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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
Victor Snyder spoke with Mariana Gospodinova, GM of Crypto.com Europe in January about the evolution in the face of the challenges of diversity in the European fintech ecosystem.
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26.08.2020
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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Darren Rebeiro
06.08.2020
People don't always manage their spendings and budget wisely and Cash Coach developed a gamified app where its users compete to save as much money as they can from their real-life income. This concept aims to give people the daily dose of motivation they need to deal with their money like champions, especially after the pandemic where online purchases skyrocketed. Maddyness spoke with Sam Abrika, Founder and CEO to understand how the company is coping amid the COVID-19 pandemic and what the future holds.
16.07.2020
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
Founded by Randa Bennett and Patricia Salume, London-based fintech startup VeeLoop has solved the payment problem experienced by volunteers when shopping on behalf of vulnerable people during the COVID-19 lockdown.
11.05.2020
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