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Things worth reading: 15th March 2017

Chris Skinner

Things we’re reading today include … Identity fraud reached record levels in 2016 Iceland’s recovery shows benefits of letting over-reaching banks go bust Taxpayer stake in Lloyds Banking Group goes below 3pc Bitcoin ETF: quick silver Charlotte Hogg resigns as Bank of England deputy governor The five charts that show how economically (..)

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Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $685 Million Week Ending Dec 18

Fintech Labs Insights

15 million to security provider Trulioo. HQ: Charlotte, North Carolina. Tags: B2B, SMB, blockchain, bitcoin, cryptocurrency. Three Finovate alums banked a total of $65 million: $50 million to new-age payroll provider Gusto (formerly ZenPayroll). $15 Another $290,000 to top-off a $750,000 round at Nous. Source: Crunchbase.

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Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raised $270 Million Week Ending May 6

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Charlotte, North Carolina. Tags: Consumer, payments, blockchain, crypto-currency, bitcoin, peer-to-peer funds transfers, remittances. Source: Crunchbase , WSJ. Payments technology. Latest round: $24 million. Total raised: $40.5 HQ: Kefar Sava, Israel. Source: Finovate. Net Element. Mobile payments. Source: Crunchbase. YieldStreet.