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On Finovate.com Brad Garlinghouse Appointed CEO of Ripple From Advisers to VPs: A Profile of FinovateAsia Attendees FICO Teams Up with EFL Global as Part of Financial Inclusion Initiative Fintech Trending: Australia and the Road to Fintech in Asia Around the web Socure unveils new dashboard for its digital ID verification technology. Compass Plus announces Read more…
On Finovate.com H2 Ventures and KPMG Unveil 2016 Fintech 100 Around the web Signifyd to power fraud protection for Magento Commerce platform’s online merchants. InComm launches new brand of solutions for cash-based consumers, VanillaDirect. Handpoint expands agreement with PaySafe to power EMV POS. YoYo Wallet expands focus to U.K.’s high street retailers, with partnerships between Read more…
There are plenty of reasons why you should make the trip to Silicon Valley for our upcoming FinDEVr developer’s conference in two weeks (tickets are still available!). Now, courtesy of BBVA, there’s a reason to come a day or two early. Sponsored by BBVA, Fintech University is opening its doors on October 17th, just a Read more…
On Finovate.com Actiance Hires Former Credit Suisse Exec as CTO Check out this week’s FinDEVr APIntelligence. Ethoca to Power Merchant Fraud Alerts for ACI Worldwide Cortera’s Credit Exchange Now Gathers Insights from $1.2 Trillion in Purchases BizFi Reaches $1.8 Billion Small Business Lending Milestone Around the web New partnership between Interactions and Genesys brings automatic Read more…
It was a huge week in German fintech funding, coinciding with, but too soon to be caused by, Brexit. Eight of the 26 global deals were German with five out of Berlin, one from Frankfurt (Finovate alum ayondo), and one in Koln. The total raised by the eight was at least $60 million (although two raised undisclosed Read more…
One small step for Klarna. One giant leap for fintechs considering financing beyond equity investment. The Swedish payments innovator is raising $32.2 million (300 million crowns) via a subordinated-note sale to “a limited number of large Nordic investors.” The 10-year, floating-rate notes come with an initial 4% coupon, which is based on the 3-month STIBOR plus 4.5%. Speaking Read more…
On Finovate.com A Score for Socure: The Digital ID Company Lands Funds from Santander. Digital Payments Guardian from Prairie Cloudware Goes Live at Multibillion Dollar Regional Bank. Tradeshift Unveils Go,the First B2B Virtual Assistant for Managing Business Expenses and Travel. With Ripple, Seven Banks Test Out the Blockchain. Around the web Coinbase announces support for PayPal and Read more…
On Finovate.com “Tink Pulls in $10 Million to Launch Virtual Bank” “TSYS to Leverage Featurespace’s Machine Learning Fraud Capabilities” “Narrative Science Teams Up with Vermilion, Bringing Advanced NLG to Portfolio Commentary” “New Investment for Personal Capital Takes Valuation to $500 Million” “Zopa to Offer Auto Loan Refinancing” Around the web Fortune highlights Tuition.io. TIBCO introduces Read more…
On Finovate.com Check out this week’s FinDEVr APIntelligence. “Finovate, FinDEVr Alums Among Winners of 2016 Fintech Innovation Awards” “Marketplace Lending “Power 20” List Honors 8 Alums” Around the web FamZoo celebrates its tenth birthday of helping parents prepare financially strong children. EyeVerify’s EyeprintID to power HYPR’s Biometric Security Suite. Socure launches v. 2.5 of its Read more…
Maybe it’s passé to say another year was a “banner year” for investment in fintech. But there is no better way to describe the more than $3 billion in funding raised by Finovate alums in 2015. We previewed our alum funding for 2015 a few weeks ago with a look at investment in European-based alums. Now Read more…
On Finovate.com “LendUp Raises $150 Million in Series B; Expanded Credit Facility” “Fiserv Buys ACI Worldwide’s Community Financial Services Division for $200 Million” Check out our latest Sneak Peeks for FinovateEurope 2016 featuring: additiv AdviceRobo Capital Preferences eWise TaxFree4U Valuto Around the web Tradeshift partners with (RED) to facilitate donations to the Global Fund to Read more…
Finovate alums raised about $1.1 billion in the third quarter of 2015. The fundraising in Q3 of this year is more than 5x last year’s Q3 tally of $194 million, and 6x the 2013 total of $171 million. The number of deals was up as well: 40 last quarter compared to 17 in Q3 a year ago, Read more…