Tagged: united kingdom

October 31, 2019 @ 8:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs continues to add value to its investment crowdfunding platform as it moves beyond online capital formation. Today, Seedrs is announcing a partnership with CityFalcon to prove market intelligence by incorporating a trending news feed on the site. Additionally, Seedrs is incorporating “sector pages” where… Read More

October 31, 2019 @ 4:03 am By JD Alois  |  

SyndicateRoom is going through a period of change, it appears. In an email distributed by co-founder Tom Britton, he stated that SyndicateRoom is switching to “fund-first approach to investing.” As explained in the email: “We’re in the process of redesigning our crowdfunding offering. We need… Read More

October 30, 2019 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leading invoice financing platform MarketInvoice is going big. The Fintech has announced that it is now supporting larger businesses regarding their lending needs. According to a release, MarketInvoice will now accept businesses with turnover between £5 million to £50 million as it continues to scale… Read More

October 30, 2019 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Turing Intelligence Technology (TurinTech.ai), a research and innovation-driven artificial intelligence (AI) firm that focuses on automatic optimizations, has raised over £1 million through a seed funding round. Currently based in Cambridge, TurinTech.ai was established by four researchers at University College London (UCL). A resident at… Read More

October 30, 2019 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

tZERO, a subsidiary of Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) and a prominent digital securities platform, will tokenize a 180-unit luxury residential development that is located in Manchester, UK. The tokenization is being completed in partnership with Alliance Investments, a UK-based direct-to-developer real estate investment company. River Plaza claims… Read More

October 30, 2019 @ 6:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Starling Bank, a digital challenger bank, is now offering a debit card that allows customers to spend directly in Pounds or Euros (ie no standard forex fee). According to a release, the dual currency card feature goes live on the same day as Starling launches… Read More

October 30, 2019 @ 4:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Revolut has utilized Open Banking APIs for the first time with a tie-in to Intuit QuickBooks, according to a note from Revolut. This will be the first time that Revolut has collaborated with a third-party provider to use the advanced functionality of UK… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 1:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer property lender, CrowdProperty, is reporting that it has now lent more than £50 million after closing on the 121st loan today during a “record month” of lending £5 million. CrowdProperty says it has supported the development of over £120 million of property… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Trustology has integrated MoonPay into its TrustVault custodial wallet platform, according to a release.  The partnership enables users to easily buy cryptocurrencies by connecting their TrustVault app with the fiat-to-crypto payments platform MoonPay. TrustVault users may now go into the App and immediately purchase BTC,… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

A recenty survey indicates that merchants are very interested in Open Banking. While the topic started as an esoteric policy goal with few people really understanding what it meant, a report from Sentenial/Nuapay indicates popular interest exists and that 97% of merchants are already looking… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Koyo, a Fintech in the online lending sector, has raised $4.9 million in debt and equity capital in a funding round led by Forward Partners with participation from Seedcamp. The company reports a few interesting co-investors including Christian Faes, founder & CEO of LendInvest and… Read More

October 26, 2019 @ 3:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom’s largest remaining payday loan company will be shutting down its operations, despite thousands of complaints regarding its lending procedures still unresolved. Chris Laverty, Trevor OSullivan and Andrew Charters of Grant Thornton were appointed as joint administrators of QuickQuid on 25 October 2019,… Read More

October 25, 2019 @ 2:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Koodoo, a new investment crowdfunding platform, has launched in the UK, according to a note from the company. Koodo says it wants to connect social responsibility and commerce by pairing startups that focus on social or environmental change with investors. Koodoo strives to be a… Read More

October 25, 2019 @ 11:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Hectare is raising capital once again on the pages of leading UK based crowdfunding platform Seedrs. Its current securities offering is for £1 million for a 5.88% equity stake that is now in over-funding mode as £1.44 million has been committed representing 8.27% equity in… Read More

October 25, 2019 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Capital On Tap, a Fintech firm that provides working capital including loans and credit cards to small businesses, recently reached a milestone of lending £1 billion to small companies since the firm began operating in 2012.  Capital On Tap had lent £500 million by… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 2:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

With seven days left in its equity offering, Patch is crushing its goal on Crowdcube. Crush has raised just under £2 million on a goal of raising £500,000. The company is offering an 8.67% equity stake in the firm at a pre-money valuation of £20.55… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

GFIN, or the Global Financial Innovation Network, has gained multiple US regulators as members. GFIN now lists the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) as members joining the Commodity Futures Trading Commission… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 7:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender RateSetter has announced the appointment of Martyn Scrivens as Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Board Risk Committee.  Scrivens officially joins the Board on 1 November 2019. Scrivens commented on his selection: “RateSetter stands out with its unique model, strong reputation… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 7:32 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based digital bank Revolut has launched in Fintech-friendly Singapore, according to a company release. In 2018, Revolut set up an Asia-Pacific hub in Singapore, where the Fintech now employs twenty people. Revolut says it is planning to triple its headcount in Singapore in the… Read More

October 23, 2019 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Santander InnoVentures recently led an expansion investment round for San Francisco-headquartered Roostify, an online mortgage lending platform. The size of the investment made has not been shared publicly. Established in 2012, Roostify provides an integrated platform that connects customers and lenders in order to… Read More