Tagged: uk

January 15, 2024 @ 9:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Open Banking adoption and integration into the financial ecosystem remains steady with over six years of ongoing developments. CI recently received insights regarding open banking and its “transformative” potential as payments via this method become more widely recognized. Saturday 13th January marked the sixth… Read More

January 15, 2024 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Scotland’s Fintech cluster has reportedly experienced a 24% increase in overall jobs within fintech as Fintech Scotland, the cluster management organization, marks its sixth year of supporting the ecosystem. Regularly delivering on Scotland’s goal to considerably boost fintech-focused roles, the nearly  25% growth is being… Read More

January 15, 2024 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s prime property finance company CapitalRise is reporting £250m bank funding line, as part of its approach to diversify and boost the resilience of its capital sources and facilitate lending growth. This funding line is the fifth and reportedly the largest secured by the company… Read More

January 15, 2024 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s ThinCats is reporting that lending is up more than 30% in 2023 to record levels. In total, ThinCats has now lent “more than £1.7bn to businesses across the UK while assets under management stand at £790 million.” Despite a challenging economic environment, ThinCats has… Read More

January 15, 2024 @ 5:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

‍Small business optimism returns in 2024, as half of SMEs anticipate growth this year, according to new research from iwoca – which claims to be one of Europe’s largest small business lenders. iwoca also mentioned that nearly half (47%) of small business owners “surveyed expect… Read More

January 14, 2024 @ 5:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

High growth businesses generally own few tangible assets, but can be rich in IP and intangible assets, according to an update shared by NatWest Group. These businesses can find it difficult “to use their assets as collateral to secure growth funding, especially when compared with… Read More

January 13, 2024 @ 10:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

According to Office for National Statistics data published recently, there is now a record number of people in the UK “aged over 90 in England and Wales, up by 2.1% in 2022 to 550,835 people,” the team at PensionBee noted. The number of centenarians (people… Read More

January 13, 2024 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fill/ Refill, a Northamptonshire family-run manufacturer has received over £600k of financing from Metro Bank in order to “help it achieve its aspirations to be the most responsible closed-loop maker and supplier in the UK.” The independent business formulates, designs and “creates a range of… Read More

January 12, 2024 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Recruitment intentions remained subdued as 2023 drew to a close, according to the latest KPMG and REC, UK Report on Jobs survey, compiled by S&P Global. Permanent placements and temp billings “declined again in December, albeit at softer rates than in November, as employers maintained… Read More

January 12, 2024 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ransomware incidents reported to UK financial regulators doubled in 2023, according to an extensive update shared with CI. A Picus Security FOI analysis of cyber incidents reported “to the Financial Conduct Authority reveals an increase in ransomware incidents in the first half of 2023.” Picus… Read More

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