Top fintech stories this week – 05 July 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
SVB
Silicon Valley Bank lends $300m to innovative Irish companies
It will bring the total amount brought to the Irish market to $500m by 2024.
Kantox completes second debt financing with €5m
The firm saw its first deal with SVB in December 2017.
Silicon Valley Bank welcomed in Canada
The bank has received a Canadian licence and opened an office in Toronto.
How to finance your tech business – balancing equity and debt
Plus top tips on raising capital.
Don’t fear the rise of the robots
With wildly conflicting views from experts on the topic, and given that most of us had our first interaction with artificial intelligence whilst watching The Terminator, it isn’t hugely surprising that there is a fear of the rise of the robots.
Kantox closes debt financing
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) supplied the funds to the UK-based company.
Persado unveils Persado One; lands $30m credit facility from Silicon Valley Bank
Artificial intelligence (AI)-generated marketing campaign company Persado has unveiled a new product, along with a fresh $30 million credit facility to fuel further expansion.
Sherpa Foundry and Silicon Valley Bank create Silicon Foundry, corporate innovation platform
Sherpa Foundry and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) have joined forces to launch Silicon Foundry, a membership-based corporate innovation platform.
#Regtech @ComplyAdvantage reports record year, makes senior hires Regtech ComplyAdvantage, which focuses on financ… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
African #fintech start-ups @float_hq and @asaakmobile gain funding Ghana’s cashflow and spend management platform… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
#Analysis: So what? Financial services exists to serve. And that means that when we are not of service, we are jus… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Swiss neobank Entris selects @bottomlinetech for digital-first #payments upgrade Entris Banking acts as a transact… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
SaaS financial data platform @CanalystModels secures $70m Series C investment Canalyst says it wants to be “the ne… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
De novo @agility_bank opts for @NumeratedGT's loan origination platform Numerated's SaaS loan origination platform… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@AllicaBank selects core banking tech from start-up @SaaScada SaaScada, a UK-based core banking software start-u… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@ArkoseLabs bankrupts the business of fraud by sabotaging attackers’ ROI and making it uneconomical to attack you.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…