#FinTech : @MarieQuantier lève 1,5 million d’euros et innove avec deux contrats d’assurance-vie @mathieu_hamel

"Marie Quantier est une plateforme de conseils en investissement automatisé. L’application pour investir et collecter ses revenus financiers annonce une levée de 1,5 million d’euros.

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Présidée par Mathieu Hamel, ancien trader à Londres, la société Marie Quantier cible les jeunes actifs qui préparent leur retraite et ne font pas confiance aux banques. Pour 5,90 euros par mois, les abonnés peuvent gérer leur épargne (d’un montant minimum de 5 000 euros) en quelques clics. Selon la startup, la finance peut être accessible..."

Lire la suite : http://www.maddyness.com/finance/levee-de-fonds/2016/01/08/marie-quantier-levee-fonds/

Women in Banking: Fintech Funding and the Rise of Female Regulators

"Thinking Outside the (Sand) Box: Does your bank speak the language of fintech entrepreneurs? Bank of America chief operations and technology officer Cathy Bessant is confident her company can and that it will reap its benefits of doing so before its peers, she said at the company's annual technology innovation summit in Menlo Park, Calif. Getting an innovation right is more important than doing it first, and that comes from investing in deep relationships not just with customers, but also fintech startups, whose technology the bank can help scale. Bessant..."

Lire la suite : http://www.americanbanker.com/bankthink/women-in-banking-fintech-funding-and-the-rise-of-female-regulators-1078735-1.html

One of fintech's biggest pioneers is on an investing spree @peterthiel

"PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel — one of the biggest names in the world of fintech, or financial technology — is on a European investment spree right now.

He's just invested €1 million (£744,000, $1.1 million) into German startup Deposit Solutions, a company created to allow people to use..."

Lire la suite : http://uk.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-invests-in-german-fintech-start-up-deposit-solutions-2016-1?r=US&IR=T

Fintech Goes Large as Wall Street Moves In (Video) @SVB_Financial

"Fintech is a broad term that covers a growing portfolio of services and applications that facilitate financial transactions. While the epicenter may be capital formation, it is really all about finance moving inevitably online, and big banking is waking up to the opportunity and the challenge.

Phil Cox, Head of EMEA & President of UK Branch of Silicon Valley Bank, visited the studios of CNBC to chat up the phenomena designated as Fintech. SVB is a pretty legendary bank having helped to finance tens of thousands of early stage companies with many big names on..."

Lire la suite : http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2016/01/79982-fintech-goes-large-as-wall-street-moves-in-video/

Riverside backs fintech company Kasasa @Kasasa @KasasaNews

The Riverside Company has made an undisclosed investment in Kasasa by BancVue. Based in Austin, Texas, Kasasa is a financial tech and marketing services provider.

"PRESS RELEASE

The Riverside Company has invested in Kasasa by BancVue, an Award-winning financial technology and marketing services provider based in Austin, Texas that serves over 700 community banks and credit unions across the United States.

Kasasa is among the world’s largest financial technology providers and was recently included on the American Banker..."

Lire la suite : https://www.pehub.com/2016/01/riverside-backs-fintech-company-kasasa/

Dublin down with funds and #fintech @DubCityCouncil

"Walk a mile down the Liffey from the conviviality of Dublin’s Temple Bar, and the mood changes dramatically. The International Financial Services Centre looms over the river, and an aspect of the city that gets less emphasis in tourist brochures becomes apparent. Jeans and trainers are exchanged for suits and brogues, while bars and kitsch shops make way for law offices and bank buildings."

Lire la suite : http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2016-01-12/dublin-seeks-a-niche-in-fintech-and-innovation

Banks face recruitment challenges as fintech startups snag talent

"Grow CEO Kevin Sandhu, front left, chief technical officer Daniel Cowx, back left, chief credit officer Darryl Knopp, back right, and client care manager Jessica Kong, right, play table tennis at the consumer lending company's offices in Vancouver on Friday January 8, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck"

Lire la suite : http://www.newskamloops.com/blog/post/banks-face-recruitment-challenges-as-fintech-startups-snag-talent

Banks vs. Fintech? No Contest, Banks Win

"The meteoric rise of fintech firms in recent yearscoupled with the surge of interest by already-established technology companies in the consumer payments space are nothing short of remarkable.

The media headlines charting fintech’s progress in just the past year might even have you think that the end of traditional bank models is here. But that assessment is dead wrong.

What is often overlooked is how much fintech’s advancement relies on the established financial services industry. Participation..."

Lire la suite : http://www.americanbanker.com/bankthink/banks-vs-fintech-no-contest-banks-win-1078738-1.html

Preparing For A Downturn—A Fintech CEO’s Take @jmgards

"“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
– Milton Berle

How should entrepreneurs and investors prepare for a future downturn?

The economy always operates with opposing forces. It’s expected that there will be downturns and upturns. Entrepreneurs and investors can find opportunities to prepare, possibly..."

Lire la suite : http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2016/01/11/preparing-for-a-downturn-a-fintech-ceos-take/