Tagged: affluent

June 7, 2022 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pennyworth, an AI-powered private bank for the “aspiring” affluent, has secured 103% (£619,023) of its £600,000 target from 241 investors (with 15 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign) via Seedrs. Located in the United Kingdom, Pennyworth operates in the Finance & Payments sectors (Digital B2C)…. Read More

November 18, 2020 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Monument, a new all-digital bank for the mass affluent, will be working with Amazon Web Services, Accenture, Mambu, Persistent Systems, and Salesforce. These companies will be focused on helping Monument with developing its technology stack and infrastructure. Last month, Monument Bank acquired a banking… Read More

July 26, 2020 @ 9:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  Financial pressure or stress has become a part of the daily lives of many consumers, and now the COVID-19 outbreak has introduced even more financial pressure points or exacerbated pre-existing ones for individuals and families across the globe. John Smallwood, president at Smallwood Wealth… Read More

May 10, 2020 @ 9:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland-based UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG), a global investment bank and financial services firm with around $1 trillion in assets, recently confirmed that it is planning to launch a digital banking platform that would reduce operational costs and stimulate growth. However, UBS said its plan… Read More

May 6, 2020 @ 7:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  Switzerland-based firm Alpian has secured CHF 12.2 million (appr. $12.54 million) through a Series A investment round. The funds raised will be used to establish a digital-first private bank, which will cater to the nation’s affluent market. As noted in a company release: “Independent… Read More

March 17, 2016 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Argentina-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, Afluenta, announced it has secured a total of $8 million during its recent Series B funding round. Funds raised from the round were from International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Elevar Equity (each invested $4 million). Afluenta previously stated that… Read More