Ben Davey departs from Barclays Ventures CEO role
Davey steps down to focus on independent investing and advisory services.
Davey steps down to focus on independent investing and advisory services.
“We’re building a backend on a global level,” says co-founder.
Three UK banking services start-ups have landed investment recently.
Orenda says it’s as much as an “eighth” of the price of its competitors.
Pressures have taken a toll on businesses and the mental health of their leaders.
The bank has raised £429 million to date from eight funding rounds.
Ferdinand joins as a shareholder in the cross-border currency firm.
We highlight a series of funding rounds that may have passed you by.
Stephanie Cohen, Jessica Rusu, Sarah Pritchard, and Emily Sheppard all join the watchdog.
To mitigate the risks posed to UK fintechs, the report lists a number of recommendations.
The bank spent around £1.2bln on tech in 2020, equivalent to the profit it generated for the year.
The EU granted the UK temporary equivalence last September for derivatives clearing.
FinTech Futures unpacks the FCA’s published response to trading restrictions on 29 January.
His final role at the UK bank was as CFO of its private banking operations.
Asia delivered HSBC a $13 billion adjusted profit before tax in 2020.
Long-serving payments app to be shut down by major UK bank.
Sunak wants to prioritise the UK’s £7 billion fintech sector.
It’s dropping the first part of its name in a bid to underpin its expansion as a platform player.
Savings accounts via partner banks offer interest rates of up to 0.64% AER.
Featuring Public, Webull, Blockchain, GoCardless, and Personetics.
A round-up of some of the recent investments in fintech, paytech and tax tech firms.
Loqbox to help Vanquis customers unable to get credit cards.
Zarraga has 25 years of industry experience at firms like Aviva, Vodafone and BT.
The start-up is now looking to raise £5 million from institutional investors.
A trio of funding rounds that may have passed you by last week.
It intends to raise the funds from growth investment firms.
ClearBank and incuto give credit union access to Faster Payments.
It claims to tackle the shortage of developers across 22 industries.
What’s needed is an industry-wide effort to stamp out poor practice and make services inclusive.
Molllie says it wants to help merchants with European growth post-Brexit.
The fintech will no longer rely on ING’s licence.
The government likens a digital identity wallet to a bank card authorising a payment.
All but two are down to property development loans gone bad.
Key to his new responsibilities at DirectID will be the emergence of a new data science team.
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Featuring Fraction, BharatPe, Agibank, Monzo, and Coinsquare.
“It makes a big difference when you see someone like you on a platform.”
0.5% is the highest paying easy-access rate in the UK.
We round up some of the funding rounds that may have slipped you by.
Equifax wants higher rates of automation and verification.