Here are the most read news stories from our daily newsletter today: Codat raises $40M and expands its API infrastructure...
UK challenger banks expect the M&A activity to rise in 2018 after seeing a number of deals last year; “Last...
A sharp increase in UK venture capital (VC) fund performance over the last 12 months has been highlighted by a...
Upstart’s AI Lending Platform Expands to Auto Loans On Deposit Solutions’ launch in the U.S. with CEO Philipp von Girsewald...
Katie Haun, who co-led Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto arm before announcing her departure this past December, is ready to take the wraps off her new organization, which she’s calling Haun Ventures.The venture capital firm is devoted to backing crypto startups and is launching with $1.5 billion in capital...
A new report from Economist Intelligence Unit finds that banks are less fearful of fintech companies and that trends in the market are causing banks' interests to collide with fintechs for greater market partnerships and collaboration; the Economist Intelligence Unit report cites PSD2 as a leading factor for greater banking cooperation with fintechs; the report's Editor Renee Friedman says the research finds that "banks will increasingly have to adapt their culture and digital strategies to their customers' needs if they are to compete, not expect their customers to bend to theirs." Source
The Series C extension, led by US investor Tiger Global, brings Spendesk’s valuation to more than €1bn. The investment will be used to grow Spendesk’s team to 700 people this year.
In this episode, we talk with the founders of Keep Financial (formerly of Kabbage), Rob Frohwein and Kathryn Petralia, as they discuss employee compensation, why it is broken, and how a comprehensive fintech approach can fix it.
As part of a multi-year, global agreement, HSBC will make AWS technology available across the bank’s lines of business, starting...
PitchIt @ LendIt Europe is one of the industry's most popular startup competitions providing eight finalists with unparalleled access to industry expertise and funding opportunities as well as invaluable exposure, branding and more at the event; hosted in partnership with Startupbootcamp, the event also offers fast-track status to the finalist round for Startupbootcamp Fintech Accelerator as one of its prizes; interested startup companies must submit their application by September 4 and finalists will be announced on September 10; more details about the competition can be found here. Source