April 8, 2020 @ 2:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

monva, a UK-based intelligent comparison platform for financial products and services, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise a minimum of £250,000. The company is now offering 12.22% in equity at a £2,247,112 pre-money valuation. Founded in 2018, monva is on a… Read More

April 8, 2020 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lender RateSetter announced on Tuesday it completed two sales of non-performing loans, with the combined proceeds of £4.65m added into the Provision Fund. According to RateSetter, the debt sale process started in December 2019 and the lender was not needing to reduce its… Read More

April 8, 2020 @ 1:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Alipay, a digital lifestyle platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group, announced on Wednesday it has launched a series of initiatives to support small businesses in Wuhan as the city lifts the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The platform reported it has set up a special section,… Read More

April 8, 2020 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sila, a U.S.-based banking and payments API platform, announced on Wednesday it secured $7.7 million through its seed funding round, which was co-led by venture capital firms Madrona Venture Group and Oregon Venture Fund, with participation from Mucker Capital, 99 Tartans, Taavet Kinrikus, CEO & Co-founder of Transferwise, as… Read More

April 8, 2020 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Corvus Insurance, a U.S.-based insurtech startup, announced on Wednesday it is now providing cyber risk analysis and reports for hospitals, healthcare entities or any organization on the frontlines of the healthcare response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company reported that The Corvus initiative, which is… Read More

April 8, 2020 @ 9:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Austria-based digital asset exchange Bitpanda announced on Wednesday its expansion plans as part of its first institutional investment, led by early-stage venture capital fund Speedinvest. The company reported that the undisclosed funding round amount will allow it to increase the number of available digital and… Read More

April 8, 2020 @ 8:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based digital banking group Starling Bank announced on Wednesday the launch of its second debit card for personal accounts, Connect. According to Starling, the Connected card has been designed to help personal account customers who are self-isolating during the COVID-19 pandemic and are relying on… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 5:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global financial service platform Kabbage announced on Tuesday it has partnered with a technology-enabled bank and authorized lender of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to deliver billions of dollars of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to American small businesses. Kabbage claims its program has received more… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 1:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lending platform Lendio announced on Tuesday it has formed a new partnership with cyber protection services platform Acronis to business capital to cyber protection service providers. According to Lendio, Acronis delivers backup, anti-ransomware, disaster recovery, storage and enterprise file sync, and share solutions to… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 11:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday the release of its latest Business Lending Index revealed that small business approval rate plummeted in March 2020. According to the Index, The approval percentage for small business loan applications at big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) plummeted to just 15.4%… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 10:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority (FMA) announced on Monday it has concerns about the website “Profit Bitcoin” has the hallmarks of being a scam. The organization revealed it was made aware that the digital currency platform is advertising on Facebook by promoting false news about… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 9:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Swiss multinational food and drink company Nestlé announced on Monday it is expanding the use of the IBM Food Trust Blockchain technology platform to its Zoégas coffee brand. Nestlé revealed that it started using blockchain in 2017 when it joined the IBM Food Trust as… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 9:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital asset exchange Bitfinex announced on Tuesday it is offering a new Staking Rewards Program that will allow users to earn rewards by holding funds on the Bitfinex platform. The Bitfinex team revealed that the program was designed to provide users with “another avenue” to… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 8:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital assets exchange OKEx announced on Monday the launch of its new product, Convert Small Balances to OKB. According to OKEx, the product is to provide users with a more “comprehensive” digital asset service. According to OKEx, small balances are “any tradable digital asset with… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 5:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Xpension, a German digital corporate pension and life insurance brand, announced on Monday it secured €25 million through its Series C funding round, led by HPE Growth with participation from  Cinco Capital, led by Lars Hinrichs (Founder of XING and Chairman of Xpension), and Armada… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 3:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lupe Technology, a UK-based consumer tech brand that’s created “game-changing” cordless vacuums, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £650,000 in funding. The company is currently offering 11.45% in equity at a £5,075,023 pre-money valuation. Founded in 2015, Lupe describes itself as… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 2:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

HUMBL, a U.S. fintech that delivers mobile payments and financial services, announced on Monday it has teamed up with One Kiosk, a Nigeria fintech specializing in local merchant ordering and deliveries, to pilot the HUMBL Mobile Pay, HUMBL Point-of-Sale (POS) and HUMBL Hubs delivery network,… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 11:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marketplace lending company Funding Circle (LSE: FCH) announced on Friday it launched a pre-application system for small business owners interested in funds from the Paycheck Protection Program, which is offered by the U.S. Department of Treasury and Small Business Administration (SBA). Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based fintech Chip announced on Monday it has appointed Philip Wright as its new CFO. Chip reported that prior to joining its team, Philip was the CFO at Auto Service Finance and Babylon Health. He also leadership roles at Funding Circle (Interim Financial Operations Director)… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 9:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lending platform Lendio recently announced it has launched an application for small businesses to access the $349 billion in government funds set aside for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Lendio reported that the Paycheck Protection Program is part of the $2 trillion CARES Act… Read More