, the digital platform with $539m in funding offering commission-free trading for stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies, is going after banks with the introduction of “Robinhood Checking & Savings.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f48SglGrpEg Launching...

Japan Post Holdings is planning to invest $2.64b to acquire a ~7%  stake in Aflac; aiming to become the largest shareholder in the company. The insurer’s local brand – Aflac...

Today, RocketSpace, a Silicon Valley-based external innovation consulting company, announced its partnership with The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, one of Japan’s largest life insurance providers. Leveraging RocketSpace’s leadership in open innovation, the...

Ethos, the company making life insurance accessible, affordable and simple, today announced a partnership with Namely, the leading HR platform for mid-sized companies. Through this partnership, Ethos life insurance will be...

, the San Francisco, CA-based company that builds APIs that allow consumers to interact with their bank accounts via a number of third-party applications, like Venmo, Robinhood, Betterment, Acorns etc.,...

Acrisure, one of the top 4 insurance brokerages in the US, has announced that a group of  investors led by funds managed by Blackstone’s GSO Capital Partners and Tactical Opportunities businesses...

Cigna is expanding the My Secure Advantage (MSA) financial wellness program to group insurance customers effective January 1, 2019. Previously available to customers with an approved disability claim, the expanded...

Starling Bank has added Onedox to its in-app marketplace. Today we welcome the award-winning @OnedoxInfo service to our in-app Marketplace 🚀 We're always looking at ways to make life easier...

Good Money, the first digital banking platform to be owned by its customers, announced a $30m Series A funding led by Galaxy Digital via its Galaxy EOS VC Fund with...

Horace Mann Educators Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire National Teachers Associates Life Insurance Company, a provider of supplemental insurance products to the education market with nearly 50...

CUNA Mutual Group has acquired Portland, Oregon-based , a startup that offers a digital lending platform for small businesses. Founded in 2014 with $9.7m in funding, Mirador’s platform was built exclusively...

Dai-ichi Life will start providing co-working spaces for startups at its real estate properties which will be managed by Fabbit, a Japanese incubator and co-working space operator. As the first...

Modern pharmacy player Alto has announced it has raised $50m in Series C funding in a round led by Zola Global and Greenoaks Capital with participation from Jackson Square Ventures,...

Residently, the UK-based company that’s “resetting the standards for renting property” has raised £2.5m from private investors. Founded in 2017 by Tom Allason, who previously founded two companies in the delivery...