Firm offers online mortgage loan comparisons and facilitates mortgage loan services through its platform; firm has been in business for nine months with mortgage loans of 50 million British pounds ($62.17 million); the new funding was provided by Ribbit Capital and Mosaic Ventures; firm says it will use the funds to expand its products and engineering team. Source
Immigrants, international students, and the migrant population in general all require international payments, or foreign exchange. Revolut and Wise are among those platforms to have taken advantage of this international audience. Now, fintech startup Leatherback, a U.K.-based cross-border payments platform, has raised what it describes as a $10 million pre-seed round led by ZedCrest Capital,...
Chancellor Hammond has reported the UK Spring Budget which provides insight for the region on the UK's economy as it separates from the European Union; the Spring Budget included a 270 million British pound ($328 million) investment by Industrial Strategy challenge fund for development of innovative technologies; Crowdfund Insider provides comments on the Spring Budget from a few executives in alternative finance; of note is the Budget's continued provision that prevents investors from diversifying across innovative finance individual savings accounts and a change in the tax on dividend income. Source
Yapily, an open banking platform, has expanded into Spain, according to a company statement. Yapily notes that it already can cover over 95% of Spanish bank accounts, both retail and commercial, at 52 banks. Yapily recently raised $51 milion in Series-B funding and said it
Progress in open banking regulation will advance financial inclusion in Latin America, and prompt fintechs to forge alliances. ...
UK digital bank Monzo is nearing completion of a new funding round that will add 20 to 30 million British pounds in capital for the firm; the investment round is being led by Thrive Capital; sources also report that the firm is planning an equity crowdfunding campaign later in the year; Monzo is led by CEO Tom Blomfield and the firm was granted a UK banking license in August 2016; it currently has 100,000 users with activity driven by pre-paid Mastercards and mobile applications; the firm recently declined an acquisition offer from an incumbent bank and says it still has a lot it plans to accomplish. Source
CB Insights has released their latest report which highlights investments in fintech and sector trends to watch; they found in...
Azuro, a decentralized protocol, announces a successful $3.5 million seed round funding led by top VCs, traditional prediction companies, and blockchain-based prediction firms. Announced Tuesday, Azuro, a blockchain-based predictions market, publicized the latest $3.5 million seed funding round to help develop their platform and revolutionize the world of prediction. The seed funding round attracted some...
The company intends to list on the Nasdaq in Stockholm and raise approximately $227 million which would value the company...
London-based fintech Curve is in the market for a new equity round that is rumored to be between £100 million...