This marks a first for a UK bank to launch a biometric fingerprint card; it is currently in pilot phase...
The Royal Bank of Scotland's NatWest Brand has announced the launch of direct lending platform Esme; the platform will offer loans up to £150,000 ($187,257) for small and medium-sized businesses with approvals in one hour; NatWest developed the Esme platform internally through an innovation lab; the platform was developed to provide a more competitive loan offering and will also support initiatives for cost reduction. Source
The high-street bank will launch its buy now, pay later venture in the summer, saying it's set to be the first high-street bank to move into the alternative credit sector.
NayaOne has partnered with Lloyds to develop their Innovation Sandbox, aimed at streamlining the bank's digital development.
On its website on Wednesday morning, the digital bank was urging all customers to withdraw their funds from their Volt bank accounts before July 5.
The UK's challenger banking movement is approaching its tenth year and competition has never been fiercer....
Nested has reported an 8 million British pound ($10 million) fundraising from investors Passion Capital, GFC and Tim Bunting; the growing company is another example of proptech innovation in residential real estate; targeting the UK housing market, the company guarantees the sale of listed property within 90 days either to a new owner or by buying the property themselves. Source
Netherlands invoice finance startup Finturi has closed $2.2 million in funding to help companies secure loans against invoices using blockchain and...
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UK based Pia, personal investment assistant, is testing their new aggregator platform to help people find the best digital wealth advisor; “We spent time speaking to people who said we need to launch a product that’s far more accessible, interesting and engaging for somebody that doesn’t have a lot of investing experience and don’t know where to start,” said co-founder James Mackonochie to TearSheet; the difference between Pia and a typical aggregator site is they will use an AI powered chatbot to customize the user experience. Source.