2/28/2018 11:53:07 PM Retirement Plans – A Neglected Niche? By Gareth Jones Wealth Management profile Vestwell as part of a broader piece on the retirement space. Vestwell, led by Founder and CEO Aaron Schumm, a...
2/28/2018 6:47:24 PM Bitcoin reaches major milestone as users adopt upgrade By Sean Lippel Segwit, the upgrade meant to lower the work and speed up the process to confirm transactions off the main chain, is now involved in more...
2/28/2018 6:36:49 PM U.K.'s Virgin Money to launch digital challenger bank By Sean Lippel Virgin Money has already spent $53.3m over the last year developing its digital bank which will rival competitors like Starling and...
2/28/2018 6:30:35 PM Bitcoin futures regulator allows employees to trade crypto By Sean Lippel After numerous employees inquiries, the CFTC has recently told their employees that it is kosher for them to invest in cyrptocurrencies...
2/28/2018 4:12:13 PM Teen debit card Current raises $1 million more from Fifth Third Capital By FinTech Collective New York based debit card startup focused on tweens and teens has raised $1m in incremental Series A funding from Fifth Third Capital,...
2/27/2018 11:20:36 PM How the Internet Is Changing Life for the World’s Poorest People (Smartphones Optional) By FinTech Collective The WSJ features portfolio company WorldCover as an exemplary startup focused on providing low-cost financial services to emerging...
2/26/2018 8:54:16 PM Israeli digital loan co Blender raises $16m By FinTech Collective Israel based peer to peer lender has raised $16m in equity and debt financing, led by Blumberg Capital.
2/26/2018 8:50:59 PM Honcker raises at least $15M from IAC as it takes on the car-leasing-on-demand market By FinTech Collective New York based aggregator and search engine for car leasing services has raised a $23m Series A led by IAC.
2/26/2018 6:28:47 PM Circle acquires cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex By FinTech Collective Circle, a startup focused on peer-to-peer payments as well as providing liquidity to the crypto markets, has acquired U.S. based crypto...
2/23/2018 5:30:30 PM Finalists announced for second annual LendIt Fintech Industry Awards By Sean Lippel The prestigious awards in April in San Fran will bring together influencers, entrepreneurs, and thoughts leaders to honor outstanding...
2/23/2018 4:06:07 PM Newly Proposed Bills May Help Your Plan Sponsors By FinTech Collective Vestwell provides an overview of retirement plan related legislation making its way through Congress, including bills addressing sponsor...
2/23/2018 3:38:11 PM Teampay raises $4m so you don’t have to steal your CEO’s credit card anymore By FinTech Collective New York based corporate virtual credit card startup Teampay has raised a $4m Seed Round led by Crosscut Ventures.
2/23/2018 6:48:08 AM Blockchain ‘could save asset managers $2.7bn a year’ By Gareth Jones Technology company Calastone has estimated that based on daily trade volumes of funds in the UK, Ireland, Luxembourg, Hong Kong,...
2/23/2018 6:41:18 AM Temenos and Fidessa forge banking software tie-up By Gareth Jones Fidessa, one of the so-called “grandfathers” of the UK financial technology market, has agreed to a takeover by Swiss banking software...
2/23/2018 6:38:21 AM Rothschild-backed fintech fund Augmentum announces intention to raise £100m in float By Gareth Jones If the IPO proceeds successfully Augmentum will buy a seed portfolio it values at £33.3m, including investments in Zopa and Seedrs and...
2/23/2018 6:29:21 AM Global Regulators Neutral on New Rules for 'Hyped' Fintech By Gareth Jones "Despite the hype, the large size of investments and the significant number of financial products and services derived from fintech...