Tagged: uk

January 12, 2024 @ 3:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Andaria, a fintech company, is pleased to announce its collaboration with Mastercard (NYSE: MA) to empower its embedded finance proposition. This alliance with Mastercard signifies a considered to be “a major milestone and a pivotal role in Andaria’s mission to enhance the quality of its… Read More

January 12, 2024 @ 12:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Currencycloud, the experts simplifying business in a multi-currency world, has partnered with multifi, the UK-based cashflow management platform, in order “to provide UK-based small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with an enhanced international payment solution, allowing them to seamlessly convert and send funds to their global… Read More

January 11, 2024 @ 5:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

GoCardless, the bank payment company, has extended its relationship with JustGiving to become the online donation platform’s exclusive open banking payment provider, replacing American Express. The move will see JustGiving use both the fintech’s Instant Bank Pay feature “to collect instant, one-off gifts and its… Read More

January 10, 2024 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cyber insurance provider Cowbell announced its cyber insurance solutions are extending their reach beyond small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), now catering for mid-market businesses with an annual turnover of up to £1 billion. Backed by A+ rated (re)insurers, US-based Cowbell officially “entered the UK market… Read More

January 10, 2024 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

10x Banking, the transformational cloud-native SaaS core banking platform, and Mast, the cloud-native mortgage origination platform specialising in the UK market, are thrilled to announce their partnership, enabling real-time connectivity between the two systems. Alongside the partnership comes an API integration guide “on 10x Docs,… Read More

January 10, 2024 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs survey signalled a fresh decline in permanent staff appointments across Scotland during December. The pace of reduction was reportedly “the strongest since April, as growing economic uncertainty weighed on hiring decisions and discouraged workers from seeking new… Read More

January 10, 2024 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Acquired.com, a UK payments specialist and payment initiation service provider, and Lenvi, the leading Fintech provider of lending software, servicing, and risk management solutions, are pleased to announce a new partnership that sees Acquired.com offering tailored, streamlined, and modern payment solutions across Lenvi’s loan portfolio…. Read More

January 9, 2024 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

The British Business Bank has announced an additional £21.25 million in funding for an existing ENABLE facility. The funding is in partnership with Tower Leasing. According to a statement distributed by the Bank, the money will go to fund smaller businesses aiming to acquire assets… Read More

January 9, 2024 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Since the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the transition to online banking, UK individuals are visiting their local bank branches less often and less frequently. Research courtesy of KPMG indicates that 21% of UK consumers haven’t visited a bank branch in the last year, up from 14%… Read More

January 9, 2024 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Financing a new business can be one of the biggest hurdles entrepreneurs face, according to an update shared by UK’s Starling Bank. Some 85% of UK startups launched in the last three years “have relied on the founder’s personal capital as the initial source of… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 11:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, part of Republic, has booked its 5th exit for investors in 2023. According to an X, UK-based Sennen has been acquired by renewable energy firm Kraken. (not the crypto exchange). Sennen provides software that caters to managing renewables and power storage. Sennen was part… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market witnessed “rapid” growth in 2023 and is set to continue into 2024, according to an update from  Sourced Capital. Although the market is growing according to reports from certain industry participants, there are many platforms/firms that have exited the… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 9:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The property industry has reacted to the latest mortgage approval data from the Bank of England. The latest figures show that mortgage approvals for November 2023 sit “at 50,067, up from 47,888 in October.” According to an update shared with CI, this marks “a YoY… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 8:21 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed fines on three money transfer firms after they admitted to fixing prices charged to consumers in Glasgow, Scotland. Dollar East (International Travel & Money Transfer) Ltd; Hafiz Bros Travel & Money Transfer Limited; and LCC Trans-Sending… Read More

January 7, 2024 @ 6:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Business leaders in the financial services sector are feeling optimistic moving into 2024, according to new research from KPMG UK. The survey of senior executives working in the sector found “that 87% are ‘confident’ when it comes to overall business growth in the first quarter… Read More

January 6, 2024 @ 10:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New data from Nationwide shows that cash usage continues “to rise as many households respond to the cost-of-living crisis by budgeting with physical money.” That data also shows where the building society is “the last remaining branch in town, the growth in usage is at… Read More

January 5, 2024 @ 12:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Lightyear announces a “record” year of investment activity on the platform. Seeing nearly 20% month-on-month growth in assets under management (AUM), the appetite for investing – despite another rollercoaster year for the public markets – remains high. In 2023, the company also “increased… Read More

January 5, 2024 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK is a top Fintech hub recognized globally for its innovation in financial services. The country has always punched above its weight class when it comes to Fintech and in the past led the charge for Fintech funding in all of Europe. A new… Read More

January 5, 2024 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital securities are broadly acknowledged as the future of all securities. Yet, progress has been slow for regulators around the world to craft the needed rules to enable digital to replace existing analog securities. The advent of distributed ledger technology (DLT), or blockchains, is expected… Read More

January 5, 2024 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed the acquisition of 6point6, a U.K. technology consultancy, specializing in cloud, data, and cybersecurity. The acquisition enhances Accenture’s strategy and architecture capabilities, “with a particular emphasis on central government, defense and security, and financial services.” The acquisition was previously “announced… Read More