Melissa Widner, General Partner at National Australia Bank Ventures, Joins Bank Innovation 2018
EXCLUSIVE — Melissa Widner, General Partner at NAB (National Australia Bank) Ventures, has joined the speaker faculty for Bank Innovation ...
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U.K.’s Virgin Money to Launch Digital Challenger Bank
Make way for a new digital challenger bank. U.K.-based lender Virgin Money said it will offer current accounts and savings ...
BNP Paribas Opens Fintech Investment Fund
French bank BNP Paribas has launched a new fund to invest in fintech startups, the bank announced today. The amount ...
‘Bitcoin Queen’ Margaux Avedisian Joins Bank Innovation 2018
EXCLUSIVE- If 2016 was the year of blockchain in financial services, the boom in cryptocurrency values in 2017 brought the ...
How VC Firm Magma Partners is Tapping Into the Untapped Chilean Fintech Market
EXCLUSIVE -- With government-backed initiatives and a finite business of copper export, Nathan Lustig, co-founder and managing partner at Magma ...
U.K. Investment Association to Launch Fintech Accelerator Program
The innovation of fintech is not limited to retail banking, according to the UK Investment Association, which today said it ...
French Startup Lydia Raises Funding to Become the Newest PayPal
Paris-based startup Lydia, on its way to becoming a leader in French mobile payments, has raised a $16.1 million round ...
Cash is Not Going Away, ECB Executive Says
Long live cash, at least according to European Central Bank executive board member Yves Mersch. In a speech hosted by ...
Island Nation Mauritius To Set Up Fintech Fund
The island nation of Mauritius will now have a sovereign fund dedicated to investment in fintech. According to reports, high-level ...
Alt-Lender TruFin Raises $97M in IPO
U.K. alternative lender TruFin has raised about $97 million in an IPO, the firm announced today. The company will start ...
