Tag: Investing

CyberTech led the charge for FinTech funding this week, accounting for six of the deals and $386m of the total capital raised. 

Four big deals help to make this a strong week for FinTech as the year draws to a close.

Adevinta Ventures, the investment arm of leading classifieds group Adevinta, has invested in French FinTech firm Aria in a bid to help them build on their embedded digital B2B payment infrastructure. 

Much like consumers in Italy and France, investors in the UK have similar risk profile patterns, and everyoneINVESTED believes its risk profiling solution could become the market standard.

The global FinTech sector is experiencing a significant decline in funding. While people feared Covid-19 would impact funding, 2020 and 2021 all proved to be some of the strongest years for funding. However, it looks like the current financial landscape has taken a dip.

The gender pay gap attracts a lot of attention and people around the world are fighting to fix the issue and ensure equality. However, the gender wealth gap is just as important but does not get the same level of publicity.

Each week the US records the most FinTech deals, often accounting for more than half of deals recorded on any given week. However, with the Thanksgiving break, the US was notably quiet with just one deal closed. 

The aspiration to work in the hustling, bustling financial heart of London City and impact the financial services sector is a common dream shared by many graduates. In Aiviq, a burgeoning cloud-data company, these young professionals are not merely dreaming but actualising ambitions, playing critical roles that contribute substantively to the enterprise's mission of supplying comprehensive data and analytics solutions to asset managers.

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) sits near the top of priority lists for many consumers, governments and businesses. As the world tries to encourage...

The global super app market was valued at $58.6bn in 2022 and is projected to grow at a 28.9% CAGR to reach a $722.4bn valuation by 2030. Having originated in Asia, super apps are now becoming popular around the world. A report from PYMNTS and PayPal surveyed consumers in the US, UK, Germany and Australia, found that 72% of consumers expressed interest in super apps – UK consumers were the most interested with 74% indicating interest.