The vast majority of Europeans do their banking locally, earning on their savings whatever is paid by the banks in their home markets. Raisin aims to change that. Founded as SavingGlobal in 2012 and based in …
Category: FinTech
One of the toughest things for any B2C FinTech startup is finding cost-effective client acquisition strategies that scale. At European robo-advisor Scalable Capital, that challenge falls to Ella Rabener, co-founder and CMO. This is the second …
Founded in December of 2014, Scalable Capital is a European online investment manager with 40 employees and offices in Munich and London. It has raised more than $12 million in two rounds, the most recent of …
Last January, I attended the inaugural Paris Fintech Forum, a one-day affair that brought together more than 600 attendees. Despite the name, this is really an international FinTech event. Sessions were held in a combination of …
The fourth iteration of Dassault Systemes 3D FinTech Challenge, announced last month, will focus on RegTech. The seven-week program will run from October 5th to November 22nd in London. Participants will be able to showcase their …
Anthemis Group, founded in 2010 and headquartered in London, is “focused on re-inventing financial services for the 21st century.” It’s an important firm within the FinTech ecosystem, but a little hard to categorize. Anthemis advises large …
Founded in 2014, InvestGlass is a Swiss-based, white-labeled, client and prospect management platform for private bankers and wealth managers. The platform is designed to facilitate more efficient prospecting and onboarding of new clients, as well as …
In FinTech, Insurance, Venture CapitalTags Esurance, InsurTech, P2P insurance, XL CatlinPublish Date
XL Group is a global insurance company with both insurance and reinsurance operations. Operating primarily under the XL Catlin brand since the 2015 acquisition of Catlin Group Limited, the company today provides property, casualty, and specialty …
Greater Boston FinTech startups got off to a good start in 2016 on the funding front. Twelve firms raised more than $153 million in the first six months of the year, led by Circle, which raised …
Earlier this year, Spanish bank BBVA shut down its in-house venture arm, BBVA Ventures, and placed the portfolio, the cash remaining from the original $100 million allocation, and an additional $150 million into a new venture …