China's new law formally bans "forced" technology transfers and other illegal interference by government officials in the operations of...

California based Acorns has raised incremental Series E financing from Comcast and NBCUniversal at an $860m valuation.

Despite the reign of bear market, New York crypto market maker has originated over $1b in loans in under 10 months, doubling originations...

The Boston-based firm, who has long been a proponent of digital assets, even mining BTC back in 2015, is launching its BTC custody to a...

New York based credit card issuer has raised a $30m Series B led by insider Valar Ventures, with participation of Greyhound Ventures.

California based investing and savings app has raised $105m in Series E funding from Comcast Ventures, NBCUniversal, Bain Capital,...

Joshua Levin, co-founder of OpenInvest, writes a piece for InvestmentNews about why he thinks mutual funds and ETFs are on the way out....

New York based distributed ledger and smart contract platform for capital markets has raised $20m in funding led by Nasdaq Ventures, with...

Talladega Superspeedway has announced that MoneyLion, America's most powerful financial membership, has partnered with the iconic 2.66...

Motley Fool reviews AOC's plan for the highest earners in the US.

Bloomberg believes technology and VC has created far greater numbers billionaires and multi-millionaires, with IPOs or rich funding...

Q: By all accounts, Square runs more smoothly than Twitter? A: "It has to, though. Yeah, you’re dealing with people’s money. I mean, it’s...

60 financial institutions from 12 countries and regions have joined the Fintech Cooperation Committee a new pan-Asia network to bringing...

Accenture, SunTrust and the American Bankers Association, a trade group for U.S. banks have joined a $30M investment round in Finxact, a...

Fiserv has struck a deal to buy First Data for $22 billion, combining two companies that, though largely unknown to consumers, provide...

Apps such as Robinhood and Webull are drawing in young and often inexperienced investors; ‘bringing the ability to make foolish decisions...

The network of more than 100 firms shows that despite promises by successive British prime ministers to crack down on financial crime and...

The 21-year-old firm isn’t a startup, and despite its name it isn’t playing in the private space travel game. Earthport is a cross-border...

With 93 of the 500 richest people in the world aged at least 80 years old money managers are pulling out all the stops to hold their...

Mobile cryptocurrency wallet BRD is announcing that it has raised $15 million in Series B funding from SBI Crypto Investment, a...

French startup Mooncard who provide a service to track and manage your company’s expenses with the help of good old plastic cards has...

The crypto merchant bank launched by former HF manager Michael Novogratz is raising the money to provide loans to struggling crypto...

Netherlands-based AI-powered real estate valuation platform has raised $33 million in Series B funding led by Index Ventures.

The rare show of concern by major investment banks highlights the loss of confidence by investors and regulators in what used to be one...

The approval will allow the commission-free startup to trade in seven cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash and...

Mexico based neobank has raised a $7.4m Series A led by Mountain Nazca.

Minneapolis based invoice financing platform has raised a $6m Series A led by Cloud Apps Capital Partners.

UK based robo advisor has raised £45m in venture financing led by Goldman Sachs.

Silicon Valley based point-of-sale lender for travel has raised a $123m Series C led by Madrone Capital Partners.

Austin based accounting and payroll SaaS platform has raised a $30m Series B led by Bessemer.

NYC based middle and back office automation platform has raised a $30m Series B led by Stripes Group.

The MasterCard debit card will allow companies to spend funds from sales they have processed via Square’s payments systems as soon as...

A Klarna video ad shows the rapper at a “coronation” where he is presented with a set of bling emblazoned with the “Smoooth Dogg” name.

Short-seller Bonitas Research has attacked Beijing-based lender Hexindai, a US-listed Chinese peer-to-peer lender, accusing it of...

After several high-profile run-ins with regulators, financial-technology companies like Betterment, Coinbase, Robinhood, SoFi and...

Apple CEO Tim Cook has once again called for a comprehensive online privacy law, writing an op-ed in Time Magazine where he says the...

A Financial Planning Q&A with Josh Pace, President of TCA by E-Trade, touches upon robos in a downturn, RIA channel growth, and the...

With the all-stock transaction of $22bn, a giant will roam the land that will allow Fiserv to provide a range of payments and fin...

Digital token, Tron, and its founder, Justin Sun, may be the ultimate "fake it till you make it story", using its appreciating currency...

The FT's obituary for Jack Bogle, the founder of Vanguard who changed investing for millions of Americans and built a group that became...

San Francisco based commodity intelligence platform has raised $10m of Series A capital from strategic investors BP Ventures, Avista...

Ripple CTO David Schwartz has noted that the Axios rumor makes neither technical nor economic sense and CEO Brad Garlinghouse has called...

As Axios tries to point out, there is a growing crypto battle between decentralization purists and a newer generation who doesn't mind...

Tampa Bay based provider of Surety and Specialty Insurance software products and services raised $10m in growth equity from Volition...

US based crypto payments processor also raised $40m in Series B funding this year, and added notable new customers added in 2018...

Congratulations to portfolio company Flutterwave on their partnership with Visa in bringing their new product, Barter, to market!...

