Users in California, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana and New Hampshire will now have access to trade bitcoin and ethereum commission free; Robinhood plans to open to most states by the middle of 2018; over 4 million people have signed up for accounts with Robinhood. Source
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Anyfin is based in Sweden and allows users to refinance existing loans using a photo of a loan statement; the round was co-led by Accel and Northzone and included Rocket Internet’s Global Founders Capital along with other angel investors; Anyfin is currently only available in Sweden but they have ambitions to expand further into Europe. Source
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The investment will be deployed over three years and allow the bank to compete with other digital banks and fintechs; it marks an increase of 40% from Lloyd’s previous three-year expansion plan; Lloyds also hopes the investment will help cut costs. Source
Danny Masters ran JPMorgan’s commodities trading business in the 1990s; he is a strong believer in ICOs as a better mousetrap compared to IPOs stating, “I’ve raised for companies — angel, friends and family, series A, series B stuff — and it's a real pain in the arse. It's slow, it's time-consuming, it's duplicative. It's a really heavy duty process. I know some great companies who've raised £5 million, £10 million and they've spent thousands of man hours doing it.”; he also notes that there is a lack of quality ICOs and they have funded only a dozen; Masters setup a fund called Global Advisors which pivoted to crypto in 2014. Source
The round was led by TTV capital and included New Enterprise Associations, Relay Ventures, nbkc bank and Canapi; Greenlight offers a debit card with an app for kids and college students; the service costs $4.99 per month; big names such as SunTrust, Ally Financial, the Amazon Alexa Fund among others are forming financial education partnerships with Greenlight. Source
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