New York and Tel Aviv-based transaction data and analysis company T-Rex Group has raised a further $10m for its Series B round.

Richard Blakesley, a partner at Capital Pilot and blockchain lawyer Florian Glatz explained the exciting potential ICOs offer, in a research interview with FinTech Global.

Health insurance data platform Vericred has secured a $5.5m Series A round. Nashville-based FCA Venture Partners led the round with existing and new investors also participating.

Bitcoin institutional trading and clearing platform LedgerX has picked up $11.4m in a Series B round. Miami International Holdings and Chinese fund Huiyin Blockchain Venture Investments led the financing.

Acko General Insurance has raised the largest round for an Indian InsurTech startup to date. The Mumbai-based startup picked up $30m in a Seed round.

Since 2014 the FinTech industry in Germany has been growing. Figures for Q1 2017 show an increase in funding compared to Q1 last year in both Germany and the UK. Whilst the UK consistently trumps Germany in its investment figures, the share of investment to German companies compared to those based in the UK is rising. Investment in FinTech in...

RegTech services pertaining to finance are growing more common. To maintain compliance with existing regulations, and keep up with new ones, firms are more often seeking solutions that can help them streamline and manage their data, processes, filings etc. RegTech investments more than doubled in Q1 2017, YoY In Q1 2017 RegTech investment figures showed an 102% increase in total...

R3, a consortium made up of more than 80 banks and financial services firms from around the world, has raised $107m in the largest blockchain funding deal to date.

Indian consumer lending startup EzCred has picked up a $1m Seed round from a consortium of individual investors.

Milan-based group payments platform Growish has picked up ?400,000 in a fresh round of funding. The company says the funding will be used to expand in its native Italian market and launch overseas.