April 2022: FinTech Wire Monthly
Here’s your list of the most exciting news in the FinTech world. This time for April. This is a set of cherry-picked facts, so dive in to know more about the industry.
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March 2022: FinTech Wire Monthly
Another month has passed and we’re back with our summary of the most important FinTech news. March 2022 was a difficult period, but many interesting events happened then too. Let’s dive in and pick the most important facts.
Read moreFebruary 2022: FinTech Wire Monthly
Years of building financial software have taught the Code & Pepper team to associate disruption with positive changes brought about by advanced economic thought and technology. It’s all about the improvement of financial processes so there is more balance between all the market participants.
Read moreFinTech Wire #56: Just One Bad News Can’t Beat the Success of Abeg
November is a happy month for many FinTech companies, but some strange things need to happen now and then. Boots will not offer cashbacks in crypto yet (what a surprise), that’s all for bad news, however. Let’s celebrate with Abeg, a Nigerian startup, which got so popular so quickly, that it’s story could be a material for a Hollywood movie.
Read moreFinTech Wire #55: Ziglu’s Crowdfunding Breaks Records, SEON Partners With Creditstar
This week in FinTech brought successful funding rounds for the crypto investment platform Ziglu and Buy Now Pay Later unicorn Zilch. Meanwhile, the investment app Freetrade announced its seventh crowdfunding campaign that launches next week. Apart from that, we look into an exciting partnership in the lending world and a brand new app set out to propel climate investment.
Read moreFinTech Wire #54: Nimbla Secures £5.1m Funding, Klarna Launches One-Stop Shopping App
This week we have news from Nimbla and Collective Benefits about large investments coming their way to drive their growth. Make sure you don’t miss new exciting partnerships: Verto and ClearBank join forces in the cross-border payments sphere, while Atom Bank and Landbay make a deal in the mortgage lending market. To top it all off, we take a look at Klarna’s one-stop shopping app. Read on!
Read moreFinTech Wire #53: Klarna Partners with Stripe, B2B BNPL Solution to Expand into the UK
Buy now pay later solutions have been in the spotlight of the FinTech news feeds this week. Klarna has made a significant move towards further growth by partnering with another industry leader Stripe, while the German startup Billie has raised funding to bring BNPL to British businesses. However, BNPL is not all roses: a recent survey by Laybuy reveals that the majority of customers agree that credit checks should be required to access these products.
Read moreFinTech Wire #52: Clausematch Available to Barclays Workforce, Worldcoin Promises Free Crypto
In this week’s FinTech Wire we will hear from startups Proportunity and XanPool that raised new fundings and revealed their plans for growth. We will also discuss the outcomes of the successful collaboration between Clausematch and Barclays that dates back to 2014 and learn about a brand new, minority-focused initiative by Wealth8 and WealthKernel.
Read moreFinTech Wire #51: Biggest Equity Crowdfund on Crowdcube, UK FinTech Adoption Reaches 86%
This week the savings platform Chip breaks records with its crowdfunding round held on Crowdcube. Meanwhile, Plaid, the open banking company, has released a report revealing that more people use financial technology than video streaming services or social media. Read on for more insights from this research as well as a breakdown of new product launches from Credit Kudos, ilumoni, and GoHenry.
Read moreFinTech Wire #50: Payments Processes in the Era of Digitisation and the UK as a FinTech-friendly Ecosystem
This week’s FinTech Wire news selection reflects the strong position of the UK as a FinTech-friendly ecosystem that is inclusive, technologically-advanced and based on solid regulatory foundations. When it comes to the FinTech actors, the spotlight is now on the providers of payment solutions who are pitching their scalable and cost-effective products.
Read moreFinTech Wire #49: Borderless Solutions Empower Their Users and Secure the Biggest Fundings
How do you overcome barriers? FinTechs featured in this week’s Code & Pepper news selection seem to know the answer providing their audiences with experiences that work across borders, help to save time and most importantly, empower their users to be in charge of their financial wellbeing. Find out more about a major Open Banking event, a fund encouraging NFT projects and successes of companies that optimise processes around payments, money transfers, education loans and donations!
Read moreFinTech Wire #48: TrueLayer Gains Unicorn Status, Recognise Gets Green Light from the PRA
This week the news is all about open banking. From a new Unicorn company through illuminating findings on the EU bankers’ attitudes to the UK’s largest seed round of any open banking startup. Apart from that, we’re taking a look at an SME challenger bank, a partnership built around cryptocurrency, and a study on embedded finance. Read on to get the full story.
Read moreFinTech Wire #47: a suspicious coincidence and a major change for Curve
This week was packed with neobanking-related events and some of them were groundbreaking. We got new brands, we got drama and we got flex – and this is an actual name of two new products of different companies. Want to find out who is flexing the most? Read more!
