Tagged: Wagestream

April 19, 2024 @ 6:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

British Patient Capital has reportedly made a £7m investment in Wagestream – a financial benefits provider – as part of a £17.5m funding round. The investment was alongside other co-investors “including Lombard Odier Investment Managers and existing investor, Northzone.” With investment from social impact funds… Read More

March 23, 2024 @ 8:10 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The American Fintech Council (AFC), an industry association representing Fintech companies and banks, this week announced that financial benefits platform Wagestream has become its newest member. “Wagestream has done a phenomenal job of scaling its financial wellbeing approach to span multiple different benefits for workers,… Read More

November 21, 2022 @ 9:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial wellbeing Fintech Wagestream, with research and analysis from Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand, has launched the inaugural Australian State of Financial Wellbeing Report in a bid “to identify how employers can better alleviate financial stress in the workplace for struggling employees.” The report is… Read More

April 29, 2022 @ 6:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sodexo Engage, which claims to be the “leading” employee engagement expert is teaming up with Wagestream, adding the charity-backed financial wellbeing app to its employee benefits platform. Via the collaboration, Sodexo Engage customers will be able to provide their people access to Wagestrean through its… Read More

April 13, 2022 @ 11:15 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Wagestream, a financial wellbeing app, has raised a $175 million Series C funding round. The company was founded in 2018 by Peter Briffett (CEO), Portman Wills (CTO) and a group of financial charities to give people access to a set of fairer financial services, delivered… Read More

July 7, 2020 @ 4:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wagestream, a UK-based fintech, announced on Tuesday it has secured £20 million through its Series B funding round, which was led by Northzone with participation from Balderton Capital, QED Investors, LocalGlobe, Fair By Design, Jigsaw VC, and Village Global. Founded in 2018, Wagestream explains it… Read More

November 15, 2019 @ 2:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nesta, in partnership with Open Banking Limited (OBL), has announced the Open Up 2020 Challenge finalists. According to Nesta, the 15 finalists were selected out of 107 entries. Many of these Fintechs are live and in the market already. This group of Fintechs will compete… Read More

June 3, 2019 @ 7:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Payday loan alternative Wagestream has issued a release stating the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has received 47,220 complaints against payday lenders since 2018. Yet while many complaints have been received only a fraction have been resolved. Wagestream states that only one out of three are… Read More

May 20, 2019 @ 11:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Flexible wage app, Wagestream, announced on Monday it has hit its £40 million milestone following its latest investment round, which raised £15 million and was co-led by early-stage venture capital specialists Balderton and Northzone. Founded in 2018, Wagestream allows employees to have the power to… Read More