Fintech

20 stories about Fintech
Omry Tomer Viola

Israel’s massive fintech year confirms the sector as a powerhouse

17.03.22|James Spiro
A new report from Viola Group has highlighted the impact that fintech had on Startup Nation in 2021
ועידת לונדון טדי שגיא

Teddy Sagi launches new fintech company - Pay.com

13.03.22|Meir Orbach
Less than three years after selling payment solutions company SafeCharge for $889 million, Sagi is unveiling his new fintech startup
מייסדי Rapyd

Rapyd reaches $15 billion valuation, becomes Israel’s highest valued unicorn

13.03.22|Meir Orbach
The fintech company, which offers payment services across the world, has seen its value surge six-fold since January 2021
צוות לנדאי

Lendai raises $13 million Seed round to help foreigners invest in US real estate

09.03.22|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup’s platform provides a pre-approval within minutes and allows for full loan closing within a third of the average time it takes a traditional U.S. lender
סטלה הנדלר, איל וולדמן

Eyal Waldman leads $2.5 million investment in fintech startup Hedgewiz

07.03.22|Meir Orbach
The former Mellanox CEO invested $500,000 for a 20% stake in the latest round, with former Bezeq CEO Stella Handler investing $150,000.
Chanan Nir Kenbi

Fintech startup Kenbi raises $5 million in Seed to legitimize credit card transactions

22.02.22|James Spiro
The Israeli company’s technology can help recuperate some of the $800 billion lost due to incorrectly declined payments
Ariel Ziv Nir Simetria

Simetria’s $1.5 million investment to transform alternative assets in Israel

22.02.22|CTech
Simetria is backed by Tim Draper who led the Seed investment round via Draper Goren Holm VC
ועידת לונדון 2017 בועז יערי

Fintech company Sharegain raises $64 million for securities lending platform

15.02.22|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup has developed a Securities Lending as a Service (SLaaS) solution, which enables online brokers, private banks, asset managers, and custodians to lend their stocks, bonds, and ETFs
גיא קשטן

Rewire secures $25 million from Migdal Insurance to make insurance accessible to migrants

08.02.22|Sophie Shulman
The fintech company's platform will grant immediate access to insurance offerings for 270 million migrant workers, starting with its 600,000 registered users
אביטל לביצקי UK Israel Tech Hub

5 reasons why Israeli Fintech startups should capture the UK opportunity

06.02.22|Avital Levitzky
"The UK is home to some amazing opportunities for Fintech companies and one of the world’s leaders in evolving the Fintech global ecosystem having the frameworks and talent to run them," writes Avital Levitzky of the UK-Israel Tech Hub
מייסדים Bizi סער זכריש עידו לוסטיג

Fintech startup Bizi raises $7.5 million Seed funding to offer SMBs credit lines

30.01.22|Meir Orbach
The round was led by Israeli-founded fintech company BlueVine, whose technology will be used by Bizi
דוד גוברין דוד סוסנה Personetics

Fintech company Personetics raises $85 million from Thoma Bravo

19.01.22|Meir Orbach
The Israeli firm has developed a data-driven personalization and customer engagement platform and partners with over 80 financial institutions in 30 global markets
מנכ"ל ברקס הנריקה דבוגרס מנהל ברקס ישראל נדב לידור

Fintech giant Brex eyeing additional Israeli acquisitions

11.01.22|Meir Orbach
“We are certainly planning to go shopping in the country,” Brex CEO Henrique Dubugras told Calcalist following the company’s announcement that it has raised an additional $300 million at a $12.3 billion valuation
מימין ג'ון קוליסון ו פטריק קוליסון מייסדי סטרייפ stripe

Stripe launches Israel operations ahead of entrance into local market

03.01.22|Meir Orbach
The company appointed Arnon Barzilay to oversee its Israel office and is in the process of recruiting talent in the country
רונן אסיא ו יוני אסיא מייסדי eToro

eToro's valuation dips over 15% to $8.8 billion after amended SPAC deal

02.01.22|Reuters and CTech
The deadline for the Israeli fintech company’s merger with the Betsy Cohen-backed blank-check company has been pushed to the end of June 2022 after being initially announced in March 2021
פינטק מימין רונן אסיא גליה באר גבל רקפת רוסק עמינח יובל טל

Team8 and Deloitte launching fintech collaboration

21.12.21|CTech
The aim for the relationship is to facilitate the use and development of innovative technologies for financial services and reduce the risks associated with startups through proactive and early engagement with customers
ועידת היוניקורנס  Matan Bar

“We choose people over valuations”

13.12.21|Omer Kabir
So said Matan Bar, co-founder and CEO of Melio, which streamlines digital payments for businesses. “We were in the right place at the right time, and during the pandemic we became the payment company with the fastest growth rate in the U.S.”
פורום היוניקורנס חן עמית מנכל ומייסד משותף Tipalti

“Bringing in people from peripheral communities will help close socioeconomic gaps”

13.12.21|Tomer Hadar
So said Chen Amit, co-founder and CEO of Tipalti during Calcalist and Discount Tech’s Unicorn Forum in Tel Aviv. The fintech company is looking to recruit those with minimal representation in the high tech industry whether ultra-Orthodox, women, or Arabs. “It will help us in the long run”
חן עמית מנכל טיפלתי

Fintech unicorn Tipalti quadruples valuation to $8.3 billion in $270 million Series F

08.12.21|Meir Orbach
The Israeli company currently processes over $30 billion in total annual payments volume — growing 120% year over year
צוות Anchor

Fintech startup Anchor raises $15 million Seed round for autonomous billing platform

01.12.21|Meir Orbach
The Israeli company has developed a SaaS billing solution for B2B service providers