News

27Jun2019

Santander and eBay to launch loans app in UK

Santander and eBay have agreed a lending partnership for small businesses as the two groups attempt to combat competition from tech giants and newer digital rivals.

25Jun2019

German Varengold Bank Acquires 20% Stake in Klear

Germany’s Varengold Bank AG has agreed to acquire 20 percent of Klear, a Bulgaria-based p2p lending platform in the emerging FinTech segment in Southeast Europe (SEE).

20Jun2019

Raisin becomes the latest European Fintech to announce US expansion

After netting $114m for the purpose of 2019 expansion into “at least two additional markets” back in February, Raisin has revealed that one of those markets will be the US.

18Jun2019

Lending start-up SoFi closes $500 million funding round, led by Qatar

Online lending start-up Social Finance just closed a half-a-billion-dollar funding round, led by Qatar.

13Jun2019

T-Mobile Money Rocks Banking Model Using Fintech Engine

Ditch bankerly pinstripes and think leather and hot pink. T-Mobile, the self-styled 'Un-carrier' that has roiled the mobile market for years, partners with BankMobile to offer Americans a basic but higher-interest mobile-based transaction account.

11Jun2019

Under fire from fintech: 1 in 10 European banks to vanish by 2023

Bumper banking profits disguise an underlying weakness in traditional banks, as their per customer income has tumbled over the past decade.

06Jun2019

Fintech is Europe’s richest startup sector

Over the past three years €5.38bn has been ploughed into Europe’s growing fintech sector, accounting for nearly 20% of Europe’s overall growth-stage capital during this period.

04Jun2019

Fintech M&A activity hit record $112bn in first quarter, despite slowing global economy

Investor’s appetite for fintech firms remains undimmed with mergers and acquisitions hitting a record $112bn in the first three months of the year, despite signs of a slowing global economy and the threat of a disorderly Brexit in the UK.