Tagged: shares

June 11, 2023 @ 7:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Shares, Europe’s community-powered investment app, chooses Upvest, the Berlin-based infrastructure fintech, “to expand its investment product offering and geographical presence.” Following its successful launch and rapid growth in the UK, Shares will “bring its social investment experience to the European stage through Upvest’s Investment-API.” For… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-headquartered social and community-focused investing app Shares is looking to expand operations in European markets and also move into crypto after securing $40 million via a Series B round that was led by Valar Ventures. The investment round, which brings Shares’ total funding to $90… Read More

March 4, 2022 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Shares, a combination investing and social app, has raised $40 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Peter Thiel’s fund – Valar Ventures. Other investors include Singular and Global Founders Capital. Shares previously raised $10 million. Shares reports 130 employees in three… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 7:35 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

Retail investing and trading service app Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) said it would acquire Say Technologies for $140 million in an all-cash deal. Founded in 2017 by Alex Lebow, Jeff Cruttenden, Julio Fredes,  Noah Kerner, and Zachary Hascoe, Say Technologies is a technology platform that empowers shareholders… Read More

March 10, 2021 @ 4:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Change, a Northern Europe-based investment app, announced on Wednesday a  a 782% increase in the price of its shares since the company began trading on global equity funding and trading platform Funderbeam. Change reported it listed a portion of their shares in November 2020 and… Read More

February 14, 2021 @ 10:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) recently announced its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.575 per share. The dividend is payable on April 2, 2021 to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 15, 2021. Broadridge claims to be a fintech… Read More

July 21, 2020 @ 10:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Xinja Bank, an Australia-based neobank, announced on Tuesday plans to launch a U.S. share platform for Australian investors, Dabble. According to Xinja, Dabble will sit alongside the neobank’s bank account and savings account Stash. It will provide quick and easy access to US shares, many… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 12:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

DeCurret, a Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange, announced on Friday it has issued ¥2.75 billion in a third-party allocation of shares. The platform, which was founded in 2018, stated that amidst a “growing major trend towards the spread of digital currency” it has become a “main bank… Read More

November 14, 2019 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-based investment bank Goldman Sachs’ consumer banking division, Marcus, is reportedly expanding its operations to include investment-related services in the UK. Marcus is introducing a new stock trading and ISA vehicle, which will be supported by digital wealth manager Nutmeg. The ISA will be… Read More

January 21, 2019 @ 10:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Zwipe, a Norway-based fingerprint payment startup, announced on Monday it secured NOK 120 million (USD 14 million) in the offering of new shares ahead of a planned admission to trading on Merkur Market, Oslo Børs. Founded in 2009, Zwipe describes itself as a biometric tech startup that… Read More

March 22, 2018 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global internet and entertainment group Naspers announced on Thursday it is planning to sell up to 190 million Tencent Holdings Limited (Tencent) shares, equal to approximately 2% of Tencent’s total issued share capital, which would reduce its stake in Tencent from 33,2% to 31,2%. The… Read More

October 27, 2017 @ 12:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Natixis, a French corporate and investment bank, has acquired 50.04% stake in Dalenys, a fintech company that offers Payment Marketing solutions that aim to increase revenues for online and point-of-sale merchants. The companies revealed that an agreement relating to this sale was announced earlier this summer and… Read More

October 13, 2017 @ 9:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fintech organization Investview announced on Thursday it is now trading shares on OTC Market’s OTCQX and will be displayed as INVU. The company revealed has been trading on the PINK and as one of the first actions of the management team after the recent acquisition, it applied… Read More

March 1, 2016 @ 2:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the announcement that Mondo’s highly anticipated Crowdcube campaign would not be live today due to technical difficulties, CEO of the digital only challenger bank, Tom Blomfield, revealed the company will open share purchases this Thursday (March 3rd). Blomfield shared in an email this afternoon: “As… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 1:13 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  While shares of Mogo Finance Technology Inc. have slid from $10 to $6 since the IPO–the company was the first Canadian online lender to go public–all is far from lost. After the $50-million IPO on June 25, Cormark research analysts Jeff Fenwick and Richard Tse believe the stock will… Read More

July 13, 2015 @ 3:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Now offering community shares, Crowdfunder’s first issue, Positive News, has raised £263,000 from its readers, supporters and journalists. The public support for this project reflects the growing trend for social investment across the UK – where communities are coming together to save their local pubs, develop community… Read More