Tagged: europe

January 2, 2022 @ 4:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kuflink, a P2P UK property investment platform, where they invest with you,  introduced new features and improvements to their platform throughout 2021, doing their best to make your Kuflink experience is “as efficient, and as easy, as possible,” the company wrote in a blog post…. Read More

January 2, 2022 @ 3:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s online pension provider PensionBee notes that their clients take the lead on their product development. During the past few years, many clients have become “increasingly vocal about their desire to address some of the world’s biggest problems, such as climate change, through their investments,”… Read More

January 2, 2022 @ 1:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A Lithuanian renewable energy firm Litelektra, which is reportedly co-owned by Gofingo Group shareholders, has teamed up with PeerBerry, which is an alternative investment marketplace with “up to 12% return on investment” and offers innovative investment tools. As mentioned in the update, the new business… Read More

January 2, 2022 @ 12:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The CEOs and team at European online lender October have thanked all their retail lenders and institutional investors, as they closed out 2021. The company has been focused on lending everyday to European SMEs. October writes in a blog post that in 2021, platform users… Read More

January 1, 2022 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at European lender Bondora notes that 2021 was another “unexpected” year as they’ve learned to “adapt to a new normal.” But from change “comes growth,” Bondora writes in a blog post while adding that they’d like to take the a moment to highlight… Read More

December 31, 2021 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Virgin Money is teaming up with the Purpose Coalition on a Levelling Up Impact Report, “setting out its contribution to the levelling up agenda in the UK.” The Levelling Up Impact Report will aim to “highlight the work” Virgin Money is currently undertaking to create… Read More

December 31, 2021 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Many more homeowners are now looking for all-digital solutions that are affordable and a lot more accessible. Digitalization and the platform concept are now finding their way into the real estate sector, which is not only an innovative breakthrough but has also become essential. That’s… Read More

December 30, 2021 @ 11:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier this month, the team at digital bank Zopa made an important update regarding the future of their peer-to-peer business. After 16 years of handling P2P investments at Zopa, the team has taken the decision to close down their retail investing business (something similar to… Read More

December 30, 2021 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Freetrade‘s Head of People, Amy Gilman, has reflected on a “big” 2021 and an “even bigger” 2022. Gilman writes in a blog post that 2021 has been “an incredible year of growth for Freetrade.” She added that whether that’s growth to “over 1 million registered… Read More

December 30, 2021 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On 21 December 2021, a special administration order was reportedly made by the Court in relation to Viola Money “under the Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021.” The Viola Money website explains its service as follows: Since 2012, we have been providing simple,… Read More

December 30, 2021 @ 1:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at LendInvest, a leading digital financing platform for the UK market, has commented on the importance of rates and technology, as part of their preview of 2022. LendInvest Sales Director Leanne Smith notes that in her role (as sales director for their internal… Read More

December 29, 2021 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Monzo notes that you can now choose to set your contactless spending limits “to levels you’re comfortable with.” Or you may choose to turn contactless off completely if you want to, the team at Monzo writes in a blog post. In October 2021,… Read More

December 29, 2021 @ 10:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rentberry, which claims to be the first international home rental platform with complete automation, has raised $5,378,564 from 2,974 investors via StartEngine. Rentberry is described as a fully operational “long-term” rental platform that leverages technology to “ensure a seamless rental experience – offering tenants the… Read More

December 29, 2021 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ruby Datum, which aims to be a platform with a “credible” reputation for being intuitive, resilient, and rapid for collaboration, has raised 76% (£114,456) of its £150,000 target from 131 investors through its crowdfunding campaign via Crowdcube (with 16 days left in the campaign at… Read More

December 28, 2021 @ 5:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

It was an eventful week for the Java Ecosystem and the Open Source communities: on December 9, 2021, a critical vulnerability was found in the widely-used Java Logging framework Log4j (version 2). The team at payments Fintech Adyen has shared details on some of the… Read More

December 28, 2021 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Nationwide House Price Index reveals that the price of a “typical” home in the country grew by 10% YoY in November, which is a just bit higher than the 9.9% recorded in October 2021 (on a monthly basis, prices surged by 0.9%, up… Read More

December 28, 2021 @ 4:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s digital banking platform Starling Bank has provided some end-of-year updates. As we look ahead to 2022, Starling Bank notes that diversity is at “the heart” of their company. They believe that “regardless of who you are, it is your knowledge, skills and experience that matter.”… Read More

December 28, 2021 @ 1:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stryve, which is focused on the “future of work” by leveraging automation, has secured 122% (£244,072) of its £200,000 target from 168 investors via Crowdcube with 25 days left in its crowdfunding campaign (at the time of writing). As explained in the update, Stryve’s ‘Talent… Read More

December 27, 2021 @ 12:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at European P2P lender Mintos has shared their latest Risk Score updates based on developments and data “from the third quarter of 2021” (now live on the platform). The Mintos team has shared the summary of the recent quarterly changes and other details… Read More

December 27, 2021 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gazeal, which aims to transform the way property is bought/sold with “upfront information and binding Reservation Agreements,” has raised 164% (£591,249) of its £360,004 target from 217 investors (at the time of writing) via Seedrs. Based in London, United Kingdom, Gazeal operates in Property / Digital… Read More