Fintech firms are extending credit to UK manufacturers so they can stockpile raw materials in case a no-deal Brexit actually...
British fintech Freetrade announced its imminent launch into Sweden's retail investor market.
British fintech Freetrade announced its imminent launch into Sweden's retail investor market.
Funding activity is stalling in the Baltics’ fintech sector as startups are failing to raise considerable rounds this year, data from Fintech Global show.
According to research from AltFi fintech funds have outperformed the market in the first half of 2020; AltFi’s research shows...
Banking as a service fintech firm Griffin has raised £12.5m in a funding round to support the development of its API banking platform.
World Fintech Day just passed and it allowed for reflection on how much fintech has disrupted traditional finance to date;...
Author and fintech expert Chris Skinner discusses the impact of fintech companies on banking services; the idea of free banking will essentially be gone as fintech companies are able to focus on transactional services the banks once dominated; he calls this the democratization of finance and it will help to bring more transparency to banking overall. Source.
Stockholm, Sweden has announced it will be opening a fintech hub; leading developers of the Stockholm Fintech Hub include Matthew Argent of BLC Advisors, KPMG, NFT Ventures and Invest Stockholm; the Stockholm Fintech Hub is currently seeking partners and will be led by a steering committee including the Fintech Hub's developers; motivation from the developers for a fintech hub was driven by an ecosystem of fintech startups and high growth companies in the country; according to lead developer, Matthew Argent, the Stockholm Fintech Hub will seek to maintain standards and evolve the support ecosystem that provides resources for fintech companies. Source
Innovate Finance published their annual list of women in fintech and while progress has been made, more work is needed; Innovate Finance CEO Charlotte Crosswell said "We’ve still got work to be done. When you look at statistics of women in fintech — it’s not there yet.”; other leaders like Anne Boden of Starling Bank said we all need to try harder; studies also show that the more diverse a team the better they perform. Source.