Tagged: united kingdom

July 24, 2020 @ 6:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Revolut has raised $80 million in additional capital. The new funding is said to be an extension of a $500 million round, at a $5.5 billion valuation, revealed last February – just in the nick of time as COVID set in causing many… Read More

July 24, 2020 @ 10:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gendius, a UK-based diabetes research company, has successfully raised 300,000 through its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round comes less than a year after Gendius raised more than 500,000 through its first Crowdcube initiative. Along with the funding round success, Gendius also… Read More

July 24, 2020 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

BPC, a UK based payments provider, has partnered with Brazilian Desk, to offer Brazilian micro and small businesses digital financial services. BPC is a decades old firm providing digital solutions around the world. According to its website, BPC processed about USD $1 trillion during 2019…. Read More

July 24, 2020 @ 10:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nude, a home savings app, has successfully secured its initial £3.5 million equity crowdfunding target through its Seedrs campaign. The funding round was launched earlier this month and has attracted nearly 670 Seedrs investors. Founded in 2019, Nude describes itself as a savings account and… Read More

July 24, 2020 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantexa, a platform that aims to prevent financial crime, has acquired $64.7 million in funding with support from financial giants HSBC and ABN Amro Ventures. Quantexa’s recent investment round was led by Evolution Equity Partners. Accenture Ventures,  AlbionVC, British Patient Capital, and Dawn Capital also… Read More

July 24, 2020 @ 8:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Property investment platform CrowdProperty announced earlier this week it has lent £80 million to SME  developers – funding the development of 1,000+ homes worth over £170 million. This news comes just a little over a month after CrowdProperty surpassed £75 million in lending.  Founded in… Read More

July 23, 2020 @ 11:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IslamicMarkets Ltd, an established learning and market intelligence provider for Islamic financial and commercial markets (with offices in London and Kuala Lumpur), has reportedly acquired additional funding from the DDCAP Group. Both companies are committed to expanding the global Islamic economy and supporting the development… Read More

July 23, 2020 @ 10:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

This week Transferwise, a Fintech and stealth bank, added automatic payments via direct debits for US account holders. Users may now connect a US Bank, brokerage account, credit card, PayPal etc. and automate payments. Transferwise claims these transfers are “absolutely, 100%, Totes McGotes free.” The… Read More

July 23, 2020 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Bank, a British retail and commercial bank with branches across England and Wales with around £436 billion in assets, will be acquiring a minority stake in Form3, a cloud-powered payments technology provider. The acquisition is part of Lloyds’ plans to upgrade its legacy payments… Read More

July 23, 2020 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Munich-based Scalable Capital, a company that has developed a platform to monitor and manage investment portfolios, has secured €50 million in capital through a Series D investment round led by Barclays Bank. Scalable Capital, which offers a digital wealth management platform, also received investments from… Read More

July 22, 2020 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech lender and digital bank Zopa has reportedly partnered with UK-based Paylink Solutions, a software developer that provides solutions for the lending and mortgage industries. Zopa, which was recently awarded a full bank license, confirmed that it would be using Paylink’s cloud-powered online income and… Read More

July 22, 2020 @ 4:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Digital-only bank platform N26 announced earlier this week it has formed a new partnership with global sports brand Adidas to bring its customers perks on their next sportswear purchase. N26 revealed that its customers will receive a one-time perk on all regular items purchased… Read More

July 22, 2020 @ 10:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Property finance marketplace LendInvest has launched a new Structured Property Finance team to better serve borrowers and brokers in managing complex property finance deals. According to a note from LendInvest, the new team will be headed up by Tom Madden, Sales Director who will work… Read More

July 21, 2020 @ 9:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Shaw & Co, a corporate finance advisory company, will be providing a free of cost online credit suitability check software program for businesses, so that they can determine whether they need and qualify for working capital funding during the COVID-19 crisis. Shaw & Co’s cashflow… Read More

July 21, 2020 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The 36H Group launched in January of 2020 as the unified voice for lending platforms that accept retail investments. 36H replaced the UK Peer to Peer Finance Association, a group that had long been a prominent advocate for the emerging P2P lending sector – a… Read More

July 21, 2020 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK COVID-19 support programs continue to expand as the banking and finance industry has now approved £47.9 billion to over 1.1 million businesses via government-backed coronavirus lending schemes, HM Treasury reports today. Both traditional finance and Fintechs are supporting these programs. Specifically: Coronavirus Business… Read More

July 21, 2020 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Germany based Open Banking platform Deposit Solutions says 1/5 of British consumers will consider switching savings accounts during the next 12 months. The historically low-interest rates provided by banks is obviously part of the reason consumers are more willing to consider change. Deposit Solutions is… Read More

July 21, 2020 @ 8:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Robinhood, a modern trading platform that offers both traditional securities as well as crypto, has made the tough decision to postpone its UK launch indefinitely. The company announced the unfortunate news in an email on Tuesday, which reportedly read: Hi there,   We’re saddened to… Read More

July 20, 2020 @ 3:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Virgin Money announced on Monday the trial launch of Home Buying Coach, a new app designed to help first-time buyers navigate the home purchase process. According to Virgin Money, the app is launching in collaboration with Life Moment, a provider of platforms and tools to… Read More

July 20, 2020 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

HM Treasury has issued two public consultations today. One is a review of the current requirement for an authorized firm to approve the financial promotion of an unauthorized firm that may not operate as a strong enough safeguard to ensure such financial promotions are compliant… Read More