1/31/2022 5:00:52 PM Descartes Underwriting raises $120m in Series B funding By Sarah Wolter Paris based corporate insurance technology company that addresses climate and emerging risks raised $120m in Series B funding led by...
1/31/2022 4:47:51 PM Pennylane raises €50m in Series B funding By Sarah Wolter France based accounting software startup raised €50m in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital.
1/31/2022 4:47:10 PM Bamboo raises $15m in Series A funding By Sarah Wolter Nigeria based investment app raised $15m in Series A funding led by Greycroft and Tiger Global.
1/31/2022 4:46:17 PM Ayoconnect raises $15m in Series B funding By Sarah Wolter Indonesia based financial API platform raised $15m in Series B funding led by Tiger Global.
1/31/2022 4:45:29 PM Circula raises €12m in Series A funding By Sarah Wolter Berlin based expense management startup raised €12m in Series A funding from Alstin Capital, Peak, and Storm Ventures.
1/31/2022 4:43:32 PM Phantom raises $109m in Series B funding By Sarah Wolter Palo Alto based Solana wallet raised $109m in Series B funding led by Paradigm.
1/31/2022 4:41:22 PM FTX raises $400m in Series C funding By Sarah Wolter Bahamas based crypto exchange raised $400m in Series C funding from investors including Temasak, Paradigm, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension...
1/31/2022 4:35:19 PM Binance Secure Asset Fund for users valued at $1b By Sarah Wolter The Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) is an emergency insurance fund that was established by Binance in July 2018 to protect users'...
1/31/2022 1:52:22 PM Sunday competitor Qlub emerges with $17m Seed round from Cherry and Point Nine By Sarah Wolter The payment solution for consumers in restaurants has now raised $17m in seed financing in a round co-led by Berlin’s Cherry Ventures and...
1/28/2022 8:47:30 PM Podcast Conversation: Modernizing $25B of assets with retirement wealthtech, with Vestwell CEO Aaron Schumm By Faisal Kawar In this conversation with Lex Sokolin of The Fintech Blueprint Aaron Schumm, the Founder and CEO of portfolio company Vestwell, discusses...
1/28/2022 4:57:50 PM Argentine fintech 'unicorn' Uala launches in Colombia amid Latam push By Carlos Alonso Torras Argentine digital banking startup Uala announced its launch in Colombia on Thursday, a new frontier for the firm as it expands in Latin...
1/28/2022 4:55:34 PM Apple to rival Square by turning iPhones into payment terminals By Carlos Alonso Torras Devices currently require external terminals such as Square’s. Apple paid $100 million for Mobeewave in 2020 to build feature.
1/28/2022 4:53:04 PM Buy now, pay later firm Klarna launches physical card in the UK By Carlos Alonso Torras The Klarna Card will initially only include Klarna’s “Pay in 30” feature, which lets shoppers pay down their debt within 30 days.
1/27/2022 11:20:27 PM Which Fintech Sectors Are Attracting the Most Startup Funding? By Gareth Jones The WSJ canvases the market and finds that consumer-payments categories, which include startups like Square, continue to capture...
1/27/2022 11:16:54 PM Fintech Companies, Facing Competition From Mainstream Banks, Step Up Their Offerings By Gareth Jones Fintech startups have established themselves as viable competitors in the financial-services business, but now they face a new challenge:...
1/27/2022 11:13:51 PM Insurers Want to Avoid Covering War. Ukraine Hacks Put That to the Test. By Gareth Jones Some insurance companies cited “act of war” exclusions to try to avoid covering the damage of a Russian cyberattack against Ukraine in...