Tagged: bond

July 30, 2024 @ 10:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest Group has issued its first Electric Vehicle Green bond (the “EV Green Bond”) raising net proceeds of €750 million from institutional investors based in the UK, Europe & Asia. The issuance makes NatWest Group the first UK bank “to issue a green bond where… Read More

February 20, 2023 @ 11:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following its prior issuances in 2021 and 2022, auxmoney has “placed its third ABS transaction with a record amount of EUR 350 million.” With this transaction, auxmoney has “been re-opening the European market in 2023 with the first consumer ABS deal.” Strong investor demand has… Read More

December 10, 2022 @ 4:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bond, the embedded finance platform, announced that residential real estate business Flow has selected Bond as the embedded finance platform partner “to power Flow’s planned digital wallet, which will offer differentiated financial products.” Bond’s platform “enables Flow to provide its community members with a unique… Read More

September 23, 2022 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

WiseAlpha, a unique online investment platform providing individual investors with access to corporate bonds, has announced a partnership with Titan Wealth. WiseAlpha, based in the UK, enables fractional investments in corporate bonds. The platform holds a mission of democratizing the corporate bond market with its… Read More

April 24, 2022 @ 2:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Evolve Bank & Trust and Bond Financial Technologies, Inc. are pushing the boundaries of embedded finance “to bring innovation to companies that want to offer financial products to their customers.” Evolve and Bond enable entrepreneurs “to build and launch innovative financial solutions at scale.” Hank… Read More

April 12, 2022 @ 11:20 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Genies, an avatar technology company, today announced it has raised a $150 million Series C round led by Silver Lake. The investment values the company at $1 billion and includes participation from existing investors BOND, NEA, and Tamarack Global. The funds are earmarked for engineer… Read More

June 24, 2021 @ 10:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Coinbase Pro has added three new cryptocurrencies to its roster. An Ethereum token, BarnBridge’s BOND token governs its protocol which helps users hedge against DeFi yield sensitivity and price volatility. Its SMART Yield application let users select different risk profiles for lending on different DeFi… Read More

April 9, 2021 @ 1:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Kavak, a Mexico-based e-commerce platform for buying and selling pre-owned cars, has raised $485 million through its Series D investment round, which was reportedly led by D1 Capital Partners, Founders Fund, Ribbit, and BOND. According to TechCrunch, the latest investment round brings Kavak’s… Read More

July 20, 2020 @ 12:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bond, a U.S.-based fintech startup, recently announced it secured $32 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Coatue with new investors Goldman Sachs, Mastercard and B Capital. Founded in 2019, Bond states it is giving brands and banks the ability to… Read More

December 11, 2019 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

A report from earlier this week in Sina indicates that the Bank of China has issued Yuan 20 billion (USD $ 2.8 billion) in “special finance bonds” for small and micro firms. For the issuance, the Bank of China used a “self-developed blockchain bond issuance… Read More

October 16, 2019 @ 11:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain technology firm Fineqia International Inc. announced on Wednesday its U.K. subsidiary Fineqia Limited has successfully arranged for the issuance and subscription of a €2.94 million bond against assets of loan receivables. According to Fineqia, Fineqia Ltd placed the bond issued by PremFina Ltd (“PremFina”)… Read More

August 27, 2019 @ 11:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bond Financial Technologies Inc., a U.S.-based fintech platform, announced on Tuesday it raised $10 million through its seed funding round, which was led by Canaan with participation from  Coatue and angel investors including Sarah Friar, Steve Frieberg, Ryan Peterson, and Eric Yuan.  Bond described itself… Read More

April 12, 2018 @ 10:02 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Investment manager Downing LLP has launched of a new bond on its crowdfunding platform, Downing Crowd, paying 7.6% p.a. interest to investors by lending £10M to projects across the UK’s reserve power market. [clickToTweet tweet=”.@Downingcrowd Reserve Power Bond will enable investment of up to £10M in… Read More

March 28, 2018 @ 3:40 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Hedderwick Limited has partnered again with Downing Crowd to revitalize UK pub culture.  In recent months, Downing Crowd also celebrated successful rounds with Oakman Inn’s The White Hart and Downoak Pub. This is an opportunity to lend to Hedderwick Limited and earn a fixed interest rate of… Read More

December 1, 2017 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, peer-to-peer lending platform Crowd For Angels reportedly announced the launch of its £50 million bond investment opportunity. This news comes less than a year after Crowd for Angels launched its first crowd bonds, which are described as specially created secured, high-interest products act are… Read More

November 27, 2017 @ 7:02 am By JD Alois  |  

This is a new spin on the growing digital asset world and token offerings (ICO). Bond is launching an equity offering that issues a digital blockchain security in a conventional asset fund. Bond is the trading name for Euskara Management Limited. Bond wants to deliver a “traditional… Read More

November 24, 2017 @ 11:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bond, a brainchild of a group of London-based business and cryptocurrency aficionados, announced on Friday the launch of its £3.75 million blockchain-based digital equity offering in a convention asset fund. The offer is now available to accredited investors worldwide and gives investors the opportunity to purchase securities, known… Read More

July 27, 2017 @ 9:34 am By JD Alois  |  

The Downing Crowd platform has announced the launch of new “Regular Access Crowd Bonds” designed to offer attractive returns with a certain level of liquidity for investors. Unlike existing Crowd Bonds, investors in Regular Access Bonds will not have to invest their money for a… Read More

November 10, 2016 @ 10:17 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The P2P bond platform UK Bond Network received full authorization as a financial services provider from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The approval marks the end of a several months’ review in which the company’s processes, systems, policies, levels of compliance and risk management have undergone… Read More

January 15, 2016 @ 3:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, affordable housing developer Pocket announced it is extending its second mini bond on Crowdcube, which was launched last month.  As previously reported, Pocket aims to raise the funds as part of it helping even more middle-income Londoners get their foot on the housing ladder.  The launch… Read More