Student digital current account Loot enters administration
Loot is no more
Digital banking start-up Loot has entered administration after a sale to investor Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) collapsed, Jane Connolly writes.
City AM reports that the fintech, which was founded in 2014 to provide a digital current account for students, has called in Smith and Williamson to oversee the administration.
RBS owned a 25% stake in Loot through NatWest’s developing digital bank Bo and had already invested £5 million before the potential sale fell through.
According to the City AM report, the fintech had hoped to raise money from its 175,000 customers via a crowdfunding campaign, but it was forced to go into administration before the round could begin.
Loot – not to be confused with online marketplace loot.com – did not have a full banking licence. It operated under an electronic money licence through a partnership with Wirecard, which is regulated through the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
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