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FintechNews RoundupNorth America
·Sep. 26, 2017

Deloitte is the Newest Victim of a Cyber Attack

Deloitte is the newest name to come under cyber attack where hackers accessed data on an email platform; the accounting firm said the cyber breach had affected “only very few clients” and that “no disruption had occurred to client businesses"; they notified government authorities of the hack when it occurred and have put a team together to figure out what happened. Source.

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FintechNews Roundup
·Sep. 25, 2017

Lack of Single Credit Rating Standard Holding Back China’s Borrowing Market

WSJ published a story on China’s consumer credit rating ecosystem: the fact that China doesn’t have a widely accepted system to gauge individual’s creditworthiness leads technology giants (Ant Financial, Tencent among others) to developing their own credit-rating systems, but none of these projects has emerged as a single nationwide standard either yet; problems with generating credit scores in the private sector include data accuracy and privacy; the story says the lack of a single accepted standard is holding back the growth of borrowing among rising middle class in China. Source

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FintechNews Roundup
·Sep. 25, 2017

Strategy of SoftBank’s Vision Fund

Bloomberg discusses the inner workings of SoftBank’s fund which includes Apple and Saudi Arabia; many former Deutsche Bank AG traders work at the firm; it has invested in a broad range of companies and is currently the world’s largest private equity fund. Source

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FintechNews Roundup
·Sep. 25, 2017

RateSetter Australia Raises $10.5 Million

The round was led by Five V Capital, who reportedly invested $8.5 million; company plans to boost number of employees from 50 to 80 in the next year; RateSetter Australia has doubled is loan levels since 12 months ago; Daniel Foggo, RateSetter chief executive stated, “In August, we became the largest peer-to-peer lender in Australia — both in terms of the number of lenders, and the number and value of loans funded each month.” Source

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EuropeFintechNews Roundup
·Sep. 25, 2017

Europe’s Top Venture Capital Investors

CB insights has compiled a list of the top European venture capitalists by country based on the number of portfolio companies they have backed; the list focused on the most active investors of the last five years and included VCs, corporate VCs, growth equity firms and super angels. Source.

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FintechNews Roundup
·Sep. 26, 2017

China Construction Bank to Launch Blockchain Product

Considered part of the 'Big Four' banks in China, the China Construction Bank (CCB) is looking to launch a banking and insurance blockchain product; their hoping to use their new bancassurance product in Q3 to sell third-party insurance products on the distributed ledger as CoinDesk reports; they are using the IBM blockchain and have been testing the products for months. Source.

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FintechNews RoundupUSA
·Sep. 25, 2017

Bizfi’s Business Lives On

deBanked reports that Wold Business Lenders (WBL) has purchased several assets from Bizfi including the brand, marketplace, the Next Level Funding renewal book and other pieces of the company; WBL, a small business lender will lend on the platform; Stephen Sheinbaum, founder of Biz joined WBL as a managing director in July; several other Bizfi staff have joined WBL. Source

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FintechNews RoundupUSA
·Sep. 25, 2017

Profile of MetaStable Capital, A Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund

Until now little has been known about the hedge fund that invests in cryptocurrencies; it is backed by big names including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Union Square Ventures, Founders Fund and Bessemer Venture Partners; the firm owns about a dozen cryptocurrencies, taking a value investing approach; Fortune shares more details about how the fund operates and the eye popping returns the fund has returned to date. Source

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FintechNews Roundup
·Sep. 25, 2017

PeerIQ Weekly Update: Fed News, Prosper Financing & More

This week's PeerIQ update focused on news from the FOMC, a $50mn Prosper fundraise led by FinEx and highlights from ABS East; they also provide a recent update on securitization deals, trends in personal loan originations and a bank partnership between JP Morgan Chase and Bill.com. Source.

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FintechNews Roundup
·Sep. 25, 2017

American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Banking List

American Banker announced its 15th annual ranking of the Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance; the ranking includes three parts: Most Powerful Women in Banking, Most Powerful Women in Finance and Women to Watch. Source.

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