Tagged: europe

November 29, 2021 @ 2:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rnwl, a platform planning to transform/improve the current buying and managing insurance process, has secured 184% (£276,448) of its £150,002 target from 304 investors (at the time of writing) with 23 days left in its crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Seedrs. Located in Cambridge, United… Read More

November 29, 2021 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Boring Money, a company that helped 1 million consumers find the appropriate investment products and advice, has raised 124% (£2,237,469) of its £1,800,000 target from 671 investors (at the time of writing) with 2 days left in its crowdfunding campaign via Crowdcube. The company reports… Read More

November 29, 2021 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The ability to establish and maintain trust with clients is the foundation of “every successful business,” according to UK-based Fintech Modulr. And, while customer trust might be one of the more “intangible” corporate assets, it’s one that can be “felt keenly on the bottom line,”… Read More

November 29, 2021 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cloud-native core banking solution provider, Thought Machine, has reportedly reached Unicorn status (valued at $1 billion+) following a $200 million Series C round that was joined by the investment divisions of some of its major banking clients, such as JPMorgan Chase, ING and Standard Chartered…. Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 11:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sweden’s Fintech Unicorn Klarna has seen its losses increase significantly during the first 9 months of this year, as costs surged considerably amid growing demand for flexible payment options like Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services. The Stockholm-headquartered company is reporting a pre-tax loss of… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Christmas buying season is currently underway for many of your company’s business customers, the MarketFinance team notes. UK-based MarketFinance, an established online lender that recently raised £280 million in debt and equity and was approved for flex loans, writes in a blog post that… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Future Planet Capital, an impact-led, global VC company launched to invest in high-growth firms the world’s leading universities and research centers, has raised 111% (£2,777,247) of its  £2,500,065 target from 412 investors (at the time of writing) via Seedrs with 24 days left in its… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Robo.cash team has published an update that covers (what they claim to be) high-yield investments in the United Kingdom. Robo.cash aims to introduce people to different “safe, high yield investments, what they offer and how to go about them.” As mentioned in the update,… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 2:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based digital bank Starling reveals that two-fifths of small businesses (43%) report that their performance is back to pre-COVID levels, with almost a third (30%) “stating they are performing better than they were in February 2020.” The research from Enterprise Nation and Starling Bank reveals… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 12:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ID Finance, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing Fintechs in Spain and Mexico, has raised 106% (€1,062,883) of its €1M fundraising target from 459 investors (at the time of writing) via Crowdcube with 3 days left in its crowdfunding campaign. After a record-setting… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 10:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

First came the gender pay gap, and now all eyes seem to be on the investment gap – and this time it’s bigger (a lot bigger), according to an update from easyMoney. UK’s easyMoney, the investment platform from Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou’s easy family of brands… Read More

November 26, 2021 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Worldline (Euronext: WLN) is supporting PSA Payment Services Austria GmbH on its journey towards becoming a smart transaction provider beyond just payments. Via its products WL ID Center and WL Trusted Authentication as well as experience in various infrastructure initiatives, Worldline is offering the tech… Read More

November 26, 2021 @ 10:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based digital bank Monzo notes that since bringing clients a better way to pay later with their new product, Monzo Flex, they have seen significant demand from customers asking to be among the first to use it. Monzo is now inviting people who’ve asked for… Read More

November 26, 2021 @ 10:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut has announced the acquisition of “highly rated” ePOS software provider Nobly POS in order to expand its product offering to serve the restaurant and hospitality sectors. Established in 2013, Nobly has created an extensive ePOS system for the restaurant and hospitality industry enabling hospitality… Read More

November 26, 2021 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum Bank has confirmed that it has now onboarded VZ VermögensZentrum, an independent Swiss financial services firm that’s listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, as the latest partner for its B2B banking solution. VZ VermögensZentrum’s partnership with Sygnum Bank enables them to “expand their offering… Read More

November 26, 2021 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Austrian Fintech firm Bitpanda and France’s mobile financial services Super-App provider, Lydia, are teaming up to provide Lydia’s 5.5 million clients with access to investing in crypto-assets. Lydia will reportedly be using Bitpanda’s white-label solution, which is an API-powered infrastructure that allows Fintech platforms and… Read More

November 25, 2021 @ 1:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Flux is now providing a simple sign-up process, which reportedly enables retailers to join the platform within minutes and introduce offers quickly- thus making it a lot easier for retailers to enhance their brand and increase their sales. Developed for SMBs, Flux Offers is a… Read More

November 25, 2021 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Swedish Fintech firm Näktergal, which supports financial institutions with Cloud-powered platform solutions for digitized lending, has acquired EUR 1 million in capital via an investment led by Katalysen & Partners. Other investors are Stefan Backlund, ex- VP Marketing & Communications at Trustly, Jon Wimmercranz, ex-… Read More

November 24, 2021 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Staking Rewards, a provider of independent staking data and research, has secured 3 million CHF from various digital asset investment companies to create a new suite of products and services catering to the staking space, “including the development of investable staking index products.” Currently, staking… Read More

November 24, 2021 @ 9:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tide, the UK’s leading business financial platform serving over 375,000 SMEs – nearly 7% of the market, has revealed that it will allow SMEs to connect their existing business accounts, “held at other institutions, to its platform using Open Banking.” In the first such move… Read More