Tradeteq takes in $6.3m funding
Trade finance distribution platform plans new apps and data services.
UK
Eclipse Finance shut down over misleading claims
UK-based binary options company gets judged by the High Court.
Blockchain islands: Jersey launches ICO regulatory guidelines
Jersey has quietly notched up some major crypto and wider fintech achievements.
Goldex’s new app strikes gold
Purchasing physical gold in the palms of consumers.
Santander sets up digital investment unit for blockchain
Led by the director of the bank’s blockchain lab.
UK lender Greensill gets $250m funding from General Atlantic
Values Greensill at $1.64 billion.
UK challenger BankNorth preps for launch
Will target the crowded SME lending market.
Worldpay and Mastercard partner for UK digital payments push
Worldpay will offer Mastercard’s Pay by Bank app from early 2019
Emma banking app sitting pretty with £450k funding
Round led by Kima Ventures.
Metro Bank unveils open banking developer portal
Built in collaboration with Google’s Apigee team.
Non-bank lending in 2018: what’s the current picture?
UK’s booming SME sector is full of life – but it’s been choked by a lack of traditional access to funding.
ITI Capital coming in hot with Torstone’s post-trade processing tech
Applied to institutional investors, for the time being.
PayPal tells dead customer she breached contract
Although an error, the firm threatened legal action.
Share-buying Dabbl app overfunded in first Seedrs campaign
Designed as a low-barrier entry for the public.
Barclays moves from FIS’s ACBS to Finastra’s Loan IQ system
EXCLUSIVE. Out with the old in this lendtech leap.
Plum first chatbot to integrate Monzo and Starling
Users can link bank accounts without having to share login details.
UK Faster Payments suffers seriously slow service
Issues started Sunday 8 July and backlog remains.
Barclays digital banking goes down
Seems to be resolved now, but it kept consumers unable to log in.
Banking problems return to TSB
Customers reporting online issues again.
Equifax and Consents Online in open banking pact
Will develop solutions for UK consumers and small businesses.
Investment app Moneybox gets £14m funding
Some handy change for UK-based spare change investment app.
Infographic: B2B e-commerce – England vs Sweden
PPRO Group has created (with its hands, not its feet) this cool infographic.
Fortytwo Data upgrades entity screening platform
Sanction Screening Augmentation platform gets augmented.
UK regulators want banks to offer resilience brilliance
BoE, PRA and FCA call for feedback from firms and financial market infrastructures.
UK and France strengthen AI and data ties
Two nations sign a five-year accord.
Shoppers can now order ahead with Yoyo
Saving users time by letting them skip the line.
UK start-up BABB seeks more funding in banking licence hunt
Wants £1.5 million for 1.48% of the business.
Santander-backed Asto finance app preps for beta launch
London-based firm wants to be a pocket business helper.
Lendtech Ezbob buzzing with sweet investment from Honeycomb
Alternative business lending company gets some sugar-coated cash.
Phoebus completes swift integration onto Capital Home Loans system
Including the migration of its mortgage book.
Insurtech Bought By Many brings in £15m funding
A quick rise and product roll-out has created interest in investors.
Zesty Zopa reveals record lending figures
Zopa achieved revenues of $61 million in 2017.
NPSO takes charge of UK cheque clearing systems
Supported by its two new deals with the C&CCC and UKPA.
Starling and Revolut suffer weekend outages
Curve and Pockit also reported issues.
Monzo faces challenging times with £33m losses
But user numbers did treble for UK mobile-only challenger.
Bank of England warns of cybersecurity risks to UK stability
Domestics risks, other than Brexit, remain low.
Highland Europe looking up with new €463m funding
It brings the tech investor’s assets to over a billion.
Infographic: financial services jobs in UK and Germany
Joblift has compared the UK’s financial sector job market with Germany.
Coventry Building Society selects Temenos for digital revamp
UK-based society opts for T24 core banking system.
Trezeo seeks funding from the crowd at Seedrs
Business account provider targets 5m people in self-employed sector.
