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On Finovate.com Roostify Integrates with LendingTree. AutoGravity Tops $2 Billion in Financing Requested Milestone. Geezeo Powers PFM Platform for F&M Bank of Virginia. Signicat Raises $2 Million to Build Out its Identity Assurance as a Service Technology. Around the web Forbes: Atlanta Startup Pindrop Makes Its Push To Power Security For The Voice Economy. Chevy Read more…
On Finovate.com Japanese Telecom NTT to Distribute Trusona Technology in Japan. RealtyMogul Introduces new President, Aaron Halfacre. Tradeshift Launches Innovation Center to Bring the Blockchain to Business Commerce. Payfone Teams Up with U.K. Mobile Network Operator. Expensify Reports More than 1 Million New Users and Double the Partnerships in 2017. Around the web Forbes highlights Read more…
Authentication and fraud prevention company ThreatMetrix has partnered with GlobalOnePay, a division of Pivotal Payments. ThreatMetrix will power GlobalOnePay’s Sentinel Defend, a fraud detection and scoring engine that protects cross-border transactions. This will enable Sentinel Defend to leverage ThreatMetrix’s Digital Identity Network, a program that analyzes and scores 100 million transactions per day to reduce fraud by using Read more…
On Finovate.com Coinbase Brings on Engineering Talent from Memo.AI. ThreatMetrix Teams Up with GlobalOnePay. Jumio Partners with Byteball to Bring KYC to ICO Issuers. Around the web YellowDog celebrates 3 years, shares how it went from 1 to 17 employees, from £0 to £2.8 million in funding, and 4 awards. YellowDog will demo at FinovateEurope in Read more…
On Finovate.com Blackhawk Network Acquired by Silver Lake, P2 Capital Partners in $3.5 Billion Deal. Around the web FIS partners with Australia’s ME Bank to serve as card platform provider. Finastra launches Future of Banking Center of Excellence at Cyberport in Hong Kong. Swedbank Norway and EVRY renew core banking contract. This post will be Read more…
2017 was a big year for fintech investment in the Middle East. Amazon acquired Middle Eastern e-commerce firm, Souq.com, local powerhouses joined the race (i.e., Kingdom Holding Company driving Careem’s Series E funding), startup accelerators launched across the region, and overall investment soared. So, at the start of 2018, the message is clear: Look to Read more…
Regtech player Kyckr landed a new client today– a leading global payments provider. Through the agreement, Kyckr will provide its Know Your Customer (KYC) onboarding services to the client, the name of which has not been disclosed “due to the critical services provided by Kyckr to [the] client for KYC on-boarding services.” Through the indefinite agreement, Read more…
On Finovate.com Dynamics Leverages Sprint’s Wireless Network for New IoT Connected Card. Kyckr Lands Global Payment Provider Client. Around the web Taulia announces milestone, accelerating $1 billion in invoices in a single day. Klarna extends partnership with ACI Worldwide, now reaching 10 major markets including the U.S. and U.K. Marquette Bank ($1.6 billion in assets) builds on Read more…
On Finovate.com Credit Karma Teams with American Express to Offer Advance Tax Refund. Insuritas Launches i-Insure Platform with 42 P&C Carriers. Finova Financial’s New Fundraising Process Leverages Cryptocurrency to Serve Non-Accredited Investors. Around the web Superbcrew.com interviews BRIDGEi2i Analytics Co-founder and CTO Pritam Kanti Paul. Entrepreneur names Kabbage, Cardlytics, BlueVine among top 360 best entrepreneurial Read more…
Updated! Funding for fintechs is back on the rise. We tallied up equity funding in 2017 and our totals show that Finovate alumni pulled in $2.7 billion over the course of the year. This marks the fourth consecutive year alums passed the $2 billion mark and pushes the 4-year total to more than $10 billion. Read more…
On Finovate.com TSYS to Acquire Cayan for $1.05 Billion TransferTo Adds Digital Wallet to Payments Network via Cellum Partnership Around the Web GoodData appoints James Smith as chief marketing officer. Passport and TransLink partner to develop and launch Park&Go, an app for Vancouver Park and Ride payments. Tucson FCU implements NCR’s Interactive Teller software to Read more…
Finovate has teamed up with the UAE’s Ministry of Finance this week to support the region’s growth of financial, banking and payments technology. Attendees of the announcement event, held earlier today, received a sneak peek of what to expect at FinovateMiddleEast, which will take place February 26 and 27 in Dubai. Today’s event featured a panel Read more…