Tagged: europe

February 12, 2022 @ 11:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at GoCardless notes that Open Banking is the key to changing how we make payments, and get paid. So when GoCardless finalized their Series F investment round at the end of 2020, they immediately put that investment to work – “accelerating [their] product… Read More

February 10, 2022 @ 3:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Berenberg has introduced its first private debt real estate fund in collaboration with Universal Investment Luxembourg. Universal-Investment-Luxembourg S.A. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH, Frankfurt am Main. The firm explains that they are independent – because the parent company’s shareholder Montgu Private Equity… Read More

February 10, 2022 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deel, a Fintech that has been co-founded by Alex Bouaziz, has been expanding its business operations and focusing on UK-based firms. Deel, a remote worker platform, has started taking digital currency payroll payments from firms, which it then provides to working professionals wherever they might… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 11:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Consumer lending Fintech Selina Finance has finalized a £150 million Series B round that included equity and debt financing. Selina Finance acquired $115 million in debt funding from Goldman Sachs and GGC and $35 million in equity financing led by Lightrock along with existing investors…. Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DNA Payments, an independent vertically integrated payments provider, and Verifone, a global Fintech platform and payment solution provider to major retail brands, are pleased to announce a key partnership supporting innovation and reliability within the payments ecosystem. DNA Payments has teamed up with Verifone in… Read More

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