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Seedrs reports record-breaking year

Leading private company investment platform Seedrs today announces a record-breaking year with £283M invested into pitches, resulting in a 49% growth in investment from 2018.

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Funding Xchange closes £8 million funding

Funding Xchange (FXE), the FinTech that has built digital decisioning technology to enable partners like MoneySuperMarket, Monzo and Experian to offer their customers instant access to personalised transparent quotes for business funding, today announced the closing of an £8 million funding round, led by Downing Ventures and Gresham House Ventures.

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Banco Sabadell partners Nemuru to help customers in renovations sector access financing

Banco Sabadell, through Sabadell Consumer Finance, has reached an agreement with the fintech company Nemuru to make it easier for professionals in the renovations sector to offer their customers instant loans at the point of sale through a 100% online platform.

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Hampshire Trust Bank invests in Alfa Systems

Hampshire Trust Bank’s (HTB) specialist business finance division today announces that it has invested in Alfa Systems, the leading asset finance software provided by Alfa.

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Funding Options signs up with DueDil

Funding Options, the marketplace for business finance, has partnered with predictive company intelligence platform, DueDil, to simplify its customer journey and speed up finance applications.

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Germany's Acatus raises EUR5.5m

Berlin-based FinTech Acatus announces the successful completion of a Series A financing round. The round is led by DIP Capital LLP and the venture capital fund coparion. The existing shareholders and business angels also participated in the round.

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AltPay extends reach through Onpex

ONPEX, a leading provider of multi-currency IBAN accounts, has partnered with UK-based regulated eMoney institution (EMI), AltPay.

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Seedrs to offer trending news on crowdfunding firms with CityFalcon

Today, leading private equity investment platform Seedrs announces a new partnership with CityFALCON, a provider of professional-grade market intelligence, in tandem with launching new sector pages as it continues revolutionising how investors access and engage with the early-stage asset class.

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Business lending platform Trade Ledger raises £1.5 million

Trade Ledger, the ground-breaking business lending platform, which automates commercial lending processes for global banks and alternative finance providers, today announces strategic investment in a £1.5M round led by Hambro Perks, to further accelerate revenue growth.

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MarketInvoice creates new business to support larger corporates

Business finance company MarketInvoice, has launched a new specialist team to provide finance facilities for Britain’s larger businesses.

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Kabbage moves into payments processing

Kabbage, Inc., a data and technology company providing small businesses cash flow solutions, announced the general availability of Kabbage Payments to its customers, a new payment-processing solution for small businesses that makes getting paid faster as simple as sending a text message.

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Revolut selects Bearingpoint Regtech to manage regulatory requirements

BearingPoint RegTech, a leading international provider of innovative regulatory and risk technology solutions (RegTech and RiskTech), welcomes the UK-based financial technology company Revolut as a new customer for its Abacus360 Banking solution. Revolut will be using Abacus360 Banking for EBA and AnaCredit reporting.

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Fintech Sempli secures 8mn USD in series A raise

Sempli, the leading online lending platform for small businesses in Colombia, has secured a USD 8 million Series A round led by Oikocredit and Incofin CVSO.

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Surecomp appoints Eyal Hareuveny as new CEO

Surecomp, the global trade finance fintech leader, made several top-level management organisational announcements today.

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MatchMove acquires strategic stake in local digital lender MoolahSense

MatchMove, the award winning ‘Bank-As-A-Service’ platform has closed an agreement with licensed P2P lender, MoolahSense, to acquire a strategic stake with immediate effect.

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NatWest's Esme Loans increases loan limit to £250,000

Esme Loans, NatWest’s standalone digital lending platform for SMEs and scale up businesses, has today announced that it has increased its credit appetite with the maximum loan amount moving to £250,000 from £150,000 to support more UK SMEs than ever before.

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BlueVine hires PayPal vet Brodigan as chief commercial officer

BlueVine, which provides small and medium-sized businesses with access to fast and simple online financing, today announced that it has named fintech veteran Brad Brodigan its Chief Commercial Officer.

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Wirecard to issue digital payout cards and virtual wallets for Credibly small business customers

Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, and Credibly, a US-based business funding fintech, have launched a new collaboration to digitalize Credibly’s funding disbursements.

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Sonovate raises £110 million in debt and equity financing

Sonovate, the UK’s leading finance and back-office tech provider to recruitment agencies and consultancies, has secured £110million debt and equity finance, led by M&G Investments, MXB Holdings Inc, Dawn Capital and Rocket Internet SE.

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Goeasy invests in PayBright

goeasy Ltd. (TSX: GSY), a leading provider of financial services for non-prime Canadians, announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership and agreed to make a minority equity investment in PayBright, a Canadian fintech platform focused on instant point-of-sale consumer financing and installment payment plans.