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2021 Sees Record Inward Investment To UK FinTech Sector

Boom times? There are many regulatory and process hurdles to be negotiated, but the UK FinTech sector raised an impressive $11.6bn during the calendar year of 2021, according to figures from Innovate Finance, as reported by our friends at Altfi. According to Innovate Finance, and harnessing data from PitchBook, the sector smashed its pre-pandemic record of $4.9bn […]

Brave New Digital Currency World Lies Before Europe

The new year will see a step change on the acceptance of crypto and digital currencies. Cryptos are decentralised digital currencies, controlled by an independent algorithm. Digital currencies are often centrally administered money in a cute digital format. In the UK, we’ll see retail outlets such as the chemist, Boots, take digital payment. That’s just […]

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year

Season’s greetings from us all at Money&Co. It’s been a great year with a strong pipeline of attractive, high-performing loans, generating credit for our borrowers, a good income for lenders – and profitability for Money&Co. We hope and believe 2022 will bring more of the same. Until the, we wish you a peaceful and happy […]

Cryptoland’s Wild West – Plus Loan Latest

This year has proven to be one of tremendous progress in the world of cryptocurrencies, digital tokens and central-bank digital currencies. But progress comes at a cost. The land of opportunity can also turn into the Wild West, as our friends at The Fintech Times report: Billions of dollars in crypto assets have been stolen […]

P2P Lending Flow Unaffected By Minor Rate Rise – Plus Loans Latest

Many an eyebrow was raised at the timing of this week’s tiny rise in base rates. Our friends at leading trade publication, P2P Finance News, called to ask our reaction. We excerpt the lead of the story below. Peer-to-peer lending platforms have claimed that the Bank of England’s base rate increase to 0.25 per cent […]