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Company update/Alternative finance
Falcon Group has appointed industry veteran John Ahearn as Group Vice Chairman and CEO Americas in a newly appointed position.
01 June 2020
News/startups
The venture capital arm of Banco Santander has led a $5 million round in a55, an alternative lender to SMEs is Brazil and Mexico.
28 May 2020
News/covid-19
Involving the alternative lending sector is the key to addressing the problem of distributing government loans and other support to businesses struggling as a result of the Coronavirus lockdown, according to the founder of ClearBank and RTGS Global Nick Ogden.
14 May 2020
Singapore-based SME financing platform Validus has raised over US$14 million, with US$20 million in committed capital, in an ongoing Series B+ financing round.
12 May 2020
News/payments
The UK's biggest P2P lender RateSetter has slashed the interest rate paid to investors by 50% as it prepares for a wave of defaults under Covid-19.
05 May 2020
Company update/payments
Lendwise, a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lender authorised by the FCA, has today announced a new charity initiative with NHS Charities Together, a membership organisation which supports NHS staff and volunteers caring for Covid-19 patients.
Company update/people
Singapore-based Finaxar today announced that it has made several key senior appointments, strengthening its leadership team as it eyes regional growth.
04 May 2020
Banco Santander announced today the completion of its purchase of a c.50.1% stake in Ebury, one of the best international payment, FX and international cash management platforms for SMEs, after obtaining all regulatory approvals from the required authorities.
29 April 2020
A new revenue finance company has pledged £20m of funding for online business by the end of 2020.
28 April 2020
News/sustainable
In conversation with Finextra TV, Antony Jenkins, founder and executive chairman of 10x Future Technologies and former Barclays CEO, highlights that the single most important factor in the push toward sustainability is transparency.
27 April 2020
News/retail
Payment moratoria will weaken European non-bank lenders' operating cash flows in the short term but the ultimate impact on liquidity will depend on the speed and scope of payment holiday applications, Fitch Ratings says.
22 April 2020
News/inclusion
Speaking at Innovate Finance’s virtual panel for UK Fintech Week 2020, Alicia Levine, COO, Chipper Cash, believes that now is the time for regulators to step up and provide fintech companies with a clear path toward regulated activity.
21 April 2020
Taulia, the leader in working capital technology solutions, has today announced the launch of Rapid Start Invoicing, a solution to support businesses affected by COVID-19.
17 April 2020
Invoice financing platform Previse has raised $11 million in a funding round led by Reefknot Investments and Mastercard, with participation from existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Hambro Perks and Augmentum Fintech.
16 April 2020
Alex Liftman, global environmental executive, Bank of America (BofA), believes “significantly accelerating progress on addressing big global issues like climate change requires going beyond business-as-usual financing to find innovative approaches that can help attract a larger share of capital from a broader set of investors.”
08 April 2020
Billhop (billhop.com/ie) has launched a collaboration with Visa in Ireland to enable businesses to pay their suppliers using card, regardless of whether the supplier accepts card payments.
07 April 2020
Company update/retail
As of today, Fablious launches its new online Alternative Finance Community for the UK market.
06 April 2020
Company update/regulation
The Netherlands is a very strong market for invoice finance. More and more entrepreneurs in the Netherlands are using alternate financing options.
03 April 2020
American online lender Kabbage has begun suspending credit lines to its small business clients without notice, according to Bloomberg.
02 April 2020
Continuing pressure caused by Covid-19 has not put a dampener on bunq’s green-minded users, as 81% of the Dutch challenger's online community have pushed for a 'SuperGreen' commitment to plant trees for every EUR100 spent with any bunq card.
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