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Fintech

Articles and analysis on UK and European growth companies operating in the fintech sector, including developers of mobile banking apps, peer-to-peer lending platforms, robo-advisers, digital wallets, and blockchain-based solutions.

Growth Planning

Findr sets itself up as the fintech corporate matchmaking service

Findr, a matchmaking service between fintechs and potential corporate customers, plans to launch in September

News

Investment will pour into business post Conservative win, say experts

Investment bottled up by Brexit uncertainty and general election will pour into UK business, agree tech founders and City bosses

Alternative Finance for Business

Uncapped closes first deals ahead of second fundraise next year

Revenue-based financier Uncapped set to close 10 deals before Christmas with ‘hundreds’ following in New Year following £10m fundraise

Venture Capital Funding

London cements its position as the global fintech hub

London has the most fintech headquarters of any city, according to research, but average deal size lags behind San Francisco.

Venture Capital Funding

Investors plough £9bn into British tech funding in 2019, up nearly 50%

UK pulls ahead of closest rivals Germany and France as investment magnet, despite Brexit uncertainty

News

UK’s 50 fastest-growing tech companies grow revenue by nearly 4,000pc

The UK’s 50 fastest-growing tech companies earn £650m between them in 2018/19, employing nearly 9,000 people

Venture Capital Funding

UK fintechs raise on average £20m each in 2019, up one-third since 2017

UK fintechs expected to raise total of £2.6bn in their next funding round, with Series A funding accounting for over a quarter

Alternative Finance for Business

Esme wants to be lending £1bn a year to small business within few years

NatWest’s digital lending platform wants to increase its SME lending tenfold as it nears £100m lent to date

Venture Capital Funding

This year set to be record one for funding UK start-ups and scale-ups

First half of 2019 sets new record for investment in start-ups and scale-ups, with investment up 20pc

News

TransferWise becomes Europe’s most valuable fintech startup

Co-founders, staff and early investors sell shares, valuing money transfer service at £2.7bn

Banking

Barclays business CEO worries SME lending bubble could burst

Barclays business banking CEO Ian Rand fears growing SME lending market could see a Wonga-style collapse if fintech lending criteria are not rigorous enough

Banking

Q&A Ian Rand, CEO of Barclays Business Banking

The head of Barclays Business Banking says that small business owners value the human element just as much as the latest banking app