11/30/2022 6:03:17 PM Brazil's congress moves to regulate crypto payments By Sarah Wolter Brazil's Congress this week passed a bill that would regulate the use of cryptocurrency as a means of payment throughout the country,...
11/30/2022 3:21:42 PM Ready to trade? Fidelity finally opens retail crypto accounts By Sarah Wolter In spite of some recent pushback from lawmakers in Washington, Fidelity has opened up retail crypto trading accounts after first...
11/30/2022 2:52:59 PM RBC bets on immigration in $10.1b HSBC Canada deal By Sarah Wolter Royal Bank of Canada said it would pay $10.1b for HSBC Holdings PLC’s Canadian operations, a move meant to position Canada’s biggest bank...
11/30/2022 2:48:56 PM Cryptocurrency tax software provider, CoinLedger, announces integration with Solana blockchain By Sarah Wolter Customers who work together with Solana by way of decentralized functions and wallets can now import their transaction historical past on...
11/30/2022 2:46:29 PM The technologies leading the way in fighting financial crime By Sarah Wolter A study earlier this year found that financial crime continues to be extremely prevalent in the financial services industry and across...
11/29/2022 7:19:33 PM Robot landlords are buying up houses By Sarah Wolter For some renters, never speaking to a landlord might sound like a dream. But high-tech real estate companies are taking this idea to the...
11/29/2022 7:15:00 PM Cyber Monday online sales hit a record $11.3b, driven by demand, not just inflation, says Adobe By Sarah Wolter Expectations for this year’s holiday spend online were lukewarm, but initial activity — driven by deep discounts — has bucked...
11/29/2022 4:06:06 PM Orda raises 3.4m Seed round to digitize African restaurants with its cloud-based operating system By Sarah Wolter We are excited to announce FinTech Collective’s investment in Orda, a Lagos-based company that is digitizing the long tail of African...
11/29/2022 3:53:14 PM Crypto lender BlockFi follows FTX into bankruptcy By Sarah Wolter BlockFi blamed its chapter 11 filing on the downturn in cryptocurrency prices this summer and this month’s failure of FTX. FTX’s...
11/29/2022 3:35:51 PM Orda raises millions to digitize African restaurants with its cloud-based operating system By Sarah Wolter Congratulations to FTC portfolio company Orda, a Nigerian food tech platform that provides a cloud-based restaurant operating system for...
11/28/2022 4:38:09 PM Atom Bank to tap private equity for final £50m funding round next year By Sarah Wolter The fundraising, which is expected in the first half of next year, is likely to be the last round before the mobile app-based bank floats...
11/28/2022 3:47:36 PM JPMorgan, other banks in talks to reimburse scammed Zelle customers By Sarah Wolter The idea is to boost security and consumer trust in Zelle, the peer-to-peer payment system jointly owned by a consortium of banks, the...
11/25/2022 3:38:40 PM NYDIG's startup Bottlepay secures approval by the FCA By Sarah Wolter Constructed on the Lightning Community, it’s the first startup funds firm of such type to be permitted by the Monetary Conduct Authority...
11/25/2022 3:29:31 PM Taktile raises $20m in Series A funding By Sarah Wolter New York based startup which allows fintech companies to test and deploy decision-making models raised $20m in Series A funding led by...
11/25/2022 3:27:25 PM Djamo raises $14m in new funding By Sarah Wolter Ivory Coast based financial app raised $14m in new funding led by Partech Africa, Enza Capital, and Oikocredit.
11/25/2022 3:25:22 PM Pivo raises $2m in Seed funding By Sarah Wolter Nigeria based freight carrier focused digital bank raised a $2m in Seed funding from investors including MercyCorps, PrecursorVentures,...