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| 08.07.2024 | Startup founded by CBE-winning fintech pioneer reports losses of £7.5m in 2023 | A startup founded by a CBE-winning fintech pioneer has reported losses of £7.5m in 2023, with its overall losses now standing at £13.1m. Super Payments was founded by Samir Desai, a financial services trailblazer who co-founded Funding Circ... |
| 17.06.2024 | UK fintech job vacancies surge as investors flock back to London | - |
| 02.04.2024 | Bridging the gender diversity gap: Insights from women leaders and founders in European fintech | - |
| 07.03.2024 | Funding Circle looks to offload US arm and kicks off share buyback as losses deepen | Fintech firm Funding Circle kicked off a £25m share buyback programme today and said it was looking to offload its loss-making US division in the hope of stemming losses and boosting its flagging share, the firm has announced.
Alongside its... |
| 16.06.2022 | 7 Modern Ways To Finance A Venture While in Retirement | For many Americans, retirement isn’t about white sand beaches, or sipping Pina Coladas in the sunshine. For a lot of older people, retirement isn’t about simply relaxing, but really challenging themselves — to push their boundaries. To tryi... |
| 20.04.2022 | Funding Circle founder gets $30m injection for new Super Payments firm | |
| 08.03.2022 | Meet Thirdfort, the startup that aims to take on rising money laundering and payment fraud nightmare with £15 million | With spiralling payment scams and money laundering now costing the U.K. economy £100 billion annually, regulated professionals face an ever-growing risk and compliance burden. Tackling this burden manually is not only costly but the client ... |
| 29.09.2021 | HubSpot : The 23 Best Crowdfunding Sites to Launch Your Business or Product | You've put together a business plan, invested all your savings, and have been working on your idea as a side hustle for a few months. Finally, you feel like it's the right time to take the leap and raise some real capital. Does this sound f... |
| 02.09.2021 | Funding Circle : launches FlexiPay to revolutionise £1 trillion small business payments market | Funding Circle launches FlexiPay to revolutionise £1 trillion small business payments market
02 September 2021
FlexiPay is the first payment product offered by Funding Circle, empowering small businesses to buy now and pay later
The unique ... |
| 07.07.2021 | Smartphone leasing startup Raylo raises an additional $11.5 million | Why buy a mobile when you can lease one? That’s the thinking behind London’s Raylo, who has raised an additional $11.5 million in funding. The subscription model-based startup offers consumers the opportunity to lease a smartphone for less ... |
| 07.06.2021 | FUNDING CIRCLE HOLDINGS PLC
Funding Circle : SMALL BUSINESS CONFIDENCE RISING BUT FEARS OVER FUTURE LOCKDOWNS REMAIN, FINDS BCC/FUNDING CIRCLE SURVEY | SMALL BUSINESS CONFIDENCE RISING BUT FEARS OVER FUTURE LOCKDOWNS REMAIN, FINDS BCC/FUNDING CIRCLE SURVEY
07 June 2021
Growth: 63% of firms surveyed confident in their growth prospects over next 12 months
Restarting: 53% already operating at... |
| 30.05.2021 | Funding Circle Receives Recovery Loan Scheme Accreditation | Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the U.S. and parts of Europe, recently announced it received accreditation under the British Business Bank’s Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS). Funding Circle reported that RL... |
| 28.05.2021 | Funding Circle Announces £300 Million Lending Partnership With Atom Bank | Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the U.S. and parts of Europe, announced on Friday it has teamed up with Atom Bank to provide £300 million of new funding to small businesses. Through the collaboration,... |
| 12.05.2021 | 7 alternative funding platforms join forces to launch small business finance portal | Seven of the UK’s leading alternative finance providers have joined forces to launch signposting finance portal Alternativebusinessfunding.co.uk.
