Berlin based platform for financial services companies to deploy machine learning applications raised $4.7m in Seed funding led by Index...

Puerto Rico based challenger bank raised $8m in Series A funding led by BnkToTheFuture, Decentralized Ventures, NFG Fund, CCIX Global,...

Palo Alto based DeFi protocol that offers lending and staking services raised $22m in Series A funding led by Polychain Capital. 

Princeton based Ethereum rollup protocol raised $100m in Series B funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

New York based fundraising platform raised $9m in Series A funding led by Future Ventures. 

The proposed acquisition will make PayU one of the bigger online payment providers globally with some $147b in payment volume annually....

The acquisition, expected to close in October, will see LedgerX become a wholly owned subsidiary of FTX.US, said exchange President Brett...

California based decentralized investing platform raised $20m in Series A funding led by a16z.

The move comes amid a retail trading boom that brought millions of new investors into the stock market, along with more regulatory...

Companies like Avanti Bank, which aims to provide custody services for institutional investors in cryptocurrencies, and Kraken, a...

Young investors are turning to a new generation of stock pickers—many without formal training—for advice. For these would-be Jim Cramers,...

San Mateo based API-powered equities trading service raised $50m in Series B funding led by Tribe Capital. 

Square’s new TBD division is working on a Bitcoin-centric decentralized exchange. The planned DEX will be open-source and permissionless,...

Chicago based payroll infrastructure startup raised $13m in Series A funding led by Spark Capital.

India based gold-focused digital credit platform raised $12m in Series A funding led by PayU and Alpha Wave Incubation.

Brokerages like Robinhood are required to deliver proxy materials to a public company’s shareholders ahead of annual meetings. They are...

Benyamin Ahmed likes whales. He’s also enjoyed coding since he was 5. And those two hobbies have given this 12-year-old a solid base for...

Nadav Hollander, CEO and co-founder of Dharma, envisions a brave new world, with wallets paving the way. He dives into innovation in...

SMEs looking to access DeFi liquidity through Centrifuge will be able to do so via Defactor’s innovative and easy-to-use protocol...

UK based Africa focused mobile payments startup raised $9m in Seed funding led by MSA and 88mph.

Berlin based payment SaaS platform raised €32m in new funding led by Target Global, Partech Ventures and Avid Ventures. 

Salt Lake City based investment analytics platform for private markets raised $50m in Series B funding led by JPMorgan.

Vermont based digital insurance marketplace for auto retail raised $110m in Series C funding led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

This algorithm was developed from data from the 1990s and is more than 15 years old. It's widely considered detrimental to people of...

The companies reportedly are both pushing back strongly against the bill, which has been dubbed the “anti-Google law.” If it passes,...

This timely development, strategically aligned with market demand and evolving regulatory standards, positions SIMON to launch a...

Mexico City based neobroker raised $57m in Series B funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

The bank was weighing the option of providing cryptocurrency related services back in May, and is now awaiting regulatory approval to...

San Francisco based residential real estate marketplace raised $75m in Series C funding led by Deer Park Road.

OnlyFans’ founder Tim Stokely has blamed “unfair” treatment by banks for forcing him to ban pornography on the platform, a decision that...

Tel Aviv based payments platform aimed at B2B merchants and marketplaces raised $25m in Series A funding led by Ribbit Capital.

San Francisco based digital art marketplace raised $30m in Series A funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Pantera Capital.

The expanded deal being detailed today takes things a step further. Soon, Shopify merchants with a TikTok For Business account will be...

To back the expansion, called Brex Venture Debt, the company has raised a new $150m fund and began making its first loans to other...

Fees as high as 25 cents an email to send mass correspondence to investors are riling executives at public companies and mutual funds and...

Massachusetts based impact investing platform raised $5m in Series A funding led by Bain Capital Europe and Aperio.

Canada based bitcoin technology company raised $210m in Series B funding from Baillie Gifford and iFinex. 

India based provider of merchant bookkeeping and online payments solutions raised $100m in Series C funding led by Tribe Capital and...

Brazil based lender to SMBs raised $116m in Series B funding led by Greenoaks Capital.

New York based spend management startup raised $300m in Series C funding led by Founders Fund. 

Visa is bullish on NFTs. The payments giant not only believes "NFTs will play an important role in the future of retail, social media,...

Nigeria based mobile payments platform raised $400 million in new funding led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.

London based digital cross-border payments platform raised $292m in Series E funding from investors including Farallon Capital, Leapfrog,...

Taipei based provider of business blockchain services like a crypto-fiat exchange raised $17m in Seed funding led by CDIB Capital Group.

PayPal’s crypto feature lets customers buy or sell bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ethereum or litecoin with as little as £1. Users can also track...

New Jersey based brokerage infrastructure startup raised $450m in Series D funding led by Accel and Insight Partners.

The renowned news outlet declares that FinTech Collective is seeking to "strengthen the fintech infrastructure in Latin America". It...

Dubai-based DIFC Fintech Hive will be hosting Faisal from FinTech Collective for a mentorship session with their startup ecosystem....

