Tagged: london

June 23, 2022 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank has passed the three million current account milestone, which “includes more than 460,000 small business accounts,” according to an update shared with CI. This key milestone comes five years after the digital bank launched its Personal Current Accounts in May 2017, while its… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 5:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of London, which claims to be the next-generation tech firm and the world’s “first” purpose-built global clearing, agency, and transaction bank, recently announced its intention “to expand its footprint in the United Kingdom by opening its Centre of Excellence in Belfast, Northern Ireland,… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kofax, a supplier of Intelligent Automation software for digital workflow transformation, recently announced it has acquired Tungsten Corporation, a global B2B e-invoicing network that “facilitates and streamlines complex invoice-to-pay processes.” Tungsten provides a platform “for onboarding of suppliers, PO exchange, invoice processing, e-invoicing, compliance and… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 7:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s Blend Network, a specialist development finance lender, notes that their commitment is to help investors “access great risk/return lending opportunities, while at the same time supporting experienced SME property developers and small construction companies unlock funding to build more homes.” Blend Network‘s experienced lending… Read More

June 15, 2022 @ 10:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wrisk, which is on a mission to transform the way insurance is sold, “working with leading automotive brands and insurers,” has raised 88% (£1,105,199) of its £1,250,003 target (with 29 days left in the sale) from 275 investors via Seedrs. Located in London, Wrisk operates… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank has upgraded its Spending Insights tool in order to help consumers with improving their money management skills. Thirty-six new spending categories have been introduced, “giving customers instant access to monthly spending data across each category.” Starling is also rolling out a search capability… Read More

June 13, 2022 @ 2:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FLT), a global business payments company, recently announced it has signed a definitive agreement “to acquire the Global Reach Group, a UK-based cross-border payments provider.” With the acquisition, FLEETCOR increases its cross-border payments scale and strengthens its position “as one of… Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 11:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Yobota recently announced its partnership with Tranch, a buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup platform on a mission “to deliver more flexible payments to fast-growing businesses.” Founded in 2016, London-based core banking provider Yobota claims it has “built a fast, flexible, cloud-native core banking platform… Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 5:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), the financial services umbrella of the Linux Foundation, recently confirmed the addition of new corporate members, “including Google Cloud, Société Générale, American Express, Point72, Mirantis, and The Digital Dollar Project.” Building upon its 19 new Members in 2021 and… Read More

June 1, 2022 @ 7:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Debite, the “dynamic” financing platform for early-stage companies, has announced its UK launch with a mission “to help businesses more effectively manage their cashflow and maximize their growth potential.” Tackling one of the primary reasons why most start-ups fail, Debite’s Buy Now Pay Later model… Read More

May 29, 2022 @ 2:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strabo, which aims to offer wealth analytics “at your fingertips,” has acquired 110% (£193,573) of its £175,003 target (at the time of writing) from 163 investors through its crowdfunding campaign via Seedrs (with 17 days left in the campaign). Located in London, Strabo operates in… Read More

May 26, 2022 @ 7:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  London-based Nickel Digital Asset Management (Nickel), a regulated crypto hedge fund manager, has “outperformed the S&P500 since January 2020, despite the initial strong performance of equities during the COVID period.” As noted in an update shared with CI, its Digital Asset Arbitrage Fund had… Read More

May 26, 2022 @ 2:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AssetTribe announces the launch of its digital platform, connecting investors “to a broad and diverse range of alternative assets, opening up this interesting and important asset class especially during these turbulent times of high inflation and uncertain stock markets.” AssetTribe is an investment community aiming… Read More

May 26, 2022 @ 1:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

RELAI, the savings and investment app, has secured €2,159,470 in capital as part of its latest funding round. After a strong private phase, which saw €1.2m invested by the likes of Redalpine, “more than 850 investors have joined the table, contributing an additional €970,000, surpassing… Read More

May 24, 2022 @ 7:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mercuryo, the cryptocurrency payments firm, has revealed that it has hit 3 million users globally. The key milestone represents an acceleration in growth for the London-based business, having reached 2 million clients only four months back (in January of this year). Mercuryo is an international… Read More

May 24, 2022 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tranch, a London-headquartered Buy Now Pay :ater (BNPL) platform for SaaS sellers and professional services providers, is ready now to come out of stealth, having secured £3.5 million in capital via a pre-seed equity and debt funding round. The investment round has reportedly been led… Read More

May 24, 2022 @ 1:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

GreenGrowth, an investments app empowering consumers to invest for a more “sustainable world,” has acquired 77% (£258,568) of its £335,001 target via Seedrs (at the time of writing) from 72 investors with 23 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign. Located in London, United Kingdom,… Read More

May 20, 2022 @ 9:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) recently announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire MayStreet, a market data solutions provider. Founded in 2012, MayStreet provides “high-quality” global low latency technology and market data to more than 65 industry participants, “including banks, asset managers and… Read More

May 17, 2022 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Starling Bank has launched a campaign that “celebrates” women’s football as part of its national support of the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 tournament. The ‘Our Time’ campaign highlights the glass ceilings that continue “to be broken for the women’s game, while nodding to Starling’s… Read More

May 14, 2022 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digidoe, the UK-headquartered Fintech firm that aims to streamline the global payments infrastructure, has introduced a fast Banking as a Service (BaaS) solution which enables businesses to launch a new virtual bank within 72 hours. The secure Cloud-powered API and white-label service opens the door… Read More