Tag Archives: FinTech

Covid Loans Doing The Job – Plus Loan Offer Latest

When it comes to Covid-related business loans – the emergency measures rushed into place in March 2020 and later – there’s been a lot of analysis gifted with the benefit of twenty-twenty hindsight. Amid the rather hostile criticism that predominates, good news is being reported. Our friends at Altfi convey the latest: Now, new research […]

Digital Bank Adopts Cost-Of-Living Solution – Plus Loan Latest

Digital boutique banks, the kind of entity that one might argue Money&Co. is becoming, are all about agile management and the flexibility to adapt to market conditions. Today, we bring news of one of the leading digital banks, Starling, which is adapting its offering to deal with the much-heralded cost-of-living crisis. While Money&Co., with a […]

P2P Sector Can Sail Through Credit Crunch Difficulties

Today, some fact-based predictions. A remarkable credit crunch is coming the way of the UK. Unpleasantness will follow, and the fallout will have ramifications for companies that deal direct with borrowers and individual lenders. In sum, there’s a reputational risk ahead for those involved in the peer-to-peer (P2P) finance industry. Money&Co., of course, will remain […]

Covid-Loan Allegations Rock FinTech Sector

Today we bring news of an astonishing outburst. The general, industry-wide problem regarding Covid loans certainly appears to be real enough. But the specific allegations here are truly shocking. Altfi reports: Starling Bank is reeling from accusations from former Conservative minister Lord Agnew that the bank used the Government’s Covid loan scheme as a “God-sent […]

Mainstream Bank Enhances Digital Asset Management Potential

We can finish off what’s become a mini-series of stories on the way digital banking is not just joining the mainstream service offering available out there – when it is in fact dictating what the mainstream really is. The Fintech Times has this offering: Lloyds Bank has bolstered its collaboration with financial software firm Alfa to make it […]

Financial And Social Change Coming Hand In Hand

Financial and social change are galloping towards us, hand in hand. While the focus in the UK may be the cost of living and the day-to-day worries of just getting by, the micro-universe of financial Technology is a very distant other side of the coin. With the constant stream of deal announcements, there’s no doubt […]

Revolut Sees Digital Horizon For SME Business Admin

It’s difficult not to have a soft spot for Revolut, not least because Martin Gilbert, the brilliant founder of Aberdeen Asset Management (known as Abrdn, nowadays after a daft re-branding), is a driving force of the digital bank. Revolut’s latest move is to provide small-business administrative services that the mainstream banks try and often fail […]