The premier tech news publication in Brazil featured FinTech Collective's strategy for the Latin American behemoth, highlighting its...

For Digital Wealth News' latest feature as part of the "Fintech Luminaries" series, they've featured Aaron Schumm of portfolio company...

The agreement will help increase acceptance for both local and international e-commerce merchants. Flutterwave’s merchants will be...

Chicago based commercial auto insurance tech company raised $32.5m in Series B funding led by Weatherford Capital.

New York City based DeFi company raised $4m in Seed funding led by Pantera Capital.

Sacramento based "all-in-one banking" startup focused on the middle class raised $40m in Series B funding led by Progressive Insurance.

Germany life reinsurance startup focused on asset-liability management raised $10m in Series A funding led by Anthemis Group.

MoneyLion remains on track to complete its previously announced merger with Fusion Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: FUSE), which is expected to...

Public, an investing app that doubles as a social network, is launching a new program today called "One Team." The goal: teach financial...

The U.S. is grappling with how to exert financial pressure on the Taliban to ensure Afghanistan doesn’t return to its role as a safe...

Two of Africa’s three $1b start-ups are Nigeria-based, while the third, Fawry, is Egyptian. The valuation of Flutterwave, a payments...

Magnetic stripes were a huge improvement over the flatbed imprinting machines (aka “knuckle-busters”) that cashiers used to have to use...

Nearly 14.2m Robinhood users, or roughly 63% of the company’s customer base with funded accounts, traded digital assets in the second...

FinTech Collective is thrilled to announce the successful fundraise of two new strategies: a $200m vehicle focused on early-stage...

We are excited to share this exclusive article by Forbes on FinTech Collective, highlighting the launch of our first strategy dedicated...

Star stock picker Cathie Wood defended her investment thesis in a series of tweets this week, calling out “Big Short” hedge-fund manager...

Paysafe says the acquisition will boost its presence in Latin America, SafetyPay’s majority market. It builds on the firm’s recent deal...

San Francisco based cryptocurrency privacy company raised $66m in Series B funding from investors including Alameda Research, Berggruen...

Las Vegas based electronic payments company focused on the gaming market raised $244m in new funding led by Cannae Holdings.

India based wealth management startup raised $40m in Series C funding led by Faering Capital and Premji Invest.

Data shows that growing transaction volume for centralized services and the explosive growth of DeFi are driving cryptocurrency usage in...

Fintech start-ups are finally getting traction in their mission to disrupt banking. Remittances — defined as smaller cross-border...

While some companies such as Tesla are diversifying into bitcoin, data analytics software company Palantir is betting on gold. The move...

The case contends that Ackman’s SPAC isn’t an operating company, but is actually an investment company like Ackman’s funds, which should...

The fresh capital builds on Plaid’s $425m Series D in April that upped the company’s valuation to $13.4b. The new funds will be used to...

Fintech company Brex first partnered with Weav last summer and then in March, Brex launched Instant Payouts for Shopify sellers using the...

Minneapolis based flexible workforce payments platform raised $48m in Series B funding led by Addition.

Some partners at EY are now testing a new workplace gimmick for the era of artificial intelligence. The firm’s exploration of the...

Singapore based revenue-based financing startup for Southeast Asian companies raised $6.3m in Series A funding led by Monk’s Hill Ventures.

San Francisco and Africa based financial data infrastructure startup raised $15m in Series A funding led by Octopus Ventures. 

Vienna based crypto exchange raised $263m in Series C funding led by Valar Ventures.

New York based blockchain infrastructure provider raised $50m in Series B funding led by Senator Investment Group and Liberty City Ventures.

A clash over tax rules for digital currencies like bitcoin turned into a political coming-of-age moment for the cryptocurrency industry,...

Caution about the lingering impact of the coronavirus pandemic has given way to confidence as economies rebound and capital pours into...

The retailer posted a job for a digital-currency and cryptocurrency product lead based at its Bentonville, Ark., headquarters. The hire...

Out of the top 100 banks by assets under management, 55 have invested in cryptocurrency and/or blockchain-related companies - either...

Argentina based financial management app raised $350m in Series D funding led by SoftBank Latin America Fund and Tencent. 

San Francisco based equity management software company raised $500M in Series G funding led by Silver Lake. 

San Francisco based challenger bank raised $750m in new funding led by Sequoia Capital. 

Portfolio company Runa HR's CEO & founder - Courtney McColgan - was featured in the Cracks Podcast, by Oso Trava and presented by...

Mexican startup Kavak, Mexico's first unicorn, announced on Tuesday four new global tech development centers with headquarters in Mexico,...

In its quarterly report, Softbank showed that investments in Latin America returned JPNY219 billion (about US $1.98b) in profit in the...

Mexican fintech, Credijusto announced that it is in talks to go public via a SPAC merger with Tidjane Thiam’s Freedom Acquisition I. The...

The funds were stolen in the largest DeFi hack to date on August 10. They were hijacked from Poly Network, which is a cross-chain...

Los Angeles based corporate card startup to help small businesses with marketing investments raised $9m in Seed funding from Lerer...

