10/27/2017 8:58:49 PM Tech giants are paying huge salaries for scarce A.I. talent By Sean Lippel Nearly all big tech companies have an artificial intelligence project, and they are willing to pay experts millions of dollars to help...
10/27/2017 8:46:01 PM Stripe CEO Says Firm Is ‘Years Away’ From IPO By Gareth Jones 29yr old Patrick Collison, CEO and co-founder of Stripe, backed up his stance of being a long way from an IPO by noting that “We are not...
10/27/2017 4:19:30 PM One Reason Staffers Quit Google's Car Project? The Company Paid Them So Much By FinTech Collective Early staffers of Google's self-driving car initiatives have been leaving the company after supersized payouts that relieve them of the...
10/27/2017 10:55:40 AM SEC fines HR software startup Zenefits By FinTech Collective The $980k fine is for not complying with certain regulations and making false and misleading statements to investors. This is the first...
10/27/2017 10:53:53 AM CVS Makes Blockbuster Aetna Bid By FinTech Collective CVS is in discussions to buy Aetna for $66b following a report that Amazon has received a pharmacy-wholesaler licenses in a dozen states....
10/26/2017 10:46:22 PM Brazilian Fintech Nubank Offers Accounts for Transfers, Payments By Gareth Jones Brazilian startup Nubank is expanding from credit cards into digital accounts allowing users to make transfers, pay bills and earn more...
10/26/2017 9:29:00 PM Germans save more than Brits — but they don’t invest By Gareth Jones The Germans squirrel away almost a 10th of their gross household income. Brits, by contrast, are too busy racking up debt on car finance...
10/26/2017 3:46:26 PM Wunder approves SEIA’s standardized PPA for next day diligence By FinTech Collective Portfolio Company Wunder has announced that it approves the recent SEIA standardized Power Purchase Agreement, enabling next day...
10/26/2017 3:43:25 PM Imagining a Brighter Future With Wunder, A Solar Investment Platform Shaping the Future of Our Energ By FinTech Collective Portfolio Company Wunder CEO and Co-Founder Bryan Birsic chats with SIC about the factors behind the increased adoption of solar...
10/26/2017 2:52:29 PM DRW leads high frequency trading charge into cryptocurrencies By FinTech Collective High volatility in the $170bn cryptocurrency market is attracting large proprietary trading firms such as DRW into the market. DRW made...
10/26/2017 2:33:05 PM Mastercard opens access to its blockchain tech By FinTech Collective Mastercard has opened its permissioned blockchain to developed to build B2B payment solutions that address challenges of speed,...
10/26/2017 2:23:54 PM Fintech startup BUX raises €10.6M Series C Round led by Holtzbrinck Ventures By FinTech Collective Amsterdam based stock trading platform BUX has raised a $10.6m Series C led by Holtzbrinck Ventures.
10/26/2017 2:17:28 PM Russian and international funds team up to support “the ultimate personalization engine for banks” By FinTech Collective London based data personalization startup DataSine has raised a €1m funding round led by Sistema VC, the VC arm of Russian conglomerate...
10/26/2017 2:11:43 PM Verrency announces Series A and global expansion By FinTech Collective Australia based payments platform Verrency has announced a $15m Series A from an undisclosed investor.
10/26/2017 3:04:18 AM Countingup, a startup from founder of Clear Books, raises $750K to merge banking and accounting By FinTech Collective UK based business banking startup Countingup has raised a $750k seed round led by Frontline Ventures.
10/26/2017 2:20:20 AM Banco Sabadell and Investec lead £1.5 million round in Bud By FinTech Collective UK based financial aggregation platform Bud has raised a 1.5m pound Series A led by Banco Sabadell and Investec