Personal Finance

UK-based personal finance management app Money Dashboard has raised just over ?1m in its crowdfunding offering on Crowdcube.

Portfolio management company Wealthica has acquired stock market data platform Stockchase.

Blast, a gamification platform that helps gamers save and earn money, has picked up $5m in a seed round.

Personal finance app SigFig has secured a $50m Series E equity round led by growth equity firm General Atlantic.

Employee benefits financial wellbeing business SalaryFinance has raised $20m in its Series B round to support its expansion in the US.

Gohenry, a prepaid card for children and parents, has raised £6.2m in its crowdfunding campaign.

The Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the tech titan is launching its credit card Apple Card in August during an earnings call discussing the business’s third quarter earnings.

Wallit, a rewards-savings app aimed towards teenagers, has collected $2.6m in a seed funding round which will help it keep up with rising demand.

Younger women are seemingly stepping up to put their money into alternative finance products, despite women being generally more conservative and risk averse in their investment.

The FinTech-backed energy services are arriving in rapid succession right now. In January, Australian digital bank 86 400 expanded its USP with an energy comparison tool. Now UK FinTech TotallyMoney has launched a service of its own.