Los Angeles-based ZestFinance has received a strategic investment form Chinese web giant Baidu.

London-based startup Behavox, a provider of compliance surveillance software, has raised Series A funding from venture capital investors.

Boston-based InsurTech startup Quilt collected $3.25m in a NextView Ventures-led Seed round.

Riskalyze, which runs a digital risk alignment platform for financial advisors, has announced pension scheme sponsors and participants will now be able to use its service.

Investment advisory app WealthApp Financial Advisors has raised $440,000 in angel funding. The Bengaluru-based startup aims to help users take their first steps in investment.

Distributed ledger technology is now something that banks are taking very seriously, however, with blockchain-based systems potentially enabling them to save billions.

Real-time financial data aggregation platform Finicity has picked up $42m in new funding. Experian led the Series B round with Bridge Bank also participating.

Personal finance and lending platform MoneyLion has raised $22.5m in its Series A round. The funding was led by Edison Partners.

BNY Mellon will open its newest Global Innovation Center in Singapore to facilitate collaboration with FinTechs and clients in Asia.

New York-based FinTech business Active Allocator has hit an $8m valuation through an early-stage equity financing round.The business aims to bring institutional quality asset allocation and portfolio construction methods to financial advisors serving mainstream investors.Details about the investors in the round were not disclosed. Active said it planned to use the capital for product development.Active's partners include former AR Capital,...