Tagged: uk

September 30, 2019 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Leading UK based investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs has opened up registration for a self-crowdfunding round. The platform announced in August that two of their institutional shareholders had committed to a £4.5 million investment into the company. Additionally, Seedrs is planning a far larger round next… Read More

September 30, 2019 @ 7:35 am By JD Alois  |  

JustPark recently launched an offering on Crowdcube which easily raised £5.5 million in 48 hours during the pre-registration portion of the round. According to the company, £1 million was raised in under one hour as the company booked an investment every 2 seconds. The private… Read More

September 27, 2019 @ 9:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just days before its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube is set to close, self-service multi-currency note/coin exchange machine developer Fourex has successfully secured its initial £900,000 funding target from more than 550 investors. As previously reported, Fourex’s machines use image recognition technology to automatically… Read More

September 27, 2019 @ 1:30 pm By Therese Torris  |  

LendIt Fintech Europe 2019, which took place September 26-27 in London, was placed under the banner of lending and banking convergence. As incumbents collaborate with Fintechs, online lending marketplaces become banks, and challenger banks expand into credit, a new ecosystem is emerging. An indispensable part… Read More

September 27, 2019 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Fraud takes place daily in the financial services industry. Crowdfund Insider reads about it every single day. It is just a fact of life. There will always be a miscreant somewhere looking to separate good money from good people. That is why the industry must… Read More

September 27, 2019 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a year after raising  £3.4 million through its previous Crowdcube round, AI-powered automatic savings account mobile app, Chip, has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform. Originally seeking £1 million, the company quickly surpassed the funding target has now raised over £3.4 million from… Read More

September 27, 2019 @ 7:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Folk2Folk, a local-focused peer to peer lender providing financing to SMEs, has appointed Roy Warren as its new Managing Director. Warren has been filling the role on an interim basis for some time now. Simultaneously, the P2P lender added four new members to its Board… Read More

September 27, 2019 @ 12:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Small businesses are in urgent need of more government support if no-deal Brexit lands on October 321st, according to research from the UK Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). The clock is ticking and the UK still does not have a deal in hand. Meanwhile, it is… Read More

September 26, 2019 @ 8:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendInvest, a UK-based online marketplace for mortgages, announced on Thursday it has joined mortgage club Brilliant Solutions’ lender panel in order to bring its Buy-to-Let (BTL) mortgage product distribution to a wider network of brokers.  LendInvest claims that Brilliant Solutions is an “industry expert” in… Read More

September 25, 2019 @ 3:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Killing Kittens, a UK-based female empowerment band that is leading a global movement through its events and social platform, closed its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with a total of £490,408 in funding secured. The campaign was launched earlier this summer and quickly raised its… Read More

September 25, 2019 @ 3:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Checkout.com, a global payment solutions provider based in the UK, announced on Wednesday has been awarded its E-Money Institution license in France by the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR). Checkout.com reported that with the license it will be able to issue, manage… Read More

September 25, 2019 @ 9:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lloyds Bank announced on Wednesday it has formed a partnership with blockchain-based platform Komgo. Through the partnership, Lloyds Bank is seeking to enable quicker international commodity trade finance using distributed ledger technology (DLT). According to Lloyds Bank, Komgo digitizes and streamlines international trade and commodity… Read More

September 25, 2019 @ 8:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK challenger bank Monzo announced on Tuesday it is making some changes to its Monzo Plus product after users offered feedback on improvement. Tom Davies, the CEO of Monzo revealed more details about the product’s changes, as well as new team and name. “We’re going… Read More

September 24, 2019 @ 1:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Troubadour Goods, a London-based menswear brand that specializes in designing and creating handcrafted leather goods, has completed its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The round raised a total of £436,763 in funding. The company offered 9.56% in equity at a £3,891,727 pre-money valuation. As… Read More

September 24, 2019 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), at Cambridge Judge Business School, is out with the Asean Fintech Ecosystem Benchmarking Study published in partnership with the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) and FinTechSpace in Taiwan. CCAF is the leading research institute covering the global alternative… Read More

September 24, 2019 @ 9:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA announced on Tuesday its third senior non-preferred bond of 2019 in the wholesale market. The banking group reported that the €1 billion 5-year maturity bond was priced at mid swap plus 95/100 basis points. BBVA also revealed that the issue is part of its… Read More

September 23, 2019 @ 2:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based crowdfunding platform Crowd2Fund announced on Monday it has been formally granted its Advanced Assurance from HMRC for the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) tax relief. According to Crowd2Fund, the tax reliefs allow up to £12,000,000 can be invested into the growth of the crowdfunding platform… Read More

September 23, 2019 @ 1:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ideal Flatmate, a UK-based proptech platform that matches flatsharers with compatible flatmates, is now seeking £1.3 million in funding through its new equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Launched in 2017, Ideal Flatmate places people and personality at the heart of the flat-sharing experience, not just… Read More

September 23, 2019 @ 12:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech software provider ShareIn has launched a new product “ShareIn Pay.” ShareIn is a software company that can power crowdfunding and peer to peer lending services. Today, ShareIn is offering a payments product to “address a gap in the market.” The Edinburgh based investment software… Read More

September 23, 2019 @ 9:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

American Express (NYSE: AXP) announced on Monday its plans to launch an open banking product that will enable UK customers to pay for online purchases with a bank transfer. According to American Express, Pay With Bank Transfer will be a real-time payment option to current… Read More