Tag: UK
Visa and Barclaycard kit out Team BG with payment wearables
For the Rio Olympics, Visa and Barclaycard are working together to provide all 366 British athletes with wearable payments bands.
Bank of England says it will not stifle FinTech
The Bank of England says that it will not stifle FinTech development as it attempts to lay down regulations for the rapidly-growing sector.
Pariti looks to Zopa to help users manage debt
Peer-to-peer lending platform Zopa is partnering with UK money management app Pariti to help users find out if they could be paying less for their debt and apply for consolidation loans directly through Pariti’s platform.
More than $26m spent through challenger bank Mondo
UK challenger bank Mondo has passed a new milestone with more than £20m ($26m) spent through its service to date.
Legal & General backs UK startup Smart Pension
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has invested in UK startup Smart Pension, which manages a digital auto enrollment platform.
Behavox gets VC backing for RegTech compliance
London-based startup Behavox, a provider of compliance surveillance software, has raised Series A funding from venture capital investors.
OpenGamma grabs $13.3m for rick-as-a-service software
Financial services software provider OpenGamma has raised $13.3m in a new round of funding.The investment was led by Accel and ICAP with individual investor...
Divido takes $3.3m for instalment payments
Divido, a point-of-sale financer, has raised £2.5m ($3.3m) in round of seed funding. The capital comes from Mangrove Capital Partners and DN Capital.
Featurespace picks up $9m for machine-learning fraud detection
Machine learning-driven fraud detection startup Featurespace has raised $9m in a new round of venture funding led by TTV Capital.Investment for the Cambridge-based company...
Hogan Lovells launches Regulatory Accelerator for FinTech startups
Legal firm Hogan Lovells is launching a Regulatory Accelerator to help UK FinTech startups to understand and navigate the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) regulatory regime.