Read moreFinTech Wire #46: Europe’s Largest-Ever Equity Funding Round and New British InsurTech Unicorn
European FinTechs are growing stronger. Every week we hear about yet another successful funding round and record valuation. This time, the spotlight is on InsurTech Marshmallow and BNPL startup Scalapay. There are also some interesting partnerships between multinational financial institutions and innovative FinTechs, so read on to learn more!
Read moreFinTech Wire #45: FinTech Events Inspiring New Ideas, Partnerships and Networking Opportunities
We might be far into the second half of 2021 but there is no sign of slowing down for the financial industry. It’s as if with the end of the summer in the northern hemisphere, everyone is ready to go back to school to study and see their friends. There is a noticeable proliferation of webinars, shows and conferences such as Money 20/20 Europe or Sibos by SWIFT. There are also more and more new names joining the ranks of successful FinTechs with Sugi, Point and BankiFi taking the lead this week. Find out the details in the latest issue of FinTech Wire!
Read moreFinTech Wire #44: PayPal Users in the UK Get Access to Crypto, W1tty Secures License from FCA
New week, new startups covered in FinTech Wire. Today, you can read about Shares.io, a social investment platform, and W1tty, a challenger bank soon to be launched in the UK. We will also hear from their more experienced counterparts that have some exciting news to share: PayPal, Nubank, and TrueLayer.
Read moreFinTech Wire #43: FinTech Sector Growing More and More Sustainably
FinTech newsreels are booming with information about new products and investments. It is reassuring to see that a large chunk of these initiatives are in the spirit of sustainable growth. Find out about new apps from Minted and Hapi, the development of Moss and Aspiration and a project by The Scottish National Investment Bank.
Read moreFinTech Wire #42: Credit App That Nurtures Financial Stability and Money Management Tool for Kids
Another week and another dose of juicy news waiting for you in our FinTech Wire series. Apart from exciting exciting updates from UK businesses such as Kroo, Zilch, Keebo, Appital, and LendInvest, you’ll also learn about Canada’s RBC Ventures interesting launch dedicated to… kids! Keep reading to find out about the inspiring achievements of the FinTech world figures.
Read moreFinTech Wire #41: World Bank’s FCI Invests in London-based FinTech, UK Startups in a Bullish Mood
How is the UK startup landscape 18 months after the beginning of the pandemic? Despite the challenges, a recent survey shows that businesses turn pretty optimistic about the next 12 months. New funding rounds and positive financial data seem to back this optimistic outlook. Keep reading for more good news!
Read moreFinTech Wire #40: Investment Apps Gained 1.6m New Users, UK Gets Its First Cashless Credit Offering
This week in FinTech news we have exciting new launches in the realms of cashless credit, cross-border payments, and cashback initiatives. Besides that, a recent study has listed 10 top investment apps in the UK, some of which have scored over 80% increase in new users since March 2020. Get more details below!
Read moreFinTech Wire #39: Funding Successes, Expansion Plans, and Investment AI on Main Street
This week’s FinTech Wire is full of impressive funding rounds, international acquisitions, exciting expansion plans, and an AI-powered investment app being the cherry on top. Sounds exciting? It totally does! So go ahead and learn about the latest achievements of Yapily, Soldo, Clim8, Bridgeweave, Zilch, and Solarisbank!
Read moreFinTech Wire #38: Inclusive Potential of FinTech
We live in interesting “financial times” with FinTech transforming every sphere of how money is made and managed. Recent selection of FinTech Wire News only adds to this excitement, showing that modern technology contributes to the financial inclusion of different groups from all around the world, ranging from Nigerian businessmen, American working families to Lithuanian representatives of generation Z. Discover which FinTechs have rocked the boat this week!
Read moreFinTech Wire #37: Successes in Banking and Earthquakes in the Crypto Market
This week was especially rich in good news from the UK and EU FinTech industry, however some disturbing things happened too, mostly in the crypto market, with another major bank banning transfers to the largest crypto exchange. Read the news for all the details you need!
Read moreFinTech Wire #36: FinTech innovations that change the world for the better
What’s new in the UK’s FinTech world? They say bad news travels fast, but we make sure the good news reaches you even faster. This week we have our eye on exciting launches and successful funding rounds among local businesses. Read more to find out about the great achievements of tomato pay, coinpass.com, Codat, StepEx, and Dozens!
Read moreFinTech Wire #35: UK FinTech has become less London-centric since the pandemic
This week we’re looking at some exciting changes in the British FinTech landscape as more and more hubs sprout outside of London. But there’s more! Click to learn about Tide’s new functionality, Swoop Funding’s impactful partnership, and some significant investments!
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