FinTech News

UK-based FinTech startup ANNA Money has smashed its £3m target for its crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs.

JVIF, a Japanese consumer finance firm, has selected OpenWay’s Way4 digital payments software platform in a bid to offer the most competitive credit programmes in the Vietnamese market.

Regulations are sapping resources and distracting financial institutions away from their cyber defences according to panellists at the Global RegTech Summit 2018.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is looking for views on the merits of creating a global FinTech sandbox.

First-party fraud, or “friendly fraud”, is now 50% more common than third-party fraud, according to a report from Fraud.net.

Vietnamese FinTech firm 1Long, a groundbreaking financial technology platform dedicated to facilitating individuals in achieving their financial aspirations, has raised $500,000 in a pre-seed funding round.

Zego, the InsurTech startup, claims to have become the first British business in the sector to acquire an insurance licence.

Cryptocurrency-focused enterprises, cybersecurity firms, challenger banks and InsurTechs were among the big winners of the 31 FinTech funding rounds reported last week.

P&C commercial insurance broker Alliant Insurance Services has launched Alliant Re, its reinsurance brokerage division.

Paris-based Flowdesk, a beacon in the FinTech industry, announced a significant milestone by raising €46m in Series B funding.