Europe

London-based ethical lender Plend released its first Financial Inclusion Report, created in collaboration with Nationwide Building Society, Nationwide Incubator, Responsible Finance and StepChange, to highlight the UK’s financial exclusion crisis and those most at risk in society.

London-based neolender Proportunity has announced that it will be adding a zero deposit offering later this year to help people buy homes.

The UK government has announced plans to strengthen regulation around interest-free buy now, pay later credit agreements to protect “millions of people”.

Bitpanda, a crypto startup based in Austria, has registered in Spain as a virtual currency exchange and digital asset custody service provider.

The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (FI) has granted a key licence to TF Bank's Swedish subsidiary TFB Service.

The UK government confirms that BNPL lenders will be required to carry out affordability checks with BNPL products to be FCA approved...

In this episode we chat with Matt Harris, the renowned partner at Bain Capital Ventures, discussing the state of fintech venture capital, why we are in for a lean next 18 months and what the future of money will look like.

Yapily announces it has signed an agreement with SCHUFA to acquire finAPI, Germany's leading provider of open banking solutions.

Last week, the crypto market cap dipped below $850 billion for the first time in almost 18 months. However, the recent jump in digital assets like Solana, Cardano and Polkadot has pushed the total market cap of cryptocurrencies to above $900 billion.

KuCoin announced that it has become the first major exchange to support Brazilian Real (BRL) deposits and withdrawals following a recent policy change made by the Central Bank of Brazil.