The unusual disclosure from Peter Thiel's normally secretive, private data and analytics startup has surpassed investors expectations,...

We would like to welcome Contabilizei and CEO Vitor Torres to the FinTech Collective portfolio!  Contabilizei significantly reduces...

A group including Morgan Stanley , Fidelity and Citadel plans to launch a new low-cost stock exchange called Members Exchange or MEMX, to...

One of the BitMEX founders, Ben Delo, became one of the youngest major donors to his alma mater Worcester College at the University of...

Co-founders of Sigma, Stuart Jones and Gabrielle Haddad, founded their company whilst at MIT. The Sloan School of Management caught-up...

The information black out is depriving Wall Street, policymakers, and farmers of crucial data about the state of trade and economic...

This has generated some super Tweets including: "My #yearinmonzo was just about the most tragic thing I've ever seen. My biggest food...

On the fintech front, bond-trading platform Tradeweb also filed confidentially for an IPO that could value it at more than $4b, but the...

Goldman is considering paying big multinational corporates more for their deposits than other banks - wholesale payments and cash...

Activists had a record year in 2018, with 226 companies facing activist campaigns (versus 199 the prior year) and $65b invested in the...

Portfolio company Flutterwave reviews their massive growth in 2018.  The company has now processed $2.6b with over 26k businesses...

While many in the financial community believe that volatility is good for hedge funds, it's only true if you are on the right side of the...

Aaron Schumm, CEO of portfolio company Vestwell, explains that multi-employer plans are a good solution for some SMEs, but lack the...

Portfolio company Quovo is being acquired by Plaid! We are proud to have seeded Quovo in April 2014, led the Series-A in July 2015 and...

Slack will be pursuing a direct listing - in which current insiders sell shares in a public offering, but no new capital is raised. ...

Portfolio company Reonomy welcomes new Chief Revenue Office Michael Manne (previously SVP of Sales at Namely), as well as VP of...

The massive experiment that was ConsenSys 1.0, with its incubated venture projects or "spokes," is now fully in transition into Consensys...

According to a report published on LinkedIn by analyst Jennifer Miton, the $10bn milestone was thanks to the growth of Bloomberg's data...

The Chinese crypto hardware maker has had more than a rough go of it since filing for its IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at a $15b...

New York based lending-as-a-service platform has raised $4m of Series A funding led by Information Venture Partners.

Massachussets based sales tax calculator and filer for SMEs and ecommerce has raised $60m of growth equity from Insight Venture...

UAE based comparison site for financial products has raised $8m in equity funding from STC Ventures, Wamda Capital, and Argo Ventures.

Toronto based financial planning and analysis software startup has raised $115m from JMI and Centana Growth Partners. 

German neo-banking startup has raised a $300m Series D led by Insight Venture Partners and GIC.  The valuation of the company is now...

NYC based commercial real estate appraisal startup has raised a $12m Series A led by Builders VC.

Aaron Schumm, CEO of portfolio company Vestwell, reviews the market opportunity to serve SME 401(k) plans.  Job growth has been...

MoneyLion gave away 3.5m points to over 12k members as part of its holiday giving promotion.  Stay tuned to learn who won the $5,000...

Awesome, but somewhat technical post, from Arjun Balaji about the current state of the crypto market and where we are headed in 2019.

Bay area based equity management startup has raised $80m Series D funding led by Meritech Capital Partners and Tribe Capital. The...

New York based venture capital firm has submitted paperwork that will see it raise $190m in its 5th early stage fund, and the remainder...

NYSE based global digital assets platform and bitcoin futures product has raised $182.5m from Galaxy, ICE, Microsoft, Pantera, and...

Germany based SaaS price optimization enterprise solution has raised €25m in Series B funding from Digital + Partners, and Bain & Co.

Some people offer soft predictions for 2019, merely aspiring to be directionally correct. Not Fred Wilson - who predicts the Mueller...

The latest fine is to settle claims from U.S. states that the bank created phony accounts and committed other phony abuses.  The...

Visa's acquisition of the cross-border payments platform is notable given the acquisition comes at 4x the company's previous stock price....

Pitchbook's review of 2018 - There's been a lot to keep track of in the world of VC, from the trials and travails of established industry...

The FT's "Long Read" digs into its 2018 graphical archive to help tell many of the most important and often hidden stories of 2018

For years the $85tn asset management industry largely shrugged off global warming, ignoring environmental campaigners in favour of...

RECESSION: CRYPTO: Readers are betting on the growth of blockchain technology. M&A: Readers predict some major acquisitions in the...

Interested in seeing (amongst others) Coinbase or Uber's Seed decks, WeWork's Series C deck or LinkedIn's Series B deck then look no...

A fun medium post with some good facts to share at your next dinner party.

A good reminder of why we like being HQ'd here in NYC! Tech:NYC has a membership of 700 companies, which includes more than 600 startups...

A long form piece by The Verge detailing the Kafkaesque bureaucracy that Amazon sellers face if they find themselves in "Amazon Court"...

From 2015 to 2017, Sesame offered credit ratings services for China’s biggest online lenders. But their ambitions were cut short when...