French firm Lydia to plunge €100m into new mobile bank offering
French mobile payments app Lydia has revealed bold plans to launch a new mobile bank proposition and plunge €100m into the offering.
Code security firm Semgrep snaps up $53m
Semgrep, a code security solution designed for engineering-centric security programs, has raised $53m in a Series C funding round.
Over 80% of investors are planning to increase allocation to alternatives over next five...
More than four-fifths (84%) of investors are planning to increase their allocation to alternatives over the next five years, according to a new report from AIFMetrics.
Lemonade rolls out US pet insurance coverage
Lemonade, the digital insurance company that leverages AI technology, has expanded its pet insurance offering to customers in Massachusetts,
American startup digital bank Zenus Bank now has a permit to operate as a...
Challenger bank Zenus Bank has been permitted to act as a bank, taking it one step closer to its stated goal of enabling remote banking access for people around the world.
CyberArk to bolster identity security with $1.54bn Venafi acquisition
CyberArk has announced its agreement to acquire Venafi, a machine identity management firm, from Thoma Bravo for around $1.54bn.
China and Singapore ink deal on a green finance taskforce
The MAS and the Peoples Bank of China has established a green finance taskforce to deepen cooperation on green finance matters.
Revealing the ten biggest FinTech funding rounds in 2020
Massive amounts of capital have been injected into the FinTech industry in 2020, but ten companies raised bigger rounds than the rest.
Is regulation on the horizon for NFTs?
The growth of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has been stratospheric over the past two years, with the market showing no signs of slowing down in 2022. After recently hitting a $41bn value at the end of 2021, the number of prying regulatory eyes on the industry are growing. Will this be the year we see wholesale regulation on NFTs?
Breaking: Santander denies blocking payments to Coinbase after rumours spread online
After Barclays allegedly cut ties with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, rumours spread that Spanish bank Santander had followed suit.