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Finch Capital is a Financial Technology Investment firm founded in the fall of 2013. We invest in high growth companies primary in EMEA and prefer to invest after the seed round, when there is proof of concept and there are some revenues.

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Chinese, Russian Lenders to Back Israel’s eToro Israeli Online Trading Company Expected to Raise Abo

2015: Year we expect to see many more partnerships between established players and start-ups to accelerate expansion/growth

By ANNA IRRERA and ORR HIRSCHAUGE Chinese financial powerhouse Ping An and Russia’s largest lender Sberbank are in advanced...…

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ECB's Nouy Says Banks Must Show They Can Make Profits

Innovation should help to reduce costs with 10% p.a. coming years as well as increase revenues!

Chair of the Supervisory Board of the single supervisory mechanism Daniele Nouy attends a news conference at the European Central Bank...…

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Man goes on ATM rampage after machine rejects his card

There is downside of FinTech...who and what do you hammer in case your digital wallet is not working....

In an uncontrollable fit of ATM rage, a Chinese man took a hammer to nine cash machines in the City of Guangzhou after his bank card was...…

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Fintech CEOs' Candid Advice, Bold Predictions for 2015

Interesting and valuable set of predictions from uptime to Bitcoin and a blend from old and new technologoes

Several advises from uptime to Bitcoin e.g. Bitcoin transaction database "has been up and running for six years and all the hackers in...…

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Crédit Agricole joins French bank-run e-payments service

French banks have teamed up like the Dutch did to conquer PayPal...in the Netherlands this was successfully done via Ideas

Paylib, a PayPal-style online payment system set up last year by French banks, is extending its reach thanks to the addition of Crédit...…

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Cyber Insurance Security

Love this space, especially the mid market segment for who cyber can kill

The last few years have seen a dramatic rise in the number and severity of cyber-attacks and data security breaches. And these are just...…

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Apple Has Nearly A Billion Payment Cards On File

Apple has almost a billion payment cards on file, also impressive to see the gap with #2

Having payment card information is crucial for keeping customers within one’s ecosystem, and the biggest tech companies have done a great...…

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What is an Online Financial Advisor (Robo)...some facts?

Interesting facts on ROBo, strong solution for creating high quality affordable solutions for affluent investors.

Paladin produces research reports that document all types of financial professionals and firms.  An Online Financial Advisor (Robo) is a...…

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Venmo's mobile payment play

Interesting watch

William Ready, Braintree CEO, discusses the newest players in the online and mobile payments space.

Gates Links Technology, Banking Services for Poor

Mobile will play a key role in the solution as 1 bn of unbanked will become online next years via mobile!

BOSTON—Bill Gates is banking on digital technology to bring financial services to the world’s poor. “Rich people take for granted...…

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Sector funds outperform Generalist funds

We of course love this research...as a sector fund Focused on FinTech!

As the private equity environment gets more competitive, some firms are finding an advantage by specializing in specific sectors. And...…

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Docusign....digitalising financial services

Continues to be a significant opportunity and bottleneck to authenticate and digitize the on boarding and signing processes

Samsung Ventures invests in DocuSign22 hours ago  |  1100 views  |  0Source: DocuSignDocuSign announced that Samsung Venture Investment...…

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Onename Goes Open Source to Decentralize Auth

Love it, great solutions for one of the biggest issues...identification...not

At Onename, we've always been committed to decentralizing identity on the web. Earlier this year we came out with the Openname...…

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Travelex launches £25m fund to fight TransferWise

The Battle for FX....lots we expect to happen...and than the banks drop the FX rates....

Company hopes to accelerate its 'digital transformation' In the same week that TransferWise has been rumoured to be picking up a billion...…

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UK becomes Europe’s most entrepreneurial country

Interesting comments in the report...UK won in Europe...., the UK’s ‘entrepreneurial aspirations’ were valued as weak by the GEI.

UK ranked fourth globally behind US, Canada and Australia. For the first time, the UK has claimed the title of Europe’s most...…

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PAnel on outlook of bit coin

#Bitcoin is the most significant technological advancement since the browser. Bitcoin at pre-Mosaic inflection point according to panel

Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Susan Athey, Mirror Chief Executive Officer Avish Bhama, Boost VC CEO Adam Draper,...…

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Checkprint reports Nigerian cheque scanner deal

With mobile banking growth on the rise....hopefully soon no need for cheques in Africa

Tall GroupCheckprint, part of the Tall Group of Companies, the UK leader in the provision of secure paper and payment solutions, has...…

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PayPal launches Pebble smartwatch

The battle got started.....!

