Tag: Softbank

Health insurance startup Vitable Health has collected $1.6m in a funding round, which was led by SoftBank Group.

Insurance marketplace PolicyBazaar has reportedly raised a further $130m from SoftBank, despite the chief executive believing the previous expansion efforts led by the mega investor were a "mistake."

The collapse of Wirecard has sent shock waves through the FinTech industry, cut customers off from their money and raised some serious questions about the role of regulators.

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.