Latest Non-bank competitors News: Finextra Research

Droplet raises £0.5m on CrowdCube

Droplet, a UK mobile payments start-up that is targeting debit and credit card transactions, has closed its final seed investment round on CrowdCube today, having raised 115% of its target. The company secured £574,650 from 328 investors.

12 May 2015

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P2P lender Assetz Capital raises more than £3 million on Seedrs

Assetz Capital, a British peer-to-peer lending platform exceeded its fundraising target of £2 million by raising funds from 731 investors through specialty crowdfunding platform Seedrs.

20 April 2015

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M&S launches first self-service branch; rolls out instore 'banking pods'

The banking offshoot of UK retailer Marks & Spencer has opened its first self-service branch at its head office in central London.

16 April 2015

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RateSetter gets £20m investment

Peer-to-peer lender RateSetter has secured a £20 million investment from veteran banker Ken Costa, along with Woodford Investment Management and Artemis.

30 March 2015

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Finextra Future Money returns for 2015

Created as the premier event bringing both the most innovative minds in banking together with the exploding FinTech community, Finextra Future Money returns to London on April 21 and 22 for an exciting two day event.

16 February 2015

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Finovate Europe 2015 - Day 2 Roundup

The second and final day of Finovate Europe saw 32 startups take the stage to try and impress a packed crowd of fintech VCs, journalists, bankers and experts. PFM, mobile payments and wealth management all made an appearance, often to a critical audience - while other firms attempted to push the boundaries of fintech, causing a huge buzz within Old Billingsgate and on social media.

11 February 2015

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Finovate Europe 2015 - Day 1 roundup

Crowdfunding, bitcoin, identity and security, and, of course, personal finance management dominated the first day of Finovate Europe in London. Finextra watched the demos, followed the tweets and spoke to the players. Here's what caught our eye.

10 February 2015

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Apple Pay hits roadblock as US pharmacies disable NFC access

Two of the biggest pharmacy chains in the US have disabled NFC terminals in an attempt to shut out Apple Pay ahead of the launch of retailer-backed platform CurrentC in 2015.

27 October 2014

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Virgin Money puts flotation on ice until market conditions improve

On 2 October, Virgin Money announced that it would apply for the admission of its Ordinary Shares to the premium listing segment of the Official List and to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange.

17 October 2014

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Watch out banks, Alibaba is after your business

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has folded six different businesses into a single business unit as part of a concerted push into the financial services industry.

16 October 2014

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Amazon hires Visa's Talwar to lead lending business

Amazon has hired Visa's North America credit card head Nick Talwar to run its business providing capital to sellers on its marketplace.

29 August 2014

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Why Google Bank won't happen

Google won't launch a traditional bank because of the associated costs and regulation, but these hurdles won't stop the firm from redefining the future of financial services, according to a new Forrester report.

30 July 2014

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UK banks face competition probe

Britain's competition watchdog is preparing an in-depth investigation into the retail banking sector in a move which could eventually see the country's high street giants broken up.

18 July 2014

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Coles takes on Australia's Big Four with new mobile payment and loyalty app

Australian supermarket chain Coles has upped the tempo in its aggressive push into financial services with the launch of a new combined mobile sticker and loyalty app and a planned joint venture with GE Capital which will see it offering loans to customers in competition with the nation's biggest banks.

16 July 2014

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Tesco Bank opens seven millionth customer account; current accounts to come in H1

UK supermarket chain Tesco is preparing to step up its assault on the UK banking sector with the launch of its first current account product later this year.

18 February 2014

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P2P lending shows big upswing in 2013

Figures released by the UK Peer to Peer Finance Association shows the industry in buoyant mood ahead of the introduction of new regulations in April, with P2P lending increasing by 121% during 2013.

03 February 2014

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Funding Circle hires Barclays' Luke Jooste to lead move into property finance

Funding Circle, an online marketplace for business loans, has hired Barclays Business commercial director Luke Jooste to head up its move into the property finance arena.

18 November 2013

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Barclays takes another payments hackathon crown; Holvi and Azimo talk disruption

In what is becoming a trend in the fintech world, Barclays has taken top honours at a London hackathon, this time triumphing at a weekend-long event hosted by payments start-up Birdback at Google Campus.

03 June 2013

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Sainsbury's acquires full control of banking arm; hires FIS as core provider

UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's has confirmed its intention to assume full control of its banking operations and has hired US-based FIS as its chief technology partner.

08 May 2013

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Sainsbury's in talks to buy out banking business

UK supermarket chain J Sainsbury says it is in "advanced negotiations" with Lloyds Banking Group to take over full ownership of Sainsbury's Bank.

07 May 2013