Tagged: europe

June 23, 2022 @ 1:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Italian banking group Sella has reportedly introduced an acceleration program focused on helping startups who are working on finance solutions for the Metaverse. Managed by Sella’s venture incubator dpixel with the OGR Torino hub, the Metaverse 4 Finance Accelerator is focused on identifying and supporting… Read More

June 23, 2022 @ 12:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

​​Enfuce, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing Fintech firms in Europe, has reportedly chosen Konsentus Verify in order to protect its clients from unauthorized/fraudulent third parties gaining access to account data and funds. Enfuce offers a modern, flexible, scalable, open banking service that… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ARA Venn, a specialist investment manager of private debt in the residential sector, has “completed a fund-raise of up to £280m to invest in home-finance plans” to be originated by StrideUp, a digital home finance group that is “co-owned by ARA Venn.” Over the past… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 5:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of London, which claims to be the next-generation tech firm and the world’s “first” purpose-built global clearing, agency, and transaction bank, recently announced its intention “to expand its footprint in the United Kingdom by opening its Centre of Excellence in Belfast, Northern Ireland,… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 11:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

From this month onwards, clients of The Cumberland will find it a lot easier to monitor their carbon spend with a tool used to measure and reduce their carbon footprints. The building society’s 70,000 current account customers are now being encouraged to download the Cogo… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 10:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Eurocrowd, the leading association representing the investment crowdfunding industry in Europe, has announced a survey to garner information as to the status of their members in the approval process under pan-European crowdfunding rules. Last November, the European Union revealed crowdfunding regulations to enable raising capital… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s AI-enhanced personal finance chatbot Cleo has achieved a $500 million valuation following an $80 million round, according to an update shared by Sky News. The investment round, which has been announced around 18 months after a $44 million fundraise by Cleo, was joined by… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SEB reveals that it’s entering into a strategic cooperation with tech firm Leneo, acquiring a part ownership stake through SEB Venture Capital. The company has “developed a platform that helps companies to switch to new business models, where instead of selling products they sell a… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 1:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Formance, a French Fintech firm that provides businesses with a low-code template for tracking payment flows in real-time, has secured $3.1 million in capital from Hoxton Ventures, Frst, Y Combinator and several business angels. Established last year by Clément Salaün and Anne-Sybille Pradelles, Fomance provides… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 11:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Secondary Market activity on Bondora increased for the first time since March 2022, “marking a turn in the tide.” It grew by 21.5% to €182,665 transacted. Manual transactions “remain the strongest category.” In May, all the categories increased, the team at Bondora noted. Portfolio Manager… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Héctor Grisi will assume the CEO role at Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN) on 1 January 2023, “following a transition period, subject to customary approvals.” Mr. Álvarez will “remain on the board and serve as non-executive vice chair.” Mr. Grisi joined Santander in 2015 as CEO… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kofax, a supplier of Intelligent Automation software for digital workflow transformation, recently announced it has acquired Tungsten Corporation, a global B2B e-invoicing network that “facilitates and streamlines complex invoice-to-pay processes.” Tungsten provides a platform “for onboarding of suppliers, PO exchange, invoice processing, e-invoicing, compliance and… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 11:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mortgage brokers can now get a decision in principle (DIP) a lot faster with Nationwide as the Society improves its API tech in partnership with mortgage tech company Twenty7Tec. The service will see brokers only having “to re-key minimal data into the Nationwide for Intermediaries… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 10:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lithuania’s borderless financing platform Debitum recently shared its annual financial report. The team at Debitum noted that they are happy that the number of registrations “reached 8360 at the end of 2021.” This means “an increase of 41%,” the company revealed while adding that it… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European lender EstateGuru notes that their investors backed nearly €20.0 million worth of loans in May of 2022. The “best-performing” market was Estonia (€7.0M), “followed by Lithuania (€5.0M) and Finland (€3.6M).” As EstateGuru predicted last month, repayments “improved during May.” Their borrowers “paid back €14.6M… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 7:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s Blend Network, a specialist development finance lender, notes that their commitment is to help investors “access great risk/return lending opportunities, while at the same time supporting experienced SME property developers and small construction companies unlock funding to build more homes.” Blend Network‘s experienced lending… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 3:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Steven, which keeps track of costs shared between friends and family, and are on a mission be the “number 1 solution” for controlling your personal finances in Sweden and in their target markets, has secured 114% (€685,470) of its €600,000 target (at the time of… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 12:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The phenomenon of digitalization is becoming a vital part of our daily life, according to an update from October. So, considering digitalization in European SMEs, the team at October looks into where we currently stand. While new digital solutions are increasingly being used in the… Read More

June 20, 2022 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Custody recently announced official support for deposits and withdrawals for IOST, “among other tokens.” With this, IOST joins the list of supported digital tokens in the secure, “regulated,” and insured custody service for the safekeeping of virtual assets services for institutional clients “provided by… Read More

June 20, 2022 @ 2:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Salesforce, which claims to be the global leader in CRM, recently announced it is working with Revolut, the global financial Superapp, “to help grow Revolut Business.” Revolut Business launched in 2017 “to provide companies with multi-currency exchange services, merchant acquiring, and corporate debit cards to… Read More