Tagged: united kingdom

June 5, 2023 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

PayFuture has received an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). PayFuture states that with the EMI license, it will start to offer a suite of payment products, including the ability to issue electronic money, facilitate digital payments, and money… Read More

June 5, 2023 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Online pension provider PensionBee launches its new protection insurance offering in partnership with the UK’s tech-driven life protection specialist, LifeSearch. PensionBee customers can now “purchase fully digital mortgage and family life insurance, in addition to critical illness cover, via a simple compare, apply and buy… Read More

June 4, 2023 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sway, a company that aims to turn your phone into a payment terminal & accept in-person payments without transaction fees, has reportedly raised 111% (£627,157) of its £560,000 target from 335 investors (at the time of writing) through its crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Seedrs…. Read More

June 4, 2023 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mortgage entrepreneur, Ying Tan, will reportedly take the position of CEO at Habito (subject to Financial Conduct Authority approval) and aim to become a significant shareholder in the business. This update comes as Habito, the digital mortgage broker and home-buying service, finalizes its most-recent round… Read More

June 4, 2023 @ 12:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ubiquity, a global business process outsourcer for industry innovators, announces the following three executives have joined its team “to support business development across the U.S. and expand its footprint in the U.K. and Europe:” Brad Richardson as chief sales officer; John Goodale as executive director,… Read More

June 4, 2023 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DivideBuy, which was recently acquired by Zopa Bank, has announced the appointment of Amanda Robinson as its new Enterprise Business Development Manager. DivideBuy’s 60-second checkout and conversion uplift tools “are delivering an increase in credit sales of up to 70%.” In February 2023, UK bank… Read More

June 3, 2023 @ 6:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tandem, the UK’s “greener” bank, reports that it “delivers full year profitability for first time in the bank’s history after 12 months of strong growth.” Tandem Bank says it is “further cementing its position as one of the nation’s go-to banks for those looking to… Read More

June 3, 2023 @ 9:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Red Flag Alert are the UK’s provider of business data intelligence and analytics to predict growth, global compliance risk and insolvency, based in Manchester. The company have “announced £ 4.5 million in funding from Foresight and Uncapped.” The company, based in Manchester, where it “employs… Read More

June 2, 2023 @ 12:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

CarCrowd has topped its funding goal on Seedrs, having raised £620,000 on a £500,003 funding goal. CarCrowd is offering equity at a pre-money valuation of £3.4 million. The EIS-qualified stock sale has garnered the support of 300 investors with just a few days left in… Read More

June 2, 2023 @ 10:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Exit opportunities are vital for the private securities ecosystem to function effectively. Obviously, investors back early-stage firms to generate capital gains, and this typically happens via an acquisition, merger, or public offering. Seedrs is unique in that it offers a relatively robust secondary marketplace to… Read More

June 2, 2023 @ 9:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the global financial super app, has reportedly surpassed 30 million retail customers worldwide, and is now “processing over 400 million transactions a month.” While these figures are significant, Revolut has been unable to secure a banking license in the UK (where its headquarters are… Read More

June 1, 2023 @ 11:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mesh Payments announced the expansion of its unified spend management platform to support global multinational businesses operating in Europe, UK, and Asia in local currencies. Mesh now enables companies “to operate globally across international entities, issue local cards and settle in local currencies all from… Read More

May 31, 2023 @ 9:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LendInvest co-founder Christian Faes says he’s pleased to be launching Faes & Co. Based out of the US, a new firm that will focus on “building and investing in technology-enabled direct lending businesses, alongside their own private credit fund.” Faes says he’s learned “a lot… Read More

May 31, 2023 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

RingPay by McLEAR, the smart ring that enables users to pay for things with a wave of the hand, launches for sale on Amazon UK this month. RingPay can be “used anywhere that allows contactless payment, such as restaurants, supermarkets, and transportation etc, and offers… Read More

May 30, 2023 @ 11:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LendInvest (AIM: LINV), which claims to be the UK’s leading platform for mortgages, has significantly reduced rates “across its residential mortgage range, as it continues to build the right product catalogue to support Qualified Professionals, Key Workers and customers with complex income streams and credit histories.”… Read More

May 30, 2023 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Assetz Capital continues its strategic expansion, by appointing David Allanson to its Board as a Non-Exec Director. Following a 30 year+ career in commercial lending, latterly as Regional MD, Lloyds Corporate Banking, David has for the last 6 years “taken up several non-executive/board advisory roles,… Read More

May 30, 2023 @ 9:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UrbanChain announced that it has raised a £5.25m Series A round led by global investment firm Eurazeo through its venture expertise dedicated to the Climate and Smart City space. Launched in 2017, the Manchester headquartered energy technology company “runs the a peer-to-peer (P2P) energy exchange… Read More

May 30, 2023 @ 10:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart Pension, which claims to be one of the UK’s leading workplace pension providers, announces the appointment of Eve Read, Senior Director of Strategic Delivery, to the new industry coalition, the Pension Equity Group. Today marks the launch of the Pensions Equity Group (‘PEG’), a… Read More

May 30, 2023 @ 9:48 am By JD Alois  |  

  Online real estate investment platform CapitalRise has announced the funding of a £5 million loan for the development of a 13,000 square-foot household on the private  Wentworth Estate in Virginia Water, Surrey. The loan will also fund the refinance and demolition of an existing property… Read More

May 30, 2023 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

The British Business Bank has agreed to an initial £75 million ENABLE Guarantee with Cynergy Bank, according to a statement by the bank. The funds will guarantee a term loan portfolio of commercial real estate assets. There is an option to increase the amount to… Read More