The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority grants neobank Northmill Swedish banking licence
Having nabbed a Swedish banking licence, neobank Nortmill is gearing up to add saving accounts, cards and payments transfer to its existing customer offering in the near future.
How Carbon overcame the challenges of setting up a FinTech startup to support Nigeria’s...
Nigeria is at the centre of Africa’s FinTech revolution. Native Carbon aims to play a pivotal role in creating a thriving ecosystem where men and women have access to financial services.
Esusu bags $1.6m in seed to support expansion of product and partnerships
Esusu, a platform helping individuals save money and build credit, has bagged $1.6m in its seed round.
CRED has raised $120m to make Indians more responsible with their credit cards
The FinTech startup CRED has developed a credit card management app to give customers in its native India better credit scores. And it just raised $120m to continue doing so.
Check out the four African FinTech startups incubator MEST just invested in
The pan-African incubator MEST is one of the continent’s biggest tech hubs. It just unveiled its latest cohort of startups.
Another 12 FinTech startups coming out of Y Combinator this year
From automated background checks to cryptocurrency banks, Y Combinator’s second demo day for its latest batch presented a dozen new enterprises to look out for.
Why Australia is seeing a rise in challenger banks
Digital banks are on the rise Down Under. However, competing with the big four banks won’t be a walk in the park.
Wiserfunding and modeFinance launch new credit rating service for SMEs
In what they claim to be a European first, Wiserfunding, the credit risk assessment startup, and modeFinance, the FinTech credit rating agency, have joined forces to launch a new credit rating service for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Banking software company Temenos acquires Logical Glue for £12m
By scooping up London-based Logical Glue, Temenos is strengthening the legal compliance of its banking platform.
Credit check FinTech TotallyMoney raises £29m
UK-based FinTech TotallyMoney has raised £29m in a funding round joined by Elliott Advisors and previous backers Scottish Equity Partners. The credit broker provides free credit reports and live...