San Francisco based proptech startup raised $200 million in Series D funding led by Tiger Global Management and Caffeinated Capital.

Utah based crypto tax and accounting software provider raised $130m in Series B funding led by IVP and Insight Partners.

Portfolio company OpenCo was featured in a top Brazilian media outlet, highlighting that its credit origination for 2021 is expected to...

Led by T. Rowe Price, Gusto’s existing investors also joined the round, including Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Generation and General...

Nubank, the Brazilian digital bank backed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has hired Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup...

Titan, the fintech startup pitching mobile-first active management to millennials and Gen Z, launched a crypto fund on Wednesday as...

The acquisition is part of the vision at U.S. Bank to bring payments and banking services together to simplify cash flow and money...

San Francisco based benefits, payroll, and HR software provider raised $175m in Series E funding led by T. Rowe Price.

Created in January 2020, the Paris Saint-Germain Fan Token was conceived as a high-tech way to build a new fan community. The holders of...

Despite a large youthful, digitally savvy population and growing mobile usage, Africa has lagged behind even its emerging market peers,...

The attacker of the $611m Poly Network exploit has started returning the stolen crypto assets, less than a day after their ID information...

The insurance broker has entered into a “placement agent agreement” with NYDIG. Through its broker-dealer, MML Investors Services...

In a blog post on the company’s website, CEO Jeremy Allaire says Circle intends to become a “full-reserve national commercial bank,...

Canada based company focused on developing efficient technology and financial solutions for the seafood industry raised $20m in Series B...

San Francisco based fintech company that offers affordable credit to consumers raised $105m in Series E funding led by Koch Disruptive...

San Francisco based car-ownership super app and insurance comparison site raised $75m in Series C funding led by Goodwater Capital.

Coinbase said the growth in ether trading was driven by interest in decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), two...

Unlike when buying cryptocurrency directly, these automated purchases will have no transaction fees associated with them — a feature...

Poly Network, a decentralised finance platform (DeFi), announced the hack on Twitter and posted details of digital wallets to which it...

San Francisco based digital assets and cryptocurrency trading platform raised $210m in Series C funding led by Altimeter Capital,...

Nebraska based insurtech startup raised $10m in Series A funding led by Link Ventures.

San Francisco based compensation platform for companies to manage wages raised $46m in Series B funding led by YC Continuity.

New York based crypto wallet raised $7m in new funding led by Hashed and Galaxy Digital.

Hawaii based loan software startup raised $15m in Series A funding led by Canaan.

Canada based cloud-based accounting software company raised $80.75m in Series E funding led by Accomplice.

India based crypto exchange raised $90m in Series C funding led by B Capital.

The all-cash deal will bring Say into the Robinhood architecture, the company said, allowing the pair to "find new ways to expand what it...

If done right, the expansion into high value, real-time B2B payments will be a “huge game changer,” Reserve Trust CEO Dave Wright told...

Posting pictures on social media is no longer a fringe side-hustle, yet there’s one big problem that takes the glamour out of...

Nigeria based mobility fintech company raised $23m in Series A funding led by Speedinvest and Left Lane Capital.

London based provider of banking services with social features raises $24.5m in Series A funding led by Rudy Karsan.

San Francisco based platform for NFT creators raised $3m in Seed funding from investors including Galaxy Interactive, Jeffrey Katzenberg

Indonesia based crypto exchange raised $35m in extended Series A funding led by Lightspeed Ventures.

The resignation is the latest blow for Binance, which has come under scrutiny from regulators in several countries this summer. Mr....

India based neobank raised $45m in Series B funding led by Nubank, Global Founders Capital, Sequoia Capital and Matrix Partners India.

Private cryptocurrency providers are also increasing on the continent and even central banks are making sure they aren't left behind, by...

Credijusto’s co-founders wanted to avoid building a lender from scratch — their investors thought they were ‘mad’

The volatility has come as many on Wall Street and Main Street still look to make sense of what some are calling the latest meme stock....

Crypto traders had been hotly anticipating the upgrade while monitoring the deployment for signs of how the changes might affect the pace...

When Sankaet Pathak co-foundedSynapse in 2014, he had a vision of doing more than just building a platform that enables...

New York based cryptocurrency analytics firm raises $21m in Series A funding led by Point72 Ventures. 

San Francisco based identity verification technology startup for financial institutions raised $70m in Series B funding led by Craft...

The changes to the code are designed to fix many of the most prevalent issues by destroying or “burning” ether coins and changing the way...

UK based neobank Starling net gained 17,769 accounts via the national account switching service in the period April and June 2021....

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he buzz about fintech in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, is so loud that even those without access to the internet cannot miss...

It's a strategy that resembles competing propositions from other fintech companies, but founder and CEO Dee Choubey said what sets...

South Africa based insurance technology provider raised $11m in Series A funding led by Naspers.

Moody's Corporation and RMS announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Moody’s to acquire RMS, a leading...

If included in the final bill, the amendment would be a win for the crypto industry, whose advocates have said was at risk of losing...

San Francisco based operator of decentralized finance lending protocol TrueFi and stablecoin TUSD raised $12.5m in new funding led by...