The association administering the ratings includes exchange operators Coinbase, Kraken, Circle, and Bittrex - the scale will be 1 to 5,...

UK police raised £300,000 ($369,000) through the auction of criminally-seized Bitcoin this week, achieving over market value. The seized...

The Apple Wallet on the iPhone lets you sign up for and generate a virtual transit card (in Japan) without any third party app.

France and Germany have formed a united front against Libra, Facebook’s proposed digital currency. In a joint statement issued late last...

Traveloka, Southeast Asia’s largest online travel startup, will issue a credit card with Indonesia’s PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia linked to...

China’s $8.4tn shadow banking industry has surged back to life this year, as regulators scale back deleveraging in an effort to spur...

As a test of loyalty to founder Masayoshi Son, some SoftBank executives have been encouraged to fund stakes in Vision Fund II by...

Customers of Square, might assume that the cash they send to friends on the platform is housed in a glassy building in Silicon Valley,...

A great profile in Forbes of Tala, a west coast start-up, focused on delivering rudimentary financial services to the 1.7 billion people...

StepStone, a global private markets specialist, has launched Conversus, a new platform focused on delivering StepStone's institutional...

DeadHappy, a U.K.-based insurtech startup that wants to remove the taboo surrounding death, has raised £4 million in Series A from...

Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal inquiry after Iqbal Kahn, the former head of Credit Suisse international wealth management,...

San Francisco based B2B payments platform has raised $176m in Series C financing led by a consortium included Allianz X, Healtchare of...

Congratulations to portfolio company MoneyLion for winning this year's Finovate award for Best Digital Bank.  

New York based student loan advisory startup Summer has raised a $10m Series A led by QED.

Ohio based commercial insurance technology provider completed a $32m Series B from Hudson Structured Capital, Lightstone, Guggenheim,...

Mexico City based challenger bank has raised a $7.5m Series Seed led by Quona Capital.  The company also raised $50m of debt financing.

Dealogic has acquired New York based financial unstructured data analytics platform Selerity for an undisclosed amount.  

San Antonio-based cyber insurance startup has raised a $3m Series Seed led by Greycroft and LiveOak.

Geneva-based core banking software provider Temenos has agreed to acquire Austin-based digital banking platform Kony for $559m. The...

The personal finance company that specializes in student loan refinancing will now allow its users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies...

Ohio based commercial insuretech provider has raised $32m in Series B funding led by growth equity firms Hudson Structured Capital,...

London based blockchain provenance startup Everledger has raised $20m in a Series A financing led by Tencent. loomberg Beta, Rakuten,...

Following the satisfaction of the closing conditions set forth in a 2014 agreement, Alibaba has received a  newly issued 33% equity...

San Fran based compliance and digital tokenization startup Harbor is working with Seattle-based real estate firm iCap Equity to bring...

After much delay, the first "physically settled" Bitcoin futures which allow institutionally minded investors to buy or sell the digital...

Interesting graphic from BlockTown Capital which shows the M2 market supply (savings deposits, mutual funds, check deposits, and cash in...

While IEX has been hitting record stock trading volumes and revenues on its stock exchange, the momentum behind the listings business has...

Datadog's founders reflect on the challenges of raising initial funding and some of the benefits of being based in NYC - including...

California based retail consumer unsecured lender has filed to raise $100m in its IPO that values the company at ~$500m.

Sorry, Gareth.  In the Z/Yen Gruup survey for 2019, New York extended its lead over London to 17 points - and London's second place...

New York City based commercial  insurance application and renewal workflow automation startup has raised $4.5m of Series A capital...

Atlanta based debit card and financial platform kids has raised $54m in Series B funding led by Drive Capital with participation from JP...

New York based identification compliance startup has raised $12m of Series A capital from Bessemer Venture Partners.  

San Francisco and Chicago based insurance startup serving high growth startups has raised $24.5m in Series A funding led by Ribbit...

The company aims to open up financial services for the low-income workers in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council: labourers, taxi...

Wells Fargo plans to share customer information with portfolio company Plaid, a data company that connects banks to thousands of...

What is the safest way to store digital currencies? The answer to that question could decide the biggest winners in a multibillion-dollar...

Hayes, who co-founded the exchange BitMex, noted that most markets currently open and close, remain shut on weekends, and some even have...

Transferwise, which was briefly crowned Europe’s most valuable privately owned fintech company last year, saw pre-tax profits climb 29%...

The FT's Alphaville digs through London based Curve's recent crowdfunding deck that, despite being thin on information like customer...

Deutsche Bank is paying €50m for a 4.9 per cent stake in Deposit Solutions in a transaction that values the Hamburg-based start-up at...

Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz were among the investors behind the $250 million investment valuing the company...

China’s tech giants Tencent and Alibaba are apparently refusing to co-operate with a government-backed credit scoring programme by...

As Bloomberg points out a cryptocurrency run by central banks might be better than one run by Facebook and friends. That still doesn't...

