Credit referencing and support

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Moneyhub granted Credit Information Services permissions by the Financial Conduct Authority

Moneyhub, the award winning top 100 global fintech, has been granted permission to provide Credit Information Services by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

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FCA sets out credit information market improvements

People will find their credit files better reflect their financial circumstances, under proposals announced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

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Finexos raises £690k for credit decisioning tech

Cloud-based credit and affordability risk analytics platform Finexos has secured a £690k Seed round led by UK-based Growth Capital Ventures (GCV) with participation from data-driven angel fund SyndicateRoom and existing angel and VC investors. The oversubscribed round will facilitate acceleration of the company’s go-to-market strategy.

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Salad Money adds former Klarna UK head Alex Marsh to board

Salad Money, a social enterprise launched in 2019 to provide an alternative to high-cost lending for NHS and public sector workers with poor, thin, or non-existent credit scores, has appointed Alex Marsh, formerly head of Klarna UK, to its Board as a non-executive director.

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Creditinfo appoints Satrajit Saha global CEO

Creditinfo, a global service provider for credit information and risk management solutions, has today announced the appointment of Satrajit Saha as its Global Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

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Plend joins ClearScore consumer marketplace

The ClearScore Group, a leading global financial services marketplace group, announces today a new partnership with alternative lender Plend.

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MIA-Fintech brings AI-assisted credit checks to emebedded finance platform

Mia-Platform, the end-to-end platform builder, has announced a new partnership with Genio Diligence, a specialist provider of due diligence services to credit institutions and credit brokers.

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Credit fintech Petal seeks buyer - report

US credit fintech Petal has put itself up for sale amid Walls Street concerns about its ability to survive, according to Fortune.

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The positive impact of AI on customer experience in financial services

With the shift from Google to GPT-4 for information searches, Greg Krasnov, the founder of Tonik Bank, examines AI’s growing influence on the financial industry ahead of this week's Singapore FinTech Festival. The discussion explores how banks are adopting AI, the implementation of Gen AI in customer interactions, where friction between regulation and innovation may arise, and the impact it is having on customer acquisition and credit applications.

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BuildMyCreditScore secures £200k grant from Innovate UK

BuildMyCreditScore, a UK startup that enables individuals to effortlessly boost their credit score through everyday spending on a debit card, has secured a £200,000 grant from Innovate UK.

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Revenue-based investing marketplace Levenue raises €8m

Revenue-based investing marketplace Levenue has raised €8 million in a Series A funding round and acquired bank transaction enrichment expert Cake.

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Plaid forms Consumer Reporting Agency to provide cashflow insights

Today, we’re excited to announce that Plaid has formed a new entity that will build solutions for customers who want ready-made credit risk insights from consumer-permissioned cash flow data.

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Intuit to close Mint, migrate users to Credit Karma

Intuit is shuttering its personal finance unit Mint and inviting users to switch over to its Credit Karma platform.

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AIB apologises for online banking glitch

Irish high street bank AIB has admitted to a glitch in its online banking service after it was highlighted by newspaper The Irish Independent.

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Pepper Advantage names Narinder Auluck group CTO

Pepper Advantage, a global credit intelligence company, announces the appointment of Narinder Auluck as Group CTO, based in London and effective immediately. This new senior executive position demonstrates Pepper Advantage’s plan to develop new technologies that transform the credit management sector.

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Open banking startup Prism Data raises $5m

Prism Data, the US open banking outfit that span out from Petal earlier this year, has raised $5 million in seed funding.

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Mastercard inks open banking deals with Worldpay and Zip

Mastercard is stepping up its open banking activity through partnerships with merchant solutions business Worldpay and BNPL firm Zip.

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Nova Credit raises $45 million

International credit bureau Nova Credit has raised $45 million in Series C funding to build new products for lenders using alternative credit data.

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TotallyMoney taps open banking tech to help customers build their credit scores

Personal finance app, TotallyMoney, has launched a new open banking-powered feature to help customers track regular outgoings and avoid missed payments, so they can protect and build their credit scores.

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Zilch unveils new credit scoring platform

Zilch, the UK-headquartered multi award-winning ad-subsidised payments network, today proudly unveils Zilch Up - a revolutionary product dedicated to empowering people typically excluded from mainstream credit.