Tagged: united kingdom

February 16, 2021 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Lending-as-a-service (LaaS) platform Trade Ledger has raised £13.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Point72 Ventures – a VC firm founded by billionaire Steven Cohen. Alex Tarhini, Operating Partner at Point72 Ventures will be joining the board of the firm. Trade Ledger… Read More

February 16, 2021 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

iwoca, an established European small business lender, has announced its UK-first integration with leading SME platform Xero. Integrating iwocaPay – iwoca’s invoice checkout – into Xero’s platform, will “for the first time provide small businesses with a Pay Later option for their business customers,” according… Read More

February 16, 2021 @ 8:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Atom Bank, a UK-based mobile bank, announced on Tuesday it has joined forces with UK fintech Plaid  to roll out open banking services to its customers, beginning with offering small business owners a new loan application journey and speedier decisions. “Initially Plaid will… Read More

February 15, 2021 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments platform Adyen (AMS:ADYEN) notes that the COVID-19 outbreak has accelerated consumers’ adoption of digital platforms and services. Technically “timid” grandparents have also become a lot more comfortable with video conferencing in a post COVID world, the Adyen team writes in a blog post. People… Read More

February 15, 2021 @ 8:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut notes that if you’ve set up a WooCommerce store and are accepting payments with mainstream payment gateways, then you might not be happy with the extra transaction fees. Revolut reveals that it has been working on improving this for users by offering… Read More

February 15, 2021 @ 5:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Amsterdam has reportedly managed to overtake London as the largest share trading center in Europe. Industry analysts have noted that the symbolic blow may be followed by London losing many more jobs and business opportunities due to Brexit. Amsterdam, which was once the sixth-largest European… Read More

February 15, 2021 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Last November, Hong Kong kicked off a consultation pertaining to anti-money laundering (AML) and counter finance terrorist (CFT) regulation that will impact cryptocurrency exchanges or virtual asset service providers (VASPs). The deadline for comments delivered to the Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FTSB),… Read More

February 15, 2021 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of England (BoE) is getting ready for its first major break from European Union regulations with a new proposal that might make bank capital rules a lot more strict in the UK (when compared to other jurisdictions). The European Banking Authority had noted… Read More

February 15, 2021 @ 7:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  STRYVE, a UK-based applicant tracking system (ATS) for small businesses provider, has successfully raised more than £380,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round launched last month, originally seeking £280,000 in funding, and has attracted 225 Crowdcube investors. Founded in 2020,… Read More

February 14, 2021 @ 10:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  UK-based challenger bank Tide recently announced its Tide Charity has donated £175,000 to small businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Tide, the charity launched in November 2020 in partnership with the Daily Mail, Karren Brady, and The Federation of Small Businesses. Its mission is… Read More

February 14, 2021 @ 10:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UFODRIVE, a Luxembourg-based car rental company, is now nearing £1.7 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round, which launched last month, originally set out to raise a minimum of £1.5 million and has so far attracted more than 645 Seedrs investors.  As previously… Read More

February 14, 2021 @ 8:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Abaka, which improves financial wellbeing by offering affordable financial advice powered by artificial intelligence (AI), notes that companies across different categories and markets aim to deliver the appropriate messages to their target clients, at the best time, using the most engaging channels. Traditional approaches… Read More

February 14, 2021 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aaron Cummings, Portfolio Manager at LendInvest, a leading UK based Fintech firm focused on the property finance sector, recently commented on his role, which is to deliver on development loans. Cummings also offered insights regarding what good portfolio management is all about. Cummings, who reportedly… Read More

February 13, 2021 @ 6:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK challenger bank Starling notes that it may be argued that “financial anxiety” is a by-product of the way that we respond to a particular situation, and not necessarily a result of the actual situation. Starling says that focusing more on what… Read More

February 12, 2021 @ 11:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK digital banking group Tandem Bank announced on Friday it launched its new Green Instant Access Saver, knowing how most UK customers would opt for green options when it comes to their money. The company reported that in a recent survey carried out by the… Read More

February 12, 2021 @ 10:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CapitalRise, a UK-based prime property lending platform, has reportedly advanced a £6.7 million loan to local property developer Elleric. The loan was provided for the acquisition and development of an office building into eight luxury residential apartments located at Breams Buildings in Holborn (in central… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 10:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Emortal, a UK-based digital family content solution, has successfully secured more than £1.6 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round, which launched last month, has already attracted over 680 Crowdcube investors. As previously reported,  Emortal enables families to preserve and pass on… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 9:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Uhive, a UK-based cryptocurrency-powered social network, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with £700,000 in funding from 450 Seedrs investors. As previously reported,  Uhive describes itself as a new free advanced social network that is divided into two “contrasting worlds,” which are Civilized… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 9:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Assetz Capital, a peer to peer lender that originates secured loans, announced on Wednesday it is set to accept approaching £100 million of new IFISA investment immediately and is looking forward to a bumper ISA season as the only lender of significant scale left in… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

FinecoBank (BI:FBK), a digital bank operating in the UK but based in Italy, says that the number of current accounts jumped by 70% during 2020 while the ratio between active accounts and total current accounts increased by 63% (from 15% in 2019). FinecoBank entered the UK… Read More