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News/startups
LemonEdge, a London-based startup that helps firms in the private equity and financial services industries digitise complex accounting, has raised $3.5 million.
10 June 2021
News/payments
Accounting software provider ClearBooks is to be the first third party application to join a new business marketplace built by Revolut to house apps embedded with its own financial services capabilities.
02 June 2021
News/sustainable
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
HSBC has launched a mobile banking offshoot, Kinetic, to cater to the needs of the UK business community.
24 March 2021
Countingup, a London-based startup offering users a business current account with built-in accounting software, has closed a £9.1 million Series A investment round led by Framework Venture Partners.
04 March 2021
Intuit Quickbooks has picked UK payments-as-a-service platform Modulr to power a new digital payment account for small businesses.
03 March 2021
Thrive, an Australian fintech startup that provides tools for automating financial admin for small businesses, has raised $2 million in under two days in a record-breaking crowdfunding campaign.
18 February 2021
French fintech startup Pennylane has snagged $18.4 million in funding to grow its array of bookeeping and financial management tools.
07 January 2021
ANZ has made a strategic investment in Aider, a New Zealand fintech that helps SMEs get insights into their cash flow, staffing and accounting needs. The size of the investment was not disclosed.
17 November 2020
News/cloud
Accounting automation software provider BlackLine has acquired AI-powered accounts receivable outfit Rimilia for $150 million in cash.
05 October 2020
Financial services firms must evolve their mindsets to both manage risk effectively and to ensure that the industry meets sustainable goals, according to Sandy Trust, sustainable finance consulting lead at EY and deputy chair of the IFOA’s Sustainability Board.
23 September 2020
The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) is launching a coalition aimed at the promotion of measuring and disclosing carbon emissions in the UK financial services industry.
18 September 2020
News/crime
The break-up of the various international businesses of disgraced payments processing company Wirecard continues after it emerged that Australian payments firm Change Financial is set to buy its Australian and New Zealand businesses for $7.8m.
14 September 2020
News/retail
The Bank of Montreal (BMO) has developed an API portal to let small business customers easily share their data with Intuit's QuickBooks accounting software.
14 August 2020
News/regulation
European Union officials have suggested that there will be changes in the supervision of fintech firms in the wake of the £1.8bn accounting scandal at German payments firm Wirecard.
27 July 2020
Societe Generale is acquiring Shine, a French neobank for entrepreneurs, in a deal rumoured to be worth around EUR100 million.
30 June 2020
News/wholesale
Rabo Frontier Ventures is to take a stake in Ageras through the sale of its online bookkeeping app Tellow to the fast-growing SME marketplace.
25 June 2020
Danish accounting platform Billy is harnessing Open Banking to get access to SMEs’ data from banks and transform the way they perform their accounting.
13 May 2020
ING Ventures has led a £4 million financing round for Countingup, a UK startup that combines a business current account with a built-in accounting package.
07 May 2020
Accountancy platform Bokio has raised EUR7.4 million in equity finance and merged with Stockholm-based competitor, Red Flag.
22 April 2020
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