartz examines the books that have inspired some of tech’s great...

NYC based consumer banking app Qapital has raised $4.55m in venture funding led by Industrial Development Fund and Northzone. First...

Beijing based online financial and tax services provider Hsuanzhang has raised $22m in venture funding led by IDG Capital and China Soft...

Sweden based cashback startup Refunder has raised $4.1m in venture funding led by eEquity with participation from existing shareholders....

Berlin based funding marketplace for entrepreneurs Kapilendo has raised $7m in Series B funding led by the Berlin Dental Association...

Beijing based online brokerage company Tiger Brokers Co has raised $29m in Series B funding led by Citic GoldStone Fund Management and...

This profile explores some of the challenges facing Oscar, including the potential repeal of Obamacare, the struggle to expand outside of...

This post from Andrew Keys (Head of Biz Dev at ConsenSys) does a good job of outlining some intersting predictions for distributed...

AI, the buzz word for 2017, could be tricked into doing unwanted things! As MIT point out, it is possible to use a billboard to trick the...

Venturebeat interviews partners from GV, Greylock, a16z, and NEA to get their thoughts on the key trends in VC and tech in 2017.

Predicted trends include massive cost savings in claims and operations, innovation in customer engagement, and next-level data analytics...

2016 saw the number of technology companies sold to non-tech companies surpass those acquired by tech companies for the first time since...

Just days after hitting a 3yr high of $1,141 the price of BTC cratered 18% to $893 - the biggest drop in 2yrs. BTC has performed well in...

In this blog post, CB Insights reviews patents that insurance companies have filed related to autonomous vehicles.  

New Delhi, India based digital payments and financial services startup Instapay has raised an undisclosed amount of pre-Series A funding...

Investopedia released its list of the top 10 financial terms of 2016.  In order, they are:  Trumponomics, Blockchain,...

San Francisco based bitcoin and digital payments company Ripio (formerly BitPagos) has secured $1.9m in Series A funding led by Huiyin...

Data scientists will now have access to insurance data that may help them advise consumers on how to drive safer or avoid auto theft.

Dublin based financial risk assessment platform Corlytics has secured €2.1m in Series A funding led by the Bank of Ireland Capital Growth...

London based online banking platform Monese has raised $10m in Series A funding with participation from Anthemis Exponential Ventures,...

A consortium of Chinese state-owned companies and private enterprises has created a $1.44 billion investment fund dedicated to fintech...