SME banking app Tide cashes in $14m investment from Spotify investor
Tide, an SME banking app, has secured a $14m Series A investment from Spotify and iZettle investor Creandum and fintech fund Anthemis.
Tag: Fintech
An insider account of a trade mission to Australia
By Staff writer
Michael Hufton, CEO of ingage, recounts his tale of joining an 11-day government trade mission to the farthest corner of the globe.
Hiring plans reveal the finance sector is bored with Brexit
The hiring plans of the finance sector is the primary reason London has seen a 17 per cent month-on-month increase in available jobs, a Morgan McKinley Financial Services report explained.
Turning the fintech Tide A hassle-free bank account for SMEs?
By Barry James
It takes a lot for me to get even mildly excited about a bank these days. But a bank that ‘just works’ for an SME stays out of the way, and doesn’t issue time fines or patronise you” Now that’s a little different.
Royal Bank of Scotland opens HQ doors to Edinburgh’s burgeoning fintech community
A year after the launch of Entrepreneurial Spark at the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Edinburgh-based headquarters, the hub has opened its doors to the fintech community.
Casting an eye over the 2017 fintech industry
By Staff writer
The New Year is here and the 2017 fintech industry holds the potential for exciting new developments, as well as having to come against a fast moving landscape and political impacts.
Automotive finance can’t afford to ignore the fintech revolution
By Staff writer
Fintech’s dramatic impact and the constant march of innovation has overhauled nearly all aspects of the sector, from accountancy to investment banking as well as automotive finance.
Rebuilding the financial services industry takes the best of both
By Staff writer
The financial services sector is broken. However, it is not broke. It still generates enormous revenue, but it does so within a system that is quickly becoming unsustainable.
Benefits of collaboration between fintechs and banks
The rise of the fintech has long been seen as an approaching threat to the financial services industry. But now that it’s arrived, the financial services industry is seeing as much in the way of collaboration as it is in the way of competition.
VC firm Octopus opens accelerator programme with fintech focus
The parent company of venture capital firm Octopus Investments, Octopus Group, has opened Octopus Labs, a new accelerator programme launched to support fintech startups, while also independently creating in-house products.