A linkedin post by early Alibaba employee, Brian Wong on meeting Jack Ma in San Francisco in 1999 after 30+ VCs had declined to invest in...

The WSJ examines the personal-finance playbook followed by past generations and finds that it doesn’t add up for many people the way it...

We all know the benefits of some exposure to Bitcoin in a portfolio - minimum correlation with traditional assets like equities.  A...

Congratulations to portfolio company Plaid on raising incremental Series C investment from both MasterCard and Visa!  

Vista-owned alternative data platform 7Park has acquired Real Factors, a provider of predictive analytics for commercial real estate...

The investment bank has filed for a line of broad-based index products with extremely low fees, and planting an early flag in Europe, as...

New York based economic data analytics platform has raised a $15m Series B led by Pivot Investment Partners.

Congratulations to portfolio company Vestwell for it's strong showing at the 2019 WealthManagement.com Industry Awards - winning for...

Congratulations to portfolio company Plaid for being recognized by Forbes as one of the best private cloud companies in the world. ...

San Jose based provider of AI tools for corporate expensing and finance teams raised a $50m Series C led by Coatue Management.

In front of more than 2k fans in Manila, the boxer has announced his new token which will allow fans to interact with him a new way.

San Francisco based corporate background check provider has raised a $4m Series Seed led by Accel and Sequoia Capital.

San Francisco based home equity release startup has raised a $5m Series A led by Union Square Ventures.

Last summer, the MLB Crypto Baseball launched to allow users to pay in Ether to buy digital avatars tied to specific moments in recent...

New York based digital home buying platform raised a $2m Series Seed led by Corigin Ventures.

Indian bookkeeping automation startup raised $67m in Series B funding co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Tiger Global.

Austin based provider of wealth management solutions for investment properties raised a $6m Series A led by Calibrate Ventures.

Boston based bank digitization platform has closed a $15m Series B led by Patriot Financial Partners.

New York based economic data and analytics platform raised a $15m Series B led by Pivot Investment Partners.

Forbes highlights the founder of UiPath, the leader in the emerging bot automation landgrab.  After generating only $5m of bookings...

The SF based cryptocurrency exchange is looking to support the growth in decentralized finance by launching the "USDC Bootstrap Fund",...

Noting the statistical significance of Trump's tweets, analysts at J.P. Morgan have created an index to quantify the growing impact on...

At $20b, Wealthfront has roughly doubled it's AUM over the last eight months.  In addition to brokerage, retirement, and college...

In a conference call for media and analysts, HKEX executives described the potential deal as facilitating the connection of trading and...

The crypto related index for DeFi is done in partnership with London-based brokerage firm EXANTE, and will offer "real-time" information...

The Gemini Trust Company, a regulated custodian overseen by the NYDFS, has announced the launch of its institutional-grade custody...

New York based complex investment analytics platform raised $15m in venture financing led by Citi, the Westly Group and Viola Fintech.

American Prison Data Systems was featured in this Forbes article highlighting how to serve those most marginalized. With 7.5m Americans...

California based credit management platform has raised $43m of Series E capital led by ATW Investors.

The global investment firm has joined Artivest, the leading digital alternative investment platform for alternatives - helping KKR reach...

Interesting report by TradeBlock looking at the impact of decentralized finance.  Considering upcoming block reward changes and some...

London based open banking API and infrastructure has raised $10m Series A capital led by Moneta Capital, with participation from...

Lithuania based platform tracker of theuse of dapps has raised $2.3m in Seed funding led by Naspers.

New York based digital connector for credit card and personal loans has raised $25m of Series B capital in  a strategic round led by...

The California based lending marketplace raised $70m of Series D capital led by CMFG Ventures (the venture arm of CUNA Mutual...

Assurance IQ is being acquired for $2.35b upfront, with an earnout that could bring the total purchase price to $3.5b.  In contract...

In the US, mortgage refinance applications have reached the highest level in three years. If the knock-on effect is a rise in home sales...

A very helpful deck from Dealroom and LocalGlobe that will help founders target VCs who are historically more likely to consider leading...

Another fun read from the FT's Alphaville team into the current Craigtoshi saga (the Australian former pastor and polymath who claims to...

The essence of the plan, lies in the Chinese regulators goal to increase the “controllability” of fintech in China while also...

Prudential has agreed to pay $2.35 billion for 3yr old Assurance IQ which sells life, health, Medigap and auto policies online - with...

Bloomberg's interactive map shows one of those quiet assets, such as artworks or trusts, that make up so much of the country’s unexamined...

Seven providers of mobile payment services owned in large part by European banks are building a pan-European network, as they seek to...

One of his most provocative views in a recent Bloomberg interview is that the recent flood of money into index funds has parallels with...

NYC and Israel based GDPR and privacy compliance platform has raised a $50m Series C led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

Stripe has announced it's getting into small business lending with loans underwritten by payments on Stripe.  The company promises...

The ETF shares have been offered via Rule 144A and will provide institutional investors access to a physically-backed Bitcoin ETF product...