Fintech Weekly

JULY 24, 2025

Discover top fintech news and events! Subscribe to FinTech Weekly's newsletter Read by executives at JP Morgan, Coinbase, Blackrock, Klarna and more The gig economy has long been treated as a temporary solution. At FinTech Weekly, we've followed how fintech platforms are beginning to close this gap. gig economy.

Economy

Fintech Weekly

JULY 15, 2025

Discover top fintech news and events! Discover top fintech news and events! Many fintechs have spent the last few years racing toward distribution: faster APIs, better integrations, more seamless UX. 2) How has your experience in credit and risk management shaped your approach to building reliable fintech products?

Small Business

Fintech Weekly

JULY 10, 2025

Discover top fintech news and events! Subscribe to FinTech Weekly's newsletter Read by executives at JP Morgan, Coinbase, Blackrock, Klarna and more Online banking is expected to become more sophisticated, efficient, and comprehensive as advanced technology evolves. FinTech Development and Business Newsletter.

Technology

Fintech Weekly

JULY 13, 2025

Discover top fintech news and events! " The global fintech market is projected to be worth $394.88 billion by 2032 ” – Fortune business insights, June 09, 2025 Customer engagement is one of the key differentiators between traditional banking & financial services institutions and fintech.

AI

Fintech News

MARCH 18, 2024

Fintech startups in Thailand are poised for success with real-time transactions are being adopted at a faster than anywhere else in Southeast Asia, cashless payments have reached ubiquity and digital lending is emerging as a compelling alternative to traditional lenders for rural populations, a 2023 report by Wing Vasiksiri and Ravenry reveals.

FinTech

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Finally, looking at Canadian “fintech” (financial technology) specifically, funding was up substantially in the first half of the year. Canadian fintech companies raised $251M through the end of H1’19, nearly double the $133M raised in H1’18. The 2019 Canadian fintech market map. Navigating the Canadian fintech market map.

FinTech

Fintech News

JULY 17, 2024

These are distributed through agents, financial advisors, bancassurance, and direct channels. The acquisition leverages Allianz’s expertise in underwriting, product development, and data analytics, combined with Income Insurance’s strong market reach and distribution capabilities.

Acquirers

Fintech News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Fintech funding in APAC recorded a significant decline in H1 2023, dropping from US$6.8 At the same time, industry stakeholders showed interest in AI, with both investors and corporates looking for ways to leverage AI-generated content within fintech use cases, especially in marketing and customer engagement functions.

APACS

Fintech News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) has announced the finalists for its 2024 Fintech Excellence Awards, organised in partnership with the Singapore Fintech Association (SFA) and supported by PwC Singapore. Four finalists were shortlisted in each category. Ripple, NETS, Syfe, and YouTrip returned as sponsors this year.

AI

PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

There’s no shortage of disruptors — particularly neobanks that promise to change everything from checking to lending — but don’t count legacy players out just yet, Dr. Jud Linville , senior advisor at growth equity firm General Atlantic , told Karen Webster. What FinTechs And Neobanks Should Do Here.

FinTech

The Fintech Times

AUGUST 15, 2024

The Fintech Times Bi-Weekly News Roundup takes a look at the latest fintech stories from around the world on Thursday 15 August 2024. Partnerships Arch Insurance, a global specialty insurer, has partnered with digital risk processing platform Cytora to further digitise its risk intake and streamline underwriting workflows.

FinTech

The Fintech Times

AUGUST 8, 2024

The Fintech Times Bi-Weekly News Roundup takes a look at the latest fintech stories from around the world on Thursday 8 August 2024. Ellis previously served as CFO at Flywire , a global payment solutions provider, as well as CFO and advisor to BillGO , a bill pay platform and network.

FinTech

PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

But SMB loan underwriting at traditional FIs has, for the most part, remained unchanged, even as alternative lenders began exploring the role of alternative data in the risk mitigation process. Michael Carter, CEO and president of BizEquity , has another vision in mind: lenders using the value of a small business to underwrite SMB loans.

Underwriting

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In an interview with Paul Purcell , partner at Continental Advisors , four panelists — investors and analysts all — weighed in on the current investment climate … and whether that climate is getting overheated. That trend has pushed FinTechs and FIs to craft more direct financial interactions with consumers. follow the money.

FinTech

Finovate

APRIL 9, 2024

This program, which is one of two the accelerator hosts each year, comprised of 21 fintech companies. The fintech graduates from YC’s winter program can be broken down into six main categories: asset management, banking and exchange, credit and lending, insurance, payments, and other.

FinTech

Payment Savvy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

This junction of finance and technology is often called “fintech.” ” But what is fintech? The following post will define fintech, discuss the types of companies involved, and comment on how this new industry fundamentally changes the face of banking, investment, and doing business. What Does Fintech Mean?

FinTech

Nanonets

MAY 3, 2023

This has many niche challenges under it: credit ratings, loan applications, underwriting, stock buy and sell decisions, cash flow management, and more. Like other fintech tools, Planful and Predict protect their users’ financial data with MFA as well as layers of the latest encryption technology. 💡 Is it secure?

AI

Innovative Payments Association

MARCH 7, 2024

Guest post by Emily Rueth , Managing Director & Founder of Vicuse Payments Advisors For card issuers, embracing and implementing even the most basic use cases for artificial intelligence (AI) can revolutionize your operations and enhance customer experiences.

Card Issuer

Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 11, 2017

With AI already embedded into these industries, it’s easy to find examples of how the technology is shaping fintech. Below are eight areas of fintech into which AI has made inroads. Fintech example : AI can be used to augment portfolio management and rebalancing decisions typically made by a human. Underwriting.

