The Week in Fintech Funding
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This week, we took note of a few fintech funding announcements.
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Fintech News Stories
Survey Says: Let’s Get Digital, Digital
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It seems a tired trope to say that financial advisors need to invest more in digital, but the fact remains that many advisory firms still lack the robust tech experience their younger investors want.
Read MoreTech Snafu Hampers Start of Election Season
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The glitches that arose during the Iowa Caucus are another reminder that while technology has made our lives more convenient in many ways, it also is not perfect, and can sometimes be a hindrance rather than a boon.
Read MoreThe Next Chapter for WeWork
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After WeWork dominated news cycles in the autumn — as the media recounted the fall of the shared workspace company and its CEO Adam Neumann, whose hubris-fueled rise and fall was like that of a doomed king from a Shakespearean tragedy — you may be wondering what the company is up to now.
Read MoreInsurtech Funding From Subtle to Substantial
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The insurtech funding trend marches on, from subtle to substantial.
Read MoreFIS Launches New Banking Platform to Improve Customer Experience
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FIS Modern Banking Platform is a big step away from legacy acquisitions and piecemeal add-ons that have so often frustrated bankers who deal with the Big Three core banking providers in the U.S. Bruce Lowthers, President, Banking Solutions, talks with us about the fast pace of change in banking and the challenges for tech providers.
Read MoreTech Comes to Commercial Real Estate
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Proptech — aka real estate-related technology — is poised to become the next hot, tech-suffixed buzzword. Much of the early days of proptech has been focused on residential real estate, but commercial real estate, too, is now slowly but surely adopting tech innovations into its industry.
Read MoreVisa Can’t Quit the Fintechs
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It’s been a big few weeks for Visa, which continues to make significant investments in fintech firms.
Read MoreMulti-Million-Dollar Raises in Fintech Funding this Week
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Funding announcements this week included some eye-catching totals.
Read MoreGoldman Finally Releases a Marcus App
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Marcus was rolled out in 2016 and was the gilded, venerable investment bank’s first foray into consumer financial services.
Read MoreApple’s Legal Imbroglio
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In most industries, an employee actively working on their next venture while still on the payroll of their current employer is generally looked down upon by said employer. The outcome of a case involving Apple could have implications for virtually every tech firm that does business in California.
Read MoreGoing Further Down the Data Privacy Trail
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In a recent panel talk at Davos (where else?), Salesforce’s co-CEO Keith Block advocated for a national data privacy law in the U.S.
Read MoreThe Week in Funding News
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Deal-making news this week was dominated by headlines about Visa's Plaid play, but it wasn't the only funding that caught our eye.
Read MoreThe Clearing House Beat the Fed to Real-Time Payments. Now What?
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The sluggish pace of the Fed’s FedNow system has created a surge of interest in The Clearing House's Real Time Payments platform, says Steve Ledford.
Read MoreVisa’s Big Plaid Play
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Last year was a busy time for the major card networks when it came to M&A. Visa this week may have made the latest and biggest splash of all, with its $5.3-billion acquisition of Plaid.
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