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Optimum Finance appoints ex-Microsoft director as new CTO

Invoice finance firm Optimum Finance has appointed ex-Microsoft Global Director, Gordon McIntosh, as Chief Technical Officer furthering their specialism in the FinTech space.

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Iwoca integration with Xero offers Pay later option for businesses

iwoca, one of Europe’s largest small business lenders, is today announcing a UK-first integration with leading small business platform Xero.

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QED Investors leads $6 million seed round in lending startup Milo

Milo, the digital banking and lending startup serving global consumers, announced a $6 million Seed financing round led by fintech specialist QED Investors with participation from MetaProp and 10X Capital.

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WeOwn rolls out capital raising app Money Turtle across Europe

WeOwn, the European Startup which specialises in providing technology for financial services, has today launched Money Turtle across Europe.

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Liberis secures £70m in funding and venture debt

Liberis, a leading global embedded business finance platform, has secured £70m in financing from long-term partners British Business Investments, Paragon Bank, BCI Europe, as well as financing and venture debt from new partner Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).

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Billhop partners with Visa Finland and OmaSp to improve working capital for Finnish businesses

Billhop has announced a partnership with Visa Finland and Oma Säästöpankki Oyj (OmaSp) to help Finnish businesses improve their cash flow and close their liquidity gap.

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RateSetter sells property finance portfolio to Shawbrook Bank

RateSetter today announces that its £120m property development finance portfolio has been sold to Shawbrook Bank.

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Outfund raises £37m in debt and equity

Outfund, the fintech company changing the way online businesses raise funds, today announces the close of a £37million late seed round of capital, including debt and equity.

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SC Ventures launches trade finance startup

SC Ventures, the innovation, ventures and fintech investments unit of Standard Chartered, today announced the commercial launch of SOLV, a full-stack B2B marketplace for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in India.

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SIX invests in Swiss digital custody venture

The Swiss Stock Exchange today agreed to take a major stake in Custodigit and to partner with Swisscom, Switzerland’s leading telecoms & IT company, and Sygnum, the first digital asset bank to be formally recognized by Switzerland’s regulator, FINMA.

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Mintos wraps crowdfunding campaign; raises €7.2 million

Mintos, the leading alternative investment platform for investing in loans in Europe, has wrapped its first crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube.

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P2P lender Rai Capital opens in Cambodia

Recently established peer-to-peer (P2P) lending marketplace, Rai Capital, today announced its official launch in Cambodia.

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Blockpass provides KYC and AML screening for UniLend

Blockpass today announced a successful working partnership with UniLend, the decentralised finance (DeFi) platform.

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Swoop heads for Australia

Swoop, the fast-growing finance platform that enables small and medium sized businesses to access funding, is spreading its wings and coming to Australia after its initial runaway success in the UK and Ireland.

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Specialist lender Together partners with Nivo to launch new mobile app

Commercial loan customers now have access to quicker lending decisions with secure messaging through Together’s new mobile phone app.

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Newegg deploys Behalf to provide financing to its business customers

Behalf, Inc., a provider of alternative financing and payment solutions for B2B sellers and buyers, today announced that Newegg, one of the leading tech-focused e-retailers in North America, has selected Behalf’s solution to provide flexible Net Terms* and extended financing to its business customers.

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ThinCats partners with Salt Edge to bring Open Banking benefits to SME lending

ThinCats, a UK-based alternative lender to mid-sized SMEs, has partnered with Salt Edge, a leader in offering Open Banking solutions, to improve the efficiency of its upfront credit assessment and ongoing loan monitoring processes.

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Upstart files for IPO

Upstart Holdings, Inc. (“Upstart”) announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common stock.

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Mintos embarks on crowdfunding camapaing

Mintos, the leading alternative investment platform for investing in loans in Europe, is launching its first-ever crowdfunding campaign.

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British Business Bank ploughs £30 million into Funding Circle's UK SME Direct Lending Fund

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, today announces a £30 million commitment to support UK small businesses through Funding Circle’s UK SME Direct Lending Fund.

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