Tagged: europe

May 23, 2023 @ 9:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Assetz Capital recently announced its institutionally funded lending strategy and its move away from retail funding of its lending. The 10-year old alternative lending platform has “continued to focus on its core areas of expertise including ground up residential housebuilding, residential refurbishment, and continued strong… Read More

May 23, 2023 @ 6:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Frost, the “innovative” personal finance app, has announced the expansion of its automated provider switching tool ‘Save Assist’ to include broadband switching services. The announcement comes in response “to the recent 17.3% broadband price hike in April, as reported by Money Saving Expert, leaving consumers… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zodia Custody, an institution-first digital asset custodian by Standard Chartered in association with Northern Trust, and LMAX Digital, the regulated institutional crypto currency exchange operated by LMAX Group, announce a collaboration to deliver institutional-grade trading infrastructure and custody services for the European leading Alternative Asset… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 11:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Topps Tiles, the UK’s tile specialist founded in 1963, is a “household name” with over 300 stores nationwide. The well-known retailer always aims “to provide an inspirational shopping experience and an unrivalled product range, coupled with exceptional convenience — a philosophy that crosses over onto… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank customers can now organize their salary payments across their account. The new feature, called ‘Split payment’, allows customers “to decide how much of an inbound payment, such as their salary, to put away and where, including their saving Spaces, joint accounts, additional accounts… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AltTab Capital, the cryptocurrency and digital assets hedge fund company, announces the launch of an office in London, UK, which will allow it to expand its network of international Professional Investors and other partners. AltTab Capital was “founded as an investment company in North America… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 10:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Solaris, Europe’s embedded finance platform, published its first sustainability report, detailing sustainability performance and activities covering the entirety of 2022. Following the implementation of Solaris’ ESG strategy titled ‘Nature, People, Business’ (NPB) last year, the report “highlights key steps that the organization is taking to… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 9:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Analysis from online pension provider, PensionBee, reveals that pension savers put significantly more money “aside for their retirement at the start of 2023 than they did in the latter part of 2022, despite persistent levels of high inflation.” The average quarterly contribution amount “for female… Read More

May 20, 2023 @ 10:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MerQube UK Limited, a key player focused on the development of technology for indexing and rules-based investing, announces that it has been authorized by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) “to carry on the regulated activity of administering benchmarks under Article 34 of the Regulation… Read More

May 20, 2023 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Delta Capita, the Financial Services division of Prytek, a global Capital Markets consulting, managed services and technology provider has welcomed Julian Chesser as its new Regional Head of APAC who will be based in Singapore. In this role, Julian will be “responsible for leading all… Read More

May 19, 2023 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Revolut has introduced multi-currency business accounts in Australia and signaled its intention to acquire a banking license in the country. The new business account allows companies to exchange as much as A$75,000 per month, with head of Revolut Business James Gibson revealing to… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 11:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fabrick, a European leader in ‘Open Finance’, announces today the acquisition of Judopay, a UK-based mobile payments company. This deal will allow Fabrick’s Payment Orchestra “to benefit from Judopay’s innovation expertise in digital commerce.” Together, they will “define new models and standards to provide smoother… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares International Limited (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS), the European digital asset manager, has published its results for the quarter ending 31st March 2023. Jean-Marie Mognetti, Chief Executive Officer of CoinShares said: “I’m pleased to announce that Q1 2023 has underscored CoinShares’ robust resilience and adaptability. The… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robocash Group recently commented on their latest audited financial statements for 2021-2022. Natalya Ischenko, CEO of Robocash Group, also spoke about the platform’s first results for 2023 and “shared the Group’s immediate plans.” As noted in a blog post by Robo.cash, there were around 30,000… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) and one of the “largest” merchant acquirers, Worldpay from FIS, have announced a strategic partnership “to expand the market coverage of, and enable new capabilities on, Straight2Bank Pay, the Bank’s one-stop digital collections gateway for merchants.” This global partnership is considered… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LHV Bank, a provider of banking services to fintechs and SME lending solutions for UK businesses, announces the extension of its maximum loan size to £5 million, enabling further support for UK SMEs aiming to grow. LHV Bank’s Manchester-based SME lending team “offers commercial mortgages… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart, the London-headquartered fintech transforming the global retirement savings market, today announces it has closed its $95m Series E funding in a round led by Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, a private investment firm based in New York and London. Existing investors participating in the investment… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DelfinGroup reports that the company increased its revenue by 46% in the first quarter of 2023, reaching €11.1 million compared to the same period last year. Furthermore, the company’s profit before taxes “increased by 16% to reach 1.8 million euros.” The company further shares “that… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Debitum partners from Poland and UK – financing company Flexidea Polska and Triple Dragon – have released 3 new ABS programs. Debitum is “a digital debt marketplace that aggregates business loans from SMEs across Europe for diversified investment.” Debitum enables investors “to access an alternative… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The first quarter of 2023 started and ended with “a bang,” according to Bondora. After February had some of the highest origination and investment figures Bondora has seen post-pandemic, March statistics reportedly surpassed “all previous records to set new all-time highs. Investments and originations topped… Read More