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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Nice move! Think was smart when they started that they did not include the female focus in their name, to allow for a broader focus!
After six years of operation, the New York startup sells for more than $250 million. Betting big on personalized financial planning,...…
Step by Step the Social companies are eating banks relationships with their customers, from payments to comparison to handling their...
The latest YC Demo Day included 114 companies of which 9 were fintech.
* Bankjoy, a white label mobile banking platform for credit...
Customer experience benefitted from digital....fraudcosts not really
Online banking fraud jumped 48% to £60.4 million in 2014, according to figures put together by Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA UK), which...…
The FinTech Sandbox, cemented a deal with Yodlee, the deal will allow fintech startups in the 6-month program to access a rich and...
Kreditech was compromised last November after hackers posted the personal and financial records of thousands users. Though deemed an...
SoFi is building on its success with student loan refinancing to offer innovative mortgage solutions for high quality borrowers seeking...
This is how disruption looks like, great chart and article from the economist
Messaging services are rapidly growing beyond online chat “I PROPOSE, if and when found, to take him by his beastly neck, shake him...…
This should be worrying for banks...if customers do not see payments as payments anymore...what if banking is not be seen as banking
This chart comes from the Federal Reserve's new report on mobile banking. In most of these categories, people who claim not to be...…
Nice article....expect we will see many of these articles on who on the players will win....for sure the consumer
It’s taken Facebook years to figure out the right questions to ask to get its users’ payment information. Rival Snapchat got the jump on...…
Nice report by Accenture. How the USD 12 Bn will shake up the market and how banks think about responding and what are biggest...
Nice overview of the german FinTech scene
See list of URL's of the companies on the website
Key lessons from them:
Great reports last weeks from Goldman re FinTech, Bitcoin and implications for the sector!
How much do finance incumbents stand to lose tech disruptors? A lot, according to Goldman Sachs. Over $4 trillion in addressable...…
nice example although not unique of the unbundling
Traditional banks are under attack from a number of emerging specialist startups. Here are the FinTech startups unbundling banking.
May be think like one. in running your portfolio and business.....but think to many are trying to become one....
A wave of digital startups in financial services are waging war on behalf of dissatisfied bank customers. With their low-cost structure...…
Market of smart contracts is Huge, some interesting start-ups emerging here, big opportunity!
Some of the world’s largest investment banks are considering using bitcoin technology to revolutionise the $700 trillion global...…
For those interested, overview of the Barclays Fintech cohort
Fintech is an incredibly diverse world — something that is borne out by the rich variety of the start-ups that are to receive a helping...…
For a service that is close to zero cost on a per unit basis and falling further every day thanks to Moore’s Law, a Freemium strategy...
...and the winner is....the consumer!
Just days after Facebook sent shock waves through the peer-to-peer payments world, Square announced $cashtags, simple addresses that will...…
Payments will be a commodity....question is not if, but speed, especially for international B2B payments. Domestic C2C payments are the...
The New York-based startup uses complex algorithms to sift and comb through real time public data. As a strategic partner of Twitter,...
The bull market is six years old this week and a recent study has added to the considerable body of evidence that suggests most people...
Finally! SaaS and cloud solutions to open up for Banking at scale! The recent financing will fund an a team who will work to expand the...
Fundbox, a company that loans businesses money for outstanding invoice payments, has raised $40 million. The market for Suppy Chain...
In the exchange traded fund (ETF) industry, alternative or smart-beta ETFs have experienced a rapid ascent as investors capitalize on...
Domestic payments continues to move one, with all big social/mobile players now offering a solution, most are close to what paypal type...
Nice overview of Danish ecosystem. Expect more specialization vs. all will happen in London. E.g. 2 of the biggest payment companies...
Interesting overview!
Bruce Packard over at the Lafferty group has an upcoming report on the fintech disruption that's about to hit the traditional banking...…
The abolishment of cash in the uk....let's start with having all taxi drivers in London accept cards....
Facing negative interest rates, people are stockpiling money in warehouses. Better that we take a more radical approach I hate to pry,...…
Next wave of Lending disruption....Real Estate finance including mortgages!
LendingHome, co-founded by President James Herbert, disclosed on Friday that it raised $70 million in new funding less than a year after...…
Blockchain/bitcoin utilization makes an important, if inevitable pivot with companies like DAH using it to optimize securities trading....
Not really Tech, but interesting article
What does it take to break into the lucrative world of hedge funds? It’s a question that countless Wall Street up-and-comers would love...…
That 80% of BTC may be traded for Chinese currency is interesting for a number of reasons. Officially, the Chinese government prohibits...
Nice read
If life has gotten dull and you want to liven things up a little, bring up the topic of cryptocurrency in a crowded room and you'll soon...…
Let's see what this will be at least a big bet...may be the revitalization of Bitcoin, although was more expecting they do something in...
No groundbreaking new features...more a switch from mobile to watch...given the small font size...in case of a serious alert consumers...
We expect many more partnerships between governments and Banks to take place to create united forces...however not very likely a global...
At some point this portfolio of initiatives to crack the payment system should work and I guess it will be a snowball effect given the...
Fingerprint on top of a device to identify yourselve via your heartbeat....I guess apple can do the same overnight....by measuring the...
EU regulators voted overwhelmingly in favor (621 to 26) of placing a fee cap on consumer cards, which once implemented the new rules...
How Financial Software Companies are Monetizing APIs - Great article and overview
As e-commerce grows, ePayments and mobile payments become the norm around the world. Innovative companies understood that data feeds and...…
Nice overview
Marketplace lending is a growing and increasingly complex ecosystem. Making sense of all the various players and the ways they connect...…
Great article!