Collectively the businesses involved – regulated equity crowdfunding sites Crowdcube and Seedr... |
| 12.05.2021 | “Fintech success story” Funding Circle raises further £80m | Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Funding Circle is celebrating an impressive start to the new year after raising £80m in equity funding, just over a week after securing an additional £40m investment from the government-owned British Busi... |
| 26.04.2021 | SAGE GROUP PLC
Sage : How to get funding to start a business | From The Apprentice to Dragons' Den, we've all seen TV shows where would-be entrepreneurs pitch for funding to start a small business (or scale a company later down the line).
While these shows make for great entertainment, they can make th... |
| 26.03.2021 | Businesses can get PPP through PayPal, Kabbage, Bluevine, or Quickbooks — and they might be faster than your bank | Jeffrey Greenberg via Getty Image
Last year, fintech firms offered faster service for small businesses to get emergency loans through the PPP.
Companies like PayPal are able to streamline the application process because they already have si... |
| 25.03.2021 | [Funding alert] CityMall raises $11M in Series A round led by Accel Partners | Social ecommerce and online grocery platform startup CityMall, which focuses on Tier-II cities and other lower tiered locations, has raised $11 million in a Series A round led by Accel Partners.
Existing investors Elevation Capital and Wate... |
| 25.03.2021 | Funding Circle : Full Year 2020 Results | Full Year 2020 Results
25 March 2021
Funding Circle Holdings plc Full Year 2020 Results Embargoed until 7.00am, 25 March 2021
Funding Circle Holdings plc ('Funding Circle'), today announces results for the year ended 31 December 2020.
Samir... |
| 14.02.2021 | Global Microlending Market Is Projected to be Valued at Over $340 Billion by 2027, with Funding Circle, Kabbage, Others as Key Players | The global micro-lending market is projected to reach a valuation of $343.84 billion by 2027, according to a new report.
The expected increase in adoption of microlending in developing countries may improve consumers’ lifestyle or standard ... |
| 30.01.2021 | 10 Key Steps To Getting A Small Business Loan | A small business loan can be instrumental in helping your business to grow.getty |
| 28.01.2021 | How To Invest $1 Million In 2021 – Without The Stock Market | If you have at least $1 million to invest, you may be interested in looking beyond the stock market for future investments. True, stocks have been on a wild ride – mostly up – for the past 10 years. Over that decade, the index has returned ... |
| 20.01.2021 | [Funding alert] Fashinza raises $2.6M in seed round led by Accel Partners and Elevation Capital | Fashinza, a B2B manufacturing marketplace that solves apparel/fashion supply chain challenges by connecting fashion brands to experienced manufacturers, on Wednesday announced that it has raised a seed funding of $2.6 million.
The funds rai... |
| 29.03.2020 | Funding Circle raises $65m to fund international growth | Leading UK peer-to-peer lender Funding Circle today announced the completion of a major $65m Series D round of funding led by Index Ventures, set to back an ambitious programme of international expansion.
The investment takes the total rais... |
| 16.03.2020 | Funding Circle closes £10m Series B round | Funding Circle, an online lending marketplace for small businesses, has closed a £10m Series B funding round led by Index Ventures and US-based Union Square.
A number of angel investors, including Better Capital founder Jon Moulton and Betf... |
| 29.01.2020 | Funding Circle closes $252 million securitization | Funding Circle Funding Circle
Founded: 2010
Headquarters: London, UK
Total Funding: $746.42M
See full company profile "> , a small business loan platform in the UK, US, Germany, and the Netherlands, has closed its second asset-backe... |
| 29.01.2020 | Top tech startup news for today, Wednesday, January 29, 2020: Apple, FundingCircle, GoDaddy, Concentric, Attentive, Sendy | Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Wednesday, January 29, 2020.
