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Weekly Early-Stage Fintech/Insurtech & Crypto Funding Report - 1st week Sept 2022
Featuring 17 transactions for companies based in Europe, APAC and North America
Sept. 5, 2022 • Roger Portnoy
Overview this week Based on our requirements, I am featuring 17 transactions this week for companies based in Europe, APAC and North America. My coverage features a number of pre-seed through...
Fintech Early Stage Financing Aug 21st to Aug 28th: Developed Countries
11 early stage transactions of the week
Sept. 2, 2022 • Roger Portnoy
Overview: This week I am featuring 11 early stage transactions involving fund raises sponsored by Venture Capital firms, Growth Equity firms, Accelerators, Angel Investors and Corporate Sponsor...
KYC Remediation: Converting the backlog challenge into an opportunity
Increasing regulatory scrutiny often results in businesses having to re-validate their existing customers
Aug. 29, 2022 • Luke Hinchliffe
Increasing regulatory scrutiny often results in businesses having to re-validate their existing customers. The subsequent remediation process can be an onerous task, but if carried out correctl...
7 Tips for Founding or Managing a Tech Start-up During an Economic Turmoil
Creating a new venture during economic uncertainty is not for everybody. Yet, during every crisis lies a great opportunity.
Aug. 25, 2022 • Şebnem Elif Kocaoglu Ulbrich
Uncertainty might be a rule of thumb for start-up game; nonetheless, when economic turmoil and ongoing war threatens to shake the financial stability to its core, the entrepreneurial journey mi...
Why Visa is the biggest loser in the BNPL wars
Apple and Mastercard relationship is a potential game-changer
Aug. 21, 2022 • James Hickson
The launch of Apple’s Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) product has been viewed as an industry disruptor. It's no wonder that the likes of Klarna, Afterpay and Affirm, have seen their valuations...
Fintechs vs. banks and insurers: are they competitors or collaboration partners?
There was a view that all the things which a bank or insurer does could be done better and cheaper by a technology-powered fintech. And there is still some suspicion in the market today.
Aug. 11, 2022 • Richard Thornton
When fintech first became a ‘thing’ there were industry rumblings about upstart startups seeking to disrupt the market, with an eye to replacing banks and insurers. There was a view that all th...
AML Trends in 2022: Challenges and Prevention
Prevention requires constant evolution and effort from innovators, banks, government organizations, and businesses.
Aug. 10, 2022 • Miley Dowing
Money laundering has been an issue since the dawn of physical currency. As our financial institutions and digital technology have evolved, so has this pervasive financial crime. According to th...
Will Insurtechs ever walk the talk?
Will the new generation of Insurtechs do differently?
Aug. 8, 2022 • Matteo Carbone
The news of the past month in the insurtech scene has been the WeFox round of financing at $4.5B ( $400 million series D round "which is compromised of equity and debt"). My first ...
ISO20022: migration – it’s not just about compliance
The standard has been implemented across 70 plus countries, yet implementation in parts of the developed world is yet to be completed
Aug. 4, 2022 • Anthony Walton
With digital innovation developing at speed within the financial services industry it’s never been more important to follow the latest standards and protocols. One standard, however, which is c...
4C Approach to a Successful Spend Analysis
Many organizations fail to analyze their spending patterns successfully
Aug. 2, 2022 • Prasanna Rajendran
Every individual and organization, in one way or another, tracks how they spend their budget in a certain period. Where an individual might keep a diary, organizations maintain accounting ledge...