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Amid Brazil’s persistent economic crisis, fintech startup GuiaBolso raises $39 million – TechCrunch

Despite a continuing economic crisis, Brazil’s technology startups are continuing to attract cash and financing, with the mobile personal financial service GuiaBolso raising $39 million in fresh funding. Readers outside of Brazil can think of the company as a combination of U.S. services like Mint

A hot fintech start up has amassed nearly $5 billion from people willing to hand over their bank logins

Personal Capital is a startup known for its free platform, which allows people to plug in their bank and investment accounts to see all their financials at once. CEO Jay Shah says Personal Capital has been monetizing the business by getting richer clients to pay for financial advice. The startup rec

Fidelity, the $2.3 trillion investment giant, is testing out a new cryptocurrency service

Fidelity is testing out a new service to help make life easier for its clients who invest in cryptocurrencies. The $2.3 trillion investor announced on Wednesday a partnership between its Fidelity Labs, the firm’s innovation center, and Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange serving nearly 9 mil

Two of Britain’s fastest growing fintech are going after a huge pot of money: pensions

LONDON — Fast-growing online investment startups Moneyfarm and Scalable Capital are both planning to launch pension products later this year, hoping that accessing the huge UK retirement market could super-charge their growth. Moneyfarm announced plans to launch a pension product later this year w

Zipmoney raises $40Mil from Westpac, the biggest Australian Fintech raise of the year.

Sydney fintech startup ZipMoney has landed a $40 million investment from Westpac. The round, announced on the ASX on Monday morning, includes $40 million cash upfront and a further $8 million in future performance-dependent funding. ZipMoney’s deal immediately becomes the third largest capital rai

Growth trends and behaviours in Alternative Finance

Research from over 1,000 crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending platform options,reveal the global trends in Alternative Financing. “2015 was the year when Alternative Finance really came into its own. The dominating influence was the growth of China, which accounts for 70% of global volume, follow

The Rise Of P2P Lending

The wave of disruptions in the financial sector gained strength after the global financial crisis of 2008-09. While the heavy losses forced banks to become stricter about loan disbursements, the chaos and fragility in the system caused dissatisfaction with commercial banks among borrowers. According

The State Of P2P Lending at the Beginning of 2016

Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending became one of the hottest industries in fintech — or any other any industry — in 2015. Companies raised large venture rounds, investors found unicorns and there were even a couple of IPOs. Will 2016 continue this trend, or will the P2P lending bubble finally pop? Here

Here’s why 2017 will be a turning point for the UK marketplace lending industry

This story was delivered to BI Intelligence “Fintech Briefing” subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. The UK’s marketplace lending sector is one of the world’s oldest and largest, but it may be reaching a tipping point whereby growth starts to slow and m

Sydney fintech Prospa secures $20Mil(AUD) debt facility from Partners for Growth.

Small business lending startup Prospa has reportedly secured a $20 million debt facility from the Australian arm of Partners for Growth. The AFR reports that the new money, which follows a $25 million capital raising round in February led by AirTree Ventures, will go towards product development as w