Coca-Cola is harnessing its history of collectibles with a first NFT as marketers continue experimenting with the intersection of...

Blockchain-based metaverse platform Dvision Network announced a collaboration with leading nonfungible ecosystem provider Enjin. As part...

On it's Q2 earnings call, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined some of his vision for a metaverse Zuckerberg said it will take several...

Tesco Bank shut down its current account (checking account) product over lack of use from its customers. Only 12% of customers used it as...

Alongside the ECB, Estonia completed a research project on the potential for a digital euro. The experiment concluded that,...

FICO scores are starting to fall out of vogue as banks and other financial institutions use their vast treasure trove of internal data to...

This week, NYDIG's Patrick Sells joined The Block for a discussion on how NYDIG is increasing access to Bitcoin. Sells described how...

Japan / Switzerland based blockchain trading / derivatives platform raised $4m in seed funding led by Fintech Collective, GSR Markets,...

This August/September issue of Fortune magazine features a deep dive into all things crypto. From articles like "How crypto went from...

New York based payments startup raised $60m in Series C funding led by Stripes at a post money valuation of $800m.

Singapore based B2B payments platform raised $200m in Series D funding led by Riverwood Capital at a post money valuation of $1b.

San Francisco based asset based next generation life insurer raised $2.5. in Seed funding led by Anthemis.

The company reported second-quarter net income of $2.1 billion, or $2.08 a share, up from $1.4 billion, or $1.41 a share, in the...

Flutterwave co-founder Iyinoluwa Aboyeji launched a bridge program to help Nigerian entrepreneurs make it into Y Combinator. The program...

Ocrolus announced the launch of "The Impact Fund" today to support organizations focused on technology education and training for...

New partnership was announced between fintech Khaza and ADIB Egypt and Masria Digital Payments (MDP), which comes up in the form of...

Shares in the broker behind the meme-stock revolution fell 8.4% below the IPO price in the company’s first trading session.

Fintech companies have brought back an old-fashioned way of lending, and now even Apple and Goldman are getting in on the action.

Banking co-operative Swift is moving into the low value remittance market with the launch of Swift Go, a service that enables consumers...

Brazilian payments firm Conductor has hired banks for an initial public offering in the United States that could come as early as this...

Fintech Collective congratulates PortCo Ocrolus for being featured in Business Insider's "57 Promising Fintechs" list. The list sought to...

It is unclear what is in Solactive's Decentralized Finance and Blockchain Index, which underpins the new fund. The US bank's filing comes...

Holland / US based insurance anti-fraud platform raised €54.8m in Series B financing led by Aquiline Technology Growth and Accel-KKR.

New York based digital asset infrastructure platform raised $310b in Series D funding led by DRW Venture Capital at a post money...

New York based debt negotiation service raises $2m in seed funding led by Collaborative Ventures.

San Francisco based cyber insuretech raised $185m in Series D funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Icon Ventures at a...

South Africa based payments acceptance startup raised $83m in Series C funding led by Dragoneer.

India based 'Shopify for maritime freight' raised $2.5m in seed funding led by Nordic Eye Venture Capital.

San Francisco based Mercury raised $120m in Series B funding led by Coatue Management at a post-money valuation of $1.62b.

San Francisco based Celo native digital wallet raised $20m in Series A funding led by Andreesen Horowitz.

New York based alternative asset distribution platform raised $440m in late stage funding led by Owl Rock, MSD Partners, Golub Capital...

London based car insurance platform raised $17m in Series A funding led by Social Capital.

Texas based accident insurance provider raised $15m in Series A financing led by GreatPoint Ventures. They also raised $2.5m in debt.

NYC / North Carolina based Lolli raised $10m in Series A funding led by Acrew Capital.

California based B2B payments provider raised $50m in Series C funding led by NewView Capital at a post-money valuation of $375m.

San Francisco based independent insurance agent platform raised $13.5m in Series A funding led by by Mundi Ventures.

Vodafone has reported surging growth at its African mobile money platform M-Pesa. The UK company said that the number of transactions...

Move will have wide-ranging implications across India’s financial and fintech system, affecting everyone from established lenders to...

Swift remains a non-profit co-operative, with 11,000 members and facilitating payments worth an eye-popping $1.5tn a day. It does this...

Pete Cheyne, Founder of Bottlepay, answers a rapid Q&A about the company, maximising global payments, and revolutionary...

New York City based commercial real estate startup raised $12.5m in Series A funding led by JLL Spark and Khosla Ventures.

New York City based rent reporting and data solution platform raised $10m in Series A funding led by Motley Fool Ventures.

Illinois based provider of on-demand financial expertise raised $25m in Series C funding led by Madrona Venture Group.

Congratulations to FinTech Collective portfolio company Vestwell for raising a $70m Series C to build out the underlying infrastructure...

San Francisco based real estate marketplace raised $80m in Series C funding led by Fifth Wall and General Global Capital.

New York City based provider of API for donations raised $5m in funding led by Morpheus Ventures.

Antigua based crypto exchange raised $18m in Series B funding led by Bond, Schoeneck & King and Coinbase Ventures at a pre-money...

