Tagged: europe

July 24, 2022 @ 6:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Judith Hartley has been appointed CEO of British Business Investments, which is one of the British Business Bank’s commercial subsidiaries. Judith Hartley, who was appointed acting CEO of British Patient Capital and British Business Investments in September 2020, will “take up the permanent role of… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 2:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Integrating Youtility’s platform enables Pockit clients to compare and save on household subscriptions helping to save hundreds of pounds every year. The current cost-of-living crisis is expected to get worse throughout this year, especially in October when energy bills are set to increase by as… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 1:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Moneyhub, which claims to be one of the market-leading Open Data and payments platform, is teaming up with Pennyworth, a financial planning and banking app, “to redesign digital banking for the aspiring-affluent consumer.” Pennyworth, which has applied for a UK banking license, has “developed a… Read More

July 22, 2022 @ 4:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FinTech North is announcing a partnership with digital sandbox provider NayaOne, which will see the two organizations build a marketplace for Northern Fintechs “to showcase their capabilities, access datasets and test ideas.” The platform, which is set to launch this summer, will “provide an exclusive… Read More

July 22, 2022 @ 1:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Emma, the financial super app, recently announced the launch of its commission-free stock trading to over 1 million customers in the United Kingdom, after successfully “testing with more than 30,000 users who registered on the waiting list.” Emma customers currently “use the app to see… Read More

July 22, 2022 @ 10:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Qonto, which claims to be the leading European business finance solution, announced its intent “to acquire German fintech Penta.” The deal, which is expected to close in the next few weeks, “comes amid continuous growth for both companies.” This acquisition “represents the logical next step… Read More

July 22, 2022 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

InvestCloud, which claims to be the international leader in digital transformation for the financial industry, recently announced that it is supporting Rabobank, one of the Netherlands’ largest banks, in order “to provide digital financial planning for all its customers, from private banking to retail clients.”… Read More

July 21, 2022 @ 8:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Charles announced that it has raised a $20 million Series A round that was led by Salesforce Ventures in order to become one of Europe’s “leading” conversational commerce as a service platform. Accel and HV Capital, who led the company’s seed round in 2021, also… Read More

July 21, 2022 @ 6:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global analytics software provider FICO (NYSE: FICO) announced a partnership agreement with Israel’s Open-Finance.ai, a risk, finance and compliance software enabler of open banking and finance services and consulting firm headquartered in Tel Aviv. Through this agreement, Open-Finance.ai will “integrate the FICO® Blaze Advisor® decision… Read More

July 21, 2022 @ 12:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Residently has secured £4.5 million of funding to finally “bring renting into the modern age.” By digitizing the end-to-end customer experience in a $2 trillion market, Residently will “streamline operations for property owners and renters, reducing costs and delays throughout the full 360 rental experience.”… Read More

July 21, 2022 @ 11:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AQRU plc, an incubator specializing in decentralized finance (DeFi), announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Accru Finance Ltd., has entered into a partnership with Sweden’s crypto company Quickbit eu AB (publ), in order to “bring its yield generating products to a wider audience.” Quickbit is… Read More

July 21, 2022 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MetaVerse Green Exchange (MVGX), a digital “green” exchange licensed and regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), announced the appointment of former Bank of England Senior Advisor Michael Sheren as President and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) as the firm “strengthens its end-to-end suite of… Read More

July 21, 2022 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Post-Brexit, FX brokers are losing business and money because they’re “not permitted to service EU-based clients,” the team at Currencycloud notes in a blog post. And when they want to expand to reach these markets, the cost and time it takes to seek regulation is… Read More

July 20, 2022 @ 6:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle, which claims to be the United Kingdom’s largest small business loan platform, recently announced the appointment of Bruno Tavares as VP of Engineering. Bruno has “a strong background in technology, built on more than twenty years of industry experience.” He has “a clear… Read More

July 20, 2022 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Portugal Section are pleased to announce a partnership “focused on educating the next generation of engineers and technologists about blockchain, distributed systems, and cryptography.” Together, Anchorage and IEEE Portugal (with more than 1,300 members… Read More

July 20, 2022 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite the ongoing holiday season, EstateGuru investors reportedly financed €14.1 million worth of loans during the month of June 2022. All of the primary markets they operate in performed “exceptionally,” led by Estonia (€3.5M), Germany (€3.0M) and Lithuania (€2.7M). EstateGuru further revealed that they witnessed… Read More

July 20, 2022 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Gemini  recently revealed that they’ve become the first company to be registered as a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) by the Central Bank of Ireland. Their VASP registration comes on “the heels of [their] Electronic Money Institution (EMI) authorization in February of… Read More

July 20, 2022 @ 12:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lumio, which is focused on building a “hyper-personalized” finance app for people to grow their money on autopilot, has secured 155% (£311,594) of its £200,000 target via Crowdcube from 457 investors (at the time of writing) with 7 days left in the sale. Lumio reports… Read More

July 19, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zimpler, which claims to be a leading Fintech company born in Sweden, recently announced that it has gone live in Norway. Following Sweden, Finland, Germany, Estonia, The Netherlands, Latvia and Lithuania, Norway becomes the eighth market “to offer Zimpler’s account-to-account payments solutions.” The first merchant… Read More

July 19, 2022 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK Government is currently dealing with a political crisis with over 50 parliament members resigned from the government “in protest” of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership, the Robo.cash team recently noted. Many events, like the Chris Pincher affair, raising taxes amid inflation, the “partygate”… Read More