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Got any unused foreign currency? Exchanging it just became a whole lot easier thanks to Bidwedge... While holidays abroad may not be on any of our minds at the moment, chances are we may still have some reminders of our last trip away - in the form of unused foreign currency that we didn’t get around to spending.It might have seemed like too much hassle to take it to the bank or the excha...
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Gig worker or on a zero hour contract? Wollit is a FinTech startup that is “on a mission to give everyone access to financial wellbeing” Proponents of the gig economy and zero hours contracts may hail flexibility as being a huge advantage, however that is of course accompanied by major financial challenges. After all, if you are working on an ad hoc basis or have irregular workin...
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Penfold - The fintech startup that's making it a doddle for the self-employed, freelancers and contractors to organise their pensions... Pensions are never an easy subject to get your head around. However when you’re self-employed it can be even harder. With recent stats showing that only 14% of the UK’s self-employed people are actively saving for old age, it’s clear that it is...
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How 2019 has proven to be a hugely successful year for Seedrs... A great start to the New Year for leading private company investment platform Seedrs with the announcement that in 2019 they had a record-breaking year. £283M was invested into pitches - a 49% growth in investment from the previous year. Seedrs completed 250 deals in 2019, up from 186 in 2018, and delivered 7,858 investor...
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The lowdown on the innovative, interesting and sometimes quirky startups that have featured as one of our Startups of the Week during 2019.With the end of the year almost upon us, it’s the perfect time to have a look back at all the innovative startups that have been awarded the Startup of the Week accolade by us over the past 12 months. Inspirational one and all - the Startacus Startup...
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Freelancer? Hate chasing invoices? Paid is a startup that is on a mission to help freelancers and micro businesses get paid for work without the wait... If you’re a freelancer, you’ll know only too well how challenging it can be to get the money in. You do the work and then spend an excessive amount of time chasing up invoices or overdue payments. And of course by doing that, i...
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The lowdown on HyperJar, the FinTech startup that has created the digital version of jam-jar budgeting... Whilst we all know how important it is to manage our personal finances effectively, for many of us it can still be a real challenge. Therefore anything which can help us improve our relationship with money and get on to a better financial footing ought to be welcomed with open arms. So, arms ...
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More FinTech headquarters based in London than any other city according to report just published from Savills and flexible office specialist Workthere... Good news for the economy today with the publication of recent research from Savills and its flexible office specialist Workthere which has shown that London has the most FinTech headquarters of any city in the world. There are currently ...
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The lowdown on the innovative partnership in the fintech sector between Oval Money and Seedrs... Collaboration in the fintech sector today with the announcement that Oval Money and Seedrs have launched a partnership that opens up startup investing to fintech users across Europe. The partnership begins with Oval’s £1 million crowdfunding round on Seedrs, whic...
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We take a look at Freetrade, the fintech startup that'll enable us all to invest on the stock market... Certain Startacustodians might have been rich now had we continued to invest in the likes of Tesla and Bitcoin. Instead of writing this article, we’d be landing our private helicopter on our super-yacht and berating the help for not topping up Richard Branson’s champagne. Or at le...
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