A brainstorming session with a group of banks raised this question: are we going through a Kodak moment in banking? Are we seeing a...…
2 Years. 20x Growth. $2 Billion....and profitability kicks in at......?
“A revolution is coming — a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we...…
Ineteresting facts on the Asian pick-up of Digital by consumers. Developing Asia and Northen Europe are best "testing grounds" for...
Interesting read, in short according to the author the eight Big Data Myths are:
#1: It’s Big
#2: You need to apply it right away
Interesting read on the future customer base of financials
Millennials are still in the very early stages of market participation: those under 35 own just 4% of mutual fund assets, but the 80-90...…
Partnerships continue to evolve. Linking loyalty and payments
Consumers around the world have finally awoken to the potential of a mobile payments-powered world. Apple Pay is getting a fair amount of...…
Good report on the segment all try to grasp and understand and serve
One of the largest generations in history is about to move into its prime spending years. Millennials are poised to reshape the economy;...…
Nice overview and links for this interested in databases
Did you know that there are more than 1,000 Fintech startups? Actually, there may well be more than 5,000, but there are at least a few...…
Nice overview chart
I spent the last month combing and classifying through the crypto-technology market, and what started like a 3-day spreadsheet...…
Apple pay has 60x higher fraud rates!
Some banks are seeing a growing incidence of fraud on Apple’s mobile-payment service as criminals exploit vulnerabilities in the...…
It is a hard battle but will happen...the replacement of the correspondent banking network
If banks can't beat cryptocurrencies, they might as well join them. That seemed to be the consensus at a Tuesday panel on...…
The Growth capital stage is getting crowded, family offices, Funds, Hedge Funds....
In the U.S., Tiger Global and T. Rowe Price are leading the charge among hedge funds and mutual funds investing in tech startups. Here's...…
Another multibillion IPO...when do the European Lending exits begin?
People walk through the Stanford University campus. Social Finance Inc., with 200 employees, started in 2011 as a peer-to-peer lending...…
The battle for the consumer. Also Visa seems stepping up its partnerships to secure a spot. ApplePay, AliPay, Samsung and also...
Commoidatisation of Financial Services...starts with starts-ups, but than small banks will follow.
A New non-profit programme offering fintech startups free access to data feeds and APIs from providers such as Thomson Reuters and...…
Investments into the AI space more than tripled in 2014 compared to the previous year. These companies include natural language...
The journey continues...big question is what point volume translates into profitability....and what if Banks drop FX margins...
TransferWiseJust weeks after landing a $58 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, TransferWise founders Taavet Hinrikus and...…
Leading global brands combine innovative payment and mobile technologies to create in-car purchase experiences that are secure,...
More commonly filled with gold, the vaults of Spanish bank BBVA are safeguarding swaths of data. BBVA has established itself as one of...
According to a Burning Glass Technologies report, ~80% of middle-skill jobs in today’s workforce require tech skills. That encompasses...
Goldman Sachs predicts that the competitive landscape for banks will change significantly over the next 5-10 years. More stringent...
According to Kenya's central bank, in 2014, Kenyans abroad sent home a record $1.4b, an 11% increase over 2013. Remittances are a major...
Abra (A Better Remittance App) is a money transfer application, founded by a former director at Netscape. Space is getting crowded with...
Google has launched its new car insurance price comparison tool. This move has long been rumored after the company launched a similar...
The tax prep industry is likely to continue to thrive, but tax professionals at both large and small firms can expect competition to...
The 400 Bn opportunity Schwaps is targeting and how they approach ROBO...big question is whether they can still successfully do 6 years...
New UK regulations that come into effect on April 6th have led to Insurance giants Aegon, Aviva, Scottish Widows, Standard Life and...
Nutmeg, a UK based online investment manager, is taking on some of the big boys in the UK Sipps (self-managed pension) market.
Nutmeg is seeking to take on the likes of Hargreaves Lansdown in the Sipp market with the launch of a pension product. The online...…
How do Digit and Acorn differ to simply setting up automatic fund transfers at a bank?
You know you should be saving consistently, but you just can't seem to remember to do it. Automating your finances -- meaning you set up...…
Interesting to see that Northern Europe is 3-5 years ahead of this trend versus the us with branch closures of 50% in the period...
Great interview with Marco Montes, founder of Saldo.mx, about using Ripple to send money to Mexico. Interesting note: Saldo charges 7%,...
Nothing earth shattering that we didn't already know in this report, but its always good to see stats. These come from a survey...
Last year there was a large increase in UK pension participation driven mostly by people in their 20s. 59% of employees saved money...
The commodotization of Banking to date, mainly attackers and non-banks use the API's
This Landscape Report could also be called Bank APIs. I like the name Programmable Bank because it resonates with Programmable Web. It...…
Huge opportunity: Banking software!
nCino just raised $29 million in growth capital from top venture firm Insight Venture Partners. Only in its third year of operation,...…
Good read and interesting overview!
Financial technology is innovating in and disrupting an expanding number of areas in the financial sector. The list below is meant to be...…
Interesting map and facts on European Alternative lending space
This week consultant EY and the University of Cambridge published a report on Europe’s alternative finance market, highlighting its...…
Wealth Innovation in France, interesting interview with the founder
Hamel is on a mission to disrupt the wealth management industry in France. His intention is to make Marie Quantier, the robo-advisory...…
Millenials solutions are hot these days, Itembase and others are trying to approach same opportunity from a different angle. To date...
Innovation is followed by consolidation, domestic payments seem to enter this stage. Interesting to see how telco owned financial...
Great use case of off and online Id matching
Airbnb puts the “unique” into travel by connecting private owners renting out a room, apartment, castle, or villa to travelers staying a...…
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