9/30/2017 2:38:18 AM Orchard's online lending ecosystem update: "Lendscape" By Sean Lippel Great infographic from Orchard that has changed as new lending platforms have been launched, new verticals targeted, and a growing number...
9/30/2017 2:34:33 AM South Korea bans fundraising through ICOs By Sean Lippel On the heels of China's ICO ban, South Korea's financial regulator said Friday that it will not allow for fundraising through virtual...
9/29/2017 3:01:57 AM SoftBank Founder Builds an Empire on Debt and Charm By Gareth Jones One entrepreneur recently described Masayoshi Son as " kind of like an oracle". With his checkbook, charm and a cutthroat willingness to...
9/29/2017 2:53:28 AM Bitcoin Futures Fail to Get Traction on Biggest Exchange for Now By Gareth Jones CME is ceding territory to its rival CBOE who are located a little more than half a mile away in downtown Chicago. CBOE plans to...
9/29/2017 2:49:20 AM ‘Crypto’ hedge funds spring up in crowded field By Gareth Jones Research outfit Autonomous NEXT has counted 68 crypto hedge funds. Their strategies range from investing in ICOs to holding bitcoin and...
9/29/2017 2:29:30 AM Goldman Sachs thinks fintech has as much potential as trading By Gareth Jones Harvey Schwartz President and Co-COO of Goldman thinks told investors this week that the firm can make $1B in extra revenue from its...
9/29/2017 2:19:47 AM A Missing Piece in China’s Economy: Consumer Credit Ratings By Gareth Jones A lack of a single accepted standard, like FICO, is hampering access to credit for some 500 million potential Chinese borrowers.
9/29/2017 1:55:25 AM Walmart-Jet.com could 'own' online pricing, sources say By FinTech Collective Walmart's reputation for low prices partly explains its acquisition of Jet.com, which proved to be a leader in dynamic pricing models for...
9/29/2017 1:44:30 AM ZhongAn excites investors about idea of merging insurance with big data and internet sales By Gareth Jones ZhongAn the online Chinese P&C insurer has sold 5.8bn policies to 460m customers over a 3yr period, an almost unfathomable sales record...
9/29/2017 1:36:37 AM Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Co-Authors Plan for Interactive ICO Protocol By FinTech Collective Buterin and Jason Teutsch, the founder of smart contract scalability project Truebit, have penned a whitepaper detailing a system by...
9/29/2017 1:33:13 AM H&F warns of high prices after buying Nets, Scandinavia’s largest payments processor By Gareth Jones The executive behind Europe’s largest buyout deal in nearly five years has hit out at the high prices Private Equity firms are having to...
9/29/2017 1:27:16 AM Japan’s big banks plan digital currency launch By Gareth Jones A consortium of Japanese banks plan to introduce a digital currency "J Coin" ready for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as they respond to the...
9/29/2017 1:19:04 AM The return of the stock picker By Gareth Jones The FT's big read this week explores the return of the stock picker after a decade where Index funds have outperformed most equity managers.
9/28/2017 9:16:25 PM SAP acquires Gigya By FinTech Collective Germany based enterprise software giant SAP is reported to have purchased customer identity firm Gigya for a reported $350m. Gigya today...
9/28/2017 8:59:17 PM Koho raises $8m venture funding By FinTech Collective Vancouver based financial management app Koho has raised $8m in new venture funding led by Portag3 Ventures. Koho is behind a smart...
9/28/2017 8:54:15 PM Roadrunner preps for nationwide expansion after launching used program By FinTech Collective Columbus based lender Roadrunner Financial, which is managed by portfolio company Octane Lending, has announced its national expansion...