Tagged: united kingdom

June 1, 2017 @ 11:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Online lender ThinCats has announced the appointment of Samantha Gray as General Counsel. Gray has over 16 years experience in the legal profession having worked as a Partner at Langley Solicitors LLP and heading up their Finance Law Unit which covered financial services, banking, insolvency… Read More

June 1, 2017 @ 7:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Zopa has raised £32 million in a “series of transactions” to finance the creation of a next generation bank.  The funding was led by Wadhawan Global Capital Pvt Ltd (WGC), an Indian financial services group, and Northzone, a European VC fund. As… Read More

May 31, 2017 @ 4:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rebuildingsociety.com, a peer to peer lender for UK SMEs, received full FCA Authorisation in February of this year after a “long journey”. The platform had applied for full authorisation in November 2014.  Rebuildingsociety is now offering companies the opportunity to collaborate with them as Appointed… Read More

May 31, 2017 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs has announced the first securities will trade on its secondary trading platform for shares in crowdfunded businesses next Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Previously announced, trading is scheduled to take place on the first Tuesday of each month (Trading Tuesdays). This will help to concentrate… Read More

May 30, 2017 @ 10:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK based Fineqia has announced its intent to launch the Beta version of its new investor platform by Canada Day (July 1, 2017). Fineqia is based in the UK. Finequia has partnered with JOI Media’s Katipult crowdfunding platform to launch in Canada. JOI is based… Read More

May 30, 2017 @ 3:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today, everyone is using technology to market and promote their product or service. Whether it is email marketing, social media or lead generation, you have to do it to grow your business. Kulea.ma (registered as Nomad Ai) has created a marketing automation platform to streamline… Read More

May 30, 2017 @ 10:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Revolut, the app-based digital only bank, has announced an “industry first” partnership with pension manager PensionBee. Revolut explains that the move allows their users to easily manage their pension plans by finding and combining into a single online plan. Of course this is all accessible… Read More

May 30, 2017 @ 8:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, the UKs “most active equity investor into private companies,” has announced a new partnership with NatWest to provide access to capital for British SMEs labeled “Capital Connections”.  Seedrs joins an existing group of alternative finance platforms in the initiative that includes Funding Circle, Assetz… Read More

May 29, 2017 @ 1:17 pm By Barry James  |  

It may be counterintuitive but the research has been done and the results are now in – and it’s as we’ve been saying for almost five years. Fraud in crowdfunding is not just almost non-existent –  so much so as to be hard to measure,… Read More

May 26, 2017 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK housing market has struggled for years as high demand has challenged supply. The markets have reacted naturally by driving housing costs up. Home buyers and renters have struggled to keep up. London has become one of the most expensive property markets in the… Read More

May 25, 2017 @ 7:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Zopa has announced that it will launch its Innovative Finance ISAs or IFSA in June pending HMRC approval. Zopa believes demand for the new ISA will be high and said it will give priority access to existing customers. In advance of the IFISA, Zopa is… Read More

May 24, 2017 @ 10:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“Our aim is to enable women behind and in front of the camera in the industry during a time when gender inequality still exists.” UK online investment platform SyndicateRoom announced that the independent UK film Kat and the Band has been fully funded, having reached its £400,000 target…. Read More

May 24, 2017 @ 7:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle, an online lender for SMEs, has received full authorisation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).  Funding Circle is now queued up to offer the IFISA – an event that is expected to fuel platform growth even further. The FCA has struggled to complete… Read More

May 24, 2017 @ 7:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Judopay, a UK-based “AppCommerce” payments platform, has appointed Ryan Farley as its new CEO. Farley takes over just as Judopay secures reinvestment from key shareholders having exceeded growth expectations over the past year. Judopay predicts mobile commerce (or m-commerce) is set to grow 200% faster… Read More

May 24, 2017 @ 6:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Relendex has launched its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) following authorisation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Relendex offers loans for commercial real estate via its online marketplace. The UK Government introduced the IFISA in April 2016 as a vehicle for investors to… Read More

May 23, 2017 @ 11:13 am By JD Alois  |  

UK-based private investment house IW Capital has completed the first close of a £2.2 million funding for SaveMoneyCutCarbon. The company is an energy and water savings consultancy and online retailer. SaveMoneyCutCarbon works with organizations and homes to reduce energy and water consumption and cut operating… Read More

May 22, 2017 @ 11:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has announced a new partnership with fast-growing shared workspace company WeWork.  The new partnership will help boost Crowdcube’s European expansion goals.  Crowdcube will be opening offices in both Paris and Amsterdam within the next two months and will continue to roll… Read More

May 22, 2017 @ 11:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Full stack crowdfunding platform FlashFunders has been sold to Boustead & Co. While no official announcement has been made, social media profiles are being updated to reflect the transaction. Co-founded by Vincent Bradley and Brian Park, FlashFunders was one of the first Regulation Crowdfunding portals… Read More

May 22, 2017 @ 8:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Kufflink is out with a report that UK investors are turning to property investment in response to Brexit uncertainty and the forthcoming snap election.  Kufflink is a relatively young P2P lender in the property sector so any shift in property investment… Read More

May 19, 2017 @ 8:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Assetz Capital has surpassed £250 million in lending for UK businesses. The platform has accomplished this milestone in the four years since its launch in 2013. The company reports that approximately 20,000 registered lenders have earned over £21 million in interest… Read More