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Barclays Bank is to take a minority equity stake in online invoice financing platform MarketInvoice and roll out the service to its large SME client base.
02 August 2018
Online business lender BlueVine has topped up its $60 million Series E funding round with an additional $12 million from the venture arms of Microsoft and FS firm Nationwide.
31 July 2018
The Financial Conduct Authority is updating its loan-based crowdfunding rules in the face of growing complexity and poor practices since it first authorised trading in the market 18 months ago.
27 July 2018
BlockFi, a startup that lets people and companies put down Bitcoin and Ether as collateral for US dollar loans, has raised $52.5 million from Galaxy Digital Ventures, a cryptocurrency and blockchain technology investment firm.
24 July 2018
Peer-to-peer business lender Growth Street is set to become the latest firm to go live on mobile bank Starling's in-app marketplace.
19 July 2018
Peer-to-peer lender Zopa has returned to the black on the back of strong growth in revenue and money lent out.
02 July 2018
Societe Generale has acquired Lumo, a French crowdfunding platform for renewable energy projects. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
22 June 2018
Swift's Latin American Regional Conference in Miami had a clear focus on how new market entrants and developing technologies are dramatically changing the financial landscape in the region.
18 June 2018
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is planning to spend $3.2bn on technology this year in a bid to attract new customers looking for more digital banking services.
14 June 2018
BlueVine, an online startup that provides working capital to small businesses, has raised $60 million in a Series E funding round led by Menlo Ventures and joined by Silicon Valley Bank.
05 June 2018
With Money20/20 about to open in Amsterdam, local bank ING is showing its innovation chops with a slew of announcements around SME financing, fintech investments and smart money management.
04 June 2018
Ian Rand CEO of Barclays Business banking extols the virtues of relationship banking as digital competition heats up.
21 May 2018
NatWest has outlined plans to scale and grow its digital lending platform Esme Loans following a successful pilot phase.
03 May 2018
Lending Club has been charged by the Federal Trade Commission with deceiving customers by promising "no hidden fees" and then taking money from their accounts without authorisation.
26 April 2018
Santander InnoVentures, the $200M fintech venture capital fund of Santander Group, has joined a $55 million funding round in Brazillian secured lending platform Creditas.
17 April 2018
NatWest has added invoice finance platform MarketInvoice to its Capital Connections panel, which helps SMEs unable to borrow from banks get access to alternative sources of money.
11 April 2018
Online student loan specialist CommonBond has closed a $50 million Series D funding round led by the venture arm of American bank Fifth Third.
21 March 2018
The European Commission has set out details of a 23-step 'Fintech Action Plan' to promote the digital transformation of the financial services sector, including the establishment of an EU Fintech Laboratory, the creation of a best-practices blueprint for regulatory sandboxes and substantial crowdfunding reforms.
08 March 2018
TruFin, a British fintech and banking business with fingers in various niche lending pies, has raised £70 million through a listing on the LSE's AIM market.
13 February 2018
Australia has moved one step closer to implementing an Open Banking regime with the publication of a final Government report into the issue, accompanied by draft legislation to mandate comprehensive credit reporting.
09 February 2018
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