Tagged: uk

April 11, 2024 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Performance Finance Limited has received a £15 million facility from the British Business Bank.  Performance Finance will use the funds to support to smaller businesses to accelerate their growth. Performance Finance provides financing for professionals like opticians, dentists, solicitors, vets, and surgeons. This includes business loans,… Read More

April 10, 2024 @ 11:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a report on consumer debt. The FCA states that 7.4 million people are struggling to pay bills and credit card debt (January 2024).  While this is lower than the 10.9 million in January 2023 who were encountering… Read More

April 10, 2024 @ 11:30 am By Rushd Averroes  |  

The world of finance is at a crossroads. With its legacy systems and ingrained practices, the traditional financial system (TradFi) struggles to keep pace with the rapid innovations of decentralised finance. At the same time, decentralised finance (DeFi), while promising increased accessibility and transparency, often… Read More

April 10, 2024 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

While the number of users benefiting from Open Banking continues to increase worldwide, there is a divergence between the concept of Open Banking and Open Finance – at least according to Salt Edge. Salt Edge is an open banking platform that provides services interested in… Read More

April 10, 2024 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Bank is launching Ready-Made Pension in order to make saving for retirement easier. Just two fifths (42%) of the UK population know “how to contribute more into their pension,” according to new research from Lloyds Bank. The same study also found “that of those… Read More

April 9, 2024 @ 6:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Advocacy group CryptoUK has added a new member – Mercuryo, a payments provider. Mercury enables payments by supporting businesses with both fiat and crypto solutions via a single API integration. Mercuryo has partnered with digital asset firms like Ledger, MetaMask and Trust Wallet. CryptoUK says Mercuryo… Read More

April 8, 2024 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Lending Standards Board (LSB) has added a wealth of policy and governance expertise to its Board with the Non-Executive Director appointments of broadcaster Iain Dale, economic authority Paul Johnson CBE and charity sector leader Caron Bradshaw OBE. Iain, Paul and Caron replaced Liz Barclay… Read More

April 7, 2024 @ 12:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ecommpay, an international Payment Service Provider and UK & Europe direct bank card acquirer, has launched Direct Debit payments across BACS and SEPA with bank payment company GoCardless. By using GoCardless Embed — the fintech’s white-labeled solution that allows payment service providers (PSP) to integrate… Read More

April 6, 2024 @ 3:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A study by PensionBee reveals a strong belief among pension savers that shareholder resolutions can convey robust messages to management and address areas of concern, ahead of this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) season. The nationally representative study of 1,000 UK pension savers showed “a… Read More

April 5, 2024 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions, today presents the results from its 2023 Annual Report. It shows ClearBank’s first full year of profitability, “with strong growth in income, platform and transaction fees, deposits, and clients.” In a challenging and… Read More

April 4, 2024 @ 10:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Zilch has announced a partnership with Checkout.com. The “multi-year contract” is expected to boost Zilch’s growth and “accelerate towards their endgame of capturing total share of consumer wallet.” Checkout.com supports 45 currencies and coverage in over 45 markets.  Checkout.com is said to offer fast and… Read More

April 4, 2024 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The British Business Bank has agreed a facility increase that will provide £29.4m of funding to smaller UK businesses, through an existing ENABLE Funding transaction with independent specialist finance provider, Time Finance. The additional funding brings the total small business funding “available through the facility… Read More

April 4, 2024 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Metro Bank is advising about investment scams which is its Scam of the Month for April – last year the Bank reported over six victims every week. UK Finance reports investment scams at “over £2m per week and Metro Bank has already seen over £4m… Read More

April 4, 2024 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Karim Haji, Global and UK Head of Financial Services at KPMG, comments on the recent Money and Credit data from the Bank of England. Karim noted that mortgage approvals rising for the fifth month in a row shows the housing market recovery “is still moving… Read More

April 4, 2024 @ 5:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LendInvest Mortgages, the UK’s platform for mortgages, has announced a limited edition Easter incentive for its Buy-to-Let landlord customers as it reduces rates up to 15bps. The limited edition offer is targeted “at first-time landlords, and offers free valuations on Small HMO properties up to… Read More

April 3, 2024 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AGL Credit Management LP, an investment manager specializing solely on corporate credit strategies, and Barclays Plc, a global Investment Bank, announced an exclusive Cooperation Agreement and the launch of a new private credit investment platform, AGL Private Credit. AGL PC combines AGL’s established credit competency… Read More

April 3, 2024 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

While everyone understands that securities will inevitably become digital, policymakers have been slow to provide an ecosystem to support the nuances intrinsic to the transition from analog. Eventually, digital securities will become the dominant sector of digital assets, and clear-cut rules are needed. Today, the… Read More

April 2, 2024 @ 7:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Three big banks – Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, and Natwest, along with Rightmove, have invested in the Proptech firm Coadjute. Lloyds Banking Group led the funding round, investing £3 million of the £10 million total raise. This round brings the company’s total raised to £23… Read More

April 2, 2024 @ 7:21 am By JD Alois  |  

CapitalRise, an online investment platform for prime real estate, has added to its lending and origination teams with the addition of Business Development Director Imogen Willams and the promotion of Ed Groves to Associate. CapitalRise, which recently benefited from institutional funding commitments, said the new hire… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 10:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A report by professional services firm KPMG has revealed that 115 Scottish firms received over £359 million worth of Venture Capital (VC) investment after being identified as the most promising throughout 2023. The Venture Pulse Survey showed that there was “a marked decline in global… Read More