Upvest, a Berlin-based fintech company, has closed $42M (approximately €40.3M) in a Series B round of funding. Read more inside.
Meet Glint, a British fintech with an app and debit card that enables users to save, exchange, and spend in physical gold and multiple currencies.
Meet Glint, a fintech with an app and debit card that enables users to save, exchange, and spend in physical gold and multiple currencies...
Artificial intelligence has been a hot term in finance the last few years and now global banks are making it...
According to a new report by CB Insights global fintech funding reached $5.4bn across 323 deals in Q1 2018; deal activity was highest in the U.S. and Asia, Europe on the other hand fell to a five quarter low; early stage companies in Europe were not receiving investments, though later stage companies were still having success; regtech, wealth management and digital banking led the way, while online lenders lagged behind. Source.
The Chinese fintech market has primarily been dominated by local giants but global firms have started to build a presence...
Germany's GLS Bank has launched an equity crowdfunding platform through collaboration with CrowdDesk; GLS Bank will do the due diligence for the platform's investments and CrowdDesk will primarily focus on the technical infrastructure and business services; the deal sets a precedent for bank crowdfunding partnerships in the equity crowdfunding space and will provide company financing for up to 2.5 million euros ($2.67 million). Source
Debit card and financial education app GoHenry, designed for kids aged 6-18, has a simple mission: make every kid smart with money.
Meet, GoHenry, a debit card and financial education app designed for kids aged 6-18, with a simple mission to make every kid smart with money.
Goji is marketing a P2P lending bond product, the Goji Diversified P2P Lending Bond, which is targeting annual returns of greater than 5%; the firm is based in London and offers a range of services for the P2P lending industry including tools and resources for investors and financial intermediaries, an investing platform, IFISA account servicing technology for platforms and now a new P2P lending bond; the Bond will invest in a minimum of 200 loans across all options available in the UK P2P lending sector. Source