Bank North

21 results about this entity

Period: 16 Dec 2019 - 11 Oct 2022

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B-North partners with Testhouse to ensure banking platform is ready for launch

B-North the Manchester-based firm building an SME lending bank for the UK has partnered with Testhouse, a leading technology quality and reliability consultancy.

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LVH to invest £4.45 million in B-North

Estonian financial services firm LVH is to invest £4.45 million in B-North, the Manchester-based firm building a regional SME lending bank for the UK.

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B-North adds new head of operational risk and compliance

B-North, the Manchester-based firm building a regional SME lending bank for the UK, has appointed Jackie Ewer as Head of Operational Risk & Compliance.

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B-North raises a further £1m as it nears banking licence

B-North, the Manchester-based firm building an SME lending bank for the UK, has raised a further £1m as it moves closer to obtaining regulatory approval.

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B-North taps Wiserfunding for SME credit risk assessment

B-North, the firm building an SME lending bank for the UK, has chosen Wiserfunding as its risk grading partner.

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SME lender B-North chooses TruNarrative for customer onboarding, verification and fraud prevention

B-North, the Manchester-based firm building an SME lending bank for the UK, has chosen Leeds based RegTech innovator, TruNarrative, to provide a full suite of customer onboarding and compliance capabilities that will enable B-North to deliver crucial business lending up to 10x faster than large incumbents.

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B-North appoints head of internal audit

B-North, the Manchester-based firm building an SME lending bank for the UK, has grown its team again with three new audits, accounting and marketing hires. The move comes as the lender – which will bring fast, efficient funding to the under-serviced SME market – counts down to its Q2 launch of lending activities, following further infrastructure and services construction in 2019.

SME lending challenger B-North completes £2 million crowd raise

B-North, the Manchester-based firm building an SME lending bank for the UK, has secured £2 million of financing from crowdfunding platforms Crowdcube and Growthfunders, adding to the £4.2 million it has raised in previous rounds.

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B-North picks Newcastle Strategic Solutions

B-North, the Manchester-based firm building an SME lending bank for the UK, has selected Newcastle Strategic Solutions Limited to provide its deposit-taking solution. B-North will be offering a range of fixed-term retail savings products when it launches in 2020, and will be using Newcastle Strategic Solutions for account opening and account management.