Tagged: united kingdom

December 27, 2021 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gazeal, which aims to transform the way property is bought/sold with “upfront information and binding Reservation Agreements,” has raised 164% (£591,249) of its £360,004 target from 217 investors (at the time of writing) via Seedrs. Based in London, United Kingdom, Gazeal operates in Property / Digital… Read More

December 26, 2021 @ 11:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PIMFA, the trade association for wealth management, investment services and the investment and financial advice industry, welcomes the fact the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has “recognized current levels of Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) funding are unsustainable and is committed to reform. But current… Read More

December 26, 2021 @ 3:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC) announced an investment in a newly incorporated firm established by the combination of Equiniti and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, recently acquired by affiliates of Siris Capital Group, LLC (together with its affiliates, “Siris”). The announcement noted that… Read More

December 24, 2021 @ 9:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut, the provider of a financial Super App with over 18 million customers globally, revealed that it will bring Google Pay to Revolut Junior clients across the United Kingdom and EEA. Revolut says it added support for Google Pay after getting feedback during… Read More

December 24, 2021 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) has imposed a financial penalty on Metro Bank plc “of £5,376,000 for failing to act with due skill, care and diligence in relation to the regulatory reporting of its capital position and for failings in its regulatory reporting governance,… Read More

December 23, 2021 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) announced it has finalized the acquisition of Currencycloud, an international platform that enables banking institutions and Fintech firms to offer various foreign exchange solutions for cross-border transactions. The acquisition will aim to empower Visa and Currencycloud customers and partners to offer a… Read More

December 23, 2021 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide clients had been left panicking after a recent Faster Payments outage at the building society only a few days before Christmas. After problems being reported on Tuesday (December 22, 2021), Nationwide confirmed that the “technical issue” had now been resolved and that “all delayed… Read More

December 22, 2021 @ 9:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Established 11 months ago by ex- Revolut professionals including CEO Lasse Kalkar and COO Anita Koimur, and CTO Evan O’Brien, LiveFlow plans to improve the way financial management is performed inside organizations. The team at LiveFlow wrote in a blog post that they are pleased… Read More

December 22, 2021 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

DeFi incubator Dispersion Holdings plc (AQSE: DEFI) has submitted an application for the listing of its ordinary shares on the Canadian Neo Exchange. Dispersion Holdings currently has a market cap of around £26 million. NEO Exchange is an early stage Fintech that aims to “re-focus… Read More

December 22, 2021 @ 9:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Providing a smarter way to perform monetary transactions, PollenPay, a UK-headquartered Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) firm is pleased to confirm its launch plans. Led by company founder and CEO, Leon Wilson, the team at PollenPay plans to ease pressure on purchases, while at the… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 3:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ThinkSmart Limited (AIM: TSL), a specialist virtual payments platform business, has announced that it has agreed terms with Afterpay for ThinkSmart’s subsidiary, ThinkSmart Europe, in order to sell its 10% holding in Clearpay in exchange for 1,650,000 shares in Afterpay. As noted in the announcement,… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 11:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Sage Group plc (FTSE: SGE), which claims to be the leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll tech for SMEs, announced that it has agreed to acquire Brightpearl, a Cloud native multichannel retail management system for retailers and wholesalers. At Sage, the company aims… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill, Investment Strategist at London-based CoinShares, a digital asset manager focused on expanding access to the cryptocurrency ecosystem while serving as a “trusted partner” for its clients, notes in a blog post published on Monday (December 20) that for the week ending December 17,… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Rnwl, an Insurtech startup, has closed its funding round on Seedrs. According to the offering page, Rnwl raised £492,225 from 534 investors in 34 days. Rnwl was offering equity at a pre-money valuation of £6 million. The security was EIS qualified and approved for the… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Broker Insights – the “high-growth” firm whose digital platform is focused on transforming the commercial insurance market – has secured nearly $8 million (appr. £6 million) in a Series A round led by Mercia Asset Management. Chroma Ventures, which first backed Broker Insights with seed… Read More

December 20, 2021 @ 11:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined HSBC Bank plc £63,946,800 for “failings in its anti-money laundering processes.” As noted in an update from the FCA, HSBC used automated processes to “monitor hundreds of millions of transactions a month to identify possible financial crime.”… Read More

December 20, 2021 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

SingularityDAO, a spin-off of SingularityNET, has announced DynaSets – a diversified portfolio of crypto assets managed by hedge fund professionals and artificial intelligence (AI). According to a company release, DynaSets is now in Beta and hedge fund traders “will play a major role in all… Read More

December 20, 2021 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Recent analysis from online pension provider, PensionBee, has revealed that if Brits diverted half of the money they’re expected to spend this Christmas to their pensions, they could be “as much as £1,442 better off by the time they reach retirement.” This amount could “increase… Read More

December 20, 2021 @ 9:00 am By Chantelle Arneaud  |  

Our third year of living with Covid-19 is about to start. Given the new omicron variant, we anxiously wait to see if it causes a spike in infection, which may cause a downward turn in economic growth. What does this mean for equity fundraising in… Read More

December 20, 2021 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

2021 continued to be another “unprecedented year in the financial services industry,” according to an update from payments specialist Banking Circle. The team at Banking Circle points out that not only did the impact of COVID-19 “continue to accelerate change, but a number of new… Read More