News Topic: Venture capital

The funding comes as the financial services industry continues to search for safer ways for customers to share their account data with third-party apps. ... Read full article

"Virtually evert venture capitalist I know is excited about insurance as the next big thing in fintech," says Sam Hodges, co-founder and U.S. managing director at Funding Circle. ... Read full article

Blockchain Capital wants to raise $10 million by issuing its own digital token, a method the firm says is the future for startups, VCs and everybody else. ... Read full article

An improved state-level system could be a tremendous advantage. Working closely with a cooperative regulator, innovators large and small can rapidly test a concept within state lines. ... Read full article

The ICO fundraising model has already yielded more than $230 million for startups. ... Read full article

The venture capital firms of Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, along with the fund backed by Google’s chairman, have invested in a firm that helps banks secure their cloud technology. ... Read full article

Several startups have announced new funding rounds in the last month. They plan to use the cash to improve their products and ramp up sales. ... Read full article

The fintech firm will use the $5.5 million in funding to expand its operations and improve its products. ... Read full article

The cross-border payments startup will use proceeds from its Series D round to fuel growth. ... Read full article

Qapital's funding round comes as banks are increasingly adding money-management tools to their mobile apps. ... Read full article

ID.me raised $19 million in a Series B round that was led by FTV Capital and included USAA. ... Read full article

The Most Influential Women in Payments are the ones taking risks with new ideas and investments, and developing the technology that will forever change the way people handle money. Not only do they set an example for their peers, they are unafraid to learn ... Read full article

The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company operates a joint venture in China, which opened its first branch in Shanghai in 2012. ... Read full article

Capital One co-founder Nigel Morris discusses how his venture capital firm, QED Investors, helps banks and fintechs better understand each other. ... Read full article

A core processing startup gets $16 million and a U.K. challenger bank raises $27.6 million. ... Read full article

The wave of technology that's turned card swipes into dips, phones into wallets and micro merchants into global sellers will proliferate, says Andrew Rueff of Waud, a Chicago-based private equity firm. ... Read full article

Nyca is one of the most active venture capital firms in fintech globally and its second fund should give it plenty of dry powder to pursue further deals. ... Read full article