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Toronto-based Dream Payments pulled in its first round of funding late last month. The $6 million comes from Canada’s early stage fintech venture capital and private equity firms, as well as institutional investors Blue Sky Capital, Real Ventures, and Rouge River Capital. With Dream Payments, merchants use the Dream mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) terminal Read more…
It was a short week in the United States with many on holiday Thursday and Friday, so U.S.-based activity was slowed. But the rest of the world more than made up for it. Of the total $167 million raised ($152 million equity, $15 million debt), only $28 million (17%), was to US-based companies. And most Read more…
Perhaps competition from Apple kept U.S. fintech quiet on the funding front this week. Through mid-day Friday, only 11 companies had announced fundings. But thanks to $77 million going to Chinese fintech companies, the total was an impressive $92 million, a $5 billion annual run rate! Then Friday afternoon it was widely reported that Square had Read more…
FinovateEurope 2014 is barely more than a month away and we are projecting a record crowd will be on hand to witness dozens of the hottest new fintech innovations debut live. On February 11 & 12, 68 hand-selected innovative companies will take the stage in London to showcase their latest ideas to a projected crowd Read more…
FinovateEurope 2014 is barely more than a month away and we are projecting a record crowd will be on hand to witness dozens of the hottest new fintech innovations debut live. On February 11 & 12, 68 hand-selected innovative companies will take the stage in London to showcase their latest ideas to a projected crowd Read more…
I have been fascinated with mobile wallets for a while (note 4). They’ve been “just a few years out” since the first Finovate (Oct 2007), where multiple mobile banking pioneers laid out their product roadmaps. And now we are starting to see real implementations. Not just Square and Starbucks. But financial institutions are moving forward. Read more…
In just six weeks, three dozen cutting-edge fintech companies will take the stage in Singapore for the inaugural FinovateAsia. As usual, each of the hand-selected presenters will get only seven minutes and no slides to demo their new innovations in everything from big data to mobile, security to personal finance, payments to investing, and much Read more…
In just six weeks, three dozen cutting-edge fintech companies will take the stage in Singapore for the inaugural FinovateAsia. As usual, each of the hand-selected presenters will get only seven minutes and no slides to demo their new innovations in everything from big data to mobile, security to personal finance, payments to investing, and much Read more…
We’re just seven weeks out from FinovateFall 2012 and the show is shaping up to be our best ever. We have an amazing lineup of presenters committed to demoing their newest fintech innovations via our fast-paced, no-slides-allowed format. Plus an equally amazing audience that is filling up fast via early-bird tickets with leading executives, investors, Read more…
We’re just seven weeks out from FinovateFall 2012 and the show is shaping up to be our best ever. We have an amazing lineup of presenters committed to demoing their newest fintech innovations via our fast-paced, no-slides-allowed format. Plus an equally amazing audience that is filling up fast via early-bird tickets with leading executives, investors, Read more…
One of my favorite features unveiled last week, was Universal Checkbook from Personal Capital. And apparently I wasn’t the only one. Attendees voted the startup Best of Show (again) and hit Twitter with positive comments such as the one below from Brad Leimer (@leimer) of Mechanics Bank,. Universal Checkbook (see inset) allows users to move Read more…
On Friday, France-based Mootwin announced it recently raised 4 million euro ($5.5 million) in its second round of funding. Investors include France-based Naxicap Partners Création and Seventure Partners. The smartphone app provider plans to use the funding to further its development locally and internationally. To learn more about Mootwin, watch its FinovateFall 2011 demo.