Tagged: united kingdom

October 6, 2022 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform CrowdProperty says it has topped £600 million in property projects, after a “record-breaking” September. During the month, CrowdProperty lent £14.3 million to enable the construction of residential property developments by small and medium-sized developers across the UK. When comparing the same… Read More

October 6, 2022 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart money app Plum is reportedly launching its third crowdfunding round after acquiring £5 million in debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank. Plum previously conducted a public campaign on Crowdcube that managed to acquire $8 million in additional capital along with a $24 million Series… Read More

October 5, 2022 @ 10:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bank North, a UK hybrid bank that only gained its banking license in late 2021 is calling it quits, according to multiple reports. Bank North co-founder Richard Baker posted on LinkedIn this past week that the challenger bank “has failed to raise the capital it… Read More

October 5, 2022 @ 12:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payhawk, the “fast-growing” spend management platform combining company cards, reimbursable expenses, and accounts payable in one solution, recently announced the launch of a business credit card in the UK. This new release “follows its launch of credit cards for US businesses in September this year,… Read More

October 5, 2022 @ 9:47 am By JD Alois  |  

June 2021 Promotion by Kardashian has the potential of being viewed by 328 million followers in what many think may have been the “financial promotion with the single biggest audience reach in history.” There has been plenty of chatter about the US Securities and Exchange… Read More

October 5, 2022 @ 8:11 am By JD Alois  |  

British Patient Capital states that it has pledged €25 million to Finch Capital’s Europe Fund III. The Fund is now closed. Finch Capital is the UK and Netherlands-based VC firm. This Fund will focus on European Fintech firms that are deemed to have solid growth… Read More

October 5, 2022 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ebury, a global fintech, is pleased to announce that it has become a member of Amazon’s Payment Service Provider Program “meaning that sellers using Amazon sites can continue to collect payments in different regions and currencies through Ebury’s platform.” The Program was “introduced by Amazon… Read More

October 4, 2022 @ 8:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

From re-using back-to-school items to starting side-hustles, new data from Barclaycard reveals how Brits are “changing their spending behavior to make their money go further during the cost-of-living crisis, while also trying to make the most of the summer holiday period.” Insights are taken from… Read More

October 4, 2022 @ 6:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech “super-app” Curve has announced a partnership with Sweden-based Fidesmo in a move to enable wearable payments. in the UK and (European Economic Area) EEA. Fidesmo Pay launched in 2019  along with several fashion brands, providing wearables integrating payment functionality. The service is tokenized and… Read More

October 4, 2022 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain technology company TradeStrike BVI has announced the launch of its new mobile crypto wallet, which will “enable retail investors, as well as the 10,000+ holders of its $STRX utility token, to track their portfolio’s performance via a mobile app.” The launch has been “accompanied… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 12:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pensions are invested in global stock and debt markets, and therefore “what happens around the world will also be felt in our pensions,” the team at UK’s PensionBee explains. PensionBee wrote in a blog post that September saw “the continuation of the domino effect created… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Chetwood Financial, a UK based digital bank that garnered a banking license in 2018, has announced a partnership with Mumsnet, a parenting forum. According to a statement issued by Chetwood Financial, it plans to launch a new family-focused financial services proposition next year. In partnering… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Property crowdfunding platform CrowdToLive has launched a securities crowdfunding offer on Seedrs. According to the offering page, CrowdToLive’s initial funding target of £400,000 has already been surpassed and is now in overfunding mode, having raised £467,000 from 100 investors. CrowdToLive is selling equity at a… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Open Banking-enabled Fintech Currensea has reportedly acquired £2.4 million in capital from VCs Blackfinch Ventures and 1818 Venture Capital. The proceeds will be used to support the Fintech platform’s ongoing growth plans. Currensea, which is the “money-saving” travel card that aims to eliminate the hefty… Read More

September 29, 2022 @ 12:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Liberis, a global embedded business finance platform,  announced that they have secured £140m in financing from Barclays Bank PLC and BCI Finance in order “to help secure its global partner expansion and growth plans for the next two years.” This brings Liberis’ total funds raised… Read More

September 27, 2022 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aviva, which claims to be one of the UK’s leading insurers, announced an investment of $10 million into the Anthemis Female Innovators Lab Fund. The fund was “founded in September 2019 and backs female entrepreneurs in the fintech industry across the UK, Europe, Canada and… Read More

September 26, 2022 @ 11:00 pm By Barry James  |  

It’s Time for a Safe Pair of Hands – Before It’s Too Late The first thing that Kwasi Kwarteng did as Chancellor injected so much risk into the British economy that the investors he was seeking to attract had, quite predictably, the opposite reaction. Any… Read More

September 26, 2022 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Three quarters of young adults (76%) plan “to make major sacrifices or put life events on hold due to the cost of living crisis,” according to a survey by Starling Bank. The research, which questioned 2,000 UK adults, compared age groups and asked about stresses… Read More

September 26, 2022 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the global financial super app with more than 20 million customers worldwide,  announced that it has “expanded its crypto offering to launch 29 new tokens for US* users, via a new partnership with Apex Crypto.” Customers can now “buy and sell a total of… Read More

September 26, 2022 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), which claims to be the UK’s largest small business lending platform, and Bayview Asset Management, an investment management firm headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida, announced a lending partnership that is “targeting the provision of £700m funding to small businesses over an 18… Read More