4/30/2019 6:22:26 PM Robinhood, looking beyond brokerage, seeks bank charter to expand into deposits, credit cards By FinTech Collective Robinhood has filed an application to open an FDIC-insured online bank through which it would offer customers a higher interest rate on...
4/30/2019 5:47:15 PM Altice USA Buys Streaming-Video Network Cheddar for $200 Million By FinTech Collective Cable operator Altice USA has acquired financial streaming service Cheddar and named founder Jon Steinberg as President of Altice News. ...
4/30/2019 4:54:15 AM Bakkt acquires crypto custodian, partners with BoNY By Sean Lippel Pending bitcoin futures exchange Bakkt has acquired the Digital Asset Custody Company (DACC), secured insurance for assets it will hold...
4/26/2019 8:25:02 PM FinTech Collective part of growing lineup at inaugural Digital Asset Summit By Sean Lippel FinTech Collective's Sean Lippel will be moderating an all-star line-up DeFi (decentralized finance) panel on May 15, 2019 which includes...
4/26/2019 8:04:32 PM French lender Societe Generale issues $112m bond on blockchain By Sean Lippel The 5 year covered bonds were designed by FORGE and issued on the public Ethereum blockchain with Societe Generale was the sole investor....
4/26/2019 2:47:26 PM Allianz Invests in Structured Products Platform Halo By Gareth Jones Allianz Life Ventures has led an $11m series B in Halo Investing, a platform that provides access to structured notes.
4/26/2019 2:36:56 PM Revolut promises to grow up as it seeks new investment By Gareth Jones Revolut’s quest for world domination has had a troubled winter and now the upstart bank is considering introducing a disruptive new...
4/26/2019 2:29:46 PM How developing nations use tech to reach the ‘underbanked’ By Gareth Jones As the FT reports technology such as artificial intelligence is being used in emerging markets countries to improve data collection and...
4/26/2019 2:19:39 PM Google Street View image of a house predicts car accident risk of its resident By Gareth Jones A report published this month shows how images of houses are predictive of car accidents - analyzing Google Streetview images of houses...
4/26/2019 2:12:24 PM A new bill would force companies to check their algorithms for bias By Gareth Jones The Algorithmic Accountability Act is aimed at major companies with access to large amounts of information. It would apply to companies...
4/26/2019 2:10:40 PM Iraq’s financial inclusion drive boosted by homegrown fintech By Gareth Jones A Baghdad-based company, International Smart Card, now helps 7m Iraqis receive welfare benefits or public sector salaries electronically....
4/26/2019 12:39:27 AM Bitfinex Used Tether Reserves to Mask Missing $850 Million, Probe Finds By Sean Lippel While Tether may not have started out as a fraud, the New York attorney general alleges the cryptocurrency exchange operator drained...
4/25/2019 6:40:04 PM Verizon names 20 more 5G cities, starts preorders for $1,300 Galaxy S10 5G By FinTech Collective Verizon, which has said it would deploy 5G in 30 cities in 2019, today announced 20 of those cities, which include: Atlanta, Boston,...
4/24/2019 10:24:54 PM Crypto-based transfers can cut remittance costs in Africa by 90% By Sean Lippel On average, it costs 9.3% of value transferred to send the equivalent of $200 to the region - the highest anywhere in the world. With...
4/23/2019 1:56:32 PM Perch Gets Funding to Go Up Against Opendoor, Zillow By FinTech Collective New York based home buying and selling platform has raised a $21m Series B led by Firstmark and other existing investors. The company...
4/22/2019 3:00:18 PM Unqork Announces Series A Funding Round of $22 Million By FinTech Collective New York based platform to digitize and automate customer workflows for financial institutions has raised a $22m Series A led by Goldman...