UK based challenger bank has raised $111 at a $1.3b valuation led by General Catalyst.

San Francisco based crpytocurrency exchange and brokerage has raised a $300m Series E at an $8b valuation, led by Tiger Global.

Berlin-based enterprise AI for insurance startup has raised $22.5m in venture financing led by Target Global. 

San Francisco based health savings account (HSA) startup has raised an $11m Series A led by Costonoa Ventures.

Cambridge based mobile travel insurance startup has raised an $8m Series A led by American Express Ventures.

San Francisco based personal hedge fund app has raised a $2.5m Series Seed from Paul Graham, Sam Altman and others.

Portfolio company Tradeblock reviews the latest news in crypto, including the Bitstamp acquisition and rising trading fees.  In...

Israeli based blockchain based zero knowledge proof  startup has raised $30m in Series A led by Paradigm with participation from...

By adding the Financial Heartbeat to its existing suite of premium banking products, MoneyLion is providing users with freedom from...

The effort to track cargo through the supply chain has failed to get off the ground as the blockchain participants (carriers) have been...

Reinsurers have laid out the multibillion-dollar cost of the recent spate of storms, wildfires and other natural catastrophes, just days...

AIG said losses associated with Hurricane Florence, multiple events in Japan, including Typhoons Jebi and Trami would result in pre-tax...

7-Eleven outlets across Asia have begun offering banking services. In Thailand, a pilot program starting October 31 will enable 20m...

BBVA is launching a real-time account aggregation service for Spanish businesses, enabling them to control all their domestic accounts,...

Kenya's early adoption of mobile money has enabled a proliferation of lenders to use the same technology to extend credit to the banked...

Britain's Royal Mint has frozen plans to launch a digital gold token after a partnership with U.S. exchange group CME failed and the...

The contracts that were seen as a step toward bringing crypto to Wall Street still remain a tiny market 10 months after they launched...

There is a $160bn gap between the annual cost of disasters in emerging countries and the amount covered by insurance, according to new...

Boston based blockchain and cryptocurrency built for business has raised $62m in equity investment by investors that included Union...

Boston based machine-learning-as-a-service platform has raised a $100m Series D led by Meritech and Sapphire Ventures.

Los Angeles based mobile lender for emerging markets has received a strategic investment from Paypal.

San Mateo based API for investment automation raised a $3m Series Seed led by Global Brain, Archetype, and others.

New York based sustainable investing firm has raised $6.8m led by ThirdStream Partners with participation from Nyca Partners, Kapor...

Coinbase Custody Trust Company, operating as a separate standalone entity to Coinbase Inc, has received the necessary approval from the...

Are we drowning in stablecoins yet?  Coinbase, in conjunction with Circle Pay, has launched its own digital currency called "USDC"...

San Francisco based platform for anti-money laundering has raised a $3m Series Seed led by Homebrew.

As rumors around the stable coin whirl, Galaxy founder favors custody-supported stable coins such as Gemini dollar given the increased...

Portfolio company Neighborly reviews common strategies for designing impact investments - particularly the need to understand the...

New York-based AI platform for investment funds raised a $4m Series Seed from Blumberg Capital and LionBird.

John Siracusa interviews Dee CHoubey, founder and CEO of portfolio company MoneyLion.  Dee discusses the founding story, re-bundling...

Some insurers have started taking action by divesting the companies they deem responsible for climate change in the first place and...

Amazon currently accounts for 30% of all online grocery spending in the U.S., according to a recent survey. No other retailer even comes...

From Bill Gates blog this week on the passing of Paul Allen... “I met Paul when I was in 7th grade, and it changed my life.”

Barclays International have said they would “leverage Barclays’ UK knowledge and expertise” to create a current, or checking, account for...

Whilst banks fight to become “technology companies” the FT argues that a financial institution that wants to live in the future better be...

The BoE wants to get banks to better analyse the risks, such as what impact a flood plain might have on their mortgage portfolio, in ways...

Los Angeles provider of short term financing and payments options to fresh produce farmers has raised $14m of Series B funding led by...

Beijing based military grade cryptocurrency hardware wallet has raised $13m Series A led by DHVC and Wu Capital.

The data mining company co-founded by Peter Thiel has engaged Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse to potentially join a star studded cast...

The SEC has unanimously ruled against Nasdaq and NYSE in a 12 year dispute over the exchanges' desire to raise prices when selling market...

South African based multi-currency liquidity management startup has raised a $15m venture financing from Consensys.

