Last year, blockchain and bitcoin startups received record-high funding at $474m, and it was the first time those categories of companies...

With Apple Pay already available as a payment method on apps including Uber , Apple has announced it is moving online, working to make...

Once a poster child now in chapter 11...Tech world is fast and without mercy

With ZOPA being the only platform really out there that has weathered one downturn, will be interesting to see the stress test of a real...

In early March, it was reported that Cruise Automation, the San Francisco based autonomous vehicle technology developer, had been...

London-based blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic has secure $5m in Series A funding, led by Paladin Capital Group. Elliptic fit between...

Think 2016 will be a though year for FX with increasingly partnerships to make a B2B2C model work and reduce CaC. 

EZbob, the London based online lending platform raised a $29m Series C round, led by Leumi Partners,and Oaktree Capital Management.

A new report by the Economist surveyed 203 global banking executives to understand the challenges and changes they face. Over one-half...

Nice thought re the insurance blockchain opportunity, it is definitely there, but more complex than in banking!

Great article on the challenges and opportunities of lending!

It is easy to see why bankers get excited about distributed ledgers. Instead of having to keep track of their assets in separate...

First Software and automation was replacing the lower class now also moving up to the 350k p.a segment! 

Nice report with good facts and analyses re the unicorn status

Palo Alto based online insurance company for SMBs, Next Insurance, secured $13m in seed. 

“We are changing the market with a solution...

2016 will be a fascinating year for P2P lending with a shake out expected of winners from the ones that were just growth in stead of...

Another player in the battle to get cost and speed of remittance improved with 10x! The company is focused on serving Asia, and it claims...

Another acqui-hire! expect to see more of them!

Nice model, disrupting the letter of Credit market

The SME opportunity, big but not easy!

“The asset management industry has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to re-imagine and modernise its distribution model to address...

Hong Kong start-up Neat uses selfies to verify payment account users’ identitiesUsers able to top up app wallet from traditional bank...

FinLeap, the German fintech 'startup factory' that is seeking to churn out 4-6 fintech ventures per year, has just announced the launch...

Atom bank, the UK based challenger back acquired Grasp, a design and development house, expect to see more of these trends also of Banks...

FCA is reviewing impact of tech on advise!

Biggest trial is just the beginning, more to come!

Future Finance is currently live in the UK and Germany with plans to expand further in the region, according to co-founder and CEO Brian...

BBVA has acquired Finnish digital current account startup Holvi, furthering its investment into tech-led alternatives to traditional...

Over 40% of growth in U.S. billionaires comes down to the finance sector

Supporters say robo advisers have advantages that can deliver greater wealth for clients. Skeptics say people still want flesh-and-blood...

As the dust settles around a steady stream of positive blockchain buzz from major banks, a consensus on use cases that major institutions...

Shaun Weston talks to Atom Bank CEO Mark Mullen about user experience, 21st century banking, and being customer-centric in a...

Big banks are eager to take on PayPal’s Venmo money-transfer app, and they’re banding together in their efforts to do it

Given its early emphasis on distributed ledgers in what was then widely described as the digital currency ecosystem, Ripple has long held...

Auxmoney, the German P2P lender, closed a Series D round led by Seven Ventures (the investment arm of ProSiebenSat1), with participation...

Demand for equity investment in the bank was so strong it crashed Crowdcube’s servers on 1 March when the campaign was initially launched

Nutmeg, one of the UK's most prominent robo advisors, is reported to be seeking a replacement for its CEO, Nick Hungerford, as it seeks...

According to WeChat, owned by China's Tencent, people sent each other a total of 8.08 billion red envelopes for Chinese New Year via the...

Has Alipay now got a real competitor? In their China launch, Apple Pay partnered with most of China’s big banks, and offered promotions...

This latest funding brings the total raised by Souq to $425 million. Tiger Global and Naspers were participants. Both have also invested...

Jamie Dimon - 60yrs old and CEO of JPMC for 10yrs, riffs on what the future of finance will look like. Will Silicon Valley challenge Wall...

Founded as a partnership between insurer Ping An and internet giants Alibaba and Tencent in 2013, China's first online-only insurer is...

KPMG surveyed senior insurance executive whose companies, in aggregate, account for almost $85b in personal and commercial auto premiums....

Oscar, the New York based health insurance startup, raised a $400m venture round, led by Fidelity.  The round values the company at...

Stripe adds another tool to its suite of startup products. The company's new product Atlas helps interational companies incorporate more...

The San Francisco based real estate crowdfunding platform, RealtyShares raised a $20m Series B the platform enables accredited investors...

It just keeps getting more and more interesting. New P2P insurance startup, Lemonade, hired world renown behavioral scientist Dan Ariely...

Google just posted that in one months time, the search engine giant will be shutting down Google Compare - allowing for the search and...

With the partnership between BNY Mellon and NextCapital in place, NextCapital will now be able to assist advisers in providing holistic...

The whispers of even the possibility of negative global interest rates (the infamous "NIRP") has sent a shiver down the spines of bank...

Fintech firms hitting some of the same problems as finance-industry giants. Shares in On Deck Capital Inc. plunged 20%, after the online...