While giving a keynote speech at LendIt Europe 2017 Upgrade CEO Renaud Laplanche laid out his three biggest predictions for the near future; the growth of online lending will accelerate in the next 15 months, a meaningful secondary market will develop and rebundling will give birth to one major consumer product innovation in the next 15 months. Source.
Fintech Scotland publishes a roadmap to drive innovation in Scottish fintech as part of a response to the Kalifa Review's recommendations for national financial inclusion and connectivity.
Fintech Scotland publishes a roadmap to drive innovation in response to the Kalifa Review's recommendations for national financial inclusion.
Scotland has seen significant growth in its FinTech ecosystem, reflecte
Despite feel-good assurances of a Net-Zero bid by those joining the Paris Agreement in 2015, the outlook seven years later is bleak.
German fintech Deposit Solutions has acquired Savedo; Savedo is also a startup in the fintech space and the two firms offer similar services; Deposit Solutions provides a deposit marketplace for savers allowing them to move funds among 15 European banks in order to achieve the highest rate of return; Savedo will help Deposit Solutions expand its offering by adding 13 new banking partners and integrating 18,000 new customers. Source
A new report estimates that around 22% of fintech jobs in the UK are under immediate or moderate risk; however...
The London-based startup that focuses on millennials raised 450,000 British pounds in seed funding from Passion Capital, with participation from Jason Butler; the funds will be used to build out the team and continue product development on Finimize MyLife; the company's Finimize MyLife product is a free online financial advice platform for millennials that provides anyone with a detailed and personalized financial plan guided by research and algorithms. Source
UK open banking startups are in a celebratory mood after the nation's financial markets regulator changed the 90-day rule, which required users to re-authenticate their permission for sharing financial data every three months.
One quarter into 2022 and earnings from top fintech public companies are not pretty: regardless of revenue, prices crashed.