PayPal Invests in Korean Payment App Toss

Viva Republica, a Fintech startup that provides a P2P money transfer service called Toss, has received a $48 million investment from PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), Goodwater Capital, Bessemer Venture Partner...

Money20/20 Gears Up for Inaugural Fintech Event: Money20/20 Asia

Money20/20, one of the world’s largest Fintech events, is gearing up for the inaugural Money20/20 Asia.  At a recent press event, Philip Thomas, CEO, Ascential Events, outlined why Singapore had be...

Food Robotics Company Chowbotics Secures $5 Million During Series A Funding Round From Techstars Ventures, Foundry Group, Galvanize Ventures, & the Geekdom Fund

Food robotics company Chowbotics (formerly known as Casabots) announced on Thursday it has secured $5 million during its Series A funding round. Participants of the funding round were Techstars Ventu...

InvestCloud Expands Into Europe: Opens Soho Headquarters & Launches New Division

Global fintech firm InvestCloud announced on Thursday it is expanding into Europe by launching a new division and opening its London Soho headquarters. According to InvestCloud, the forming of its ic...

The Crowdfunding Centre Partners With Angels Den to Open New All-Female BizFundingAccelerator

On Thursday, the Crowdfunding Centre announced it has partnered with Angels Den to open its all-female BizFunding Accelerator. The launch of the program comes after Facebook’s #SheMeansBusiness ca...

“World’s Largest Fintech Hub” LATTICE80 Expands into India

Marvelstone Group, the private investment group behind Fintech hub LATTICE80, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Andhra Pradesh in India to open the first LATTICE80 locati...

LendingHome Debuts One-Stop Online Mortgage for First-Time Homebuyers

Marketplace lender, LendingHome, announced on Thursday it has launched its next-generation one-stop online mortgage that is designed specifically for the needs of first-time homebuyers. The online len...

Monetary Authority of Singapore Works to Boost Blockchain Utilization: Looks to Central Bank Digital Currency

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has concluded a “proof-of-concept project” to conduct domestic inter-bank payments using distributed ledger technology (DLT) also commonly referen...

Crowd for Angels Launches First Crowd Bonds for IFISA

Crowd for Angels announced on Wednesday it launched its first “crowd bonds,”  which are described as specially created secured, high-interest products that are eligible for its new Innovative Fin...

Zopa, Funding Circle UK, Lemonade Among Winners of the 2017 LendIt Awards

LendIt, the global lending and fintech conference series, held its first annual awards on Tuesday in New York City. As previously reported, The organization stated out of hundreds of applicants world...

UK & Japan Governments Partner to Promote & Support Fintech Innovators

The Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA) and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have announced a “Co-operation Framework” to support innovative Fintech firms. This “Ex...

Crowdcube Has Crowdfunded 50 £1 Million Funding Rounds as Cauli Rice Raises £1.4 Million

  Leading investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has now crowdfunded 50 deals of £1 million or more. Cauli Rice, a company that has used Crowdcube to raise capital in the past, closed its fu...

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