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MarketInvoice rebrand reflects wider lending options

Last Updated: December 24, 2019

MarketInvoice has changed its name to MarketFinance, to mark the broader range of loans the business lender offers. The London-based fintech said the rebrand highlights […]

Zopa races to raise £150m to secure bank licence

Author: Roger Baird

Last Updated: December 24, 2019

Zopa, the world’s oldest peer-to-peer lender, is in a race against time to raise up to £150m to secure its banking licence. The lender must […]

Swedish electric scooter start-up raises $85m for European drive

Author: Roger Baird

Last Updated: December 24, 2019

A Swedish electric scooter start-up has raised $85m as it prepares to upgrade its platform and launch across new cities across Europe. Voi Technology raised […]

Peer-to-peer lender Zopa makes first move into banking

Author: Roger Baird

Last Updated: December 24, 2019

Peer-to-peer lender Zopa made its first entry into banking, as it launched a savings account. The firm began testing a fixed-term saver account this morning, […]

Iwoca lends £1bn to small firms amid ‘unprecedented’ Brexit uncertainty

Author: Roger Baird

Last Updated: December 24, 2019

Lending platform iwoca has lent more than £1bn to small firms since its launch seven years ago, as business confidence continues to slump amid Brexit […]

Lending marketplace Become raises $12.5m in bid to be ‘Expedia of business loans’

Author: Roger Baird

Last Updated: December 24, 2019

Business lending fintech Become has raised $12.5m as it bids to become “the Expedia of business loans”. The Israeli start-up completed a Series A funding […]

London lending start-up Koyo raises $4.9m and already has ‘global ambitions’

Author: Roger Baird

Last Updated: February 11, 2020

Digital lending start-up Koyo has raised $4.9m for its plans to sell loans to new migrants and people with thin credit histories. The London-based firm […]

Starling Bank launches dual currency debit card

Author: Roger Baird

Last Updated: December 24, 2019

Starling Bank has launched a dual currency debit card which allows customers to pay for purchases in either pounds or euros. The app-only lender also […]

Greensill lands $655m investment from Softbank to target payday lenders

Author: Roger Baird

Last Updated: December 24, 2019

Fintech start up Greensill has landed a $655m investment to launch a new service that will target payday lenders. Japanese conglomerate Softbank has backed the […]

Assetz Capital’s Stuart Law: New city rules will lead to “significant” peer-to-peer failures

Author: Roger Baird

Last Updated: December 24, 2019

The collapse of peer-to-peer lender FundingSecure into administration this week has left some in the industry estimating that up to half of these specialist lenders […]