AI

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The fintech sector attracted $266 million in new capital the second week of August. Fintech deals by size from 6 Aug to 12 August 2016: Interactions. Tags: SMB, credit, loans, underwriting, commerical loans, crowdfunding, P2P, investing. million to alt-auto-title lender Finova Financial. $17 Total dollars raised YTD is $19.9

Underwriting

The Fintech Times

MARCH 29, 2024

This March, The Fintech Times is shifting its spotlight towards insurtech, such as how advanced data analysis is driving efficiencies across the insurance sector. With fewer manual tasks, insurance advisors and experts can dedicate more time to complex cases and tasks that bring more value to the business.”

Risk Assessment

Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 25, 2015

And there are few fintech success stories bigger than 2008 alum, Credit Karma , which scored $175 million this week at a reported $3.5 Total investment into the fintech sector this week were $240 million flowing to 12 firms. So far this year, fintech has attracted $7.9 billion valuation. Source: FT Partners. Fraud detection.

FinTech

Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Almost 40% of the total ($223 million) went to Chinese real estate marketplace FangDD which is not universally classified as fintech. Consumer credit underwriting. Marketplace for financial advisors and other professional services. Tags: Enterprise, advisors, investing, trading, custodial. Source: Crunchbase. VouchedFor.

FinTech

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The obvious explanation is that FinTech financing platforms are still too new to the market for small business owners to have even heard of them. Yet, analysts found only a slight change in alternative finance use between 2016 and 2017, and nearly half of SMBs have still never turned to AltFin for financing.

Small Business

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 31, 2015

Another monster week in fintech. Depending on how much Stripe received in its round (at a $5 billion valuation), something north of $600 million flowed to 17 fintech companies worldwide. Will fintech funding go higher? The bigger question for startups, and their backers, is what happens after “peak fintech?”

FinTech

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

The $208 million this week brings total 2015 YTD fintech fundings to $12.4 Online mortgage advisor. The post Fintech Fundings: 18 Companies Raise $210 Million Week Ending Sep 10 appeared first on Finovate. Tags: Investing, asset management, advisors. Following are the fundings from 4 Sep to 10 Sep by size: FundBox.

FinTech

Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2015

It was a blockbuster week in fintech with more than $6 billion in new funds flowing to the sector. Alternative loan underwriting models. The post Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $300 Million Plus 2 IPOs Raise $5.9 Tags: Enterprise, underwriting, credit, lending, analytics, API, Life.SREDA (investor). million Seed.

Underwriting

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The money flow into fintech continued unabated this week with more than a half-billion ($557 million) raised by 24 companies. Year-to-date fintech firms have raised $13 billion. The post Fintech Fundings: 24 Companies Raise $560 Million Week Ending Sep 18 appeared first on Finovate. Source: FT Partners. MarketInvoice.

Online and Mobile Banking

PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2017

It seems that every few weeks another FinTech is seeking a banking license in the U.K. Earlier this year, financial advisors at deVere group revealed plans to launch their own private bank for SMEs, an entity that would mark the first private bank owned by an independent financial advisory firm. s main street banks.

Small Business

Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 28, 2015

Three Finovate alums received large checks this week: FutureAdvisor , one of the early robo-advisors which had raised $24 million, was acquired by Blackrock for an undisclosed sum. YTD, the fintech sector has raised $12 billion. Tags: Investing, wealth management, advisors. million), raised big rounds. million in venture debt.

FinTech

The Fintech Times

MARCH 1, 2024

For the fintech sector, it is an opportunity for the UK to set global standards and drive growth worldwide. Consequently, this would free advisors from lengthy data collection and analysis, and give them more time to offer advice. These proofs of concept will be released to the UK fintech and financial services industry.

Finance

Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

It was a quieter week in fintech fundings. The post Fintech Fundings: 13 Companies Raise $900 Million Week Ending Nov 12 appeared first on Finovate. Tags: Consumer, lending, underwriting, payments, merchants, SMB. And we are not sure if the NCR inflow should even be considered “new money.” Source: Crunchbase.

NOV

Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 22, 2016

Last week we set the record for most fintech deals in a single with with 28. All told, 23 fintech companies worldwide brought in $2.733 billion. Year-to-date, fintech companies have raised $3.5 Here are the fintech deals by size from 16 Jan to 22 Jan 2016: Lufax. The previous record was $1.6 Imagine this. JD Finance.

FinTech

Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 13, 2016

For the 14th week in a row, fintech deals worldwide surpassed the 20-mark. Here are the fintech deals by size from 2 April to 8 April 2016: Home Link (Lianjia). Tags: Enterprise, investors, advisors, trading, analytics, valuations. This week, 29 startups raised $275 million, or $1.20 Total dollars raised YTD is $7.9

Online and Mobile Banking

Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Large swaths of cash flowed into the global fintech sector last week. Wealth management system for advisors. The post Fintech Fundings: 25 Companies Raise $810 Million Week Ending Nov 20 appeared first on Finovate. Tags: Advisors, investing, asset management, robo-advisor. Source: Crunchbase. Source: Crunchbase.

NOV

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 14, 2016

Last week, 22 fintech companies raised a total of amount $159 million, of which at least $5 million was debt. It was the tenth week in a row with 20 or more fintech deals. Here are the fintech deals by size from 5 March to 11 March 2016: AlphaSense. Fintech ideas platform. The year-to-date total raised is $5.6 TradeShift.

FinTech

Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 6, 2016

Fintech deals by size from May 7 to 13, 2016: Avant (AvantCredit UK). Online financial advisor. Back-office platform for financial advisors . The post Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raise $390 Million Week Ending May 13 appeared first on Finovate. Consumer alt-lender. Total raised: $1.92 billion Debt). Bridge2Solutions.

Online and Mobile Banking