AvatarLuis IsmodesBud raises $20M to connect banks to fintechs and other financial service providersverified_publisherTechCrunch - Steve O'HearBud, the U.K. fintech that helps banks connect their apps and data to other fintech companies and financial service providers, has closed over $20 million in further funding. The Series A round sees the company pick up backing from a number of banks: HSBC (which, via First Direct, it also counts as …
AvatarLuis IsmodesThe latest pairing between big tech and a big bank is an Apple-Goldman Sachs credit cardverified_publisherQuartz - John DetrixheSome of America’s biggest tech companies are pairing off with the country’s biggest banks. The latest marriage is between Apple and Goldman Sachs, which are teaming up on a credit card linked to Apple’s digital wallet, according to the Wall Street Journal (paywall). The joint offering could launch …
AvatarLuis IsmodesFintech Startup Tally Debuts What It Claims Is the World’s ‘Only Free Automated Savings Service’verified_publisherFortune - Robert HackettTally, a financial technology startup based in San Francisco, is debuting a service that it claims is “the only free automated savings service” for …
AvatarLuis IsmodesYou probably haven’t heard of Nubank. But it could be a $10 billion company, so you should.verified_publisherRecode - Theodore SchleiferNot many people in the US are familiar with Nubank, a digital bank that has become the most valuable startup in Latin America by extending credit cards to the unbanked and challenging the financial system of one of the world’s biggest markets, Brazil. But Nubank is trying to become one of the most …
AvatarLuis IsmodesA Guide to What’s Happening in the Fintech Revolutionverified_publisherBloomberg - Julie VerhageFew industry combinations are as alluring to investors as finance and technology. For the past decade fintech startups have offered new ways to help …
AvatarLuis Ismodes6 Ways in Which FinTech Startups Are Redefining Financekoombea.com - Robert KazmiFinance has historically been an industry of big players. Due to the large amounts of capital needed and the existing government regulations, its …