Blackfinch Completes Four Investment Deals Totalling £3.27 Million
- 3 years 3 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
· Deals reflect Blackfinch Ventures’ commitment to innovative tech companies · New investments include Payaca, Illuma, WatchMyCompetitor and Culture Shift Blackfinch Ventures has completed on four new investment deals totalling £3.27million in a move which demonstrates its ongoing commitment to facilitating the growth of innovative technology and tech-enabled companies.
Want to be More Financially Savvy? Then Stop Reading so Much
- 3 years 3 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
Information overload is, conversely, one of the biggest barriers to financial health. Here’s how to stop the analysis paralysis. By Sakhile Mabena, CEO of OFIN
Mastercard Opens the Door for Fintech Companies to Build, Launch and Grow
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Payments, FinTech StartUps
Mastercard has been actively expanding its platform capabilities through the Mastercard Developers portfolio, adding a multitude of differentiated services to power new ways to pay, enhance the customer experience and infuse trust across the payments ecosystem.
VERMEG and LiquidShare Announce the Integration Between their Platforms to Service Custody of Crypto Assets
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Blockchain, FinTech StartUps
VERMEG, a leading provider of Banking, Insurance and Digital solutions, and LiquidShare, an innovative European provider of a blockchain settlement platform, today announced the connectivity of MEGARA© with LiquidShare to seamlessly settle crypto assets using blockchain technology.
British Fintech Nimbla Attracts £5.1m Investment as Embedded Insurance Takes Off
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Fundraising News, FinTech StartUps, Insurance
Fundraise: Fin VC and Barclays Bank invest £5.1m into fintech insurance startup Nimbla Growth: Nimbla expands to offer a fully flexible model from single invoice to whole book and scales operations to support more businesses while targeting the £2.6tn embedded fintech opportunity Embedded Insurance: Launch of Nimbla API into banks and lenders provides opportunity to offer invoice insurance at the point of issue
Fast Brings World’s Fastest Online Checkout Experience to the UK
- 3 years 3 months ago
- E-Commerce, FinTech StartUps
The U.S.-based startup revolutionising e-commerce is launching one-click checkout in the UK with Revolution Beauty Fast, the world's fastest online checkout experience, today announced a major expansion into the UK in response to extraordinary demand for the company’s unique one-click checkout product.
Logiq Board Approves Plan to Separate AppLogiq and DataLogiq into Two Publicly Traded Companies
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Data, FinTech StartUps
Logiq, Inc. (OTCQX: LGIQ, NEO: LGIQ), a global provider of award-winning customer acquisition solutions, announced its board of directors has approved a plan to separate its DataLogiq and AppLogiq businesses into two independent publicly traded companies.
SMEs “Keep Calm and Carry on” Despite Rising Costs from Suppliers
- 3 years 3 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
Suppliers: A quarter of SMEs reported prices have almost doubled over the past 6 months as costs of raw materials increase around the world Reaction: The majority of SMEs are absorbing the increased costs and only a fifth are passing on the additional cost to their customers Outlook: Majority of SMEs are grateful to be in business and generating revenue despite the increased costs, and are prepared to accept up to a 20% drop in revenue
Culture-as-a- Service Start-up Unlock Lands $2M Seed Investment
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Investment, FinTech StartUps
UK-based Unlock, a SaaS-enabled marketplace to build culture among remote teams, has raised a $2m seed round. The round was lead by La Famiglia, with other investors including Kima Ventures, Antler, GuideStar Ventures and well-known angels Eduardo Ronzano, Thibaud Elziere, Frederic Montagnon, Julien
Africa Tech Festival 2021 Awards (AfricaCom) Shortlist Announced
- 3 years 3 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
The Africa Tech Festival Awards (formerly known as AfricaCom Awards), turns 14 in 2021. These established industry awards acknowledge and recognize innovations and innovators who are enabling transformation, inclusivity, and digital democracy across the African continent. Winners are determined by people's choice and will be announced throughout the virtual conference taking place 08-12 November 2021. Voting deadline is Wednesday 3 November,... more
Broadridge Announces Go-Live of Global Proxy Sub-Custody Services in Switzerland
- 3 years 3 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
As part of the ongoing worldwide rollout of its innovation program to promote and enable the highest standards of corporate governance in local and global markets, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) today announced the live operational availability of its “golden copy” event sourcing and proxy vote execution service for custodians and local agents in Switzerland.
Blockchain-based Memorial Platform Enables Users to Preserve Cherished Memories
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Blockchain, FinTech StartUps
A soft spot in the digital revolution: Stonses launches platform preserving digital memories of loved ones
BondAval Secures $7 Million Seed Round led by Octopus Ventures
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Insurtech, FinTech StartUps
· BondAval has raised over $9m in its first year since founding · Strong investor validation underscores the opportunity and value of BondAval’s proprietary MicroBonds™️ · Pioneering financial instrument enabled by technology provides certainty to supply chains
Fintech CEO: Jamie Dimon is Proof that he’s Wrong on Crypto
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies, FinTech StartUps
Monday, JP Morgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon doubled-down on his personal stance against Bitcoin, saying that he believes it to be ‘worthless’ at an Institute of International Finance event, according to CNBC Pro. He further compared Bitcoin to cigarettes, something that is widely known to be bad for a person’s health, yet still regulated and sold on the free market.
Construction Carbon Emissions Tracking Tool Wins Innovate UK Grant
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Payments, FinTech StartUps
ProjectPay wins grant to develop new embodied carbon emissions tracking tool on construction project payments platforms. Global start-up Building and Construction industry payments platform ProjectPay has won an Innovate UK grant to develop a new embodied carbon emissions tracking tool on construction projects, to implement into their existing payments platform.
