Should You Launch a Financial Podcast?

By Jim Bruene Posted on

Podcast was voted the 2005 Word of the Year by New Oxford American Dictionary. That alone is enough to make it an interesting marketing technique, even though it’s more associated with music than banking. So far, two U.S. financial institutions have jumped on the podcasting bandwagon: The first financial podcaster was Stockton, CA-based Financial Center Read more…

FinovateSpring 2024 Best of Show Winners Announced

By David Penn Posted on

The demos are done. The votes have been counted. And the people have spoken. After two days of live fintech demos here at FinovateSpring 2024, we are proud to introduce the winners of Best of Show. Bloom Credit for its technology that helps banks and credit unions offer a deposit retention and credit building tool Read more…

Celebrating African-American Voices and Fintech Innovation on the Finovate Stage

By David Penn Posted on

To kick off Finovate’s commemoration of Black/African-American History Month this year, we’re highlighting some of the Black and African-American fintech professionals who represented their companies and their fintech innovations at our Finovate conferences in 2023. Andre Llewellyn – Marketing Consultant/Advisory Board Member with AI Squared Along with company CTO Michelle Bonat, Andre Llewellyn helped demonstrated Read more…

Bold Commerce Taps Link Money to Bring Pay by Bank to Merchants

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on

Ecommerce checkout innovator Bold Commerce announced recently it is offering its merchant clients a new way to pay. The Canada-based company has tapped open banking technology company Link Money to help its merchant clients offer more payment options in the checkout experience for their end customers. Specifically, merchants using Bold Commerce’s checkout tools can take Read more…

Tales from the Crypto: Coinbase on Futures, Etoro on Trends, Brazil and Canada on CBDCs

By David Penn Posted on

Coinbase’s Crypto Futures Courtesy of a just-secured regulatory approval from the National Futures Association, Coinbase’s U.S. customers will soon get the opportunity to trade futures contracts on cryptocurrencies. Coinbase’s Coinbase Financial Markets has been granted authority to operate as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) and offer eligible customers in the U.S. access to crypto futures Read more…

StockRepublic Raises $2.81 Million for Social Trading Platform

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on

B2B social trading platform StockRepublic has raised $2.81 million (SEK 30 million) this week. The new investment is more than double the company’s existing funding and brings its total to $5.2 million (SEK 55.6 million). Leading the round is Avanza’s subsidiary Placera Media, which contributed $1.4 million (SEK 15 million). The remaining $1.4 million (SEK 15 Read more…

Finovate Global: CFDs, Licenses, and the Latest on Crypto in Central and Eastern Europe

By David Penn Posted on

One of my biggest takeaways from my conversations about digital assets with delegates at FinovateEurope last month was the idea that new use cases will be among the first signs that the industry has emerged from so-called “crypto winter.” That bar is likely years away from being cleared. In the meanwhile, crypto exchanges continue to Read more…

FinGoal Secures New Funding in Round Led by Naples Technology Ventures

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Digital banking and personal finance insights platform FinGoal secured new funding this week. The Boulder, Colorado-based fintech announced that it has closed an investment round led by existing investor Naples Technology Ventures (NTV). The amount of the funding was not immediately disclosed. “We believe FinGoal’s offering is a game changer in the banking and finance Read more…