Video: fintech news pick of the week – Revolut, Lunar and the UK fintech sector
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, twice a week.
Revolut
British & European fintechs set sail for the US
A wave of British and European fintechs are seeking a foothold in the US finserv market.
Paysend secures $4.2m crowdfunding for global expansion
The round hit its target in less than 72 hours.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 11 February 2019
Challengers Starling and Revolut, Tink, and the importance of digital assets.
Revolut locks in on banking and trading licences
CEO unveils his cunning plan to build a global licensing team.
Top fintech stories this week – 14 December 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Revolut to get $500m boost from Softbank
To enable US expansion.
Top fintech stories this week – 6 July 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Revolut introduces new payment sharing feature, Near Me
Now you can send money to nearby strangers.
Top fintech stories this week – 27 April 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Revolut lands $250m funding
One of the fastest tech companies in Europe to reach unicorn status: now valued at $1.7bn.
Revolut ditches Wirecard for in-house card issuing
Revolut will no longer be relying on Wirecard for card issuing.
Coinbase caught up in Bitcoin blowout
What happens when you’re facilitating the trade of a product that is experiencing extreme hockey stick growth?
Revolut launches cryptocurrency trading
Consumer interest in digital currency is at an all-time high. Much of this is thanks to Bitcoin and so this week is the perfect time for global banking company Revolut to launch cryptocurrency trading on its platform.
Revolut to bring processing in-house
Revolut is building its own in-house processor, following a string of outages caused by its current third party provider.
Once again fintech firms and challenger banks are hit with card payment issues
There have been another problematic 24 hours for fintech firms and challenger banks after being hit with a slew of card payments issues.
Top 5 Best Challenger Banks: Revolut
Last month, we asked Paybefore.com visitors to vote for the Best Challenger Banks—the ones shaking up the status quo with a legit chance to become consumers’ preferred accounts, not just a stepping stone to the big banks. For the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing our spotlight articles on these challengers. First up is Revolut.
The Monday mindset: 14 August 2017
Fintech zeitgeist! This week, Banking Technology’s editor Tanya Andreasyan muses about the growing trend of celebrity endorsement in the fintech world.
Podcast: Amazon is everywhere
11:FS Fintech Insider podcast featuring FinTech Futures’ Tanya Andreasyan.
Fintech funding round-up: 25 July 2017
Whether you call it dinero or dough, the fintech funding does flow! This latest round-up features Revolut, Constellation Digital Partners, Paytm, Mobiquest Mobile Technologies and Wesleyan Bank. Following on from the $66 million raised in a Series B round, UK-based payments start-up Revolut is looking for an additional £4 million in exchange for shares in […]
Fintech funding round-up: 13 July 2017
And the money keeps rolling in for fintech! Features Revolut, Curve, Pixoneye and Gridspace. Banking Technology’s sister publication Paybefore reports. UK challenger bank Revolut announced a $66 million investment from Index Ventures, Balderton Capital and Ribbit Capital, which the company will use to introduce new features and expand globally, starting with Asia and North America. […]
Card payments problems bring down the fintech house
A whole swathe of fintech firms and challenger banks have been hit by tech issues – with card payments failing. The names include mobile-only challenger bank Monzo, Revolut, Starling Bank, Curve and payments start-up Fire. The problem is understood to be due to provider Global Processing Services (GPS), which as usual offers no updates on […]
Fintech funding round-up: 30 June 2017
A handy round-up of who’s investing in what in the fintech space. Featuring Revolut, Tango Card and ClauseMatch.
Fintech funding round-up: 23 March 2017
Fintech funding news comes thick and fast, so here are four stories in one to save you time. Featuring Revolut, Jirnexu, Airpay and Quantexa. UK-based payments start-up Revolut has launched its 2017 funding round. The latest bout takes place almost a year after it raised £1 million with 10,000 investors registering, pledging in excess of […]
Monzo, Revolut, Loot, U Account and other fintechs let down by payments processor
Payment outages have caused major problems to cardholders and fintech services provides in the UK and internationally. This is understood to be down to payments processor Global Processing Services (GPS).
