Retail Investing & Trading

Bricknode, a brokerage-as-a-service platform, has secured a SEK 2.5m ($2.3m) loan from its founder and co-CEO Stefan Willebrand, co-CEO Erik Hagelin and Chairman Robert Lempka.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has reportedly pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he defrauded customers.

French banking customers prefer a ‘playful’ method to building their risk profile compared to traditional questionnaires, according to a field study by everyoneINVESTED.

South Korea-based Tessa, which allows users to buy, trade and collect art, has reportedly received $9m in funding from Kyobo Securities.

As the cost-of-living crisis takes hold of the world, there are bound to be a number of challenges the financial market will need to brace for. One of the ways firms are looking to prepare for the challenge is through technology. 

Seeds Investor, which provides financial advisors with the tools to offer personalised and engaging investing experiences, has raised $2.7m in seed funding.

BUX, a European neobroker, has acquired the retail brokerage arm of Spanish neobroker Ninety Nine, helping BUX boost its presence in the Spanish retail brokerage market.

Super apps have sparked a trend for companies to expand their product suite across verticals. As more companies look to implement financial services, there needs to be a simplified way of implementing new types of products. Stefan Willebrand –founder and co-CEO, and Erik Hagelin, co-CEO, at cloud financial services platform Bricknode - spoke to FinTech Global about why Bricknode was founded and became the building blocks for digital investment and lending products.

Trive has launched a next generation, multi-asset investment platform that will serve investors across Europe.

Singapore-based private market investing app ADDX has reportedly raised an additional $20m for its pre-Series B investment round.