Tagged: freetrade

October 21, 2024 @ 12:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Growth in China has stalled for now and debt continues to grow, the team at Freetrade noted in a blog post. And recent direct intervention has considerably boosted volatility in Chinese stock markets, the Freetrade team noted while adding that potential investors should now be… Read More

August 30, 2024 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Freetrade, the “commission free” investment platform, has launched ‘share lending’ to its clients, a new service powered by Sharegain that enables its clients to generate passive income from lending their stocks and ETFs. With Sharegain, Freetrade was able “to launch its securities lending program with… Read More

June 26, 2023 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Freetrade, which claims it is building the home screen app for your life savings, has raised 176% (£1,764,417.20) of its £1,000,000 target (from 3194 investors with 3 days left in the sale at the time of writing) through its crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Crowdcube…. Read More

June 13, 2022 @ 7:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

During an internal “All Hands” meeting held this past Thursday (June 9, 2022), the challenger stockbroking app, Freetrade, revealed that it will be implementing redundancies for around 15% of its staff members. Freetrade‘s management recently noted that it is planning to make up to 15%… Read More

May 24, 2022 @ 2:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Freetrade, the UK-based stock brokerage app provider, has secured £30 million via a loan agreement in order to boost its financial resources without having to commit to a new valuation for the firm. The FT reports that the announcement comes at a time when startups… Read More

March 3, 2022 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Freetrade reveals that they have received their license from Sweden’s financial regulator, Finansinspektionen. Freetrade confirms that their mission “to get everyone investing got a big boost this week, as we secured our licence from the Swedish financial regulator.” The company wrote in a… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 4:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial services have become a lot more accessible, seamless, and user-friendly in the past decade due largely to the rise of innovative Fintech platforms throughout the world. Traditional banking service providers have launched their own digital transformation strategies in order to remain competitive in a… 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 5, 2021 @ 1:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Freetrade, a company that’s on a mission to get everyone investing, has secured  879% (£8,799,726) of its £1,000,000 fundraising target from 6926 investors (at the time of writing) via Crowdcube – with 1 day left in the Fintech firm’s crowdfunding campaign. A UK Financial Conduct… Read More

October 8, 2021 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

You can now invest commission-free with Freetrade, thanks to a new offer that’s currently available only with Monzo Plus and Monzo Premium. The Monzo team writes in a blog post that investing can be “a good way to grow your savings over the long-term.” That’s… Read More

April 24, 2021 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent research study has found that a lack of proper financial education has left consumers across the UK a bit confused with how to manage their funds. The study reveals that UK residents may be dealing with detrimental effects on their confidence, mental well-being… Read More

April 12, 2021 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As it prepares to introduce services in Sweden, Freetrade, a commission-free trading app that’s regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has hired Karl Broomé to serve as ts MD to oversee the market activities. Broomé has joined Freetrade after having worked previously in… Read More

April 7, 2021 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Six early investors in UK stock trading app Freetrade have seen their stakes in the firm surge to be valued at around £1 million after the business saw its valuation increase to over £265 million, according to a report in the Telegraph. The reported returns… Read More

March 23, 2021 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Freetrade, a commission-free trading app that is regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has raised a $69 million Series B funding round led by Left Lane Capital. The valuation was not disclosed. Draper Esprit and L Catterton also participated in the round. Freetrade… Read More

May 14, 2020 @ 9:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech Freetrade has raised over £4.5 million in just four hours raising capital online via Crowdcube. Currently, the offering is displaying £4.76 million (~ USD $ 5.8 million) from 2595 investors. The £1 million hurdle was collected in just 4:33 minutes. Freetrade raised £3 million… Read More

May 9, 2020 @ 12:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  UK-based Freetrade, a Fintech firm that offers a free-to-use investment app that makes it simpler to invest, has revealed that it will again be seeking additional capital via crowdfunding, beginning on May 14, 2020. In 2019, The Freetrade community reportedly invested a record £1… Read More

March 1, 2020 @ 6:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adam Dodds, CEO and founder at Freetrade, a UK-based Fintech firm that offers a free-to-use investment app that makes it simpler to invest, confirmed on February 29 that the company had rebuilt its infrastructure for investing. Instant orders can be placed on Freetrade’s platform without… Read More

November 5, 2019 @ 9:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Freetrade, a challenger stockbroker that provides free share trading in smartphones, recently closed a €13.4 million (appr. $14.9 million) series A funding round in which it received investments from its first capital investor. This past summer, Freetrade closed a crowdfunding round on Crowdcube raising… Read More

July 10, 2019 @ 11:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech Freetrade closed their crowdfunding round on Crowdcube yesterday raising £4,031,500 from 5039 investors. This is the 5th time Freetrade has crowdfunded on Crowdcube having raised £3.1 million in 2018. Freetrade is an FCA regulated digital stockbroker. Available in the UK, Freetrade will be expanding… Read More

July 2, 2019 @ 12:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two weeks after launching its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, challenger stockbroker app Freetrade is now nearing £3.5 million in funding from more than 4250 investors. The latest campaign comes a little over a year after the company raised £3.1 million through… Read More