BBVA and Anthemis Invest in UK Gig Economy Fintech Wollit
Spanish bank BBVA and leading UK venture capital firm Anthemis have announced a joint seed investment of £1 million in UK fintech Wollit; ...
UK Fintech Neyber Said to be Struggling to Attract New Funding
Neyber is a UK fintech that allows employees to borrow against their salaries; they started in 2013 and last raised money from the ...
CB Insights Report on the State of Fintech
CB Insights has released their latest report which highlights investments in fintech and sector trends to watch; they found in 2019 that fintech ...
Baltics Now Leading in EU Peer to Peer Market, Led by Mintos
Martins Sulte founded Mintos in 2015, a platform which is leading the way in the EU; they focus largely on the Baltics which is now ...
Atomico Raises New Fund with Fintech Founders Amongst Investors
VC firm Atomico announced the raising of a new fund, Atomico V, which will partner with mission-driven European founders at series A and ...
Starling Bank Uses Deposits to Fund Zopa Loans
According to AltFi Starling Bank is using their deposits to fund consumer loans originated by p2p lending platform Zopa; while the bank has ...
N26 Customers Betrayed and Outraged by UK Exit
N26 announced last week that they were leaving the UK market due to Brexit and their customers have shown significant outrage over the ...
SoftBank Led 25% of All UK Fintech Investment Last Year
Last year SoftBank’s Vision Fund invested $800 million in Greensill and $440 million in OakNorth; those two deals alone made up 25% of ...
Monzo, Starling Bank and Monese Benefit from N26’s UK Exit
Digital only banks Monzo, Starling Bank and Monese have all see some benefits from fellow digital bank N26 deciding to leave the UK ...
Harmoney Will No Longer Accept Retail Investors
Harmoney is New Zealand’s first and largest p2p lender, launching in 2014; since then they have built up a loan book of £1 ...