Goldman Sachs empowers Starling Bank with £50m injection
Goldman Sachs’ Growth Equity has invested £50m into the UK’s leading digital bank Starling.
Nexi, Fiskl collaborate to bolster open banking services
FinTech mobile platform Fiskl has partnered with PayTech leader Nexi to bolster the latter’s open banking offering.
JP Morgan taps blockchain for improving money transfers
Investment bank and financial services juggernaut JP Morgan has revealed it is using blockchain technology to improve money transfers between banks globally.
Cart.com eyes accelerated growth following $25m Series A
E-commerce services provider Cart.com has closed a Series A round of financing and raised $25m.
Signifyd to bolster commerce platform following large Series E closure
California-based fraud protection enterprise Signifyd has closed a $205m Series E funding round led by Owl Rock Capital.
N26 enters the insurance space with launch of new product
German challenger bank N26 has entered the insurance space, with customers now able to buy cover, manage plans and initiate claims.
Lloyd’s Lab names the 11 InsurTechs in its latest accelerator cohort
Lloyd’s Lab has announced the 11 companies it has selected for its sixth accelerator programme.
Dating app Manhunt hacked with thousands of accounts leaked
Gay dating site Manhunt revealed a major data breach where a hacker gained access to the account information of the website’s nearly six million users in February 2021, according to a notice filed with the Washington attorney general’s office.
Research finds FinTech apps outperformed banks during pandemic
Research by mobile analytics platform App Annie has discovered mobile FinTech apps outperformed banks by a factor of up to 10.8x during the COVID-19 pandemic.
How Ideagen’s three pillars have helped it become a major force in compliance
People, product and customers are Ideagen’s three pillars that have helped it become a tour de force in the compliance space, with it spanning 18 countries and 6,000 clients.