Redwood Bank names David Kennedy as new chief operating officer
Kennedy has previously held leadership positions at Lloyds, Barclays, Shawbrook Bank and Masthaven Bank.
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Redwood Bank appoints Ashraf Piranie as chief financial officer
Piranie brings more than 25 years of financial services experience to his new role.
R8 Group raises $5m and sets sights on IPO in July
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins as non-executive director.
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Redwood Bank first in UK to put core banking tech on Microsoft Azure cloud
UK’s first 100% “born in the cloud” bank goes on the record about its tech and providers.
Top fintech stories this week – 8 September 2017
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Challenger bank Redwood takes tech to the cloud
EXCLUSIVE: Redwood Bank, a new SME-focused bank in the UK, has opted for a cloud-based banking platform. The front-to-back office solution is supplied by a local fintech firm, DPR Consulting, Banking Technology understands. It is hosted in a private cloud.
Top fintech stories this week – 1 September 2017
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UK challenger Redwood Bank launches
Redwood Bank, a new UK-based SME challenger, has launched four months after securing its banking licence. The bank is now offering secured SME mortgages for business owners, as well as for “experienced” commercial and residential property investors. It has also launched a business deposit account. As reported in April, Redwood entered its mobilisation phase and […]
UK challenger Redwood gets banking licence
Redwood Bank, a new UK-based SME challenger, has secured a banking licence following approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). As Banking Technology reported in October last year, Acorn Financial Partners (AFP) submitted a banking licence application. Now that it has authorisation, AFP is called Redwood Bank. Redwood says it […]
UK challenger Redwood submits banking licence application
Acorn Financial Partners (AFP) has submitted a banking licence application to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). On authorisation, AFP will be called Redwood Bank, a new UK-based SME challenger bank, and it anticipates receiving its licence early in 2017 and opening to customers later the same year. AFP’s majority […]
