Category : Fintech News

Fintech VC sets records in Q4 despite early-stage slowdown

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Fintech is what you hear about constantly, but probably aren’t as read up on as you’d like to be. Neither am I. Luckily...

Three Ways You Can Benefit From Fractional Trading

As fractional trading becomes more broadly available here are three ways you can use the technique to help your investing.

Opel Bank in Germany Becomes First European Bank to Choose FIS Modern Banking Platform

Opel Bank is the first European-based bank to move to the FIS Modern Banking Platform, which is built on a cloud-native, modular architecture. New end-to-end core banking solution will enable bank to enhance service to its more than 40,0...

Female Founder Provides Small Loans To Help College Students Avoid Dropping Out

Establishing an innovative business means educating investors and potential consumers about the value you off.

Standard Chartered Hires Fintech Leader

The bank is bringing on board a fintech evangelist, who will focus on strengthening data analytics and channel capabilities at its transaction banking business.

Coinbase becomes a Visa Principal Member to double down on debit card

Cryptocurrency company Coinbase has been working with Paysafe to issue the Coinbase Card, a Visa debit card that works with your Coinbase account balance. The company is now a Visa Principal Member, which should help Coinbase rely less on Paysafe an...

Helping freelancers between paydays: Starling Bank and IPSE team up to solve the cash flow quandary

Life as a freelancer or contractor gives people the freedom to do work they love, but it is not for the fainthearted. Managing a fluctuating and, at times unpredictable, income is a major cause of stress for many. Nine out of ten freelance workers w...

Leon Cooperman Says ‘Communist’ Bernie Sanders Is A ‘Bigger Threat’ Than Coronavirus

Cooperman, who publicly feuded with Warren last year, is now putting Bernie Sanders in his crosshairs.

FundingXchange embraces Open Banking through AccountScore’s market-leading solution

FundingXchange, a pioneering SME lending marketplace and intelligent decisioning platform, has partnered with the leading fintech platform AccountScore, to enable SMEs to reap the benefits of Open Banking and efficiently obtain a greater number of pe...

Could The Equifax Hacking Disaster Happen At A Car Dealership?

It's natural to think that the Chinese hackers now thought to have hacked Equifax in 2017 are super-smart people with massive government backing. The reality is that Equifax security was so pathetic that a couple smart kids in a basement could have d...

Meet Belvo, a YC-backed startup building a financial API for Latin America

In the wake of the $5.3 billion sale of banking API provider Plaid to Visa — a deal generally lauded as intelligent for the larger company — fintech became an even hotter part of the venture capital and startup landscape. While companies...

SumUp and Mastercard partner to launch card for business payments

SumUp surpasses two million merchants – becoming the first ‘one stop shop’ for UK small business owners SumUp the UK-based financial technology company, has today announced the launch of its first-ever card for business payments, in partnershi...

SoftBank Launches Second Vision Fund With $2.5 Billion Investment: Report

The world’s biggest technology investor is struggling to attract investors for its second Vision Fund.

BlackRock Makes Alternative Investment Push With YieldStreet Partnership

YieldStreet is partnering with BlackRock to bring alternative investments to the masses.

MYPINPAD Launches Global ‘I Love SPoC’ Campaign with Exclusive London Event

Authentication experts hosted industry briefing on Software-Based Pin Entry On Cots (SPoC) Solutions The global leader in secure customer authentication solutions, MYPINPAD, last week firmly took the reins in educating the wider fintech market abou...