Venture capital

This library’s sole subject: Keeping up with financial criminals

10/15/18

The regtech firm Arachnys, which in 2010 entered a field dominated by established data providers, recently raised $10 million after gradually building a collection of 23,000 data sources that helps bankers protect themselves from money launderers and other criminals.

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Financial firms reap benefits of hot venture capital market

10/12/18

A $245 million funding round for the payments processor Stripe contributed to heavy venture capital investment in the third quarter.

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Simple's founder launches platform to help crypto app developers sidestep banks

10/03/18

Shamir Karkal said his startup will allow fintechs to develop ACH processing for their companies without having to partner with banks.

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JPMorgan forms commercial banking group to focus on startups

09/19/18

The New York company said Wednesday that the new group will provide loans and other services to early-stage, consumer-focused companies.

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Is digital banking as easy as building Legos? This fintech thinks so

09/14/18

SynapseFI is engineering banking to work as digital parts that connect so easily an amateur developer could potentially build a functioning bank.

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VCs sour to ICOs as the SEC takes notice

09/06/18

Initial coin offerings have become controversial enough for the SEC to weigh in. And even though the commission has not announced a clear stance, technology investors are noticing a difference in its actions.

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How a VC views the bank-fintech battle (hint: banks are losing)

09/04/18

Minal Hasan, a lawyer turned prominent fintech venture capitalist, has strong views on founder dramas, cryptocurrency, and why banks need to step up their technology game.

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Renaud Laplanche’s comeback venture raises $62 million

08/23/18

Upgrade, a marketplace lender founded by Laplanche just a few months after he was ousted from LendingClub, has secured more than $100 million in equity capital and says it is poised to offer more consumer credit products.

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Citi buys into future of artificial intelligence — literally

08/20/18

Citigroup was so impressed after a two-year test drive of software from the AI vendor Anaconda it decided to invest in the firm.

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What funding bubble? Banks, VC firms pour more money into fintechs

08/07/18

The skeptics keep waiting for investment in financial startups to dry up, but it doubled in the first half of 2018. KPMG's Safwan Zaheer explains why.

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