Blockchain technology developer Bluezelle has closed its ICO on $19.5m.

Tradeworx has sold its trading business to Blueshift Asset Management, so it can focus on its financial market big data solution Thesys Technologies.

RegTech 100 company Trulioo has launched a new Know Your Customer solution for mobile network operators.

The global FinTech industry received nearly $40bn-worth of funding across 1,778 deals in 2017 Global FinTech investment increased steadily between 2014 and 2017 at a CAGR of 18.2%. The total amount invested in 2017 reached a record high of $38.9bn. Funding from deals valued over $100m increased by 43.3% YoY to reach $23.3bn, while deals valued less than $100m...

Spanish FinTech firms raised over $120m across 19 deals in 2017 Spanish FinTech deal volume had minimal variation between 2014 and 2015 with 22 and 20 deals recorded, respectively. At the same time, total investment dipped by 62.8% from $26.4m in 2014 to $9.8m in 2015, indicating a significant fall in average deal size. The Spanish FinTech space saw...

Big data platform Zylo has scored $9.3m in a Series A funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

Online mortgage lending platform Lenda has expanded into four more US states following recent $5m funding round.

FinTech can reposition Bahrain as a pioneer in the global financial market, according to Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) managing director Simon Galpin in a research interview with FinTech Global.

Bank access API provider and money transfer system, Dwolla, is powering identity verification and money transfer for Tanda, Yahoo!’s new social savings app.

Mastercard has committed to guaranteeing that all of its customers will have access to biometric authentication services by April 2019.