Apple generated $56 billion in iPhone sales in just 3 months. Apple’s iPhone strength is back. Yesterday, Apple reported iPhone revenue of $56 billi... |
| 22.12.2019 | Startup Financing: 5 Key Funding Options For Your Company | By Richard D. Harroch and Mike Sullivan |
| 28.08.2019 | Funding Circle Completes $198M Securitization | Funding Circle, a San Francisco, CA-based small business loans platform, closed its first $198m asset-backed securitization (ABS) of US small business loans originated through its system.
The deal marks the debut of Funding Circle’s US secu... |
| 15.08.2019 | Fintech startup Funding Circle surpasses $10 billion lent to small businesses globally as the lending platform; hits a major milestone in less than 10 years | Funding Circle, the leading small business loans platform in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands, hits a major milestone that demonstrates global evolution in the way small businesses access finance. Today, Funding Circle announced that... |
| 22.07.2019 | Нас ждет бум коллективных инвестиций? | Точнее он уже идет, мировой рынок краудлендинга растет практически на 50% в год.
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| 19.07.2019 | Europe’s most valuable Fintechs in 2019 | Globally recognised as a hot investment sector, FinTech is one of the fastest-growing areas for venture capitalists. In a recent development, N26, a leading mobile banking startup raised another $170 million (€150 million), an extension of ... |
| 02.07.2019 | Going Public: Navigating an IPO | When is the right time to undertake an initial public offering (IPO)? What are the main differences between the US and the UK market? And should you even IPO at all?
There are so many questions, common misunderstandings and myths surroundi... |
| 24.06.2019 | Funding Circle launches direct lending fund, Merseyside Pension Fund commits £30m | UK-based commercial lender Funding Circle has partnered with Merseyside Pension Fund to launch a new private direct lend |
| 01.05.2019 | Expert advice: how to tackle performance management as you scale | When a company grows from something small into something big, there are a range of challenges that come along for the ride. Performance management, culture and managing talent are just a few such challenges, but important to get to grips wi... |
| 17.04.2019 | European Investment Bank will lend €100 million to Dutch and German small businesses through Funding Circle | The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced that it will lend €100 million to Dutch and German small and medium enterprises through the Funding Circle peer-to-peer business loans platform. The bank expects this investment to support mo... |
| 31.01.2019 | Boston-Based Talent Optimization Company The Predictive Index Announces $50 Million In Funding | Boston-based talent optimization company The Predictive Index (PI) has raised $50 million in growth-stage capital from General Catalyst. With this funding round, The Predictive Index will accelerate growth, launch a new talent optimization ... |
| 21.11.2018 | “There is no such thing as a perfect culture – that’s known as a cult” | Company culture is vital and difficult. And it’s about more than ping-pong and Peroni. In chapter 2 of our new Upscale book, a collection of insights on what it takes to scale a startup, Neil Rimer, co-founder of Index Ventures, alongside k... |
| 15.11.2018 | Открыть бизнес в Лондоне: советы от пяти российских предпринимателей Статьи редакции | Получение визы, местный менталитет, расходы и изменения на рынке Великобритании из-за выхода из Евросоюза.
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| 08.10.2018 | Во что вкладывает Юрий Мильнер: межзвездные космические корабли, мессенджеры, физика и финтех Статьи редакции... | Какие проекты выбирает российский миллиардер для инвестиций.
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| 28.09.2018 | P2P lender Funding Circle closes flat in London after pricing IPO at the lower end of range and raising £300M | Another fintech startup has made the leap into publicly traded company: Funding Circle, the peer-to-peer lending platform for small and medium businesses that was originally founded in the U.K., opened for trading today on the London Stock ... |
| 19.09.2018 | Peer-to-peer lender Funding Circle seeks valuation of £1.8bn after IPO | |
| 11.09.2018 | Unbundling Healthcare | USV has been investing in health-related technologies for about five years. Our approach can be characterized by the notion that digital processes, made more accessible by the internet and mobile access, could over time transform the cost a... |
| 03.09.2018 | Funding Circle confirms IPO that could value it at £2bn | |
| 03.09.2018 | Funding Circle plans to raise £300m in IPO | Small-business lending platform Funding Circle has officially announced its plan to raise £300 million as part of its £1.65 billion IPO on the London Stock Exchange.
