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According to a new report from real estate consulting firm RE: Tech, investors funnelled $743.7 million globally into commercial real estate tech startups Read more: www.empirestartups.com

A round table discussion held by the Study of Financial Innovation in London on featured presentations from new online marketplace platforms offering opportunities in the UK commercial real estate. Read More: www.fintechlawblog.com

Chris Finney, partner at law firm Cooley (UK), on how peer-to-peer and crowd-sourced insurance are already making inroads into the industry. Read more: www.insurancetimes.co.uk

Online stores and other merchants, which accept payments via Yandex.Checkout, Russia’s leading payment service provider, can now offer Apple Pay. Read more: www.finextra.com

Electronic corporate bond trading venue TruMid has launched its Market Center platform, introducing new trading functionality,Trading Technologies and Strategies ,Tech,TruMid,Bond,fixed income. Read more: www.waterstechnology.com

Penny, a personal finance bot we reviewed last fall, has raised $1.2 million in seed funding from Social Capital. Read More: techcrunch.com

Actors in the insurance industry put the whole sector under universal suspicion in the minds of customers. Customers want to be able to identify with a company. Read more: insurancethoughtleadership.com

A couple of weeks after raising $100 million in equity funding, the financial technology company announced today that it has acquired Sweep and its personal finance management app service. Read More: venturebeat.com

Magazine recognizes companies that are leveraging technology to disrupt traditional real estate industry business models. Read more: www.inman.com

A mix of finance and technology, fintech is set to explode on Wall Street. Read more: money.usnews.com