Digital wealth manager Wealthsimple exits UK
All eligible accounts will be transferred to Moneyfarm in January.
Investment, Asset & Fund Management
Wealthtech FNZ acquires client onboarding tech vendor Appway
Hanspeter Wolf, CEO and founder of Appway, will become FNZ’s CTO.
Republic to buy Seedrs to create global private investment player
The $100 million deal brings together the US and UK-based partners.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – MoonPay, Airwallex & Gemini
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, every week.
ICYMI funding round-up: Pomelo Pay, Nudge, Recordent, fintus, EarlyBird, WLTH, and Basiq
In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) funding round-up for you to get the latest fintech funding news.
Family savings fintech UNest raises $26m in Series B round
Company is one of the few US fintechs with a female founder to gain investor funding to date.
Fintech funding deals globally 15 November – 21 November 2021
Featuring Gemini, Upgrade, CloudWalk, EasyHealth and Airwallex.
ICYMI funding round-up: Tarabut Gateway, TotallyMoney, Quartr & more
Another collection of funding rounds and raises from all over the world you might have missed.
Fintech funding deals globally 18 October – 24 October 2021
Featuring N26, Deel, FTX, Zopa and Brex.
New social investing app AleFi launches in US
AleFi aims to help new retail traders understand the market and follow trends.
Webinar: Reimagining the customer experience in wealth management
Celent and OneSpan give a closer look at the digitisation trends shaping the wealth management industry.
Goldman Sachs gets green light for total ownership of Chinese venture
Goldman becomes the second US bank to buy out its Chinese mainland joint venture partner.
Digital transformation in asset management – obstacles for fund administrators
Fund administrators are struggling to keep pace with digitalisation thanks to some notable obstacles.
State Street to acquire BBH Investor Services in $3.5bn deal
State Street says the deal will help enhance its investment products and services.
Mexican fintech Flink lands $57m in Series B round
New investment follows the company’s $12 million Series A round in February.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Mastercard, Ramp, PayPal & more
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, every week.
FinTech Collective raises $250m for new early-stage investments
The venture capital firm’s total AUM now exceeds $500 million.
Trading technology firm DriveWealth secures $450m Series D funding
Fintech will use the funds for continued product and service expansion and additional hires.
Fintech funding deals globally 16 August – 22 August 2021
Featuring DriveWealth, Sightline Payments, Bitpanda, PalmPay and Reali.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Goldman Sachs, Paysafe, HSBC & more
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, every week.
Goldman Sachs to acquire asset management firm NNIP in $2bn deal
US bank continues drive towards new revenue streams.
Fintech funding deals globally 9 August – 15 August 2021
Featuring Carta, Uala, FalconX, M-DAQ and TaxBit.
Cartoon: The many faces of VC
This week’s cartoon illustrates the different career stages of venture capitalists.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three great roles to apply for this week
Exciting vacancies at CSC, Broadridge and Oracle. Apply today!
Robinhood falls short of $35bn valuation target in subdued IPO debut
Shares fell in value by as much as 12% before recovering last week.
RBC Wealth Management picks Broadridge to power US division
Multi-year deal also features Broadridge’s Asset Servicing platform.
ICYMI funding round-up: Cobee, Sila, Vincent, WhenThen, Clara & more
Another batch of funding rounds that might have flown under your radar.
Vestwell lands $70m Series C round co-led by Wells Fargo
Series C takes Vestwell’s total funding to around $112m over four rounds.
Simon secures $100m Series B funding to drive growth
Simon says the funding will be used to expand its core offering.
BNP Paribas Wealth Management picks InvestCloud to boost onboarding
InvestCloud’s solutions will be used for onboarding and managing high-net-worth client relationships.
ICYMI funding round-up: Credit Fair, Plooto, Xclaim, Weavr & more
Another batch of funding rounds that might have flown under your radar.
Is regtech living up to expectations? (And if not, why not?)
Until regtech is embedded into the core processes of wealth management, its potential remains constrained.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Three fintech jobs you need to check out this week
Exciting vacancies at Grant Thornton, Deloitte and BNY Mellon. Apply today!
Classic product placement has had its day
Product placement is easily recognised by the customer and viewed negatively.
M1 Finance secures $150m in SoftBank-led funding round
The firm claims the investment now takes its total valuation to $1.45 billion.
US investment app Stash acquires financial literacy platform PayGrade
Stash plans to “quickly expand” its new acquisition.
Fintech start-up Capchase plans European expansion after $125m funding round
The US-based service is available in the UK and Spain and expects to launch in more European countries soon.
Interview: Jason Blick, EQIBank – is DeFi the future of finance?
EQIBank brings together traditional and crypto finance; EQIFi is launching decentralised finance (DeFi) products.
ICYMI funding round-up: Airtm, Cushon, Stake, Clim8, Nordigen & ikigai
A quick summary of this week’s smaller funding rounds.
Technology can help uncover credible ESG investment opportunities
The total market value of ESG fund investment has surpassed $1 trillion for the first time.
