Tagged: united kingdom

June 21, 2022 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

CoinShares has announced the availability of two new exchange traded products (ETPs): MATiC and Cosmos. Coinshares noted that both ETPs are staked and physically backed providing exposure to the digital assets as well as an additional yield of 5%. Frank Spiteri, Chief Revenue Officer at… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) reported that there were a record number of API calls in May of over 1 billion along with 6 million users and 5 million open banking payments. The OBIE noted that 64% of UK consumers claim their level… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 7:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s Blend Network, a specialist development finance lender, notes that their commitment is to help investors “access great risk/return lending opportunities, while at the same time supporting experienced SME property developers and small construction companies unlock funding to build more homes.” Blend Network‘s experienced lending… Read More

June 20, 2022 @ 2:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle recently appointed a new Managing Director to lead FlexiPay expansion. Funding Circle, which claims to be one the UK’s largest small business loan platforms, confirmed the appointment of Jerome Fernandez as Managing Director, FlexiPay. FlexiPay is described as “the first short-term finance product… Read More

June 17, 2022 @ 7:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aviva reportedly helps millions of customers with planning for their futures so its a key moment for the Open Banking community when they decide “to make a move in this space.” Bud‘s management noted that they’re looking forward “to supporting them along the way.” It’s… Read More

June 17, 2022 @ 3:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ashman has announced its UK banking license (Authorized with Restrictions or ‘AwR’), which means it has been authorized and regulated “to trade with restrictions by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).” Ashman, which was founded by real-estate entrepreneurs Ashkin Mittal and… Read More

June 16, 2022 @ 9:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest recently revealed that it’s introducing a QR code-based version of its online payment service PayIt in order to help companies accept faster payments of invoices. Available within the NatWest Business Banking App and using PayIt as the tech backbone, the feature, called PayMe, allows… Read More

June 16, 2022 @ 3:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Late last year, Republic announced its acquisition of Seedrs – a leading UK-based investment crowdfunding platform. Republic paid $100 million to acquire the firm. Seedrs has long operated in both the UK and the European continent providing access to capital for early-stage and later-stage… Read More

June 16, 2022 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

The cost of living is rising higher and credit is along for the ride. With no end in sight to rising interest rates and inflation, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is asking lenders to help consumers during a difficult time. In a release, the… Read More

June 15, 2022 @ 10:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wrisk, which is on a mission to transform the way insurance is sold, “working with leading automotive brands and insurers,” has raised 88% (£1,105,199) of its £1,250,003 target (with 29 days left in the sale) from 275 investors via Seedrs. Located in London, Wrisk operates… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 11:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LHV UK, a banking services provider to more than 200 Fintech and crypto firms, is pleased to announce its Confirmation of Payee (CoP) service is currently live for all its direct clients. Introduced in July 2020, CoP is a fraud prevention system that’s led by… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 11:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SurePay, the Confirmation of Payee provider, announced that it has supported Virgin Money with the implementation of its UK Confirmation of Payee solution in order to protect consumers against fraudulent activities and misdirected payments. Confirmation of Payee is a way of giving users more assurance… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Molten Ventures has led a $20 million Series A funding round in Airbank, a Fintech that aims to automate business finance management with a single interface. Other investors in the round include Bruce Wallace (Strategic Advisor at Brex), Guillaume Cabane (Strategic Advisor at Ramp), and… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

The British Business Bank is distributing an “Evaluation Report” on the impact of the COVID loan guarantees that indicates 150,000 to 500,000 businesses were saved and between 500,000 to 2.9 million jobs were maintained. The report was authored by London Economics and Ipsos. The document… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank has upgraded its Spending Insights tool in order to help consumers with improving their money management skills. Thirty-six new spending categories have been introduced, “giving customers instant access to monthly spending data across each category.” Starling is also rolling out a search capability… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Clausematch, a global Regtech firm, has closed on a $10.8 million investment round led by Lytical Ventures, Flashpoint and Sony Innovation Fund, according to a corporate statement. Clausematch said the funding will be used to boost its activities in the US and invest in its… Read More

June 13, 2022 @ 7:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax, one of the UK’s big three credit reference agencies, is entering a partnership with Fintech Paylink Solutions in order to automate its digital affordability solution using Open Banking data and APIs. Paylink Solutions provides innovative tech across the financial services and utilities sectors. Its… Read More

June 13, 2022 @ 7:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

During an internal “All Hands” meeting held this past Thursday (June 9, 2022), the challenger stockbroking app, Freetrade, revealed that it will be implementing redundancies for around 15% of its staff members. Freetrade‘s management recently noted that it is planning to make up to 15%… Read More

June 13, 2022 @ 2:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Scroll Finance, a “next-generation” Fintech offering “smart” financing solutions to homeowners, recently announced that Modulr, the embedded payments platform, will be powering its underlying payments infrastructure. The partnership will “enable Scroll to accelerate its mission to disrupt the homeowner financing sector in the UK.” Scroll… Read More

June 11, 2022 @ 5:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

  loveelectric.cars has received over £1 million in seed funding along with a Scottish EDGE prize. The Edinburgh-based Fintech provides low cost leased electric company cars. The cost of leasing through loveelectric.cars is said to be around 50% less than if the car were leased… Read More