P2P Lending

ALAMI nets funding for Shariah-compliant P2P SME lending

ALAMI nets funding for Shariah-compliant P2P SME lending

Indonesia-based ALAMI Group, which offers Shariah-compliant P2P SME lending services, has reportedly closed its pre-Series B funding round.

How LendTechs are transforming loan access for SMEs

Cross-border payments platform Currencycloud recently examined how embedded finance could transform the loan accessing process for SMEs.

FOLK2FOLK bags ?7m to support UK SMEs

FOLK2FOLK, a peer-to-peer (P2P) lender for rural and regional small businesses, has collected ?7m from British Business Investments.

Lenderwize said to bag €100m in debt funding

Lenderwize, an invoice platform for digital commodities, has reportedly raised €100m in a new debt funding round.

SoLo Funds said to collect $10m to support growth of its community lending service

P2P lending platform SoLo Funds has reportedly collected $10m to support the expansion of its presence in the US.

Open banking-powered lender Koyo inks Series A round to help people with poor credit...

Koyo has closed a Series A funding round of $50m in debt and equity led by Force Over Mass with participation from existing investors Forward Partners, Frontline Ventures and Seedcamp.

Financial comparison super app Jeff banks $1.5m seed extension for SEA expansion

Latvia-based FinTech startup Jeff, which currently only has operations in Vietnam, has raised $1.5m in a seed round extension led by J12 Ventures.

Challenger bank lending continues to climb with 11% uptick in 2020

Research by accountancy and advisory business BDO has found lending by challenger banks in 2020 reached a record high of £143bn – a hike of 11% on 2019.

InsurTech startup Quotall exceeds crowdfunding target

InsurTech company Quotall has exceeded the target of its crowdfunding campaign, pulling in £356,581, at the time of writing.

London-based Tembo Money raises £2.5m to help first-time property buyers increase their deposits

Tembo Money, a London-based FinTech, closed £ 2.5m in funding led by Aviva after its official launch in June 2021.

News Stories

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What the US-Iran conflict reveals about global insurance risk

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Saracens name PensionBee as official pension partner

Saracens name PensionBee as official pension partner

Saracens, the professional rugby union club, has announced a new partnership with PensionBee, a leading online retirement savings provider, naming the firm as the...
ClearScore and Zuto partner to lead digital car finance

ClearScore and Zuto partner to lead digital car finance

ClearScore has announced an exclusive partnership with Zuto, the UK's leading car finance FinTech, to provide car finance brokerage services as it bids to...

Dext launches AI Assist to automate bookkeeping decisions

Dext, a bookkeeping automation platform, has launched a new AI agent called AI Assist, designed to help accountants, bookkeepers and finance teams automate routine...
Moniepoint buys restaurant platform Orda Africa

Moniepoint buys restaurant platform Orda Africa

Moniepoint, Africa's all-in-one financial ecosystem platform, has acquired Orda Africa, a cloud-based restaurant management platform operating in Nigeria, integrating it into its Moniebook business...

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