TECHCRUNCH: As PayPal moves closer to its spinoff from parent eBay, the company continues to expand the services it will have to

WIRED: Apple Pay, the payments service that allows for contactless payments in stores and one-touch payments

Fastcompany: South Korean Team Takes $2 Million Top Prize At DARPA Robotics Challenge. DARPA wants

TECHCRUNCH: Fintech, the home of the fabled unicorn, is hot. There are now 36 fintech unicorns in

The Economist: Crowdfunding is just one of a number of ways in which European SMEs,

TECHCRUNCH: While remittances open the door for growth, that possibility pales in comparison to the larger

Mashable: South Korean messaging company Daum Kakao has acquired social networking apps Path and Path Talk for an

TECHCRUNCH:  At its I/O developer conference today, Google announced Android Pay, a new payments solution

The Economist: Paying for a taxi ride using your mobile phone is easier in Nairobi

The Finanser:  I just visited with Roberto Ferrari at CheBanca! in Italy.  For those who don’t know CheBanca!,

TECHCRUNCH: Another London-headquartered fintech startup, albeit one with a development and marketing team in Spain, has raised more

The Economist: Paying for a taxi ride using your mobile phone is easier in Nairobi

TECHCRUNCH: We already knew that GoCardless co-founder Tom Blomfield was working on a new U.K. banking

TECHCRUNCH: Turkey’s Iyzico, which provides a platform to let e-commerce sites and other apps easily accept

TECHCRUNCH: The anxiety hasn’t worn off yet. I’ve used the Stratos credit card for three weeks

FAST COMPANY: Nothing says “congratulations on your graduation” like an email from your student loan servicer

TECHCRUNCH: Bitcoin’s most disrupting feature is its decentralized architecture. Indeed, bitcoin relies on a P2P network

Forbes: “Level is dedicated to rewriting the financial rulebook to create a secure future for the

Business Insider: Banks have historically handled most consumer and small business lending because they have the

TECHCRUNCH: Digital commerce company PayPal is moving to establish itself as “more than just a button”

WIRED: Cashless payment has overtaken hard cash for the first time. The UK Payments Council reports that

IPO of Shopify, value of OpenTable, new releases from Groupon and LevelUp, best results of

An article about the largest European fintech incubator hosting over 173 (!) companies. Major banks,

TECHCRUNCH:  API-for-payments startup Stripe is raising a new round of funding, according to sources with

Business Insider: Challenger bank Metro Bank has just struck a deal with Zopa, one of the UK’s

TECHCRUNCH: Vouch, a so-called “social network for credit” founded by ex-PayPal and ex-Prosper alumni, now has an additional

DEALSTREETASIA: The Philippine Long Distance and Telephone Co (PLDT) is planning to invest around $100 million in its

TECHCRUNCH: When LearnVest, one of the hottest startups in fintech, announced its acquisition by Northwestern Mutual, the $250 million deal raised some eyebrows. While this

TECHCRUNCH: Payments company PayPal is inching closer to spinning off from its marketplace parent eBay. Today its designated

Fintech Demo Day is the first event jointly hosted by Marvelstone Partners, Life.SREDA VC and Yozma Group Asia for the