Tag Archives: Startups

Revolut, a British FinTech startup with Russian roots, announced its plans to enter the Russian market this year. The company, valued at USD 561 million, is a mobile app that …

Analytical company PitchBook collected data on startups that closed last year. Here are the 10 most expensive to close their doors in 2018: 10.Fallbrook Technologies – founded in 1998, the …

GreenSky, a FinTech company from Atlanta that provides loans for home repair projects, has announced its plan to go public with an IPO of USD 5 billion in total capitalization …

For any business, a revenue model is important. However, it is even more crucial for FinTech companies as consumer confidence is easily-shaken by perceived actions that seem solely profit-oriented (e.g. …

Not long ago, LendingClub was the brightest star in the rapidly-growing world of online lending. With shares having dropped two thirds in two months, the company now has investors nervous. …

Last summer, more than 400 peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms in China collapsed, costing thousands of Chinese millions in lost investments. The reason for their collapse is due to the lack …

Late last year, Robinhood attempted to launch a disruptive, first-of-its-kind checking/savings product, one which offered consumers a 3% interest rate with zero fees. Just days later, however, the company had …

FinTech startups continually create new, innovative solutions to modern financial issues, taking advantage of technology advances to make lives easier and business processes better. However, they are often at odds …

Despite concerns over the impact of Brexit, many startups are not willing to give up on London and its rich business networks and strong financial flows. At the same time, …

CB Insights recently compiled data on 101 startups that ultimately failed. They found a number of different reasons for failure and ranked the top 20 reasons in this illuminating infographic …

Have you thought about leaving your current position to start a FinTech company? While the idea might not be a bad one, just remember that FinTech startups have a failure …

Have you thought about leaving your current position to start a FinTech company? While the idea might not be a bad one, just remember that FinTech startups have a failure …

The road to success is often filled with rocks that startups must stumble through and overcome. Some of these rocks, however, can be avoided thanks to the mistakes of previous …

Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford at 19 to start a company called Theranos, with the ultimate goal of driving down healthcare costs and making the industry consumer-driven. For a …

FinTech has taken center stage in the financial world. In 2019, it is expected to become even more prominent in a number of ways: RegTech – compliance, complexity, cost and …

Payments are a trending topic in the FinTech world. Here are 18 predictions for what’s in store for payments in 2019: APIs– every board room is discussing APIs, but the …

2018 was a strong year for FinTechs, with the market cap of the Matrix FinTech Index growing 50 percentage points and far outpacing incumbent financial service giants and the S&P …

The banking industry is at the dawn of a great new era of FinTech partnerships that is expected to change banking as we know it. Despite this, many financial institutions …

China has embraced FinTech solutions as ways to make their lives easier, with one-stop shop apps allowing nearly half a billion people to access a dizzying array of financial services. …

A lot happened in 2018 – everything from Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal and the net neutrality debate to cryptocurrency’s volatility and Brexit negotiations. Many of these events will impact FinTech …