Tagged: uk

May 9, 2019 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

A report in Yahoo Finance indicates that Marcus, Goldman Sachs’ digital only challenger bank, is doing quite well in the United Kingdom. Des McDaid, the Managing Director for Marcus in the UK, stated: “We’ve passed a quarter of a million customers and just over £8bn… Read More

May 8, 2019 @ 3:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than six months after securing $17.5 million through its Series B funding round, UK money transfer fintech TransferGo announced it received $3.4 million from French capital firm Seventure Partners to add to the funding round. As previously reported, TransferGo currently offers transfers between nearly 50… Read More

May 7, 2019 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wriggle, a UK-based real-time marketplace for local eat-out food and drink, is now seeking £600,000 through its new equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Founded in 2014,  Wriggle is on a mission to help people discover, and spend their money at the best local food and… Read More

May 7, 2019 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Esme Loans, the NatWest backed standalone digital lending platform for SMEs, announced last week it has hit £50 million of lending to UK businesses. The online lender reported that it has seen a continued period of strong growth, following an uplift in lending of 337%… Read More

May 6, 2019 @ 2:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital wealth management platform MarketsFlow has successfully secured its initial £700,000 funding target through equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. The funding round was launched less than two years after MarketsFlow secured more than £450,000 through its previous Crowdcube round. As previously reported, MarketsFlow was launched in… Read More

May 6, 2019 @ 9:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a year after raising £639,904 through its previous Seedrs funding round, Pointvoucher, a mobile gaming plug and play market platform, has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform to raise £800,000. As previously reported, Pointvoucher was founded in 2015 and reportedly facilitates the connection between consumers… Read More

May 5, 2019 @ 9:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ripple, a UK-based renewable energy platform, is now seeking £750,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Founded in 2017, Ripple reported that its vision is a renewable energy future owned by people, not companies. “People want to reduce their carbon footprint and they want… Read More

May 3, 2019 @ 11:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PixelPin, a UK-based company that is dedicated to securing personal and business information without using a keyboard, has quickly surpassed its initial £1,394,989 funding target on equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. Founded in 2011, PixelPin stated it is focused on the use of pictures. Using pictures… Read More

May 3, 2019 @ 2:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Too much of a good thing? Perhaps. Crowdcube listed a crowdfunding offering for Freetrade on April 25, 2019. Soon after the offer went live, the Crowdcube site went down. According to a post by Crowdcube CTO Rich Pearce, Freetrade generated the highest number of investments… Read More

May 3, 2019 @ 9:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S. fintech Jumio announced on Thursday it has joined forces with UK challenger banker Monzo. Jumio reported that it has been Monzo’s primary identity verification solution since 2017 and the companies have worked together to offer an easy-to-use, intuitive mobile onboarding experience for Monzo’s customers,… Read More

May 2, 2019 @ 10:40 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Six individuals in Leeds in Northern England have been convicted for their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking operation that used Bitcoins to import crystal methamphetamine from Canada, Examiner Live reports. The four main suspects in the case are Hassan Jalilian, Michael Bendo, Gohar Manzoor… Read More

May 2, 2019 @ 2:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Checkout.com, a global payment solutions provider based in the UK, announced on Thursday it secured $230 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by growth investors Insight Partners and DST Global. Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, Blossom Capital, Endeavor Catalyst and other… Read More

May 2, 2019 @ 8:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ganapati Group company, GanaEight Coin Ltd (G8C) announced earlier this week it hosted a blockchain event at the House of Commons in London’s Houses of Parliament. According to G8C, the event followed the Blockchain Expo Global event at London’s Olympia Grand on the Thursday and… Read More

May 2, 2019 @ 8:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Plum, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for personal finance, announced on Thursday it has achieved 433% user growth in one year, growing from 75,000 to 400,000 users, and has attracted a $4.5 million investment that brings total investment in the firm to $6.3 million. The… Read More

May 1, 2019 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two years after raising more than £450,000 through its Crowdcube round, digital wealth management platform MarketsFlow has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform to secure an additional £700,000 in funding. As previously reported, MarketsFlow was launched in 2017 by technologist and entrepreneur Tom… Read More

May 1, 2019 @ 10:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Stealth bank Dozens has closed their crowdfunding round on Seedrs having raised £3.815 million (about $5 million) at a pre-money valuation of £20 million. Dozens had sought a minimum raise of £3.5 million. According to a release, 2,156 investors from 42 different countries invested in… Read More

May 1, 2019 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Contradicting an existing belief that Millennials don’t save money, digital-only bank Revolut has shared research indicating that more Millennials are saving money than ever before. Simultaneously, this generation remains deeply concerned about their financial future. Revolut says it surveyed their 18-38 year old customers in… Read More

April 30, 2019 @ 12:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

During a speech delivered today, Chancellor of the Exchequor Philip Hammond announced the creation of  the FinTech Alliance. The goal is to create one site to join all the aspects of the burgeoning Fintech sector of finance in the UK. The FinTech Alliance will be… Read More

April 30, 2019 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

“The UK is now a Fintech powerhouse.” Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond made an appearance at UK Fintech Week today to address Fintech innovation in the United Kingdom. Noting that the City of London has always driven innovation and change, Hammond pointed to the… Read More

April 30, 2019 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

The Spotcap Fintech Fellowship program is now open for applications until August 15, 2019. The program seeks to help talented individuals pursue studies in Fintech. The Fellowship offers an £8k award to one postgraduate student studying a fintech related course at a UK university. This… Read More