Existing investors said the firm could hit a £2bn valuation once it goes p... |
| 03.09.2018 | British Fintech Platform Funding Circle Wants to Raise $386 Million in a London IPO | The “peer-to-peer” business-loan service Funding Circle has formally announced it is considering an initial public offering in London.
The eight-year-old British lending platform was earlier this year reported to have lined up Bank of Ameri... |
| 03.09.2018 | P2P lender Funding Circle plans $387 million London IPO | Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Funding Circle has announced plans to raise £300 million ($387 million) through an initial public offering (IPO) of its shares, according to a document filed with the London Stock Exchange.
Funding Circle... |
| 03.09.2018 | UK-based lending platform Funding Circle plans a £300 million London IPO | Funding Circle, a UK-founded peer-to-peer lending platform for small businesses, has announced its intention to raise £300 million by listing on London Stock Exchange. The IPO would value the company at up to £2 billion, the Financial Times... |
| 03.09.2018 | P2P lender Funding Circle plans $387 million London IPO | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Funding Circl... |
| 02.08.2018 | Temasek Singapore Ramps Up Fintech Investments | Singapore state investor Temasek is betting big on fintech. Nearly half of the company’s new investments of S$29 billion made during the financial year ended March 31, 2018, went into technology, life sciences, agribusiness, consumer and no... |
| 25.06.2018 | UK P2PFA Responds to Criticism Leveled by LendingCrowd Regarding Change in Loan Data Requirements | Last week, LendingCrowd CEO and cofounder Stuart Lunn published a pointed blog post addressing recent changes to the “operating principles” as set forth by the UK Peer to Peer Finance Association (P2PFA). LendingCrowd is currently not a mem... |
| 04.06.2018 | Lendix raises $37 million for its lending marketplace | French startup Lendix has raised a new funding round of $37 million (€32 million). With this new influx of cash, the startup has one goal in mind. It wants to become the leading lending marketplace of Continental Europe.
Idinvest and Allian... |
| 11.04.2018 | Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Approves Funding Circle Netherlands As Guarantee SME Credit Scheme Participant | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (EZ) has reportedly approved Funding Circle Netherlands as a Guarantee SME Credit (BKMB) scheme participant.
According to AltFi, for participating firms, which are typically major banks, the BKMB... |
| 01.04.2018 | USV Thesis 3.0 | The commitment to a thesis is part of the fiber of USV–a shared set of ideas creates a framework that allows us to operate with focus and work on what matters most to our team. But what that thesis is has evolved over time and will continue... |
| 16.03.2018 | The Third Age of credit | Nik Milanovic Contributor
Nik Milanovic is a fintech and financial inclusion enthusiast, with a decade of work across mobile payments, online lending, credit and microfinance. The opinions expressed in his articles do not reflect those of h... |
| 05.01.2018 | Funding Circle eyeing £1bn IPO | Small-business lending platform Funding Circle is seeking advisors as it plans an IPO this year.
According to reports from Sky News, it’s preparing to go public and plans to have advisors put in place to oversee its £1 billion valuation on ... |
| 30.12.2017 | How a simple tech upgrade at the IRS could transform the economy | Sam Hodges Contributor
Sam Hodges is the co-founder and U.S. managing director of Funding Circle, a leading lending platform for small businesses. He is responsible for overseeing the overall strategic direction and day-to-day operation of ... |
| 09.12.2017 | Video Of The Week: Samir Desai at Slush | One of the most impressive startup executions I have witnessed in the past ten years is what the team at Funding Circle has pulled off. They have gone from a team of friends with an idea to the largest non bank lender in the western world.
