Alternative finance

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The Redsand Group to launch sustainable fintech fund

Founder and managing partner of The Redsand Group, Nicole Anderson, announced in a recent interview with Finextra TV that the group will launch a fund to work with the venture community to support fintech aimed at tackling sustainability across financial services through tools such as blockchain and tokenisation.

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How to use technology to solve climate change and cloud waste

Global IT expense is set to reach a staggering $3.9 trillion in 2020, an increase of 3.4% from 2019 according to Gartner. Driven by the adoption of software-as-a-service (SaaS), all market segments are expected to spend on forms of software such as cloud and expand its use through 2023. But what does this mean for the environment?

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JP Morgan acts as a Catalyst for financial inclusion

Finextra interviews Boston-based accelerator Catalyst Fund about JPMorgan's recent investment in its goal to boost financial inclusion across emerging markets.

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A Segment of One: The new reality

Consumers now have access to all the information they need to define, compare and select the financial products and services that best serve their individual needs.

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Visa invests in POS financing platform ChargeAfter

Visa has made a strategic investment in ChargeAfter as part of a broader deal with the point-of-sale financing technology platform.

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Simply completes first deal enabled by open banking technology

Simply, the SME funder, announced today that it has just completed its first deal enabled by open banking technology.

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P2P lending start-up Elfin Market reaches £400,000 target on Seedrs in just over 24 hours

UK peer-to-peer lending platform Elfin Market launched a crowdfunding round on Seedrs on 30 January 2020.

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NatWest appoints Julie Ashmore as CEO of RapidCash

NatWest has today appointed Julie Ashmore as CEO of its digital overdraft alternative Rapid Cash, as it bids to accelerate growth of its working capital venture throughout 2020.

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Kabbage debuts short-term loan product for small business owners

Kabbage, Inc., a data and technology company providing small businesses cash flow solutions, launched access to custom loans for Kabbage Payments customers.

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Ultimate Finance launches Structured Finance proposition

Specialist asset-based lender, Ultimate Finance, is today announcing the launch of its Structured Finance proposition providing a streamlined solution for UK businesses to release working capital and invest in their growth.

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Canada's first P2P consumer lender preps launch

Canadian regulators have given the greenlight for the country's first peer-to-peer lending platform for consumer loans.

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How analytics can help expand market share and generate revenue

Fintech players have captured the marketplace with efficient customer experience and proven that mass-market growth is achievable, without branches and with mobile-based applications. What sets new financial entrants apart is that they are adaptable and can provide customers with financial advice in a way that suits them.

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UK's 'buy now, pay later' market booms despite credit score concerns

The UK's point-of-sale credit market is surging, according to analysis from consultant Kearney, with two thirds of millennials now using 'buy now, pay later' services - despite some concerns about the impact on credit scores.

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Westpac's Reinventure invests in Indonesia's Kredivo

Westpac-backed venture fund Reinventure has stepped up its push into Asia’s fintech scene, joining a US$90 million funding round for the owner of Kredivo, Indonesia’s fast-growing "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) platform.

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SME finance provider Liberis goes for global growth with $42 million funding round

UK-based alternative finance provider Liberis has raised $42 million in equity financing and appointed PayPal's former head of credit operations Howard Kramen as its US general manager.

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Mumbai-based GetVantage unveils revenue-based business financing platform

GetVantage, a new Mumbai-based fintech venture officially launches today as the first in India to offer Revenue-Based Financing for India’s burgeoning eCommerce sector.

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Australian lender Wisr raises $35 million

ASX-listed marketplace lender Wisr has raised $35 million via a placement of approximately 181 million ordinary shares.

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PayU to create digital lending platform in India with PaySense acquisition

PayU is to acquire a controlling interest in Indian digital credit platform PaySense for $185 million.

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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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Academic research highlights dangers of P2P crowdfunding

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.