BBVA Compass, Capital One, Silicon Valley Bank, Citi, CBW Bank are some of the early adopters of open APIs that are beginning to transform how banking operates; the big question is how open will banking become and will it be mandated by legislation or will banks work with only those they trust; the one thing all banks are starting to do is make bigger investments into digital products, whether through partnerships or development as they see that the old way of banking will not survive. Source.
There has been a lot of discussion in the last few years about blockchain technology and its potential impact on...
Challenger banks Revolut, Starling Bank and Monzo are all reported to be out fundraising; Business Insider reports that Revolut will...
Bloomberg provides insight on factors involved in a potential takeover of OnDeck Capital after rumors on Thursday that Kabbage was considering an offer to acquire the firm; it seems OnDeck's shareholders would likely veto a takeover with 45% of the company still owned by its original investors; as a private company, the structuring of the deal terms for Kabbage would also be difficult and to gain any interest from OnDeck's shareholders they would have to offer a considerable premium. Source
The year has started out strongly for fintech M&A with four significant deals announced in just the first two months;...
Payments platform Splitit has a new brand identity as they seek to compete with other high flying fintech firms; their...
Envestnet | Yodlee discusses their recent webinar Leveraging Alternative Data to Energize Your Lending Portfolio; speakers included Jason O’Shaughnessy, Senior Vice President, EMEA & Australia, Envestnet | Yodlee; Phil Grady, CEO of Castlight Financial; Roger Vincent, Head of Banking & Innovation, Equifax; and Venkat Srinivasan, Head of Lending for Monzo; Gary Wright, Director of Content, Finextra moderated the webinar; the on-demand webinar is available for those that missed the live event. Source
Spring Labs has raised a $23 million Series A round led by GreatPoint Ventures; existing investors RRE Ventures, Galaxy Digital,...
A new blockchain-based anti-fraud and identity verification system is being built by Spring Labs in cooperation with major online lenders;...
Square’s Cash App and PayPal’s Venmo has seen a surge in usage during the pandemic as people are finding new...