P2P lending platform Flender raises £350k from Enterprise Ireland, as part of wider round
Ireland-based P2P mobile lending platform Flender has raised a £350,000 investment from Enterprise Ireland, Flender founder Olic Cavanagh told FinTech Global.
Peer-to-peer lender JULO has expanded its Series A round by $10m
Indonesian peer-to-peer lender JULO has extended its Series A funding round with $10m
iwoca announces its buy now pay later service will be free during the UK’s...
Small business lender iwoca has will offer its invoice payments product iwocaPay for free throughout the UK’s second national lockdown to support small businesses impacted by coronavirus.
BNPL firm Sunbit secures unicorn status following $130m Series D
California-headquartered buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Sunbit has achieved unicorn status after a $130m Series D brought its value up to $1.1bn.
Linked Finance secures €1m funding to support local companies
Ireland-based crowdfunding platform Linked Finance has reportedly secured over €1m for Waterford-based businesses.
P2P lending app Orca moves past crowdfunding goal
P2P lending app Orca has sailed past its £500,000 target for its crowdfunding campaign.
Funding Circle completes second US securitization
Funding Circle, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace for SMEs, has completed its $252m securitization.
Digital mortgage lender Better.com rakes in a $500m round led by SoftBank
Digital mortgage lender Better.com raised a massive $500m round from Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank that values the New York-based company at $6bn up from $4bn in November.
London-based StepEx lands €1.2m to offer alternative student finance
StepEx, an FCA-regulated FinTech startup that provides affordable student finance based on future earnings rather than debt, has raised €1.2m in pre-seed funding.
Chinese authorities raid peer-to-peer lender’s offices
The Chinese authorities are cracking down on suspicious peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms with raids on the offices of two businesses connected with Shanghai Kuailu Investment Group.