News

30May2019

Money management chatbot Plum raises $4.5m

Money management chatbot Plum has raised $4.5m from investors, adding it plans to use the cash to double staff and expand into new markets.

28May2019

Checkout.com raises record $230m fintech funding round

Online payments start up Checkout.com has raised $230m, the largest amount ever raised from an early round fintech investment in Europe.

23May2019

LendingClub partners with Funding Circle

LendingClub has teamed up with global SME lending platform Funding Circle and Opportunity Fund, a non-profit US small business lender, to expand SME’s access to credit in the US in strong expansion of its business model.

21May2019

New £1bn non-bank lending fund launches

European Risk Capital LLP has launched CreditStream LLP, a £1bn multi-client debt programme providing UK non-bank originator lenders with wholesale funding access to the alternative debt capital markets.

16May2019

Softbank invests €900m in troubled payments challenger Wirecard

Japanese conglomerate Softbank has agreed to invest €900m in beleaguered German payments firm Wirecard.

14May2019

SoFi Is in Talks With Qatar for $500 Million Funding Round

Fintech startup Social Finance Inc. is in the final stages of closing a funding round from the Qatar Investment Authority and others, according to four people familiar with the matter.

09May2019

Credit Karma has completed its takeover of Noddle, ramps up hiring

American finance giant Credit Karma has officially completed its acquisition of credit scoring upstart Noddle, and is embarking on a hiring spree in London and Leeds.

07May2019

Monzo crowdfunding investors eyeing three-year 6,300% return

Three years ago digital challenger (now) bank Monzo - or Mondo as it was named then - did what many a young start-up keen for growth increasingly does and raised money via a crowdfund raise.

02May2019

ING Ventures leads €19m funding round for Spanish fintech

Fintech fund ING Ventures led a €19m funding round for Spanish personal finance platform Fintonic, as the start up extends into new markets and services, according to reports.