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We have only been tracking fintech investments across all companies since Aug 1. But I’m pretty sure that even if we’d been doing it for 20 years, there would never have been a month as frenzied as October. In just one month, 76 fintech companies worldwide attracted a combined $1 billion in new equity investments. Read more…
We’re in Vegas this week, catching up with several Finovate and FinDEVr alums. Before the week even started, however, we took a gamble and spent the weekend at the Money20/20 Hackathon. Many Finovate and FinDEVr alums have powerful APIs to enable the creation of solutions to solve all types of problems. At the hackathon, the Read more…
It was another $200 million week, primarily due to Square’s $150 million round. Of the remaining $54 million raised, $38 million went to Finovate alums: Blockchain ($30.5 mil), BizEquity ($5.1 mil), Xpenditure ($1.25 mil), Spreedly ($750,000) and Powerlytics (undisclosed). Here are last weeks 19 deals by size (Oct 4 to Oct 10): Square Mobile Read more…
Matchi opens global fintech challenge New Frontier Group to integrate BehavioSec’s behavioral authentication solution in online banking. Boku acquires competitor Mopay, now covers 5 billion users. BBC: Wonga to write off £220m of debts for 330,000 customers. Financial Planning features FutureAdvisor. Tradeshift announces new operations in Japan and Europe, new executive appointments. Merchant Customer Exchange Read more…
FinDEVr, the first event for fintech developers, is right around the corner. For the past few weeks we’ve introduced you to some of the innovators who will be presenting, demoing, and holding workshops on Day One. Today, we’re happy to help you get to know some of the companies that will be showcasing and sharing Read more…
What is Toshi? And how might it put smiles on the faces of developers working to build Bitcoin-related web apps? Toshi is the result of Coinbase’s exploration into building web applications using Bitcoin Core. A full Bitcoin node, Toshi gives developers access to raw blockchain data, and is 100% compatible with Bitcoin Core. The open Read more…
Silanis Technology releases e-signature solutions for Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. See Silanis at FinovateFall 2014 in New York. Michael Grillo of ACI Worldwide talks about the role of mobile devices in fighting payments fraud. Klarna announces appointment of Jon Kamaluddin to its Board of Directors. SumUp earns double-digit million dollar investment led by Life.SREDA Read more…
FinDEVr San Francisco 2014 — the first event focused on fintech developers — is less than two months away, and we’re excited to announce our presenters! These leading companies came from a competitive application process designed to find the best ideas and innovations for fintech developers. Not only did we have an unprecedented number of Read more…
FinDEVr San Francisco 2014 — the first event focused on fintech developers — is less than two months away, and we’re excited to announce our presenters! These leading companies came from a competitive application process designed to find the best ideas and innovations for fintech developers. Not only did we have an unprecedented number of Read more…