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·Jan. 8, 2019

Caution the Watch Word Regarding National Digital Currencies

According to a recent survey by the Bank of International Settlements, over 70 percent of central banks are studying central...

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Fintech News Roundup

·Aug. 3, 2017

CB Insights Discusses Q2 2017 Trends in Fintech

Webinar provided a comprehensive overview of funding for fintechs; gave a fintech investment summary for the US, Europe and Asia; included detailed funding levels for insurtech, wealthtech and blockchain/bitcoin. Source

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Fintech News Roundup

·Apr. 7, 2017

CB Insights on Artificial Intelligence

CB Insights has released a market report on artificial intelligence; the report includes the market landscape, market statistics and an outlook for future growth; in the first quarter of 2017 the sector reported 30 artificial intelligence deals in fintech and insurtech with 48% of the deals by seed or angel investors; other highlights include $14.9 billion in equity funding from 2,250 deals since 2012, over 200 artificial intelligence acquisitions since 2012 and 11 artificial intelligence acquisitions by Google. Source

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Europe Fintech News Roundup

·Aug. 30, 2017

CB Insights on European Fintech Trends

CB Insights held a webinar discussing fintech trends in Europe; top trends included insurtech expansion, blockchain, open banking and the changing financial services infrastructure; reports that European fintech has raised $2.637 billion in 2017 from 300 deals with record financing in the first quarter of $1.1 billion. Source

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Fintech News Roundup

·Apr. 6, 2017

CB Insights on Wealthtech Exits

CB Insights details wealthtech exits from 2012 reporting a total of 29 exits with 28 mergers or acquisitions and one IPO from Yodlee; during the sample timeframe, TradeKing was active in the wealthtech market acquiring Zecco, GAIN Capital Securities, TraderOS and MB Trading before being acquired by Ally Financial; also active in wealthtech deals has been Envestnet who has acquired Yodlee, Wheelhouse Analytics, Finance Logix and Upside. Source

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Fintech News Roundup

·Jan. 29, 2019

CB Insights Report Highlights 2018 Fintech Funding

According to CB Insights, fintech companies raised $39.6 billion in 2018, up 120% from the previous year; the number of...

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Europe Fintech News Roundup

·Feb. 19, 2020

CB Insights Report on the State of Fintech

CB Insights has released their latest report which highlights investments in fintech and sector trends to watch; they found in...

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Fintech News Roundup Online Lending

·Feb. 16, 2017

CB Insights Reports Decreasing VC Investment in Fintech

Investment funding deals for fintech businesses were lower in 2016, according to data from CB Insights; the firm reports that the number of deals remained steady with a 1% decrease to 836 however the total amount funded decreased by 13% to $12.7 billion in 2016; global instability and industry challenges in P2P lending were among the factors contributing to the lower investment. Source

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Fintech News Roundup

·Aug. 28, 2017

CB Insights Reports on 100 Blockchain Startups with ICO Offerings

The companies are grouped into 16 categories with total average fundraising from all 100 companies of $14 million; year to date ICO fundraising is at $1.5 billion with the top fundraisings from Filecoin and Tezos; in the US, most are falling within the SEC's definition of securities issuances, with the prevalent testing measure being the Howey Test. Source

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Fintech News Roundup

·Apr. 12, 2017

CB Insights Reports on Global Unicorns

CB Insights provides a list of 189 global unicorns from its private market database; 91 companies are located outside of the US; globally by country, China ranks first in number of private market unicorns with 46; Lufax is the top P2P lender globally by valuation at $18.5 billion. Source

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