7/16/2021 12:55:00 PM Play2Pay raises $13m to convert mobile user engagement into bill payment By FinTech Collective Florida based gamified mobile bill payments platform raised $13m in Series A funding led by TeleSoft Partners.
6/25/2021 4:23:35 PM Viva Republica, developer of Korean financial super app Toss, raises $410m at a $7.4b valuation By FinTech Collective South Korea based financial services super-app raised $410m in funding led by Alkeon Capital Management at a pre-money valuation of $7b.
6/25/2021 4:23:05 PM MAJORITY raises $19m for its mobile banking service for migrants By FinTech Collective Texas based mobile banking service for migrants raised $19m in seed funding led by Valar Ventures.
11/15/2019 12:00:00 AM Wrappier, a revenue management startup for mobile publishers raises $4m seed round By Faisal Kawar New York based revenue management and data visualization startup for mobile studios and publishers raised $4m Seed Round led by...
7/26/2019 6:50:35 PM Africell announces $100m to spend on mobile infrastructure and fintech By FinTech Collective African telecom firm Africell announced its plans to spend $100m to expand its infrastructure and fintech services, such as mobile...
11/30/2018 8:38:32 PM Record Mobile Sales Hit $2B On Biggest Black Friday Ever By Gareth Jones US consumers purchased more than $2 billion of goods straight from their phones on Black Friday.
11/30/2018 8:11:27 PM Fintech Oriente Secures $105 Million Through Initial Funding Round By Sean Lippel Hong Kong based mobile lending and financial inclusion platform has raised $105m in equity capital from Berjaya Group, JG Summit, and...
7/27/2018 3:43:12 PM Nigerians Bury Cash in Backyards as Mobile Money Stumbles By Gareth Jones Bloomberg explores why Nigeria (which vies with South Africa as the continent’s biggest economy) is struggling to get mobile money off...
7/5/2018 4:12:25 PM App Traps: How Cheap Smartphones Siphon User Data in Developing Countries By Gareth Jones Tension between privacy and sharing of user data stokes a debate in West, but much less so in developing economies. Will that continue as...
6/8/2018 2:56:27 PM Ant Financial valued above Goldman Sachs in $14bn funding By FinTech Collective With a fresh $150b valuation and $14b of new capital, Ant Financial has further sealed its leading position in China's $15.5 trillion...
4/25/2018 12:52:52 AM MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency from the creator of Signal, just raised $30m for mobile payments By Sean Lippel The privacy-centric cryptocurrency project raised $30m in an pre-ICO round led by Binance Labs, the major blockchain incubator associated...
12/8/2017 3:40:57 AM Are You a Credit Risk? Indian Banks Dig Deep in Your Phone to Find Out By Gareth Jones Lenders are mining data on customers’ smartphones to help assess their risk for loans in a potentially huge market. Portfolio company...
9/15/2017 2:41:56 PM Braavo Capital raises $70m venture funding By FinTech Collective New York based mobile financing firm Braavo Capital has secured $70m in venture funding from Mark 2 Capital. Braavo uses data,...
5/2/2017 5:01:56 PM Satispay raises €14m Series B By FinTech Collective Milan based mobile payments startup Satispay has raised €14m in Series B funding from existing shareholder Iccrea Banca amongst other...
2/23/2017 2:29:08 AM Tala raises $30 million to help users build credit scores By FinTech Collective Los Angeles based mobile micro-loan startup Tala has raised $30m led by IVP.
2/9/2017 6:24:32 PM Andreessen Horowitz's Tour of China By FinTech Collective Andreessen Horowitz has release a short film delving into the modern landscape of China's mobile-driven markets and what the future of...