Colombian startup Portal Finance wins funding
Bogota, Colombia-based startup Portal Finance has secured an undisclosed equity investment from Magma Partners. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com
FinTech startup powering Thomson Reuters’ investment tool
A Boston-based financial tech startup got a big boost Tuesday when Thomson Reuters unveiled a new data tool that's based on its technology. Read more: www.bizjournals.com
Visa, Amazon partner to bring better data to B2B clients
Visa and Amazon have partnered together to enable more transparency in transaction data for Amazon Business account holders. Read more: bankinnovation.net
Chinese credit assessment startup Wecash lands $80m
Chinese online credit evaluation platform Wecash has raised $80m in a Series C round of funding from local investors. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com
Perfios nabs $6.1m to crunch data for banks
FinTech data startup Perfios has raised $6.1m in a Series A round from Bessemer Venture Partners. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com
Quint Group secures £10m for refinancing
Quint Group has secured £10m to fund its recapitalisation. The Group operates a number of FinTech properties including price comparison site MoneyGuru.com. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com
Open source data: The last FinTech frontier
In the early days, programmers and software developers shared their creations learned from each other and advanced computing. Read more: www.crowdfundinsider.com
BBVA creates global head of data role
BBVA has installed veteran David Puente as global head of data. Read more: www.finextra.com
Financial data spending rises to record $27bn
Investors and businesses spent more than $27bn (£22bn) on financial market data last year, the highest total ever. Read more: www.cityam.com
Big Squid grabs $3m to predict business scenarios
Predictive analytics firm Big Squid has landed $3m in a seed funding round led by Silverton Partners and Kickstart Seed Fund. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com