Remove 2001 Remove Capital Remove Fintech Remove Security
article thumbnail

B2B FinTechs Diversify Funding Strategies With M&A, IPOs

PYMNTS

Talk of a decelerating FinTech venture capital market continued to mount this week with reports that digital banking startup Aspiration is struggling to raise money. Venture Capital Funding. raised $10 million from SEB Bank and Seed Capital for its commercial card technology. Funding Xchange secured $10.3

Strategy 109
article thumbnail

PingPong To Enter Europe Via $113M Investment

PYMNTS

According to a report , the Chinese startup PingPong, a FinTech company, will invest €100 million ($113 million) in Luxembourg. PingPong and Luxembourg’s relationship goes back to 2017, when the FinTech startup got a payments license in the region, which allowed it to operate between Chinese outfits and customers in Europe.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

Fintech Labs Insights

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It’s still going under the stewardship of fintech famous Jim Marous, who modernized the name to Digital Banking Report (and recently opened the archives for free access).

article thumbnail

First New Community Bank In Decades Headed To US Market

PYMNTS

DLA Piper , which advised MOXY on its FDIC application, said in a statement this week that the bank is still awaiting clearance from Washington’s Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking. Reports in FinTech Futures on Wednesday (Jan. In a report published last year, the U.S. have emerged to do. .”

article thumbnail

281 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Feb 2022)

Fintech Labs Insights

At FintechLab s we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated constantly ( current list here ). Fintech Unicorn count: Beginning (Jan 1, 2022) = 271 Plus: 9 born this month (see Table 2, below) 1 previous unicorn added this month (Citadel Securities) _ Total (Jan 31) = 281. Full Fintech Unicorn List.

Fintech 15
article thumbnail

The Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Jan 2022)

Fintech Labs Insights

At FintechLab s we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated constantly ( current list here ). 1 previous unicorn added this month (Citadel Securities). _. Full Fintech Unicorn List. Citadel Securities. In December, we added 7 new unicorns for a month-end total of 273. Total (Dec 31) = $2.03 Value ($B).

Fintech 15
article thumbnail

The 238 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Sep 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). Full Fintech Unicorn List. In August, we added 17 new unicorns for a total of 238. Their total market value is now $2.21 trillion, up $100B from last month. Unicorn count: Beginning (Sep 1) = 224. + Total (Sep 30) = 238.

Fintech 15