Tagged: oaknorth

August 28, 2024 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth – the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs – announces that it has secured authorization from the Federal Reserve and the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) for a Representative Office in New York. The authorization will enable OakNorth to “proactively market… Read More

August 25, 2024 @ 9:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has provided a £6m loan to Gatehouse Hub Ltd to fund the development of 19 industrial logistics units spread over 43,487 sq.ft., and a wellness centre comprising of 6,458 sq.ft. on the outskirts of Burgess Hill in… Read More

August 1, 2024 @ 11:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth and ASK Partners, a specialist property lender, have provided a £30.8m co-loan to London-based Vabel, to acquire 114-150 Queensway and 97-113 Inverness Terrace. The post-war 1950s building occupies a prominent corner position “on the southern end of the site, bookended between Porchester Gardens and… Read More

July 17, 2024 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth – the digital bank “for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs,” has provided a £45.7m loan to investment firms, Veld Capital and Maya Capital, to support the development of a major new hotel at 160 Blackfriars Road. Founded in 2009, Veld Capital is a private investment firm… Read More

July 9, 2024 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, has lent several hundred million pound to British businesses in the first half of this year, as it continues its track record of supporting the most ambitious and innovative businesses across the UK. OakNorth’s focus has been on “supporting… Read More

June 20, 2024 @ 9:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has provided a subscription line to Palamon, a UK-based European mid-market private equity firm. Palamon has deployed more than €2.5bn in mid-cap companies “since its inception in 1999, with a focus on financial services, business services, consumer… Read More

May 31, 2024 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, and real estate funding specialist, ASK Partners have provided a £19.5m co-loan to independent hotel management business, Capilon Hotels Group. Capilon specializes in property investment, development and management of various sectors and asset classes, with “a particular… Read More

May 14, 2024 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has provided an initial £25m loan to Blue Shield Capital, a property lending firm committed to simplifying bridge lending. Launched in 2020, by co-founders Gil Ulrich and Jonathan Hitter, Blue Shield primarily underwrites senior bridging loans “backed… Read More

April 16, 2024 @ 6:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has provided a further £12.2m loan to returning customer and SME housebuilder, honey, to part fund the acquisition and development of two of its latest major residential schemes. Founded in October 2022 by former Avant Homes CEO,… Read More

February 16, 2024 @ 6:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has provided a £2.5m loan to SES, the manufacturer of power distribution products for the entertainment industry, to support the creation of its employee ownership scheme. Founded in 1994 by brothers Mark and Gordon Cooper, and headquartered… Read More

January 17, 2024 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth – the digital bank for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs – has provided a loan to Lovett Care, the care home provider. Founded in 2009, Lovett Care specializes in “offering residential, nursing and dementia care across England and Wales.” The past three years has seen the… Read More

December 28, 2023 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth – a UK-based digital bank, has added Lord (Adair) Turner as its Chairman of the Board. Lord Turner reportedly has “an extensive track record in financial services, including as Vice-Chairman of Merrill Lynch Europe, a Board Director of Standard Chartered, Chair of the Financial… Read More

December 11, 2023 @ 7:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, a UK-based digital bank, has provided a debt finance facility to support the latest acquisition project of ALMCOR and an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. ALMCOR claims that it has over 25 years of experience “operating in the UK and European real estate… Read More

November 23, 2023 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One year ago, OakNorth – the UK digital bank has acquired a 50% stake in ASK Partners (ASK), a specialist lender that reportedly has enabled over £1.4 billion of lending through its platform “where institutional partners, family offices, and high net worth individuals provide funding.”… Read More

November 20, 2023 @ 9:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the neobank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has today published new research with the Social Market Foundation, a cross-party think tank, revealing the outsized impact of scale-up businesses1 on the UK economy by region, country, and sector. The new report, titled ‘The Scale of the… Read More

November 8, 2023 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, a UK digital bank, says it has launched its business banking services, aimed at “helping mid-sized businesses (revenue of £1m-£100m) that are currently overlooked and underserved in the UK’s current financial landscape.” OakNorth is authorized and regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority and the… Read More

November 6, 2023 @ 7:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, a regulated digital bank, and Founders4Schools, an ed-tech charity for teachers, have announced a new partnership to support 100,000 secondary school students -16 year-olds) – “including 40,000 from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds – over the next three years.” The program will provide secondary school students… Read More

July 27, 2023 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth Credit Intelligence (ONci), the SaaS partner for commercial banks to lend smarter, faster, and more, announces a major product enhancement of the ON Climate application that allows users to analyze transition risk and impact for each year up until 2050. The ON Climate application… Read More

April 21, 2021 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth has reportedly entered into software deals with US banking institutions Capital One and Fifth Third, according to a report from BI. OakNorth has managed to onboard two new clients for its credit intelligence product offering. Capital One and Fifth Third Bank will be using… Read More

November 26, 2020 @ 3:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SoftBank-backed Fintech firm OakNorth claims that it has been issuing loans at record levels following the COVID-19 outbreak. Established in 2015, OakNorth was recently valued at $2.8 billion and has managed to achieve profitability. This is not too common for many of the firms or… Read More