Tagged: europe

February 9, 2022 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK Fintech LiveFlow notes that they are really excited to announce that they listed the LiveFlows Google Sheets Add-on on Quickbooks Marketplace. LiveFlow has also shared a recap on some key milestones:‍ We launched our Google Sheets Add-on on Google Marketplace‍ LiveFlows… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 1:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at European lender Bondora notes that they have kicked off the new year with many investors joining their platform. Originations and investments fell a bit, as they did during the month of December, but managed to maintain solid numbers when compared to January… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 2:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lending Works recently released their Q4 2021 performance update on their statistics page. As noted by Lending Works in a blog post, the expected annual returns and expected annual loss rates have “remained relatively stable compared to our Q3 2021 update.” The announcement from Lending… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Mintos has published the latest edition of Mintos Insight, which is their monthly publication that offers an overview of what’s been going on (on their platform), including commentary from their experts, recent investor activity, educational topics, and other updates. Key insights from… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thincats, a UK-based lending platform, has secured £100 million in additional funding. As noted in a blog post by Thincats, the new capital will be deployed by the platform’s management as a senior finance line in order to support SMEs across the United Kingdom and… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Yapily reveals that their founder and CEO, Stefano Vaccino, has become the newest member of Fintech Founders, which is a network of the United Kingdom’s Fintech entrepreneurs offering an opportunity for “better collaboration with government, regulators, and other influencers across the financial… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chargebee, a subscription management and recurring billing platform, has acquired $250M in additional capital at a $3.5B valuation. Thrilled to announce that @Chargebee has raised $250M at a $3.5B valuation.🚀We are grateful to our investors, customers, partners & team who have supported our vision to… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 12:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SuperSeed, a VC company investing in the future of business automation, announced that it has finalized the initial closing of its new fund at £31 million, aiming for a final close of £50 million. The fund will be investing anywhere between £500,000 and £1,500,000 into… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CommerzVentures, a “return-driven,” non-strategic venture capital investor, has shared a detailed report on climate Fintech, which covers venture capital funding for Fintech companies. The report reveals that in this sector, net-zero economies reached a record high last year. Surveying several climate Fintechs across European and… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 8:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Diana Shoolman, former head of professional services at NAB, and former director at PwC and Deloitte, has joined Fintech CrowdProperty Australia to serve as its director of strategic partnerships, in order to spearhead the firm’s growth of wholesale, sophisticated, and institutional investors. This appointment is… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 8:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Didi Taihuttu, who is a member of “Bitcoin Family,” is reportedly settling down in Portugal, which is one of Europe’s crypto tax havens, according to a report by CNBC. Settling down in Portugal is a huge deal for the family of five (originally from Netherlands),… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 11:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech startup Lightyear announced the launch of Lightyear Profiles, which is a way for investors to share “high-level” details regarding their investment portfolio with friends. It creates individual and personalized web pages for every user highlighting their portfolio holdings, recent activities, and which stocks are… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Robo.cash notes that they’re off to quite a confident start to the new year. Robo.cash writes in a blog post that they’ve said goodbye to January and have summed up the solid monthly results. In January 2022, loans valued at 17M Euro… Read More

February 6, 2022 @ 11:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital transformation has worked its way through the bedrock of many industries, from Netflix’s transformation of cable and blockbuster video to Uber’s considerable influence over the ways we access transportation services. Meanwhile, the property market has remained “relatively immune” to such changes. However, Roxana Mohammadian-Molina,… Read More

February 6, 2022 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK’s TaxScouts confirms that their crowdfunding campaign has finally come to an end. Our crowdfund has finally come to an end! We raised £2,925,089 – over 290% of our original target 🎉 We want to say thank you to all our new… Read More

February 6, 2022 @ 9:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Revolut, the financial super app with nearly 4 million UK clients, has announced the launch of Pet Insurance. As mentioned in the update, the stand-alone product aims to reinforce Revolut’s existing insurance product offering including travel insurance, purchase protection, and ticket- and missed event… Read More

February 6, 2022 @ 6:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In order to help with protecting endangered animals, UK’s TV station, WildEarth, has introduced its own set of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Notably, 40% of the main sale proceeds will be directed towards various custodians of the land on which the animals are currently living. Graham… Read More

February 6, 2022 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Four managers working at Germany’s digital bank N26 are reportedly being investigated by public prosecutors regarding suspicions about (allegedly) fraudulent client accounts, the Handelsblatt newspaper confirmed on Friday (February 4, 2022). Criminals or bad actors have been suspected of opening a fairly large number of… Read More

February 6, 2022 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Upside, which is focused on empowering a new type of retail investor, “one who is connected, informed, confident and intentional,” has secured 76% (£1,530,827) of its £2,000,004 target via Seedrs from 97 investors with 24 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign. Located in London,… Read More

February 6, 2022 @ 1:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DiPocket, a corporate disbursements and payment solutions provider, is enhancing customer access to Faster Payments via its partnership with technology-first payments bank, Banking Circle. Utilizing Banking Circle Virtual IBAN for both company and client fund accounts, DiPocket will offer its clients with access to Faster… Read More