InsPeer is an innovative web-based service enabling users to reduce their auto, motorcycle, and homeowners insurance premiums by raising their deductibles and laying off their increased risk on people they know. Generally, the higher the deductible, …
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Based in Toronto, Wealthsimple is intent on bringing low-cost, technology-driven investment strategies and personalized service to every Canadian. Wealthsimple, like most robo-advisors, creates diversified portfolios utilizing low-cost ETFs – no stock picking and no market timing. …
Stark Group is a collection of startup companies founded in January 2015 by Matthias de Ferrieres, formerly General Insurance Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Digital for French insurance giant AXA in Asia. The group was …
The Boston FinTech Meetup group held a demo night earlier this week, with four companies presenting to a standing room only audience at Workbar in Central Square, Cambridge. Here’s a rundown of the companies in the …
Leaders of private equity and venture capital firms increasingly see a need for marketing. A large majority say, when surveyed, that having a strong brand is important for their firm. This is particularly true in today’s …
Boston-based G20 Ventures recently announced the closing of its first fund with $63.5MM in assets. G20 was founded and is led by Bill Wiberg and Bob Hower, industry veterans who will be familiar to many from …
In February, Paris-based AXA announced the launch of a new venture capital fund to invest in innovation in the insurance, asset management, financial technology and healthcare service industries. AXA Strategic Ventures will have as much as …
BNP Paribas is a French banking and financial services giant with global headquarters in Paris. It has two major business lines: retail banking and services; and corporate and institutional banking. In the United States, BNP Paribas …
Few FinTech founders will name-drop Marx, Sartre, Keynes, Plato and Piketty in a single blog post. Mathieu Hamel, co-founder and CEO of Marie Quantier, is one of them. Hamel is on a mission to disrupt the …
FinTech Sandbox is a new non-profit focused on giving early-stage financial services and FinTech entrepreneurs access to financial data for product development and testing. While it is based in Boston, its mission is to promote entrepreneurship …