FIS & The Venture Center Selects Ten Startup Companies For Global Fintech Accelerator Program

On Thursday, fintech firm FIS (NYSE: FIS), with The Venture Center, announced ten startups have been selected to participate in the 2017 VC FinTech Accelerator program. The selected companies will not...

Beauhurst: Q1 Crowdfunding Delivered £47 Million in 82 Deals

Beauhurst is out with a quarterly report on the status of equity crowdfunding in the UK. According to their numbers, the first quarter of 2017 saw 82 deals raise in excess of £47 million.  How does ...

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Digital Asset-Based Lender InterNex Capital Secures $3.95 Million During Oversubscribed Seed Offering

Digital asset-based lender InterNex Capital (InterNex) announced on Thursday it secured $3.95 million during its recent oversubscribed seed funding round. Founded in May 2015 by former GE Capital seni...

Swiss Fintech Firm Lykke Appoints Nick Gogerty As Chief Strategist

Swiss fintech firm Lykke announced on Thursday it has appointed Nick Gogerty as its new chief strategist. According to Lykke,  Gogerty is the founder of SolarCoin, a token that represents kilowatt-h...

Très Bien! Startupbootcamp InsurTech Alum CBien Secures €8M

CBien, a European digital asset management platform located in Paris, Nantes and Hamburg and recent Startupbootcamp InsurTech alum, has raised €8 million from its existing shareholders MAIF, MACIF ...

Anti Bank SoFi Will Become a Bank

SoFi has decided to become a bank. The Fintech firm that has spent so much time telling the world they were not a bank has decided to join the ranks of their erstwhile adversaries and apply for a bank...

Blockchain for the People: Russian Crowdfunder Waves Now Available on Microsoft Azure Blockchain

Waves Platform, a decentralized crowdfunding platform developed in Russia, is now available in the Microsoft Azure Blockchain as a Service cloud (BaaS). With Waves integrated in BaaS, developers are g...

SEC Chair Jay Clayton Tells ACSEC Members Capital Formation will be Priority During His Tenure

In his first appearance as the Chair of Securities and Exchange Commission, Jay Clayton delivered a brief statement to the members of the Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies (ACSEC).  ...

Zopa Finally Receives Full FCA Authorisation for Peer to Peer Lending

The first peer to peer lender to launch in the UK back in 2005 has finally received full authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Zopa, a trailblazer in the global online lending sect...

OneGram Links with Tabarak Investment Capital to Promote its Digital Currency

Decentralized blockchain tech platform OneGram announced an agreement with Tabarak Investment Capital Limited to boost investment in its gold-backed, Sharia-compliant digital token, OGC. Tabarak ha...

7 Years & Growing: GoFundMe Publishes Tips for Crowdfunding Campaign Organizers

In honor of its seventh birthday, GoFundMe reached out seven of its top organizers for advice for running a great campaign. Here’s what they shared: 1. Push past the nervousness. “Take action on...

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