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Mar
30

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.

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Mar
26

Payment app Osu raises £2.25m seed round from fintech angels

Osu, a new instant payments app aimed at helping the UK’s four million self-employed has raised £2.25m seed round from fintech angels.

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Mar
25

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.

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Mar
24

Freetrade secures £50 million in Series B funding led by Left Lane Capital

Freetrade, the investment platform that is on a mission to get everyone investing, announced that it has raised £50m led by Left Lane Capital.

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Mar
23

Zopa, UK P2P lending pioneer, closes £20M internal fundraise for growth

UK P2P pioneer Zopa will use the new funding to fuel its growth when it believes that there is more demand for products.

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Mar
20

London-based fintech Pollinate raises $50 million in Series C round

London-based fintech Pollinate has closed a $50 million Series C round to propel further expansion in existing markets and into North America.

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Mar
18

UK trading platform eToro to go public in $10bn SPAC deal

Trading giant eToro has confirmed reports that it is due to list via a $10bn SPAC deal. The Israeli fintech announced it would go public at a valuation of $10.4bn after merging with FinTech Acquisition Corp. V (FinTech V), a publically-traded SPAC run by American businesswoman Betsy Cohen. A SPAC (special-purpose acquisition company) is a way for companies to go public without going through all the hassle and expense of an IPO (initial public offering). Cohen founded Bancorp, a bank holding company based in Minneapolis, in 1999 and subsequently FinTech V, which raised $250m when it listed on the NASDAQ in December 2020. As part of the deal, eToro will […]

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Mar
18

Australian investors lag behind the global trend for passive funds and are playing catch up on ESG, Calastone research shows

The shift in investor preference for passive funds over active funds continued inexorably over the last two years, Calastone research shows.

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