PayPal has built an app for the Pebble smartwatch that lets users check in and pay at retailers on the go. The app lets Pebble wearers...…

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Top 5 Digital Banking Myths

As Steve Jobs said..."“It's really hard to design products by consumer research. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until...

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Obillex raises $4.7m to fix supply chain financing

Another invoice supply chain finance company....would expect a consolidation to happen in the coming 12-24 months

Obellix helps small business invoice instantly Invoicing business Obillex has raised $4.7m from Dawn Capital and MMC Ventures. The...…

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It Looks Like Coin Is Finally Shipping To Early Backers

Complete payment overhaul has started.....banks more and more are pushed to become a commodity factory....

One year after exploding on the scene, it looks like Coin, the YC-backed startup that wants to replace all your bank cards with a...…

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150% rise in contact less payments in the UK

Would love if we can pay finally UK taxis contactless....even cards are not accepted

Contact less has shaken off its novelty tag in the UK and is surging towards the mainstream according to Worldpay, which is reporting a...…

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BitCoin read-ups

Interesting set of reading material to get up to speed on BitCoin and Crypto

Get started with Bitcoin. Why Bitcoin Matters dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/why-bitcoin-matters/?_r=0 Added by @balajis 2 days ago...…

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Majority of UK consumers ready to try new challenger banks

Consumer ready to switch banking 4 out of 5 in the UK, 1 out of 5 in the US...European Disruption accelerating!

Four-in-five UK consumers would trust a new challenger bank with their money, and over half think that a reliable IT infrastructure would...…

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Digital Consumers Unhappy With What Banks Deliver

Bridging the digital gap....the ones that get it right tap into a multibillion opportunity!

U.S. consumers are living a digital lifestyle across generations, but see their primary financial institution as lagging in the ability...…

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Dwolla...banking reinvented

Dwolla...I love this disruptive angle "The cash in your pocket is a UI. It’s a trigger to post to a balance sheet in a computer"

BREAKING DOWN THE DWOLLA NETWORK TO ITS CORE. DWOLLA, AS A NETWORK… HAS NO MONEY. IT’S NOT A BANK. DWOLLA DOES NOT HOLD MONEY. THE DWOLLA...…

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10 Innovations For The Bank Of The Future

10 thoughts about the bank of the Future...big unanswered question is whether there is a bank in the future....

The Financial News and WSJD inaugural Fintech Conference in London. Here are some of the key innovations they came up with: 1. Banks...…

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The Amazon Echo...no click payments

From payments one click a way to...no click away

This morning, Amazon announced a new device called Echo. With a built-in, cloud connected, “always on” microphone, the Echo can listen...…

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Google pulls plug on in-app Wallet payments

Signs the market will mature and we will see a shake out or consolidation of the wallet and consumer payments...

Google pulls plug on in-app Wallet payments27 minutes ago  |  380 views  |  0Google is pulling out of the in-app purchasing game by...…

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Americans trust banks over Apple for mobile wallets

The battle for winning trust of the customer...the real assets financial institutions have or had!

Despite the fanfare that accompanied Apple Pay's launch, less than a third of Americans would consider obtaining a mobile wallet app from...…

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Vodafone SmartPass arrives in the UK

NFC back in the mix in the UK....after a first push lead by Barclays in 2011

SmartPass, the mobile contactless payments services developed by Vodafone with Visa has quietly been launched in the UK following several...…

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The Future Of Money

In the early 1970’s, the financial industry was transformed by a strange confluence of events.  In 1973, The Chicago Board of Trade...…

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NOAH

We are thrilled to announce some recent additions to the exciting line-up of speakers for NOAH 2014, taking place on the 13th and 14th...…

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KNIP Series A

Versicherungs-App Knip schliesst Serie A-Finanzierungsrunde ab David Torcasso, 07.10.2014, 11:47, 0 Kommentare Schub für die...…

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KNIP new on boarding process

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