Clinton pledges to embrace FinTech
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton renewed her pledge Tuesday to cut regulations while also signaling plans to embrace the burgeoning FinTech sector.Read more : www.americanbanker.com
Growing Spanish FinTech sector creating new clients
FinTech companies see opportunities for expansion in the Spanish market as customers ditch traditional banks. Read more: www.mondaq.com
Indian online tax return platform ClearTax bags $12m SAIF-led Series A
SAIF Partners’ Ravi Adusumalli has led a $12m Series A financing round for Indian online tax filing platform ClearTax.
Rakuten moves into European banking market
Japanese e-commerce conglomerate and prominent FinTech investor Rakuten is to launch a commercial banking operation in Europe. Read more: www.finextra.com
Canberra urged to maintain focus on FinTech
intech leaders want the new-look federal ministry to continue with policies to help grow financial services exports to Asia and create more competition for incumbent banks. Read more: www.afr.com
FinTech Acquisition Corp completes initial public offering
FinTech Acquisition Corp. II today completed its initial public offering of 17,500,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit. Read more: www.businesswire.com
The impact of FinTech innovations on UK banks
As we approach the end of 2016, it seems like a good moment to pause and think about the impacts of FinTech on UK banks. Read more: www.techbullion.com
Invoice Bazaar closes investment from AGC
Advance Global Capital has invested in Invoice Bazaar, a FinTech supply chain finance platform that offers receivables purchase from SME suppliers in the UAE. Read more: www.fintechranking.com
Here’s how FinTech is upending three key relationships
When it comes to digital disruption, financial services are falling behind compared to media, advertising, telecommunications, and leisure. This is due to increasingly complex regulations that have prevented FinTechs from flourishing. Read more: www.uk.businessinsider.com
New bridge to China starts a golden age for UK FinTech
There is no question that more technology innovation and value creation in financial services comes from the UK than anywhere else in the world. Read more: www.cityam.com