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The lowdown on Plend, the London-based fintech that's on a mission to end the hardship caused by financial exclusion so people are not held back by their credit history Financial exclusion is a growing issue where people are, as the term suggests, excluded from financial services and can access nothing more than a basic bank account. Financial insecurity affects more than 13 million people in t...
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  The lowdown on JustTip, the Dublin-based fintech startup that's developed an innovative solution to change the way we tip More and more, we are turning to cashless options to pay for everything, particularly in response to COVID-19 fears. Even at the till, the options aren’t always cash or card anymore, with some places offering their own apps through which you can pay with multiple...
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Fintech startup Lightyear announces major funding boost to accelerate its plans to open up transparent and low-cost investing to everyone in Europe It’s a momentous day for fintech startup Lightyear with the announcement that it has secured an additional $8.5M of funding in addition to launching its app and onboarding the first UK customers from its waiting list. The funding was led by Mo...
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  The lowdown on fintech startup Twig and its “Bank of Things” enabling users to turn their things into instant cash. We have written recently about startups helping people to sell or rent their unwanted belongings rather than having them end up in a landfill - startups such as Young Planet and By Rotation, for example. It's clear they're doing their bit to address a huge proble...
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Ntropy secures major investment to help with expansion of its team, support market growth and future product development. Fab news for Ntropy, a company removing data barriers to understand financial transactions, as they have just announced a $3.2M seed round led by QED Investors, who has previously invested in fintech unicorns Nubank, Klarna, and Current. January Ventures and founders and exe...
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Want to get into crypto but don't know where to begin? Step forward Young Platform, a fintech startup that's on a mission to help There are more than 100 million cryptocurrency holders in the world. There are numerous different cryptocurrency ‘wallets’ and all kinds of technologies, platforms, and services popping up, and it can be overwhelming to start trying to get into and wrap y...
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Innovative startup, Toqio, secures major funding to help scale its global financial SaaS platform and expand its operational team Great news for Toqio, the FinTech Software-as-a-Service startup with the announcement of an €8M seed round from Seaya Ventures, Speedinvest and SIX FinTech Ventures. Since its launch in 2019, Toqio has been aiming to make it easier for any business to quickly l...
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  London-based financial literacy startup Strive is on a mission to teach kids about the future of money - from cryptocurrencies to saving Cryptocurrency. Bitcoin and Ethereum are perhaps the most well known of the multiple choices, but whichever you call it, it’s the currency that uses a decentralized technology spread across numerous computers that manages and records transactions, ...
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New fintech startup Lightyear secures major pre-seed funding and launches waiting list for its innovative investment platform Fab news from new fintech startup Lightyear with the announcement of  a $1.5M pre-seed funding round, alongside the launch of its waiting list for Europe’s first truly commission-free investment platform.  Set to start rolling out in Q3 2021, Lightyear m...
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Innovative fintechs take note - applications are now open for a new accelerator programme launched by Metro Bank and L Marks Fintech startups - this one’s for you! Metro Bank has just launched a startup accelerator programme in partnership with corporate innovation specialists, L Marks with the aim of finding innovative solutions to help the bank support its customers and local business...
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