Tag: Softbank

Last week it was revealed that InsurTech scaleup Lemonade is planning to go public, but the question is what it will mean for its...

Companies in the region raised over $475m in Q1 2020 driven by large deals in Mexico and Brazil. The FinTech industry in Latin America...

UK challenger bank OakNorth is reportedly in the process of preparing a secondary offering to enable investors to cash in on their holdings, according to Sky News.

SoftBank-backed FinTech Kabbage has furloughed a “significant number” of its 500 US employees as it becomes the latest company to suffer from the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The UK is often hailed as frontrunner when it comes to challenger banks. However, only one of the leading brands has become profitable.

AlphaCredit, a consumer lending platform for Mexico and Colombia, has secured $125m in its latest round.

Lagos-based OPay, the FinTech startup, has bagged $120m in a massive new investment round to scale its Nigerian presence and to tap into Kenya, Ghana and South Africa’s markets.

Masayoshi Son, CEO of mega-tech investor SoftBank, appeared to be nodding off during a panel during a global investment conference in Saudi Arabia dubbed...

SoftBank tapped into its gigantic Vision Fund for a second time this year to support Greensill, the business financing company. Having already secured $800m from...

C2FO, which helps companies get access to working capital, has received a $200m funding round led by the SoftBank Vision Fund.