New York City based recurring revenue financing startup raised $280m in funding led by i80 Group.

Indonesia based B2B marketplace raised $100m in Series B funding led by Asia Partners and Falcon Edge.

San Francisco based provider of a platform that enables investors to discover and invest in high-quality venture funds raised $5m in...

California based intelligence layer for loan servicing and collection operations raised $12m in Series A funding led by Menlo Ventures.

North Carolina based accounting AI platform raised $14m in funding led by Revolution Ventures.

UK-based mortgage applicants are reporting negative reactions to their BNPL usage when applying for home loans. Mortgage experts suggest...

New York City based hospitality tech startup raised $15m in Series A funding led by CRV.

Florida based crypto venture studio raised $21m in Series A funding with participation by  ParaFi Capital, Nascent, and Polychain...

Iowa based maker of an API for payments raised $21m in funding led by Foundry Group.

Experts from Latham & Watkins share their perspectives on the acqui-hire. Notably, this tactic is used increasingly to ensure that an...

YTD, c. $80b has been raised via IPOs which surpasses the c. $78b raised throughout 2020. Experts suggest that 2021 is set to break...

After years of defaulting public posts and joke transaction descriptions, Venmo has removed its global social feed. This comes after...

New York City based search engine for alternative investments raised $6m in Series A funding led by Launch Fund.

Canada based tech-enabled real estate brokerage raised $35m in Series B funding led by Bain Capital Ventures.

Visa acquired Currencycloud for $963m. To date, Currencycloud had raised c. $188m and was a leading provider of API-enabled cross...

While corporate strategy is usually hidden behind closed doors, UK fintech Wise has made its strategic roadmap available to the public....

A record number of VC-backed startups have acquired other VC-backed startups in 2021. 268 of these deals have happened already YTD, which...

Nasdaq Private Market will be contributed to a standalone, independent company, which will receive strategic investments from SVB, Citi,...

Grab has deepened its partnership with Adyen by enabling more merchants – starting in Singapore and Malaysia – to offer PayLater payment...

The Reserve Bank of India is considering a “phased introduction” of a central bank digital currency as it will need legal changes to be...

The Challenge is open to social entrepreneurs all over the world, including those accepted to the Conference through the regular...

Sustainable investments totaled $35.3 tr at the start of 2020, according to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance. This equals...

Sustainable & Impact Investment is making its way around the world, and Latin America (LatAm) is following the leading trends of...

Top U.S. banking regulators said they would work jointly to modernize rules governing how banks lend hundreds of billions of dollars...

New York based commercial real estate financing platform raised $30m in Series A funding led by Greenspring.

UK based open banking API raised $51m in Series B funding led by Sapphire Ventures.

New York based investment management platform raised $58m in Series B funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.

France based corporate spend management service raised $118m in funding led by General Atlantic.

UK based pay and spend automation platform raised $180m in Series C funding led by Temasek.

San Francisco based insurtech platform raised $100m in Series D funding led by SoftBank.

Portfolio company Flutterwave added Oluwabankole Falade as Chief Regulatory / Government Relations officer. He will work hand-in-hand...

The Fintech Collective team congratulates APDS, a digital learning company for incarcerated Americans, for making B Corp's 'Best For The...

Massachusetts based contract analytics platform raised $40m in Series A extension funding led by Sorenson Capital.

San Francisco based insurance analytics platform raised $44m in Series C funding led by Pivot Investment Partners.

London based life insurance and wellbeing platform raised $70m in Series B funding led by Target Global at a post money valuation of $347m.

New York based online mortgage platform raised $25m in Series B funding led by March Capital at a post money valuation of $150m.

Singapore based investment platform raised $30m in Series B funding led by Valar Ventures.

Denmark based challenger bank raised €210m in Series D funding led by Tencent, Kinnevik and Heartland.

London based embedded finance platform raised £7m in seed extension funding from Anthemis, QED Investors and Seedcamp.

London based global challenger bank and personal finance platform raised $800m in Series E funding led by Tiger Global and SoftBank at a...

Chicago based M1 Finance raised $150m in Series E funding led by SoftBank at a post money valuation of $1.45b.

San Francisco based Proper raised $9m Series A funding led by QED Investors.

Singapore based financial services platform for supply chain merchants raised $12m in Series A funding led by AppWorks Ventures.

Florida based gamified mobile bill payments platform raised $13m in Series A funding led by TeleSoft Partners.

New York based financial institution data extraction platform raised $20m in Series A funding led by NEXT Investors (Credit Suisse Asset...

At a G20 summit, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink called for governments to develop a stronger long-term climate finance plan to fund the...

NatWest, CIBC, ITAU and NAB have joined forces to create a blockchain-based marketplace where firms can buy and sell carbon offsets.

The European Central Bank is to begin a two-year investigation into the prospects for launching a digital euro.

Several months after green lighting a Bitcoin ETF, Brazil’s watchdog has done the same for a product tracking the performance of the...

The startup backed also by Berkshire Hathaway and Jack Ma’s Ant Group plans to raise as much as 166b rupees from its share sale. The IPO...

