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Company update/wealth

Mintos secures investment and e-money licences from Latvian regulator

Mintos, Europe’s largest marketplace for investing in loans, has secured investment firm and electronic money institution licenses from the Latvian regulator Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC) in a bid to continue its growth plans of becoming Europe’s go-to platform for retail investors.

23 August 2021

Company update/sustainable

AIB hones in on ESG with social bond framework

AIB has launched a Social Bond Framework paving the way for the bank to issue a Social Bond in the near future to further support communities across Ireland. The move comes at a time when Euro issuance of bonds for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) purposes looks set to exceed €350bn this year*.

23 August 2021

News/markets

Wise opens the gate for US investors with ADR program

Wise has opened the door to US-based customers and retail and institutional investors seeking to invest in the company from September 2021.

20 August 2021

Company update/wealth

Wahed receives license from South African regulator FSCA

Wahed Inc, (Wahed) parent company of a leading halal financial investment platform, has received a new regulatory license from the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), the regulator of the South African financial markets.

20 August 2021

Company update/startups

British Business Bank announces £99.8m commitment to Shire Leasing

The British Business Bank today announces a further £62.4m of financing to Shire Leasing under its ENABLE Funding programme, which aims to improve the supply of finance solutions to smaller UK businesses for business–critical assets.

19 August 2021

News/crypto

Liti Capital to finance ‘landmark’ case against Binance

Proceedings against Binance will be brought in the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre by a group of disgruntled Binance customers who were unable to trade on the platform during this year’s infamous May 19th crypto crash.

19 August 2021

News/crypto

Misleading crypto ads to be targeted by UK watchdog

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is set to issue a crackdown on misleading cryptocurrency advertisements.

09 July 2021

News/markets

Augmentum completes £55m fundraising round

Fintech investment trust Augmentum has secured £55m from its latest funding round, exceeding its original £40m target

09 July 2021

Company update/wealth

Marketware and AlphaTrAI partner for digital transformation service

Marketware International, a global enterprise offering customized retail product and solutions for financial institutions, and AlphaTrAI, an asset management firm that delivers alpha through transformative artificial intelligence, today announced a strategic partnership designed to help financial organizations fast-track their digital transformation in the areas of investment and asset allocations.

08 July 2021

Company update/sustainable

Jupiter makes new sustainable investment hires

Jupiter is pleased to announce a number of appointments within its sustainable investing strategies, doubling the size of the existing resource and adding fresh investment expertise to key portfolios.

07 July 2021

Company update/people

Austrian unicorn Bitpanda recruits ex-Revolut exec

Bitpanda, the European digital investment platform and Austria's first unicorn, has named Irina Nicoleta Scarlat as its first Chief Growth Officer (CGO), effective immediately.

06 July 2021

News/people

Credit Suisse appoints chief tech and ops officer

Swiss banking firm Credit Suisse has named former Goldman Sachs tech exec as chief technology and operations officer.

05 July 2021

Research/Investment products

Sustainable Finance Live - Valuing Nature: Better Assessing Financial Risk

02 June 2021 80 downloads

Company update/startups

Berlin-based fintech re:cap closes $1.5m pre-seed funding round

Berlin-based fintech re:cap today announced the successful closing of a USD 1.5m pre-seed funding round. The round is being led by Entrée Capital1, which has previously invested in fintech startups such as Stripe, Rapyd, Prospa and Fundbox. An internationally renowned group of fintech angels and founders, including Chris Adelsbach, Perry Blacher, Jan Beckers, Ramin Niroumand, Jens Lapinski, Mark Ransford, Chris Hitchen and Simon Leicht have also joined the financing round. re:cap is building a digital marketplace with a financing solution for companies with recurring revenue streams.

28 May 2021

News/sustainable

Sustainable Finance Live: How to value nature and better assess financial risk

On 11th May, Finextra hosted the first workshop of its two-day virtual event, Sustainable Finance Live. The interactive session brought together expert investors and asset managers to explore how to build a portfolio that effectively supports biodiversity, natural capital, and ecosystem services.

12 May 2021

Research/Investment products

Fintech, ESG and IFCs: Embedding Sustainable Business Models

06 May 2021 290 downloads

News/wealth

Ikigai initiates Crowdcube campaign to raise £1.2m

Ikigai, the wealth management and banking app for affluent millennials, has set up a UK public crowdfunding campaign via CrowdCube to accelerate business, their product roadmap and the tech team.

27 April 2021

News/sustainable

Investors can avoid missing out on returns of up to 5% a year with ESG

According to behavioural finance experts Oxford Risk, ESG can stop investors from missing out on returns of between 4% and 5% per annum on cash they do not invest because they are not emotionally comfortable with the risks, or familiar with the landscape.

27 April 2021

News/wealth

Nutmeg hits £3bn in assets after record growth

Digital wealth manager Nutmeg has announced that it has surpassed £3 billion in assets under management following a record 72% year-on-year growth.

27 April 2021

News/crypto

EToro launches new bitcoin portfolio

Multi-asset investment platform eToro has today announced the launch of a new thematic portfolio – BitcoinWorldWide. Based on the companies in the value chain behind bitcoin, the portfolio is intended to further catalyse adoption of the booming cryptocurrency.

26 April 2021