Fintech funding round-up: 17 January 2017
They said it. We read it. We edited. A round-up of the latest funding efforts in the fintech and payments space. Featuring Kasisto, BillGO, Gumption Labs and Fraugster.
KAI
Varo Money to launch bot and money coach, Val
Mobile banking app Varo Money is brining to market a chatbot and “money coach”, Val. Val is powered by Kasisto’s KAI Banking bot and “delivers insights into spending, savings, borrowing and helps people set goals as well as offer updates and encouragement about their progress”.
Retail finance platform @divido appoints Todd Latham as CEO Latham will join Divido on 11 April and Neha Mittal, w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@USDFConsortium launches to develop and promote bank-minted stablecoin A consortium of US financial institutions… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Sustainable energy platform @InnoEnergyEU gains first financial institution shareholder, @ING_news “The investmen… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
SaaS tech start-up financing platform @join_arc lands $161m investment “We’re on a mission to help start-ups grow,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@bluevine sells its founding invoice factoring business to Canadian rival @FundThrough All BlueVine invoice fund… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@sixgroup, @BIS_org and @SNB_BNS conduct CBDC core banking integration test @Citi, @CreditSuisse, @GoldmanSachs,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Indian #fintech FPL Technologies raises $75m in Series C round Pune-based FPL’s products are designed to create a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Retail finance platform @divido appoints Todd Latham as CEO Latham will join Divido on 11 April and Neha Mittal, w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…