Tagged: uk

September 3, 2019 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

    The UK Peer to Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) reports that Innovative Finance Individual Savings Accounts (IF ISAs) now stands at over £588 million. The P2PFA states that more than 40,000 accounts have invested in P2PFA members IF ISAs by the end of Q2… Read More

September 2, 2019 @ 7:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Folk2Folk, a peer-to-peer lender for local, rural and SME businesses, has now surpassed £300 million in lending, according to a company release. Folk2Folk notes that it is the 3rd largest P2P Lender to UK businesses in terms of money lent. Folk2Folk has a unique local… Read More

September 1, 2019 @ 10:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Troubadour Goods, a London-based menswear brand that specializes in designing and creating handcrafted leather goods, has returned to Seedrs just a little over two years after securing £583,769 through its previously equity crowdfunding round. The company, which quickly raised its new initial £411,248 funding target,… Read More

August 30, 2019 @ 10:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital bank Revolut announced earlier this week the launch of its new 3D secure (3DS) payments feature. According to Revolut, the feature was created to help fight against fraud and to keep Revolut users safe. “3DS is a step you take when buying something online… Read More

August 30, 2019 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer property investment platform the House Crowd is crowdfunding on Seedrs. Founded in 2012, the House Crowd explains that it has evolved from an FCA regulated P2P platform in the buy to let space to doing multi-million-pound property developments. The House Crowd states:… Read More

August 30, 2019 @ 10:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, leading UK based securities crowdfunding platform Seedrs confirmed it had agreed to terms of a £4.5 million funding round. Crowdfund Insider reported on the investment earlier this month and now Seedrs has publicly confirmed that two of their major institutional shareholders have committed to… Read More

August 30, 2019 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Revolut is working with WWF and The Rainforest Alliance regarding the emergency appeal to support those dealing with the devastation caused by fire to the Amazon rainforest. Revolut has a donations feature as part of its bank application. Revolut initially launched this past… Read More

August 29, 2019 @ 3:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just one month after launching its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, UK-based tech-enabled beauty business blow LTD has surpassed its initial £1.5 million funding target is now nearing £1.8 million. The initiative’s debut comes just a few years after blow LTD raised £1.35 million… Read More

August 29, 2019 @ 12:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK Department for International Trade (DIT) will venture across the Atlantic to visit with and perhaps form partnerships with Latin American Fintech firms. Along for the ride are six UK based Fintech firms which have been selected to participate in Finnosummit taking place in… Read More

August 29, 2019 @ 7:30 am By JD Alois  |  

MERJ Exchange, the national stock exchange of Seychelles, will partner with Globacap, a capital markets platform for digital securities, to offer tokenized assets to EU and UK investors. Globacap is regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). MERJ will be offering securities in its… Read More

August 28, 2019 @ 1:34 pm By Cali Haan  |  

A judge in Southwark, England, has seized $900 000 in Bitcoins from confessed prolific hacker Grant West, 27, once described as a “one-man cybercrime wave,” The Guardian reports. The judge reportedly warned West that he would face an additional four years in prison if he… Read More

August 28, 2019 @ 7:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Money transfer Fintech Azimo says it has reached profitability, according to a release. Azimo apparently turned the corner in Q2 of this year. Azimo states that has grown 60% year over year as of the end of June. The growth was fueled in part by… Read More

August 27, 2019 @ 2:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over four years after securing £670,760 through its previous Crowdcube round, self-service multi-currency note/coin exchange machine developer Fourex has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform to raise £900,000. As previously reported, the company’s machines use image recognition technology to automatically identify and… Read More

August 27, 2019 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK has maintained a leadership role in the global Fintech realm for years. Boosted by a supportive government, a regulatory regime that encourages innovation and competition and a robust startup ecosystem, the UK has led the rest of the world when it comes to… Read More

August 26, 2019 @ 1:17 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Bank of England governor Mark Carney has proposed the creation of a global digital currency as a way to stabilizing global financial systems being disturbed by trade and currency wars. The proposal was delivered during a speech at the US Federal Reserve sponsored Jackson Hole… Read More

August 25, 2019 @ 10:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Urban Electric, a company that is on a mission to create the UK’s largest urban electric vehicle charging network, has successfully secured its initial 250,000 though its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The company is currently offering 9.76% in equity at a £3 million pre-money… Read More

August 23, 2019 @ 1:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Deciwatt, a UK-based company that creates renewable energy products that allow users to make light and power, is set to close its equity crowdfunding round on Seedrs with more than £500,000 in funding. The funding round was launched earlier this summer with a mission to… Read More

August 23, 2019 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Beginning September 14, 2019, European Union rules regarding “Strong Customer Authentication” (SCA), part of PSD2, kick in. These rules, which also impact the UK, involve the way in which banks or payment services providers verify their customers’ identity and validate specific payment instructions. Mandated API… Read More

August 22, 2019 @ 10:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based investment services Smarterly has successfully secured nearly £2.3 million in funding through its equity crowdfunding round in Seedrs. The funding round, which has attracted close to 500 investors so far, was launched earlier this month and quickly surpassed its initial £2 million. As previously… Read More

August 22, 2019 @ 3:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs announced on Thursday the shortlists for seven of the nine awards to be presented at the upcoming Seedrs Alumni Awards, which is set to take place on September 19th. The event’s description reads: “The inaugural Seedrs Alumni Awards 2019 is… Read More