Cambridge FinTech secures US-backed £5m seed funding
Cambridge fintech Monavate has secured seed funding of £5m, one of the largest seed funding rounds for a UK FinTech in the last 12 months.
Innovative first time buyer platform launches bid for extra funds
StepLadder is an innovative platform that could help thousands of financially frustrated first time buyer Millennials get on the property ladder.
UK BNPL FinTech Butter closes £15.8 million in funding
UK FinTech platform Butter has closed a £15.8 million funding round to accelerate the rollout of its responsible open-banking based BNPL shopping app.
London fintech Lendable becomes Europe’s latest unicorn
Lendable, the London-based digital lender backed by Goldman Sachs, has quietly become Europe’s latest unicorn with a valuation over £1 billion.
Crypto wallet and exchange company Blockchain.com raises $300 million at $5.2 billion valuation
Blockchain.com, the company behind a popular cryptocurrency wallet, an exchange, a block explorer and more has raised a $300 million Series C round.
Digital Wallets are now the most popular payment method in the World
The big news this year was a surge in digital wallet spending, which became the most popular payment method for e-commerce and POS transactions.
Bottlepay launches Twitter Bitcoin payments feature
New digital payments app Bottlepay, which launched last month, has launched a new feature allowing people to send and receive Bitcoin via Twitter.
TrueLayer teams up with self-employed-focused pension provider Penfold
Self-employed pension provider Penfold has joined forces with TrueLayer, becoming the financial API provider’s latest partner.