... |
| 16.11.2017 | UK FinTech Beats Brexit Blues with New Funding Record | The UK fintech sector has enjoyed a record year of investment in 2017 with more than £2 billion invested across 182 deals, according to research body FinTech.Global.
Additionally, the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.7% experienced ... |
| 13.07.2017 | Funding Circle Germany Takes a Fresh Start | Germany is a huge SME and VSME (very small business) credit market. But it is not as mature a market for online marketplace lending as the UK, the US, or even the Netherlands. This partly explains why Funding Circle Germany’s early loan boo... |
| 27.06.2017 | EVENT: FinTech 2017 – The Future Of Financial Technology | Welcome to FinTech 2017 the fourth annual financial technology summit, which takes place over two days (27th and 28th of September) in Edinburgh.
Keeping pace with this accelerating rate of change can be daunting. Predicting how this change... |
| 17.04.2017 | VC funding for U.K. remained steady in Q1 despite Brexit | It’s been more than nine months since U.K voters delivered a shock victory for Brexit. But, so far at least, the U.K.’s vibrant startup scene seems to be weathering the turbulence.
According to data from Dealroom.co, U.K.-based startups rai... |
| 17.04.2017 | VC funding for U.K. remained steady in Q1 despite Brexit | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
It’s been more than nine months since U.K voters ... |
| 06.04.2017 | Top 10 Fintech Lending Companies and Their Worth | Share
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According to the findings of Transparency market research, the value of fintech lending will command between $150 billion and $490 billion. There are many fintech companies that are driving this growth. Here ar... |
| 26.01.2017 | LendingRobot launches automated hedge fund secured by blockchain tech | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Bots are taking over — we all know that — and one... |
| 25.01.2017 | Funding Circle is Changing How it Prices Property Loans | On Wednesday, marketplace lending platform Funding Circle announced changes as to how it prices property loans. The lender revealed that following a recent review of its property loan offering, it is increasing the interest rate on certain ... |
| 13.01.2017 | “Fintech success story” Funding Circle raises further £80m | Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Funding Circle is celebrating an impressive start to the new year after raising £80m in equity funding, just over a week after securing an additional £40m investment from the government-owned British Busi... |
| 12.01.2017 | Funding Circle Raises $100M Equity Funding | Funding Circle, a London, UK and San Francisco, CA-based lending platform focused exclusively on small business finance, raised a further $100m in equity funding.
The round was led by Accel, with participation from existing investors Bailli... |
| 12.01.2017 | Sands Capital Joins $100M Funding for Funding Circle | Funding Circle raised $100 million of equity capital in a deal led by Accel Partners, according to a press release.
The deal was joined by other existing investors Baillie Gifford, DST Global, Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Rocket Internet... |
| 12.01.2017 | Sands Capital Joins $100M Funding for Funding Circle | Funding Circle raised $100 million of equity capital in a deal led by Accel Partners, according to a press release.
The deal was joined by other existing investors Baillie Gifford, DST Global, Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Rocket Internet... |
| 12.01.2017 | SMB lending platform Funding Circle raises $100 million from Accel and several investors | Lending platform Funding Circle has raised $100 million (£82 million) in a fresh funding round led by Accel along with several other investors.
Investors in the round include Baillie Gifford, DST Global, Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Rock... |
| 12.01.2017 | Funding Circle announces $100M equity investment to help thousands more small businesses globally | Funding Circle, the world's leading lending platform focused exclusively on small business finance, today announced it has raised a further $100 million in equity capital. Led by Accel, the round saw participation from existing Funding Circ... |
| 12.01.2017 | Union Square Ventures Joins $100M Funding for Funding Circle | Funding Circle raised $100 million of equity capital in a deal led by Accel Partners, according to a press release.
The deal was joined by other existing investors Baillie Gifford, DST Global, Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Rocket Internet... |
| 12.01.2017 | Union Square Ventures Joins $100M Funding for Funding Circle | Funding Circle raised $100 million of equity capital in a deal led by Accel Partners, according to a press release.
