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News/payments
PayU is to acquire a controlling interest in Indian digital credit platform PaySense for $185 million.
10 January 2020
News/Alternative finance
Professor Gianfranco Gianfrate of Edhec Business School presents research findings that casts doubt on the sustainability of crowdlending, highlighting the risk of underestimating the potential inefficiency of this alternative mode of finance.
20 December 2019
The European Parliament has given provisional approval to plans to introduce new standards for crowdfunding platforms across the continent.
19 December 2019
News/startups
A group of former Monzo, Bud and Apple staffers are tapping into the UK's Open Banking initiative to launch a platform for renters.
04 December 2019
Citi Ventures. MUFG Ventures and Nationwide have joined in a $102.5 million equity financing round for small business banking vendor BlueVine.
19 November 2019
News/retail
A new report from HSBC reveals that the traditional products-based approach in retail banking will be replaced by hyper-personalised services, where customer personal data will be collated to form a central digital ID.
12 November 2019
ID Finance, a digital lending platform that uses smart credit scoring technology to target the underbanked in Spain and Latin America, has raised a record £4.4 million on Crowdcube.
05 November 2019
Israel fintech Become has raised $12.5 million in Series A funding to help propel its mission to become the 'Expedia for business loans'.
01 November 2019
John Thomas, head of enterprise, innovation & strategic business architecture at TD Bank showcases his expertise on how to leverage data to synthesise the customer experience while at the same time, remaining hyper-relevant in the banking sector at Money 20/20 USA in Las Vegas.
29 October 2019
News/inclusion
UK open banking-powered online lender, Koyo, is set to launch later in the year following a £3.8m ($4.9m) raise in debt and equity funding.
Greensill, a UK-based supplier of alternative supply chain finance, has secured a $655 million follow-on investment from SoftBank Vision Fund.
28 October 2019
UK peer-to-peer lending platform FundingSecure has been placed into administration, according to the Financial Conduct Authority.
23 October 2019
UK challenger Metro Bank is beefing up its offering for business customers through a trio of fintech partnerships.
10 October 2019
At EBAday 2019, hosted by Finextra in association with the EBA, it was revealed that 81% of banking executives would collaborate with partners to execute digital transformation most effectively.
01 October 2019
UK business banking platform Tide has launched a subsidiary company, dubbed Tide Capital, that will offer instant transactional credit lines to pre-approved applicants.
26 September 2019
B2B payments and credit network Fundbox has raised $176 million in growth equity funding for its Series C round.
24 September 2019
Entrepreneur network Tech Nation has opened applications for three of its growth programmes: Future Fifty, Upscale and Rising Stars. These initiatives have proved to be successful in the past with alumni including the likes of Monzo, Starling Bank, Funding Circle, Darktrace, Deliveroo and Skyscanner.
17 September 2019
More details have emerged around China's plans to issue its own digital coin following a lecture given by a senior official at the central bank.
06 September 2019
Payments giant Stripe is stepping up its diversification efforts, launching a cash advancement service for the internet firms that already use its services.
05 September 2019
Non-profit group Accion International is boosting its investment initiative for seed stage fintech startups working on financial inclusion, raising $23 million from investors and adding another $10 million from its own pocket.
04 September 2019
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