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London-based fintech Wagestream has officially launched its new workplace loan product to its UK client base, offering employees access to affordable, salary-linked lending as part of employer-sponsored benefits.…
Monzo, the popular digital bank with the bright orange cards, just got a big fine, over £21 million. Why? Because it didn’t do a very good job of…
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) just did something surprising. They teamed up with Nvidia to let fintech companies test out new AI tools. And they’re not just testing…
Filament Syfter, a company that says it can turn messy data into gold for private equity and investment banking, has just raised up to $4.8 million. FINTOP Capital…
Here’s some good news for anyone tired of workplace drama. Valla, a legal tech startup in Edinburgh, just raised £2 million. Their goal? To make it easier for…
Small business owners have a lot on their plate. Dealing with slow card machines, surprise fees, and long contracts shouldn’t be part of it. But for years, that’s…
OpenAI’s newest artificial intelligence model, ChatGPT o3, has shown signs of resisting shutdown commands in controlled experiments, an act that some experts warn could be a harbinger of…
The UK’s fintech sector is now home to 28 unicorns, private companies each valued at over $1 billion. That figure, confirmed by valuation data platform Multiples, marks the…
UK-based fintech startup Ryft announced a significant milestone with a £5.7 million Series A funding round, bringing its total funding to £7.4 million. This infusion of capital, led…
AI-powered credit technology firm Abound has secured up to £250 million in new financing from Deutsche Bank, further cementing its position as a leader in AI-driven consumer lending.…
Burbank, a Welsh fintech company, has secured £5M in seed funding to launch its groundbreaking Card-Present over Internet (CPoI) technology, which brings in-store payment security to online transactions.…
Elbow Beach, a UK-based climate impact seed investor, has launched its second fund, the £80M Climate Impact Fund 2, securing £63M in commitments, including up to £50M from…
Marygold & Co UK (MGUK), a subsidiary of US-based fintech The Marygold Companies (TMC), has launched a new mobile banking and financial services app in the UK, now…
