Tagged: united kingdom

May 14, 2020 @ 12:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Starling Bank, a leading UK digital bank, has been moving rapidly to implement COVID-19 business relief programs authorized by the UK government. Starling is the first Fintech to be approved as a Bounce Back Loan (BBLS) provider and, earlier this week, Starling and Funding Circle… Read More

May 14, 2020 @ 10:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Featurespace, a firm focused on fraud prevention, has secured £30 million in capital from an investment round led by Merian Chrysalis Investment. Several existing investors also took part in the round. The firm’s software is designed to learn the normal or typical digital behavior… Read More

May 14, 2020 @ 9:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech Freetrade has raised over £4.5 million in just four hours raising capital online via Crowdcube. Currently, the offering is displaying £4.76 million (~ USD $ 5.8 million) from 2595 investors. The £1 million hurdle was collected in just 4:33 minutes. Freetrade raised £3 million… Read More

May 14, 2020 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  UK-based Anna, a mobile business current account and financial administrative assistant services provider for SMEs and gig economy workers, is reportedly looking to expand its operations into Europe. Anna’s management has sold a majority stake in the company to ABHH, an established multinational banking… Read More

May 13, 2020 @ 3:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

monva, a UK-based intelligent comparison platform for financial products and services, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with more than £400,000 in funding secured. The initiative, which has already attracted nearly 625 Crowdcube investors, was launched last month and was originally… Read More

May 13, 2020 @ 3:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over six months after securing £436,763 through its previous Seedrs campaign, UK-based menswear brand Troubadour Goods has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform and has already raised its initial £500,000 funding target. The company noted that the direct investment reflected in the… Read More

May 13, 2020 @ 1:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Modulr, a Payments as a Service API Platform for digital businesses, announced on Wednesday it secured £18.9 million in growth funding to further develop its platform and expand into new products and markets. The funding round was led by European growth capital firm Highland Europe… Read More

May 13, 2020 @ 11:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Nationwide Building Society has prepared its virtual assistant Arti to answer common COVID-19 mortgage holiday questions from the country’s residents. Nationwide’s team of mortgage, technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) professionals have been working on an initiative that involves developing, testing, and launching a… Read More

May 13, 2020 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Starling and Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), a marketplace lending platform serving SMEs, have formed a strategic partnership to provide loans to small businesses under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). According to a note from Starling, the bank will lend via Funding… Read More

May 13, 2020 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

We have seen a lot of anecdotal evidence that online capital formation platforms focusing on early-stage ventures continue to do pretty well in spite of the ongoing pandemic. Earlier today, Crowdcube co-founder Luke Lang tweeted out some numbers indicating robust performance on the platform during… Read More

May 13, 2020 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Fintech TransferWise recently revealed that customers can now send money instantly to several developing economies in Asia including Pakistan, Thailand, and Sri Lanka. The TransferWise team noted: “In the past, if you were sending money to Thailand (THB), Pakistan (PKR), or Sri Lanka (LKR)… Read More

May 12, 2020 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

HM Treasury provided an update today on the progress of the various programs designed to backstop the UK economy. These programs include the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) targeted at sole traders and small firms, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) for small and… Read More

May 12, 2020 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Starling Bank, a UK based digital bank, has shared that during the first day and half of availability the Fintech paid out £90 million in Bounce Back Loans. The bank also made a total of £120 million in offers for these loans. Simultaneously, Starling Bank… Read More

May 12, 2020 @ 8:40 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a marketplace for property financing, has launched a new one year fixed rate product labeled “BTL Plus,” to a “select panel of key intermediary partners and packagers.” According to LendInvest, a one year fixed rate of 3.45% is available up to 65% LTV, and… Read More

May 12, 2020 @ 7:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based digital bank Revolut, which was most recently valued at $5.5 billion, has reportedly laid off around 60 workers, as the COVID-19 outbreak appears to have negatively impacted the firm. Nikolay Storonsky, the Russian  CEO at Revolut, announced the layoffs on May 11, 2020, according to… Read More

May 12, 2020 @ 7:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based digital bank Monzo has reportedly hired David Laramy, the former head of fraud at JPMorgan Chase. Laramy will be serving as Monzo’s new vice president and head of its global financial crime division. Laramy’s appointment has come shortly after the banking challenger appointed former American… Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Rightangled, a healthtech firm that is currently offering COVID-19 testing, has launched a crowdfunding offering on Crowdcube – quickly topping its £50,000 target now standing at £354,131 backed by 655 investors. Rightangled is offering equity in the company at a pre-money valuation of £9.5 million…. Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 8:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Primer, a UK-based fintech startup, has reportedly secured £3.2 million through its seed funding round, led by Balderton Capital with participation from Taavet Hinrikus, who co-founded and previously led TransferWise. Founded earlier this year by former PayPal employees, Primer states it consolidates your payments stack… Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

United Kingdom’s trade group, TheCityUK, recently recommended that the country should update its regulatory framework for Fintech, as the COVID-19 crisis has made it challenging for businesses to operate while following traditional models of finance. There are around 1,600 Fintech companies based in the UK…. Read More

May 10, 2020 @ 10:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Saurus, a UK-based digital banking startup, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with more than £850,000 in funding secured from nearly 1770 Crowdcube investors. The campaign was launched last month, originally seeking £650,000.  Saurus is currently offering 6.93% in equity at… Read More