Tagged: united kingdom

April 9, 2020 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based JudoPay, a mobile-first payment platform, has confirmed that it will be taking part in the #KeepBritainMoving initiative, which has been launched in response to the economic uncertainty resulting from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. JudoPay is planning to support UK-based SMEs during these challenging times…. Read More

April 8, 2020 @ 2:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

monva, a UK-based intelligent comparison platform for financial products and services, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise a minimum of £250,000. The company is now offering 12.22% in equity at a £2,247,112 pre-money valuation. Founded in 2018, monva is on a… Read More

April 8, 2020 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lender RateSetter announced on Tuesday it completed two sales of non-performing loans, with the combined proceeds of £4.65m added into the Provision Fund. According to RateSetter, the debt sale process started in December 2019 and the lender was not needing to reduce its… Read More

April 8, 2020 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital, a peer to peer lending marketplace, held a vote of platform investors on providing forbearance to borrowers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Assetz Capital reports that investors have “overwhelmingly” voted to provide relief and to extend loans for an initial three months, where needed…. Read More

April 8, 2020 @ 8:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based digital banking group Starling Bank announced on Wednesday the launch of its second debit card for personal accounts, Connect. According to Starling, the Connected card has been designed to help personal account customers who are self-isolating during the COVID-19 pandemic and are relying on… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 3:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-headquartered Privitar, a data privacy company, has secured $80 million in funding through a Series C investment round led by Warburg Pincus. ABN Amro Ventures, the VC division of ABN Amro, the third-largest bank in the Netherlands, also took part in Privitar’s latest round. Accel,… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 10:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Wirex, a UK based payments platform, is reporting profitability while claiming over 3 million active users in more than 130 different countries. Wirex did not provide details on the profitability report as to whether it was for the full year of 2019, the most recent… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged all UK businesses. But smaller firms and early-stage companies may end up bearing the brunt of the impact as these companies can be less well prepared to endure an ongoing economic shutdown. Today, the Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA) is… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 7:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based banking group NatWest‘s online business services bank, Mettle, will be providing free access to FreeAgent’s cloud-powered accounting software The software should help freelancers, sole traders and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with handling their accounting work. Companies that sign up to connect their FreeAgent… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 3:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lupe Technology, a UK-based consumer tech brand that’s created “game-changing” cordless vacuums, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £650,000 in funding. The company is currently offering 11.45% in equity at a £5,075,023 pre-money valuation. Founded in 2015, Lupe describes itself as… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Everyone is accustomed to seeing credit/debit card numbers on the plastic we lug around in our wallets. These numbers are a holdover from the day when merchants needed to type in or take an impression of the actual card. Until the Apple Card emerged, all… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

On March 10, 2020, the Bank of England, Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to reduce Bank Rate and to introduce a new Term Funding Scheme with additional incentives for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (TFSME). Today, the Bank is announcing that the TFSME will open for… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based fintech Chip announced on Monday it has appointed Philip Wright as its new CFO. Chip reported that prior to joining its team, Philip was the CFO at Auto Service Finance and Babylon Health. He also leadership roles at Funding Circle (Interim Financial Operations Director)… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 8:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Yapily, an open banking platform based in the UK, announced on Monday it secured $13 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Lakestar, an early investor of Skype, Spotify, Airbnb, Facebook, and Revolut, with participation from HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and LocalGlobe…. Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 8:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based digital banking group Starling Bank announced on Monday the launch of its mobile cheque deposit services. Starling Bank reported that customers may now “capture” an image of the cheque and its mobile app will “read the details” to place the funds into the account…. Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Although the public seems concerned that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) may be transmitted by handling physical cash, scientific evidence indicates that the risk is relatively low when compared with various other frequently touched objects, such as PIN pads. A paper recently published by the Bank for… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 7:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Nextfin, an investment aggregation platform, is echoing the sentiment of many other platforms in the early-stage funding sector by calling on the UK government to expand both the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) to encourage private investments in SME’s. EIS… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 7:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, it was reported that RateSetter, a leading UK peer to peer lender, was considering a merger or sale of the business. A report in SkyNews said the COVID-19 pandemic had exacerbated a “funding squeeze” compelling the Fintech to approach potential acquirers. RateSetter has… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 7:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide has halted its plans to offer business banking services, and has reportedly returned £50 million in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) bailout funds to the Banking Competition Remedies Board. In May 2019, Nationwide received a £50 million grant from the RBS bailout fund, in… Read More

April 5, 2020 @ 10:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Medic Bleep, a UK-based secure and real-time medical communication solution, has successfully secured its initial £500,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round has already attracted nearly 275 Crowdcube investors. Founded in 2015, Medic Bleep claims it enables doctors, nurses… Read More