Tagged: europe

September 7, 2022 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Mintos has shared key insights, as part of their monthly publication that summarizes what’s been happening on the platform, including broader market activities. As noted in the update from Mintos, energy prices, inflation, and interest rates “continued to dominate the global investment… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 1:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mihkel Stamm, Chief Operating Officer at EstateGuru, recently commented on how his team supports a real estate lending platform with a focus on crowdfunding. Mihkel Stamm explained that they “mediate loans secured by real estate to the international investor community across Europe.” On one side are… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 7:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aquis Exchange, the pan-European large and mid-cap equities trading arm of Aquis Exchange PLC, is pleased to announce “the launch of its European dark trading venue, the Aquis Matching Pool (AMP) EU.” This marks the expansion of Aquis Exchange’s dark trading service, which was previously… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Easy4Cloud, which conducts operations in Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain and the US, digitizing different business areas and simplifying their management, has selected Fabrick to expand its offer and introduce BancheinCloud, a Business Intelligence platform for the aggregated management of Current Accounts through which personal,… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital financial advisor Selma Finance has reportedly extended its Series A round with an additional CHF 7 million. This investment has been led by TX Ventures, the venture capital division  of Swiss media firm TX Group, bringing its Series A fundraise to a total of… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paper, which claims that it is focused on bringing the insurance industry into the 21st century, has secured 101% (£152,615.27) of its £152,000.00 target (at the time of writing) via Crowdcube from 102 investors and has 16 days left in its crowdfunding campaign. Located in… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PropertyLoop, which enables landlords to find tenants, manage their properties & stay “compliant” all in one place, has raised 101% (£1,221,194) of its £1,200,000 target from 129 investors via Seedrs with 23 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign at the time of writing. Located… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 2:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After months of investments tumbling in a downward trend, July seemed “to mark a positive turning point for global markets,” according to an update from PensionBee. In fact, China was “the only leading stock market to fall in value.” This brief rebound had “created speculation… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BXM Link AG has been granted membership confirmation from the Financial Services Standards Association (VQF), a Swiss self-regulatory organization (SRO) officially recognized by FINMA, the Federal Financial Market Supervisory Authority. The VQF membership granted to BXM Link AG, which will be “completely finalized soon after… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 12:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After having a slow month in June, investment and loan origination figures “rebounded and increased steadily by 18.7%,” according to an update from Bondora. This brought both totals to “a solid €15,333,326 in July.” This is encouraging to see at the start of Q3, the… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 8:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry starts a new month with a solid portfolio of EUR 93 million. Over EUR 45 million of loans have been funded “on the PeerBerry platform in August, i.e., a 17% higher amount compared to the previous month.” 1152 new investors “have joined the PeerBerry… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capdesk – Europe’s equity management solution – is announcing it has been “acquired by Silicon Valley unicorn and equity giant Carta.” Founded in 2015, London-based Capdesk claims it is “trusted by over 3500 of Europe’s fastest-growing companies – including Gousto, VOI, Checkout.com, Plum Guide and… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the financial technology platform of “choice” for leading businesses,  announced that Pet Supplies Plus, the franchisor and operator of pet-specialty stores in North America, has selected the platform “to power its payments online and in-store for its approximate 230 corporate locations and… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 12:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

August was marked by growing investor activity and “big changes.” according to an update from Robo.cash. Robocash revealed that loans worth €17 million were purchased last month. And 640 investors “registered on the platform, which is 14% more than in previous months.” Robo.cash investors earned €610,000,… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, which claims to be one of Europe’s leading open banking platforms, announces its collaboration with Bybit, the “third-most visited” cryptocurrency exchange in the world. Bybit was established in 2018 as a crypto derivatives trading platform “where retail investors and traders could benefit from an… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Presearch, a heightened privacy search engine that rewards users with tokens, has gained a notable step up in the competitive world of search. Presearch is now integrated with Android in Europe as a default search engine option. According to a statement by Presearch, Android devices… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ebury, which claims to be one of Europe’s largest Fintechs and provider of transaction payment solutions, is increasing its presence in the alternative investment sector “to meet growing demand for better, more focused services as an alternative to traditional banking providers.” Ebury has reportedly “invested… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Oxbury Bank – which claims to be the UK’s ‘first’ and ‘only’ AgTech bank – has secured £25 million in Tier 2 capital funding, with the investment made by British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank. British Business Investments aims… Read More

August 31, 2022 @ 2:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Infobip Group, a global cloud communications platform company for customer engagement, and key player in CPaaS solutions, announced a partnership with Google and Goldman Sachs to launch “an innovative mentorship program for startups from Croatia, the youngest European Union member state with a population of… Read More

August 31, 2022 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Assetz Capital, the billion pound+ business lender – funding 1 in 12 new homes by SME House Builders, has raised 119% (£297,697) of its £250,003 target from 240 investor via Seedrs with 21 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign (at the time of writing)…. Read More