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The ongoing cascade of Covid-originating disruption has in some ways been a blessing in disguise for the UK’s fintech sector. The forced abandonment of traditional ways of doing business around the world has underlined the growing relevance of the sector in general, and several UK startups have risen to prominence thanks to the fleet-footed and self-assured way they have grasped the opportunities that disruption always brings.
10.12.2020
The fintech ‘revolution’ has sometimes seemed to promise more than it could realistically be expected to deliver. In part this could be claimed to be inevitable, given the vast expectations placed onto the sector right from its very inception.
04.11.2020
As coronavirus drives accelerated adoption of fintech products and services, London’s fintech sector has attracted $3.6B in VC investment between January and September 2020. This puts London in second place globally, behind San Francisco with $5.1B and ahead of New York’s $2.2B.
16.10.2020
Tide, the UK’s leading business banking platform has today announced a partnership with GoCardless, a global leader in recurring payments, to launch a service that will allow Tide members to collect invoice payments by Direct Debit.
16.10.2020
Once lauded alongside the likes of Revolut, Monzo and Transferwise as a shining beacon on European fintech prowess, the dramatic – in fact almost cinematic – collapse of German payments group Wirecard has raised broader questions about the future of Europe’s fintech scene.
06.10.2020
Today Finch Capital issued its annual State of European fintech report for 2020. The report covers a range of topics impacting the fintech industry: where we are today; the impact of CV-19; the M&A conundrum; and trends the Finch Capital team anticipates will shape FinTech in 2021. This follows an analytical report published in April of this year titled ‘FinTech: The Future Post CV-19’.
22.09.2020
Maddyness caught up with Nikita Tchesnokov, Partner at Gauss Ventures, who has been thinking about the current trends in Fintech in a post COVID-19 world and what we can expect to see in the coming months as the world starts to try and recover from this global pandemic.
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06.08.2020
Leading UK digital fintech Starling Bank has raised £40M, in a funding round led by JTC and Merian Chrysalis Investment Company Limited. The investment from Starling’s existing investors follows a £60M investment in February 2020, bringing the total raised by Starling in 2020 to £100M. Since its launch in 2014, the bank has raised £363M.
04.06.2020
London-based digital WealthTech company Smarterly has reportedly raised £7M in a Series A funding round led by Major Oak along with other angel and crowdfunding investors.
20.05.2020
Digital alternative to commercial and wholesale transaction banking Modulr has secured £18.9M in growth capital to further develop its platform and expand into new products and markets.
19.05.2020
Leading provider of Adaptive Behavioral Analytics software for Enterprise Financial Crime prevention Featurespace has raised £30M from Merian Chrysalis Investment Company Limited and existing investors.
18.05.2020
Free2, a new financial services brand for the over 55s market, completed a milestone £305M fundraising round with NatWest Markets and a major European special situations fund.
12.05.2020
Based in London, vehicle fintech Auto Service Finance, provides automotive payments and has raised over £14M in debt and equity funding from Naviter Capital. In total, the company secured £850K through equity given to private investors, taking its total investment to £4M since its launch in 2015. A further £13.3M debt facility was then provided by Naviter Capital.
05.05.2020
Yapily, fintech and open-banking solution has raised a $13M (£10.5M) Series A investment from Lakestar, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and LocalGlobe, as well as angel investors.
09.04.2020
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