CoverHound expands to insurance for small businesses
Online insurance marketplace CoverHound expanded its offerings today. Read more : finovate.com
Life insurance startup Ladder launches in California
Ladder, the new life insurance startup looking to bring policy enrollment as easy as picking up a mobile phone, has launched in its first market — California. Read more: www.techcrunch.com
Health insurance startup Ottonova grabs €15m-plus
Munich-based health insurance startup Ottonova has closed a new round of funding led by Tengelmann Ventures. The round is between €15m and €20m. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com
Sogexia launches a new digital bank
Sogexia launches a new 100% digital online bank, this solution consists of a web and mobile online account to cash and withdraw money, process transfers and receive withdrawals, up to 4 MasterCard cards with optional travel insurance to settle expenses and make withdrawals. Read more: www.americanbanker.com.com
PropTech No Agent picks up £584,000 through crowdfunding
PropTech platform No Agent has secured more than £584,000 through an equity crowdfunding campaign. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com
Robo advisors enter 401K, 529 Plan realm in FinTech
Automated investment services are increasingly pushing into managing personal finances in areas previously left to larger brokerages as profit margins narrow. Read more: upstart.bizjournals.com
Percentile ships FRTB calculator
Percentile announced the launch of RiskMine FRTB calculator, which allows banks to meet the key requirements of BCBS’s new market risk capital standards. Read more: www.finextra.com
Atom Bank begins tech recruitment drive
A recruitment drive to find key technical people for the UK’s first bank built exclusively for mobile is underway here in the region. Read more: www.finextra.com
Financial fraudsters hit every 15 seconds
More than one million incidents of financial fraud occurred in the first six months of 2016, according to official figures released by FFA UK. Read more: www.finextra.com
Blockchain and the growing RegTech ecosystem
As the prevalence of RegTech increases, so too does the importance of entrepreneurs and developers taking advantage of the technology. Read more: www.siliconrepublic.com