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FintechNews RoundupUSA
·Jan. 13, 2017

Online Venture Capital Firm to Release Quarterly Public Disclosures

FundersClub is an online venture capital firm investing in startups; it has invested in 217 companies in the past four years with 19 exits; the firm has announced a commitment to disclose quarterly public reports providing more transparency in a historically un-transparent industry; the firm's investments have been successful over the past four years with a comprehensive multiple for returns on realized exits of 1.1.  Source

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FintechNews Roundup
·Jan. 13, 2017

Northwestern Mutual Creates $50mn Venture Fund

Northwestern Mutual has formed Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures which will invest in fintech firms; according to the press release, the commitment will focus on innovation to build greater digital relevance for clients, increase data-driven decision making and create back-end efficiencies with the goal of creating value for its more than four million clients; investments will range from $500,000 to $3 million; the company has already seen benefits from the acquisition of LearnVest in 2015 and is looking to invest more in similar companies.  Source

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FintechNews Roundup
·Jan. 13, 2017

CreditEase Announces First Close of Israel Innovation Fund

CreditEase Wealth Management announced the first close of their second fund dedicated to investing in Israeli tech startups; the amount raised was $32.2 million; final target for the fund is $50 million; the focus of investments will include virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning, digital healthcare, internet of things technology, cloud and data storage, and advanced manufacturing.  Source

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FintechNews RoundupReal EstateUSA
·Jan. 13, 2017

HouseCanary Adding Capital of $33mn

HouseCanary is working to provide better real estate property valuations through its fintech services; uses machine learning and algorithms to analyze data and identify home values; the company has reported a funding round with $33 million in new capital from investors including Eric Schmidt and Kobe Bryant.  Source

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Asia/PacFintechNews Roundup
·Jan. 13, 2017

Japan Exchange Group to Use Blockchain for Trading

The Japan Exchange Group has been approved to use blockchain in trading and will begin testing blockchain on the Tokyo Stock Exchange; its approval follows a previous restriction on blockchain's use in exchange trading; with the approval the Japan Exchange Group may also explore artificial intelligence; other market exchanges working on blockchain developments include Myanmar's Yangon Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq; the Bank of Japan has also reported increased research in the use of fintech.  Source

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EuropeFintechNews Roundup
·Jan. 13, 2017

Challenger Bank OakNorth Receives Funding from British Business Bank

Government-owned British Business Bank has added challenger bank OakNorth to its Help to Grow program; allows the company to receive loan funding of up to 2 million British pounds ($2.43 million); OakNorth is the first challenger bank to join the Help to Grow program; the funding follows a recent announcement of three new executive hires for OakNorth to support anticipated lending of 500 million British pounds ($608.39 million) in 2017.  Source

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FintechNews RoundupUSA
·Jan. 16, 2017

FTC Announces Fintech Forum on March 9

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hold a fintech forum focusing on blockchain and artificial intelligence on March 9, 2017; the forum will be the third fintech forum for the FTC; event will be free and open to the public at the University of California, Berkeley.  Source

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FintechNews Roundup
·Jan. 16, 2017

Only 8% of Fintech Companies Have Female Directors

According to new research by the global headhunting firm DHR International, fintech companies have only 8% women directors as compared to the top 30 banks in the world who collectively have 22% women directors; while many fintech companies see their culture as more inclusive and diverse, the data shows the opposite; formerly of JPMorgan Chase and now CEO at Digital Asset Holdings, Blythe Masters understands the importance of workplace diversity, "I know what our company would look like if we weren't consciously thinking about this issue — we would only have one female director."  Source

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EuropeFintechNews Roundup
·Jan. 16, 2017

UK Robo Advisor Nutmeg Announces New Products and Fees

Nutmeg will offer clients five portfolio options with automated rebalancing to client risk profiles; platform is also updating its fees to a two tiered fee structure; new fees are 75 bps on the first 100,000 British pounds ($120,310) and 35 bps on anything above that; the individual investment strategies also include fees ranging from 13 to 22 bps; the changes follow private market capital investment of 42 million British pounds ($50.53 million) in 2016.  Source

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FintechNews RoundupUSA
·Jan. 16, 2017

Peter Thiel Considering a Bid for California Governor

Peter Thiel has been discussing a bid for California governor with his advisors; Thiel has been active in political campaigns and could find a number of supporters should he run for California governor; as a Republican he speaks frequently with California House Majority Leader and Republican Kevin McCarthy; he also contributed to the Trump campaign and since 2000 has contributed over $8.5 million to federal candidates and political committees.  Source

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