New Platform HomeFundMe Applies Crowdfunding to Mortgages
EXCLUSIVE— Potential homebuyers can be barred from entering the market simply because of the cost of a mortgage down payment....
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Credit Needs to Fix its Customer Experience Along with its Security, Final Says
EXCLUSIVE— As recent hacks such as Equifax demonstrate, credit providers have work to do to gain back consumer trust, and...
Wirecard Expands boon app With P2P, ‘micro credit’
Financial technology provider Wirecard will be updating its mobile payment app, boon, with new features including P2P capabilities. Up until...
Curve Partners with Xero for Easier Expense Management
London fintech Curve has partnered with accounting software provider Xero to remove the hassle of filing expenses, allowing users to...
Braintree, Four Years Post the PayPal Acquisition
EXCLUSIVE- Four years ago in September, payment processor PayPal acquired Braintree, along with Braintree-owned Venmo. Since then the San Francisco-based...
Cryptocurrency Expert: Government-Backed Cryptocurrency Misses the Point
EXCLUSIVE- To make a government-backed cryptocurrency is to defeat the point of cryptocurrency, Jacob Eliosoff, a programmer, crypto trader, businessman,...
UX Design is Next Big Hurdle for Banks, Vested Ventures Says
EXCLUSIVE— With the help of APIs and other technologies, U.S. banks are mastering the use and sharing of data, but...
RBC is Developing DLT for Payments with Hyperledger
The Royal Bank of Canada is looking at ways to implement blockchain technology for payments between its Canada and U.S....
Canadian Payment Processor, Pivotal, Gets Big Boost to Pursue Strategic Acquisitions
Canadian payment processor, Pivotal Payments, gets a boost to its growth plan through an investment from private equity firm Novacap...
10 Most Innovative CEOs in Banking 2017
Fintechs are partnering with banks, banks are using blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and cryptocurrency and financial regulation is still undergoing...
