Wells Fargo Makes Strategic Investment in DadeSystems
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Investment
DadeSystems, a leading Fintech provider of integrated receivables solutions, announced today additional funding provided by Wells Fargo Strategic Capital as part of a Series D financing round.
Investments in Singapore reach over 20% of the total on Robo.cash
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Investment
Two months ago, investors of the P2P platform Robo.cash got an opportunity to invest in the offer of a Singaporean company of Robocash Group. During this time, they have funded 2.1 mln EUR of its loans, which is just over a fifth of the total investment volume on Robo.cash.
SIX to Invest in Omniex – a Provider of an Institutional Trading Platform for Digital Assets
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Investment
Last Wednesday, SIX and Omniex signed a partnership agreement. The partnership will provide a gateway to digital exchanges (including crypto currency exchanges) and OTC market makers worldwide for SIX and its clients. This will create the basis for new business opportunities along the value chain of existing and future asset classes. The collaboration will allow clients of SIX to get a standardized and secure access to trade crypto currencies.... more
BNY Mellon successfully on-boards Liontrust to its new Investment Operations platform
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Investment
BNY Mellon has successfully on-boarded Liontrust Asset Management Plc as the first end-to-end client on its new Investment Operations platform. The new open architecture platform will improve automation and integration capabilities, and offer enhanced data management and control capabilities to institutional asset managers. The Investment Operations business encompasses the capabilities previously aligned with Middle Office Solutions, along with... more
Reuters Events announces Executives from Goldman Sachs, Blackrock and UBS to join ESG Investment Summit in London
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Investment
Reuters Events today announced the globally recognised funds that will share how they factoring ESG into their investment strategies at this year’s ESG Investments Europe Summit. The Summit will bring together more than 200 funds and the entire ESG ecosystem at the forefront of investment strategy on May 27-28th. Those taking to the stage, to publicly share their responsible investment commitments include:
Fintech Fundraising Grew Strongly in Most Major Markets in 2019, Accenture Analysis Finds
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Investment
Investment in financial technology (fintech) ventures rose sharply in most major markets in 2019, led by gains in the U.S. and U.K. and emerging economies such as India and Brazil, according to Accenture (NYSE: ACN) analysis of data from CB Insights, a global venture-finance data and analytics firm. Despite those gains, the total value of fintech deals globally dipped 3.7%, to US$53.3 billion from US$55.3 billion in 2018, when totals were... more
OTB Ventures Launches $100 million Fund for Growth Capital Investment in Technology
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Investment, FinTech StartUps
OTB Ventures (OTB), a leading venture capital fund specialised in investments in technology companies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), today announces the launch of its early growth technology fund – the largest venture capital fund in CEE - with $100m in commitments from international institutional investors, including the European Investment Fund (EIF), and high-profile backers including Greg Jankilevitch.
ABN AMRO Ventures Invests in Fenergo
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Investment
ABN AMRO Ventures is investing in Dublin-based Fenergo, a provider of Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) software. The company is a proven market leader within the operational CLM, Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Client Due Diligence (CDD) space, all of which are key priorities for ABN AMRO and the financial industry in general.
IHS Markit Adds Credit Benchmark Consensus Analytics to Securities Finance Platform
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Securities Services, Investment
IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced a collaboration with Credit Benchmark in which it will use Credit Benchmark’s credit risk analytics in its Securities Finance platform to offer additional performance measurement and reporting capabilities for global lending programs.
Moving ESG Into The Mainstream: Drivers And Actions
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Investment, Insurance
Bank of America Merrill Lynch found in 2018 that firms with a better ESG record than their peers produced higher three-year returns, were more likely to become high-quality stocks and less likely to have large price declines or go bankrupt. However, study by NN Investment Partners1 showed that more than half of professional investors still think that incorporating ESG into their investment strategy will reduce their returns, with more than 70%... more
Assetz Capital hits IFISA milestone with £100m invested
- 5 years 6 months ago
- Investment
More than £100m has now been invested through Assetz Capital’s Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA), making up 23% of all invested funds on the Assetz platform. Over 5,000 Assetz Capital IFISAs have been opened since it launched in 2017, with an average of more than £19,000 held in each of these accounts – nearly three times the average of £6,409 that is held across all ISA types according to the latest HMRC statistics available for the whole market.
Assetz Capital celebrates as investors rack up £100m in interest
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Investment
Investors in Assetz Capital have collectively earned £100 million to date in total gross interest. Founded in the wake of the financial crisis in 2013, the marketplace lender has amassed a community of over 37,000 investors to its platform, ranging from banks and institutional lenders to businesses and retail investors. It’s been a record year for Assetz Capital, which has seen almost £100m invested into its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA)... more
genesis Raises $1.8m to Fuel Growth from Illuminate Financial Management and Tribeca Early Stage Partners
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Investment
genesis, the international capital markets software firm today announced the closing of its second capital raise, securing $1.8m of investment in a round that was led by Illuminate Financial Management, a U.K. based capital markets venture capital firm and Tribeca Early Stage Partners, a New York venture group. genesis has now raised $5m since its first external capital injection in November 2018.
Waracle receives £4.8m investment from BGF
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Investment
Waracle, one of the UK's largest mobile apps and digital products developers, has received a £4.8m investment from BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, to support its long-term growth plans. Waracle designs, develops and manages mobile apps and other digital products, working with some of the UK’s largest businesses across sectors including fintech, digital health and energy. Waracle continues to develop industry... more
Ripple makes final $20 million investment in MoneyGram equity
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Investment, Payments
MoneyGram, a global provider of innovative money transfer services, today announced that Ripple, a provider of leading enterprise blockchain solutions for global payments, has made the final $20 million investment in MoneyGram equity pursuant to Ripple's original $50 million equity investment commitment made earl
