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News/inclusion
TomoCredit, the US startup behind a credit card designed to help first-time borrowers build credit history, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Kapor Capital and KB Investment, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Kookmin Bank.
16 September 2021
News/payments
UK digital challenger Monzo is the latest to jump aboard the increasingly crowded buy now, pay later train.
10 September 2021
Financial comparison site money.co.uk has launched a stinging riposte to claims from buy now, pay later firm Klarna that it offers a fairer and more equitable platform for consumer spending than credit cards.
26 August 2021
News/startups
Taktile, a German technology platform used by financial services companies to deploy machine learning applications, has raised $4.7 million in seed financing led by Index Ventures.
News/retail
NatWest has developed an app called 'Housemate' that helps renters living in shared housing split and pay their bills.
24 August 2021
Keebo, a credit card startup that applies Open Banking data and behavioural science to provide a personalised credit line for consumers, has raised £5 million in seed funding.
12 August 2021
News/predictions
Fintech firms have been missing a trick by largely ignoring the fastest growing and wealthiest demographic - the over 50s, says VC QED Investors.
29 July 2021
News/regulation
As the Financial Conduct Authority gears up for a consultation on regulating the buy now, pay later market, the Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec) has set out its proposal for a "robust and proportionate" framework.
26 July 2021
Tennis superstar Serena Williams has joined a $10 million investment round in Esusu, a fintech startup that helps renters build their credit score.
20 July 2021
Younited, a Paris-based credit and payment platform, has raised $170 million in a funding round joined by Goldman Sachs and Bridgepoint.
08 July 2021
Kikoff, a credit building platform for millennials and Gen Z, is launching this week with $42.5 million of funding in the bag.
30 June 2021
Caary Capital, a Toronto-based fintech targeting SMEs, has raised C$4.1 million in a late-seed equity round.
ClearScore, a UK-based free credit scoring service and marketplace, has picked up a £200 million investment from Invus Opportunities.
25 June 2021
Crediverso, a startup building a personal finance platform for the Hispanic community in the US, has raised $3.1 million in seed funding.
21 June 2021
B9, a US startup building a financial app for immigrants that provides interest-free payroll advances, has raised $1.7 million in an ongoing pre-seed funding round.
15 June 2021
American fintech Credit Sesame has raised $51 million in growth capital and acquired rent reporting platform Zingo.
10 June 2021
Several big American banks, including JPMorgan Chase, are signed up for a government-backed pilot using alternative data to get credit to people with low or no credit scores, according to the Wall Street Journal.
14 May 2021
American couples will soon be able to share an Apple Card, merging their credit lines and building credit together.
20 April 2021
Credit monitoring and building platform Credit Karma has picked Bud's Open Banking stack to help its UK members find better financial products and make smart money decisions.
16 April 2021
Fintern, a UK startup aiming to shake up the market for low-value consumers loans with the launch of credit technology that bypasses credit scores in making lending decisions, has raised £32 million in equity and debt funding.
15 April 2021
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