The deal was joined by other existing investors Baillie Gifford, DST Global, Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Rocket Internet... |
| 12.01.2017 | Term Sheet — Thursday, January 12 | TRANSPARENCY COCKTAIL
Transparency: Over the past four years, FundersClub, an online venture capital firm, has invested in 217 companies. It has had 19 exits. Today the company published a quarterly breakdown of its returns in an effort to ... |
| 12.01.2017 | Chancellor Philip Hammond praises “success story” Funding Circle as it announces $100m investment | |
| 12.01.2017 | UK's Funding Circle, an online marketplace lender, raises $100 million | By Anna Irrera
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Funding Circle, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace used by small- and medium-sized companies, has raised $100 million in an investment round led by venture capital firm Accel.
Existing investor... |
| 11.01.2017 | P2P lending site Funding Circle raises another $100M led by Accel | Make way for another large fintech investment out of Europe. Funding Circle, the London-based peer-to-peer lending platform that lets small businesses connect with investors willing to lend them money, has raised another $100 million in fun... |
| 11.01.2017 | Funding Circle raises $100 million to grow its P2P lending platform for SMEs | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Funding Circle has raised £82 million ($100 million) in an equity funding round led by Accel, with ... |
| 06.01.2017 | British Business Bank Lends Further £40M to Small Businesses via Funding Circle | The government-owned British Business Bank has begun lending a further £40m directly to small businesses through the Funding Circle platform.
This follows an initial £40m investment by the British Business Bank in 2014, and a £20m investmen... |
| 23.12.2016 | Funding Circle Takes a Look Back at 2016 Memorable Moments (Video) | With less than two weeks until 2016 comes to an end, Funding Circle took a look back at its marketplace lending platform’s memorable moments of the year.
The platform shared: |
| 28.10.2016 | The Fintech 100 – Announcing The World’s Leading Fintech Innovators For 2016 | Fintech Innovators, a collaboration between fintech investment firm, H2 Ventures and KPMG Fintech, announced its list of the world’s leading fintech innovators, the 2016 Fintech 100.
The annual list includes the leading 50 Established finte... |
| 18.10.2016 | Marketplace Lending: The Challenge of Keeping It Simple And Transparent | LendIt Europe gathered over 900 attendees from 50 countries on the banks of the Thames river to network and hear about the latest trends in online direct lending. The tone of the conference was clearly set by the UK keynote speakers. The UK... |
| 05.10.2016 | The re-bundling of peer-to-peer finance - Simon Menashy | (This article can be found on MMC Writes)
Last week, peer-to-peer lending platform Zopa announced Europe’s first securitisation of unsecured consumer loans. Effectively they have bundled up 27,137 loans worth £138 million, which public mar... |
| 28.09.2016 | The big rebundling of peer-to-peer finance | This week, peer-to-peer lending platform Zopa announced Europe’s first securitization of unsecured consumer loans. Effectively, they have bundled up 27,137 loans worth £138 million ($180 million), which public markets investors can now go a... |
| 19.09.2016 | Tech.eu Podcast #58: Amazon Echo comes to Europe, Northzone closes €300 million fund, an interview with Funding Circle and more | The Tech.eu podcast is a weekly show where Robin Wauters and Roxanne Varza discuss the most interesting stories from the European technology scene.
You can find the latest episode below. Subscribe to the podcast today and don’t miss new epi... |
| 29.08.2016 | 27 Most Valued World Fintech Unicorns, 8 From China | Business Insider Singapore, CBInsights, Funderbeam, and Crunchbase together have created the world’s fintech unicorns – fintech start-ups valued at over $1 billion.
Fintech Unicorns Worth $1 billion 27. Rong360, Chinese Financial Comparison... |
| 20.06.2016 | European Investment Bank teams with Funding Circle to invest £100 million in UK small businesses | The European Investment Bank (EIB) today agreed a £100 million (€129 million) investment in loans to UK small businesses originated through Funding Circle, the London-based operator of a marketplace for business loans.
