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News/retail
Societe Generale has acquired Reezocar, a French online platform for buying used cars. Financial terms were not disclosed.
15 December 2020
News/startups
Mexican digital bank albo has raised $45 million in funding round to fuel its expansion into lending and insurance, according to TechCrunch.
09 December 2020
News/people
Global insurance broker Marsh has aappointed Tamara Simpkins Franklin as chief digital, data, and analytics officer.
24 September 2020
Thirty one UK scaleups have been selected to participate in the third cohort of Tech Nation's fintech programme.
23 September 2020
News/crypto
The growing number of startups offering crypto investment services will be buoyed by news that institutional investors are set to increase the amount of capital they spend on crypto assets.
22 September 2020
Helvetia Venture Fund has made its first fintech investment, joining a $5.5 million round in Swiss challenger neon.
01 September 2020
Spain's Banco Sabadell is preparing to use messaging app WhatsApp to deliver home insurance services.
07 July 2020
By Miles, a UK-based pay-by-mile car insurance provider, has raised £15 million in Series B funding led by CommerzVentures.
22 May 2020
ZA, the first virtual bank to go live in Hong Kong, has branched out into insurance after obtaining a digital-only insurer license from the Hong Kong Insurance Authority under its Fast Track pilot scheme.
04 May 2020
A host of Italian financial services players are taking part in a project to digitise the management of sureties using blockchain technology.
01 May 2020
News/covid-19
Admiral is to give back £110 million to its 4.4 million car and van insurance customers stuck at home during the UK lockdown.
24 April 2020
Even Financial, the startup that uses an API to help banks find and connect with consumers via channel partners, is entering the insurance space through the acquisition of LeapLife. Financial terms were not disclosed.
22 April 2020
Instanda, a UK-based customer and policy management platform for the insurance industry, has closed a $19.5 million Series A funding round led by Assembly Capital Partners.
10 March 2020
Unqork, a no-code application platform used by big name financial services firms has topped up its Series B funding round with an additional $51 million from, among others, Goldman Sachs.
27 February 2020
Global investment in fintechs dipped slightly in 2019 as strong growth in the US, India and Brazil was offset in China, where the mega-deals dried up, according to a report from Accenture and CB Insights.
21 February 2020
News/ai
Accenture has agreed to buy Mudano, a data consultancy that works with UK financial services firms. Financial terms were not disclosed.
03 February 2020
Barclays Bank has formed a commercial partnership with fintech accelerator graduate Nimbla, which gives SME clients the ability to take out insurance against individual invoices, rather than the whole book.
23 January 2020
German insurtech WeFox has closed $110 million of funding bringing its total for 2019 to $235 million and is planning the launch of a London tech hub next year.
11 December 2019
News/Insurance
Canadian outfit Portag3 Ventures has closed a CAD$427 million (US$321 million) fund focused on early stage investments in the fintech sector.
04 December 2019
Toronto-based online brokerage Questrade is applying for a federal banking licence, paving the way for it to open an online bank.
20 November 2019
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