Global FinTech funding reached $36bn in 2016

Altogether, landmark events in FinTech in 2016 led to an outstanding financial traction the industry gained and is expected to accelerate in the years to come. According to the data accumulated by the Financial Technology Partners, an investment bank focused on FinTech, in 2016, financial technology companies around the world raised a total of ~$36bn in financing across over 1500 funding deals from over 1700 unique investors (not taking into account M&A deals). Read more: letstalkpayments.com