Digital banking fintech Synapse burst onto the scene in the last few years and is reportedly suffering from some serious...
Lend Academy looks at 10 years of data from Lending Club and Prosper; shares data on returns over the time period and where current returns are trending. Source
Goldman Sachs: Marcus At $60 Billion In Deposits Bitcoin is on its best start-of-year streak since 2012 College-savings startup U-Nest...
RBS’s Monzo challenger Bó has shut down only six months after initially launching; the company plans to merge the technology...
Clearbanc has raised $1bn in capital to help fund startups; they provide a loan with a 6 percent interest rate...
The San Francisco based blockchain startup has more than 100 institutions using its RippleNet payment network “The technology we have, and the vision we have, is proven," Marcus Treacher, Ripple's global head of strategic accounts tells American Banker. "We've gone from theory to hard-nosed production, and that's a big event.”; the two way protocol allows for banks on both sides of the transaction to verify funds and fees. Source.
Sky News is reporting that UK fintech pioneer, LendInvest, is exploring an IPO on the London Stock Exchange some time...
The rising trend of ESG investment is wrought with confusion. In the face of rampant greenwashing, regulators are finally starting to react.
It’s no secret that men and women have a financial gender gap. A new report from the Financial Health Network reveals that governments and businesses have almost three trillion reasons to close it.
I’m worried that the older I get, the more cynical I get. I watch developments of governments, regulators, banks and business, and keep thinking: these guys are corrupt. But corruption is part of our DNA it seems. It’s purely a matter of transparency that will change this. Then I think …