StreetShares to launch credit cards for veteran-owned businesses
A new credit card for the 2.5 million veteran-owned small businesses in the US.
LendTech
Qupital raises $15m Series A to expand into mainland China
Hong Kong fintech plans to hire and grow.
Synchrony picks Fundbox to provide B2B credit for merchants
Merchants can apply for up to $100,000 credit.
Blue Sage integrates Capsilon’s tech to lending platform
The integration will help with document recognition and data extraction technology.
Credijusto closes $100m credit facility with Goldman Sachs
The Mexican lendtech provides SMEs with credit.
SamePage gains first go-live at Green Deal Finance Company
The loan origination system aims to take the lending platform fully digital.
Amount to power TD Bank’s digital lending platform
The first in a series of collaborative initiatives.
Wolters Kluwer gets new credit union win in Florida
Grow Financial Credit Union is implementing lending and compliance solutions in 26 branches.
Indian lendtech Spoon readies for launch
Aiming to offer micro lending through a mobile app, in real time.
Client experience: hallmark of the digital credit and lending journey
What is the Holy Grail of credit and lending transformation?
Dutch SME lender Finturi raises €2m funding
The start-up uses blockchain and AI for its lendtech platform.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 11 March 2019
Featuring New Zealand, Ant Financial, and Raisin.
Spanish fintech Pagantis closes €65m for e-commerce financing
It aims to expand its services to Portugal, Italy and France.
First State Community Bank picks Jack Henry’s lending suite
New tech is provided by Jack Henry’s ProfitStars division.
UK fintech regulator puts bigger fines on the menu
FCA confirms increase in Financial Ombudsman Service award limit.
Omidyar Network releases fintech venture fund with Flourish
New firm Flourish launches evergreen fund backed by founder of eBay.
TurnKey Lender locks in new investment from OSK Ventures
Singapore-based digital solution provider gets more funding.
nCino lands new customers in Stockholm and Sydney
DBT Foretagslan and Thinktank are BOS-sing it.
Singapore regulator’s new tech group targets risky business
Monetary Authority of Singapore makes some changes and gets truly focused.
AI Foundry creates new mortgagetech solutions
Designed to speed up the pre-approval and underwriting approval process.
The forgotten faces of diversity: the invisibles
To be successful, diversity and inclusion must start from within – and it must be built into the culture.
Esme Loans getting data warehouse courtesy of Microsoft
To help with AI processes in the lending process.
White paper: Intelligent business software solutions enabling fintech companies to grow
How can you grow your fintech firm with a business software solution?
Open banking – build it and they will come?
It is the innovative data wranglers that will decide the success of open banking.
The reality of Brexit for small businesses
Small businesses are applying a practical no-nonsense approach to protect themselves and their business.
Banking Technology March 2019 issue out now
Pay attention. Fintech in the ascension.
FinovateEurope 2019: days of creation
Fintech is currently in an exciting creative phase.
UK Finance wants to bring ethics to banking sector
Good luck getting that to work.
Go Figure! US lendtech gets $65m funding
Brings its total funding to $120 million for its second year of operations.
New Valley Bank & Trust gears up for launch in Massachusetts, selects new lendtech
New Valley Bank & Trust has selected Baker Hill NextGen for its commercial and small business lending operations.
HSBC mixes with NepFin for middle market move in US
American firms via NepFin can now tap into HSBC’s commercial banking services and its network.
Bank of Ireland unveils €2bn Brexit fund for SMEs
“Brexit isn’t ‘business as usual’.”
M&S Bank sparks open banking life into mortgages
Marks & Spencer’s stylish entity teams up with Equifax and AccountScore.
ASX to sell $385m stake in tech provider Iress
“It no longer provides the strategic value to ASX that it once did.”
AI Foundry and Ellie Mae use AI for speedy lending
Two firms will integrate their technologies for mortgage origination process.
Validus Capital raises $15m for SME financing
Series B round led by Dutch public-private development bank FMO.
Will challenger banks motivate change?
The need for digital transformation has been obvious for years and the window of opportunity is about to close.
UK lendtech DivideBuy feeling spry with £60m funding
Firm offers interest free credit and plans to develop its tech.
NSF makes £1.3bn takeover bid for UK lender Provident Financial
Non-Standard Finance makes unsolicited offer to buy its struggling rival.
Sasfin takes equity stake in South African lendtech Payabill
Johannesburg-based firm looking for more SME action.
