September 25, 2023 @ 10:37 am By Michael Wong  |  

Financial wellbeing startup Mintago has announced raising $4.75 million in its latest funding round to augment its platform and expedite its expansion across the UK. Established in 2019 by former Perkbox co-founder, Chieu Cao, Mintago stands as a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)-regulated company, rendering financial… Read More

 Tagged financial wellbeing, fintech, uk

September 25, 2023 @ 10:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Online pension provider, PensionBee, is pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Cavanagh as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. In 2015, Matthew served “as General Counsel to PensionBee.” He now rejoins as head of PensionBee Group’s legal function, “with responsibility for the provision of… Read More

 Tagged europe, new appointments, online pension provider, pensionbee, romi savova, uk, united kingdom

September 25, 2023 @ 10:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eurazeo, a global investment company with a diversified portfolio of €35 billion in assets under management, and iCapital, the global fintech platform driving access to alternative investments for the wealth management industry, have announced a partnership to increase Wealth Managers’ access to Eurazeo’s broad range… Read More

 Tagged alternative investments, eurazeo, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, icapital, icapital network, investing, investment portfolios, investments, marco bizzozero, private markets, wealth management

September 25, 2023 @ 9:53 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

SmartMetric announced this week that it has received clearance to ship its biometric card with its inbuilt rechargeable hybrid battery. “We are very excited to have now overcome this last remaining hurdle to bring our advanced biometric fingerprint-activated card to market,” said SmartMetric’s president and… Read More

 Tagged biometric, chaya hendrick, smartmetric

September 25, 2023 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Businesses in the UK can now give their trade customers up to 12 months to pay for products or services, with a new feature of iwoca‘s integrated B2B payments solution iwocaPay. Building on a 3 month offering, iwocaPay has now “added a second option allowing… Read More

 Tagged b2b, b2b payments, bnpl, europe, flexible payments, integration, iwoca, iwocapay, lara gilman, payment plans, payments, uk, united kingdom

September 25, 2023 @ 9:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dawn Capital notes that this year, software spend globally topped $1 trillion. Less than a decade ago, this figure was reportedly half and by 2050 Gartner estimates it will reach $7 trillion. According to Dawn Capital, It has been “a challenging 18 months for tech,… Read More

 Tagged dawn capital, europe, fundraise, investing, investments, software development

September 25, 2023 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) announced today that it is not currently making any changes to the policy rate. However, PostFinance is continuing to “enable its customers to participate in the positive interest rate environment and is increasing the interest rate on the retirement savings… Read More

 Tagged europe, financial services, interest rates, postfinance, retirement planning, savings, snb, swiss national bank, switzerland

September 25, 2023 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Monzo notes that gambling charity GamCare has revealed that more people are reaching out for support with problem gambling this year than ever before. Back in June 2018 Monzo claims that it “became the first bank to let you block gambling spending from… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, financial services, fintech adoption, fintech trends, monzo, uk, united kingdom, virtual banking

September 25, 2023 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

American Express (NYSE:AXP) has announced a new cash management service available for SMEs. According to a release from the company, the new feature is available for business card users and aims to help them efficiently manage their cash flows, plan future finances through external account… Read More

 Tagged american express

September 25, 2023 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

British Business Bank is supporting more than £12.4bn of finance through its core programs and meets its objectives, but “reports a loss for 2022/23 due to falls in market valuations.” Louis Taylor, CEO, British Business Bank, said: “The British Business Bank has continued to build… Read More

 Tagged british business bank, europe, louis taylor, progress report, uk, united kingdom