This year LendIt is happy to announce that our PitchIt @ LendIt competition is returning to Europe for the second...
ClearBank has received its license for digital banking services in the UK; firm is run by Nick Ogden who also has payment services experience with WorldPay and CashFlows; the UK currently leads the challenger bank market with approximately 42 digital only banks. Source
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In this blog series, we interview previous LendIt conference speakers to receive an update on their industry perspective and provide...
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FinTech in the United Kingdom employed 60,000 people and generated revenue of £6.6bn in 2015, according to HM Treasury. So...
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[Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Raj Singh, Managing Director of AvantCredit. AvantCredit is a gold sponsor and will be...
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
A new report titled “Sustaining Momentum” was just released by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance. The report includes findings from...
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Europe awoke this morning to find that the second largest economy in Europe no longer wants to be part of...
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[Editor’s note: This is a guest post from John Goodall, co-founder and CEO of Landbay. Landbay is a gold sponsor and...