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Finch Capital is a Financial Technology Investment firm founded in the fall of 2013. We invest in high growth companies primary in EMEA and prefer to invest after the seed round, when there is proof of concept and there are some revenues.

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Bitcoin's 'war' could threaten its survival

CNBC sheds some light on the recent debate in the bitcoin space about increasing the size of the blocks in the bitcoin blockchain to...

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Faster Payments a factor in switching bank accounts

Interesting research showing that speed of payments could be a switching factor for Brits, especially the younger generation

Service could be a deciding factor for Brits looking to switch bank account providers, according to a survey commissioned by ACI...…

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VISA CEO ON PAYPAL’S FUTURE THREA

Interesting piece highlighting two developments at Visa: (1) the potentially unsustainable relationship with PayPal, and (2) their plans...

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Have banks made a fatal mistake with Apple Pay?

Interesting thoughts from Chris Skinner as the payments race gains momentum with PayPal, ApplePay, GooglePay, Alipay, etc.

In the good old days, if something was big and challenging, banks would get together and create a co-operative to solve the problem....…

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UK peer-to-peer loans hit £3.15 billion (and counting)

P2P bullish on growth even if interest rates rise

The UK peer-to-peer industry has issued over £500 million of new consumer and small business loans since April this year, according to...…

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First Data prepares for multibillion dollar listing

After Paypal, another payments IPO in the making: First Data.

In a letter to prospective investors included in the filing, Mr Bisignano outlined the company's recent challenges of "continuous...…

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Why Do People Hate Some Banks, Love Others?

Based on this research consumers select banks based on branches/ ATMs and are satisfied with banks based on online/ mobile tools

A study of over 3,000 consumers reveals what drives satisfaction, why people refer some banks to their friends but not others, and what...…

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Borro: Taking on Luxury Asset Lending to a New Level

Borro extending its offering: luxury pawn shop?

Occasionally, people find themselves in a pinch to raise quick cash needed to seize opportunities or address unplanned events such as an...…

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‘Insidious’ client-side malware targets banks through customers

Protecting against your customers' security breaches, an ever growing problem, 5-15% of consumers' computers likely affected in the US.

Banks are at risk from a new kind of ‘client side injected malware’ attack, in which attackers install malware on the customer’s device...…

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Betterment Just Made It Even Easier To Invest Money

SmartDeposit by Betterment will allow consumer to automatically move excess cash to their Betterment account so it can be invested.

Betterment is billed as a smarter way to invest money. But as a separate investment service, getting cash to Betterment has always been a...…

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Remitly Buys Talio To Boost Its Money Transfer App With Messaging Features

Mobile remittance apps adding rich experience, because sending money home is often about more than a financial transaction.

While Facebook moves deeper into using its Messenger platform as a vehicle for people to transfer money to each other, an app built for...…

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Wealth Managers Should Go Digital to Tap $222 Trillion

Digital investments in wealth management will more than triple in the coming year according to BCG

(Bloomberg) -- Money-management companies targeting $222 trillion of wealth up for grabs by 2019 should invest more in digital services...…

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Skip the bank and get a small business loan from this Indian startup

SME lending space is heating up globally, see here another example of a new SME platform in India

According to Lunia, there are 57 million enterprises, excluding large corporates, in India. “Banks have funded US$110 billion to small...…

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Citibank Is Working On Its Own Digital Currency, Citicoin

Another examples of genuine efforts from large financial institutions to innovate around the blockchain.

In a move that should be of no surprise to anyone familiar with the space, Citibank has admitted to running a test platform for digital...…

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What Makes for a Great FinTech API?

So all this talk about APIs ... here are six things to consider.

The job of a good application program interface (API*) is to provide all the building blocks for developing a system/program so that a...…

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Nordea sets up fintech accelerator

Another accelerator joins the ranks, now in Sweden, a historic hotbed for innovation.

With Sweden recently staking a claim as a fintech hotspot, Stockholm-headquartered Nordea has moved to grab a slice of the action by...…

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SEC Allows Tweets for Startups

Watch out what you tweet about your company....before you know you launched a process of issues shares or debt

A startup can now post a Twitter message about its stock or debt offering to gauge interest among potential investors. The SEC's latest...…

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RBS Trials Ripple as Part of £3.5 Billion Tech Revamp

Many tests are ongoing...who will put massive volume on it...and than the test will be can ripple handle massive volumes?

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is undertaking a proof-of-concept with Ripple technology as part of its £3.5bn technological revamp. ...…

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