In a goal to make digitally-native assets more accessible to investors, Fidelity Digital Asset Services will be a place to trade and...

Portfolio company Tradeblock reviews rumors swirling around Tether's USD backing, the potential impact of interest rates on Circle's...

Startups looking to sell to brokerages, banks or payments companies can't miss the Fintech Innovation Challenge at the 

Portfolio company Tradeblock reviews the (relatively anemic) consumer adoption of decentralized exchanges and gaming dApps, as well as...

In November, The Clearing House announced the launch of its RTP system, with the first payment taking place on Nov.13 between BNY Mellon...

There are now 40 active real-time payment programs around the world, up significantly from 25 in 2017.  The U.S. lags behind...

If electric cars and clean energy aren’t enough to prevent rising oceans, then there’s money to be made in sea walls, indoor agriculture,...

U.S. allocators are far behind their international counterparts when it comes to artificial intelligence, blockchain and other advanced...

John Griffin, who discovered the Bitcoin-Tether connection, has gained the attention of US watchdogs for his academic work on potentially...

Gary Cohn, Donald Trump’s former top economic adviser is now an adviser to Spring Labs a blockchain start-up that hopes to use...

“Entrepreneur, Investor, Genius.” - A great FT read on Michael Gastauer CEO of WB21 who the SEC is now accusing of a $165m fraud.

California based provider of employment-based holistic financial wellness services  has raised $20m in Series B financing led by...

Robinhood has launched its own in-house clearing service to clear and settle trades, a step to fully control the technology and...

GS executives are reigning in its loan origination target for 2019 citing the current state of the market as the Federal Reserve...

San Francisco fractional home ownership startup raised $30m in a mix of Series A equity and debt from Andreessen Horowitz .

In congruence of its "tokenization of everything" mantra and its recent acquisition of a broker-dealer registration, Boston-based digital...

Along with the $20m investment, Klarna’s platform will be used by H&M to enable in-store, mobile and online payments, simplified...

Payment company Square's chief financial officer Sarah Friar will step down and take a job as CEO of Nextdoor, resulting in the shares...

Hot on the heels of Yale's announcement last week, the endowments of Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, MIT and the University of North...

San Francisco based cyber security and insurance startup raised a $3.6m seed round led by Lightbank.

Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management LLP and Canadian pension fund Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec have acquired a...

Brazil based digital credit card startup has raised $180m in venture financing at a $4b valuation from Tencent.

Seattle based family financial wellness app and will creator has raised an undisclosed amount from NFP Ventures.

Toronto based platform to streamline FX trading has raised $5m from Hyde Park, Round13, and Saleforce Ventures.

San Fran based blockchain infrastructure 2nd layer ETH solution has raised $9.65m led by MultiCoin Capital.

ZeroHedge believes the future of crypto asset insurance is bright as a result of this "accident prone" asset class, with major players...

TD Ameritrade, DRW, Virtu Financial, and Pantera are backing a new exchange for cryptocurrencies and related derivatives called ErisX....

The WSJ details how insurance carriers have had to adjust premiums to account for climate change in certain geographies.  However...

San Francisco based digital assets prime dealer for family offices and hedge funds raised $4 million in seed funding led by Craft Ventures.

San Francisco-based mobile insurance platform raised a $16m Series B led by Tribe Capital.

The company obtained insurance coverage, through a consortium of insurers globally arranged by Aon, for virtual currency it holds on...

San Francisco based credit card provider for startups has raised $125m in Series C financing led by Greenoaks and DST Global.  50%...

New York-based MoneyLion, which was founded in 2013, and has garnered 3M+ clients has partnered with Wilshire to create 4 ranges of 6...

Brian Armstrong wants the company to eventually become the crypto equivalent of a global bank. Some people are taking issue as a key...

Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of the internet) is building Solid a platform that gives every one us complete control over data, personal or...

Walmart is moving some of its food supply chain onto a blockchain system supplied by IBM. As the NY Times article points out, lost in the...

The FT thumbs through the Funding Circle prospectus and notes that it has a long way to go to grow into its valuation.

Square Installments is a new service from the $40b market cap fintech company that will allow a merchant's customers to finance larger...

Coinbase is reportedly finalizing a deal with Tiger Global that would value the business at $8b, after having been valued at $1.5b by IVP...

Portfolio company Tradeblock reviews recent crypto price action, noting the particular importance of Bitmain's filed papers to go public...