Prior to joining Sigma’s Board, Alison Clew served as the Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering Compliance at Citigroup and was previously...

The endeavor is part of a partnership between Google Cloud and BlueZoo. It is the latest publicly announced initiative of the Alphabet...

The interagency guidance on third-party relationships proposed by three banking regulators highlights the risks financial institutions...

N26 is holding discussions with investors to raise several hundred million dollars in a fundraising that could value the German fintech...

Star ETF manager Cathie Wood is expanding her reach into the world of investing startups by joining the board of a fintech company. The...

Apollo Global Management will collaborate with blockchain lending startup Figure Technologies on a series of initiatives as the...

US retail banks slashed their branch networks and trimmed headcount in the first half of the year in a bet that much of the foot traffic...

Apple's reported foray into buy now, pay later (BNPL) has sent the shares of specialists reeling. Afterpay and Zip of Australia and...

Africa, a region long defined by fragmentation, is ripe for innovation in finance. With a median age of 19, there is a raw...

Sigma Ratings announced the appointment of renowned risk and compliance expert, Alison Clew, to its Board of Directors. The addition of...

 More than half of transactions in the US involved cash in 2010. The number had dropped to 28% in 2020, even before Covid, which led...

Facebook claims it will be whipping open its checkbook in a big way for creators: CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social-media giant will...

The upcoming service, known internally as Apple Pay Later, will use Goldman Sachs as the lender for the loans needed for the installment...

San Francisco based next gen credit card platform raised $40m in Series B funding led by Activant Capital.

London based credit card as a service platform raised $70m led by Anthos Capital.

Florida based LATAM focused export loan platform raised $7m in seed funding led by Kayyak Ventures. They also raised a $75m credit line.

UK based payment acceptance solution raised $3.25m in seed extension funding led by Hank Uberoi (Primavera Investments), Paul Rippon (ex....

Argentina based fraud and identity protection company raised $12m in Series B funding led by IT services firm Globant.

Brazil based benefits management platform raised $22m in Series B funding led by Tiger Global.

South Dakota based neo-credit card provider focused on cashback raised $34m in Series A funding led by Strathmore Group and Benslie...

London based business banking platform raised $100m in Series C funding led by Apax Partners at a post money valuation of $650m.

Apple is working with Goldman Sachs to develop a buy now, pay later service that lets customers pay for their Apple Pay purchases in...

Digital mortgage lender Better announced Monday that the company is making its first expansion overseas with the acquisition of Trussle,...

Payments and shopping platform Klarna is partnering with social shopping startup HERO to bring retailers a solution to create shoppable...

RVU, owner of Uswitch, Confused.com and Money.co.uk, is taking on the UK mortgages sector by agreeing to acquire Mojo Mortgages. Mojo,...

The ECB announced that it’s starting work toward creating a digital euro on the back of decreased cash usage. The project is expected to...

Australian neobank Volt has acquired fintech lender Australian Mortgage to speed up the mortgage approval process as part of its...

Boubyan Bank Group announced the launch of Nomo, a fully licensed and regulated UK Islamic digital bank catering for customers with a...

NatWest is to embed a free carbon footprint tracker within its mobile banking app to help customers reduce the climate impact of their...

The new PayPal product will appear as an option at checkout for consumers who have a PayPal account in good standing and for eligible...

While much of the news focused on JP Morgan’s acquisition designed to buttress a new digital banking venture, it should be noted that...

Venture capital company Forward Partners is joining Draper Esprit and Augmentum in opening early-stage funding rounds and public...

Funding to Black entrepreneurs in the U.S. hit nearly $1.8 billion through the first half of 2021 — a more than fourfold increase...

Several months after greenlighting a Bitcoin ETF, Brazil’s watchdog has done the same for a product tracking the performance of the...

This week, StepStone Group announced the acquisition of Greenspring Associates. The combined team of over 70 venture capital and growth...

• Tom Farley’s Far Peak Acquisition Corp. announced a deal Friday to bring crypto start-up Bullish public. Farley, formerly the New York...

Nigeria based ID verification and KYC compliance platform raised $7m in Series A funding co-led by Costanoa Ventures and CRE Venture...

Canada based fintech capital provider for online companies raised $215m in funding led by SoftBank.

Florida based insurance infrastructure startup raised $18m in Series A funding led by Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures.

Netherlands based challenger bank raised $228m in Series A funding led by Pollen Street Capital.

France based  data-driven credit platform raised $170m in funding led by Goldman Sachs.

Brazil based digital bank aimed at Latin American GenZers raised $2.5m in Series Seed funding led by Homebrew.

New York City, in coordination with 282 partners including Amazon, IBM, The Federal Reserve and the NYPD, opened an operational command...

Cyberbully insurance is an emerging service area for insuretechs and the major carriers who underwrite them. Experts disagree on whether...

London-based Hero connects online shoppers with retail workers via text messages, videos and online chat rooms. It helps retailers who...

In its IPO filing, released Thursday, Robinhood disclosed that 81% of its first-quarter revenue came from sending its customers’ stock,...

Frost Bank said its clients with direct deposit will be automatically enrolled in the new “Early Payday” feature when it rolls out July...