Regular readers will be aware of Money&Co.’s close relationship with the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), part of the University of Cambridge. Our friends at Crowdfundinsider report that CCAF has launched a new public-private collaboration involving banks, public agencies, and private organizations aiming to provide insight into the emerging digital asset ecosystem. The mission is to […]
The long-promised new loans – rated A, with a gross yield of 7 per cent – have landed on site. The next step for registered lenders is to deploy capital. The vast majority of lenders do just that. But some leave their money lying in their accounts, earning no yield. That’s a shame, as we’ve […]
Today we look at the second offering in the new tranche of loan auctions. Below is a snippet from the credit note of a loan that will be used to fund the borrowing company’s continued growth. It provides temporary structures for sporting and other events. It’s an old saw – and a truism – that […]
The first tranche of new loan offerings has, as promised, arrived. Today, we offer a snippet from the credit note of a loan that will be used to fund litigation for alleged financial irregularities in selling. For full detail, please register or login. HTLH was recently incorporated to fund pension mis-selling and irresponsible lending claims. […]
The mainstream media is styling today as the fifth day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The immediate investment knock-ons include the Russian rouble’s fall to an historic low against the dollar, and UK and international equity indices falling back. Bitcoin, seen by many as an investment hedge, is showing a gain of around four percent […]
Ahead of our much-heralded (on this News site, at least) suite of new loan offerings, we bring news of the latest bit of integration between the mainstream and the world of crypto. Our friends at Finextra report: Crypto exchange and mobile banking platform hi has teamed up with BaaS player Contis on a debit card […]
Statism and entrepreneurism make uneasy bed fellows. Part of the problem is the difficulty of government remaining hands off while also providing stimulus. Our friends at Finextra report on the FinTech sector’s impatience at the state’s benign attempts to create the a benign environment for growth. In an open letter to the UK Government, almost […]
Ahead of the arrival of a suite of loan offerings – coming soon – we bring you more from the “creeping crypto” school of news. Our friends at Crowdfundinsider report on the latest step in the integration of cryptocurrencies and “mainstream” life: The team at Fintech Deel notes that if your business holds money in stablecoin USDC, […]
The relentless march of digital currencies continues. We run an extended excerpt from our friends at Crowdfundinsider on the proposed launch of a pan-European central bank digital currency. As pointed out several times on this News site, and in our blogs, a CBDC is a digital token, not a cryptocurrency. That has ramifications for oversight, […]
Irresistible forces and immovable objects have a fair bit of history. Inevitably, the irresistible force ends up the winner. In FinTech, cryptos are the coming thing. And nothing, it seems, can stop them. The UK’s top financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is reduced to little more than whining in this report from our […]