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Falcon Group names Steve Box head, business development, UK and Europe

Leading specialist financier Falcon Group has announced Steve Box, former Bibby Financial Services’ CEO, and HSBC Veteran, as Head of Business Development for the UK and Europe. Steve Box has been appointed as Head of Business Development for the UK and Europe. Box will be responsible for spearheading Falcon’s expansion in the UK and European markets.

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LendingPoint buys LoanHero

LendingPoint, the company working to revolutionize access to consumer credit, today announced that it has acquired LoanHero, a leading fintech platform for point of sale finance.

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Apruve and MSTS join forces for B2B credit offering

MSTS, a global B2B payment and credit solutions provider, and Apruve, the premiere B2B credit network, today announced a joint partnership to provide manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors an alternative payment and credit solution that competes directly with credit cards.

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YieldStreet closes $12.8m Series A round; scores $100m in revolving credit facility

YieldStreet, the alternative investment platform working to change the way wealth is created, today announced that it has closed a $113 million financing round.

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Property crowdfunding platform The House Crowd receives FCA authorisation

The House Crowd, which is the world’s first property crowdfunding platform, has received full authorization from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as a “P2P Firm.”

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Previse secures £800K Scottish Enterprise R&D funding to tackle late payments

B2B payment decisions start-up Previse, has secured a £800k R&D grant from Scottish Enterprise, to set up an new development centre in Glasgow, creating 37 new data science jobs.

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DueDil and Credit Data Research join forces to boost access to finance for SMEs

DueDil, the company information platform, announces that it is joining forces with Credit Data Research, market leader in credit behavioural analysis, to boost access to business finance.

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Amazon Business now claims 90,000 customers in UK

Amazon today announced that Amazon Business has launched a new set of features designed to better serve the procurement needs of businesses of all sizes.

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BNP Paribas collaborates with Tungsten on supply chain financing

Tungsten Network will collaborate with BNP Paribas to offer e-invoicing linked Receivables Purchase and e-invoicing linked Supply Chain Finance (e-SCF) to large corporates in the USA and Canada.

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NZ regulator issues P2P, crowdfunding stats

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) today published its first statistical reporton peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding in New Zealand.

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Scalable Capital hits €500 million in assets

Just 22 months after its launch in Germany and 16 months after the launch in the UK, digital wealth manager Scalable Capital manages over 500 million euros of investments for more than 15,000 clients.

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ArchOver surpasses £50 million lending milestone

ArchOver, the peer-to-peer (P2P) business lending platform, has facilitated over £50 million of lending with no losses or late payments.

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Credit Sesame scores $42 million in funding

Credit Sesame, a fast-growing, personalized credit service and financial wellness company, announced today it has raised over $42 million in equity and venture debt.

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HSBC introduces matched electronic purchase order financing

HSBC, the world’s leading trade bank, has introduced a Matched electronic Purchase Order (Me-PO) financing solution to dramatically improve the release of working capital.

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Falcon Group cements Sydney presence with permanent base

Falcon Group, one of the world’s largest trade and corporate finance specialists, has today announced its move to a new permanent office in the heart of Sydney’s Central Business District (CBD) – reaffirming their commitment to specialist financing in the Australian and New Zealand region.

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B2B commercial financing startup Compeon closes EUR12 million Series B investment round

COMPEON, German market leader among digital platforms for commercial financing, has received 12 million euro from its existing investors in a Series B financing.

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US to raise crowdfunding ceiling to $5 million in regulatory shake-up

Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury released a report detailing how to streamline and reform the U.S. regulatory system for the capital markets.

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Navient acquires online student lender Earnest for $155 m,illion

Navient, a leading provider of asset management and business processing solutions, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Earnest, a leading financial technology and education finance company.

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Julian Cassen joins MarketInvoice from RBS Invoice Finance

Business finance company MarketInvoice, has today announced the appointment of Julian Cassen as Senior Business Development Manager.

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Singapore crowd-funding platform launches chatbot

Funding Societies, Singapore’s and Southeast Asia’s leading crowdfunding platform, has announced the launch of its chatbot Miyu.

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