Tagged: united kingdom

August 16, 2021 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based digital bank Monzo notes that getting paid can be fun, but quite often, what “goes on behind the scenes isn’t.” According to Monzo’s blog post, if anything, getting paid may “take the fun out of business fundamentals.” Monzo, which is currently the subject of… Read More

August 16, 2021 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A team of experienced investors, technologists and Fintech professionals, Mode has been offering innovative financial services in the United Kingdom, Europe and across the globe since their inception back in 2018. Although we might be aware that Mode serves as a Bitcoin app, its vision… Read More

August 16, 2021 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New data from European Fintech iwoca, one of the largest small business lenders, reveals how embedded finance will play a key role for SMEs as they try to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Timely insights “bring to life” the wide-ranging benefits of embedded finance, according… Read More

August 16, 2021 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Fintech firm SumUp has teamed up with the National Garden Scheme in order to lead the digitalization of charity by enabling “seamless” charitable donations via its card-reading tech, at an event supported by Dame Mary Berry, President of the National Garden Scheme, at Chilworth… Read More

August 16, 2021 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Datam, a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that allows companies or businesses to begin accepting card payments within minutes, has raised £560,920 of its £550,001 target from 224 investors (at the time of writing) via Seedrs. There are 24 days left in the company’s sale, as… Read More

August 15, 2021 @ 9:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

WorldRemit, a UK-based digital cross-border payments firm, recently introduced its money transfer services in Malaysia’s markets through its app and web-based platform. Clients are now able to send funds from Malaysia, in addition to 50 other nations including the United Kingdom and the US, to… Read More

August 15, 2021 @ 12:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Small Robot Company, which intends to bring PerPlant farming to the world’s largest crops with a “unique” level of intelligence and “precision” to a $240 billion/year sector, has secured £3,434,851 of its £2,000,000 target (at the time of writing) from 1974 investors via Crowdcube. Small… Read More

August 13, 2021 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Quotall, an Insurtech that provides a market for providers, is raising growth capital on Seedrs. Investors may purchase equity at a pre-money valution of £15.1 million. The securities offering secondary market approved so backers may access liquidity following the funding round. The offering is also… Read More

August 13, 2021 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Appital, the equity capital marketplace, reveals that it has acquired £2.5 million in capital from Frontline Ventures and a number of “seasoned” capital markets angel investors to bring tech innovation and automation to the equity capital markets. This should help with improving efficiency. The proceeds… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 10:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Zilch, a buy now – pay later (BNPL) Fintech, has acquired NepFin in a move to expand the company’s offerings in the United States. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Neptune Financial, or NepFin, is a commercial lending Fintech that provides debt funding… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

London-based BPC banking technology is reporting that PPCBank in Cambodia has is now using its SmartVista platform. SmartVista is being utilized to centralize their payment switching activity, manage and monitor their ATM and POS networks. The bank says that it is responding to the country’s… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AstroPay, a provider of online payment solutions, has introduced its digital payment service for the European markets, after a period of steady growth for the business which has seen its users and merchants increase significantly. Established in 2009, AstroPay has been offering payment solutions to… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Tel Aviv-based Shield, an established Regtech firm, reveals that they’re introducing their powerful Alert Transparency capabilities, bringing “unmatched” understanding to compliance alerts and triggers via AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and various other backend technologies. As regulatory authorities throughout the world aim… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 2:20 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

The UK government plans to create a digital identity trust framework using modern technology to make verification faster and easier for its citizens. The government had first published the trust framework in February this year.  The UK government has created the framework by conducting extensive online surveys,… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 11:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fraxtor Private Ltd, an online real estate platform, has acquired in-principle approval for its Capital Markets Services (CMS) license by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The CMS License, after it’s issued, should allow Fraxtor to issue security tokens including debentures and collective investment schemes… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Fintech Kroo notes that they say “money talks,” but how loud does £17.7 million “speak?” After hours of “great conversations” with potential investors, company CEO Andrea De Gottardo is pleased to share her excitement with everyone. Kroo has raised £17.7m through its… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 11:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Refinitiv, one of the largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure globally, reveals that the EPIC Platform from GIACT and World-Check are now together and accessible through a single API. As mentioned in a release, the integration brings together the risk intelligence from World-Check… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research recently published a whitepaper titled, “Cash is No Longer King: How Contactless Payments are Becoming the Norm.” The paper from Juniper Research notes that bricks-and-mortar retailers are now “under pressure” to provide increasingly “frictionless” shopping experiences. Consumers have started expecting quick, secured, and… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 10:35 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 (August 9) that for the week ending Agusut 8,… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 3:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin’s (BTC) usage growth during the last 10 years has been “strong” and “steady,” and on this journey, from its “humble” beginnings, the flagship crypto has progressed through various phases of “differing usage,” according to a new report from CoinShares. Starting as a “worthless geeky… Read More