This investment, alon... |
| 17.06.2016 | The Europas Awards 2016 honored the best tech startups in Europe | This week The Europas Startup Conference and Awards — the new type of tech event devised in partnership with TechCrunch and myself — honored The Best Tech Startups in Europe. You can check out all the pictures here and follow the coverage o... |
| 08.06.2016 | The fintech world beyond Silicon Valley and Europe: Emerging market contenders | Alexander Dunaev Contributor
Alexander Dunaev is the founder of IDF.
According to a recent study by Accenture, investments in fintech hit $5.3 billion in the first quarter of this year (having grown 75 percent in 2015, exceeding $22 billion... |
| 17.05.2016 | For online lenders, it’s suddenly touch-and-go | A year ago, privately held online lenders like Prosper, SoFi and Avant looked all but certain to go public at the same unicorn valuations their venture investors had assigned them — if not higher. They were seemingly reshaping the student, ... |
| 26.04.2016 | Las Fintech Internacionales Funding Circle y Crowdcube confían en el mercado español para atraer capital extranjero | 26/04/2016
LAS FINTECH INTERNACIONALES FUNDING CIRCLE Y CROWDCUBE CONFÍAN EN EL MERCADO ESPAÑOL PARA ATRAER CAPITAL EXTRANJERO.
Esta mañana, ha tenido lugar en la Wer-House de Barcelona, el acto de presentación de las fintech extranjeras ... |
| 25.04.2016 | Lendix grabs $13.5 million to become a leading European P2P lending platform | Shortly after acquiring its competitor Finsquare, Lendix is back with more news. The French startup has just raised $13.5 million (€12 million) and now wants to become one of the leading European peer-to-peer lending platforms.
Lendix launc... |
| 09.03.2016 | Funding Circle Appoints Jörg Asmussen as New Board Member | Funding Circle announced on Wednesday that former executive board member of the European Central Bank (ECB), Jörg Asmussen, will join its board. This announcement reportedly marks another important step for the company as it strengthens its... |
| 02.03.2016 | What Lending Club’s falling share price means for the P2P lending sector | Mike Lobanov Contributor
Mike Lobanov is a partner at Target Global.
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Lending Club, the largest P2P lending platform in the U.S... |
| 03.02.2016 | Index Ventures Has A New, $550 Million Fund, And A New Partner | When yesterday, the keyboard developer Swiftkey was reported to be acquired by Microsoft for $250 million — about 10 times what it raised from investors — it seemed just another success in a string for Index Ventures, the venture firm with ... |
| 14.01.2016 | Funding Circle Update: Did You Help 146 Businesses Access Finance Last Week? | Funding Circle posed the question on its blog, “Did You Help 146 Businesses Access Finance Last Week?” While many readers were still on holiday, during the week of 4 – 8 January, it was back to business for fintech and the crowdfunding sect... |
| 04.01.2016 | How Peak Design Used Crowdfunding To Kickstart Its Business Model | Peter Dering and his colleagues at Peak Design, a small camera accessories company that he started in San Francisco in 2010, had reason to celebrate. For the previous two hours wall monitors had ticked down the minutes to the end of a wildl... |
| 23.12.2015 | A milestone for British peer-to-peer lending platform Funding Circle: £1 billion in business loans | Funding Circle co-founder and CEO Samir Desai was tweeting about this yesterday evening:
And now it's happened. Today, the London-based fintech startup effectively crossed the milestone, having lent more than £1 billion to British businesse... |
| 16.12.2015 | The UK’s Diverse Tech Ecosystem is Boosted by 15 New Future Fifty Companies | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
Today we announce the latest group of companies who are joining, and graduating, from our Future Fifty programme. The companies chosen demonstrate growing location and sector ... |
