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Ultimate Finance hits record lending to SMEsSweet rebrand for PensionBee after collecting £750m in assets under managementDear P2P lending... a hail and farewell to the Peer-to-Peer Finance AssociationVisa shells out $5.3bn for Silicon Valley startupGenuine Impact launches to empower the next generation of savvy stock tradersMonzo customers favourite place to shop in 2019 was Marks & SpencerNewly launched fintechs hoping to disrupt the market in 2020Australian digital bank Volt appoints former Starling COO as board advisorRaisin moves into the US market targeting bank partnerships, following acquisitionFintech brands dominate the ‘breakout finance apps’ of 2019Stake opens UK beta ahead of full launch in FebruaryHow to build a fintechEx-OakNorth senior executive joins identity verifcation firmOpen Banking firm adds hedgefund heavyweight and peer as chairmanComplyAdvantage picks new joint COO/CFO in Vatsa NarasimhaFlux signs up Papa John’s in digital receipts dealAustralian digital bank Volt sets sights on IPO following $70m Series CImran Gulamhuseinwala heralds the “significant milestone” of 1m Open Banking customersSwedish fintech Tink secures biggest funding round to dateGerman rental startup secures €195m funding facilitySyndicateRoom co-founder’s stealth insurtech startup Rnwl given FCA green lightCountingup launches web-based version of banking and accounting appWealthKernel secures £4.5 million Series A investment from ETFS CapitalStealth challenger Vive granted UK banking licence to serve the underbankedIcap founder to back fintech fund with at least £25mBó boss bounced: RBS reorg to see Mark Bailie out just months after launchMonese lands 2m customers since 2016 launchAustralian listed-lender Wisr jumps nearly 20% after A$33.5m stock market raiseRevolut launches savings product for premium usersPollen Street Secured Lending fund teases 25% dividend hike, but later backtracksLiberis sets sites on growth acceleration growth plans in US and Europe following £32 million raiseMonzo neck and neck with Nationwide for winter account switchingFreetrade takes tentative first steps into EuropeJudo Bank hits A$1bn in deposits as Xinja and 86 400 pile pressure on Australia’s big fourHolvi throws its app into UK digital business banking ring2020: Mr. Woolard, It’s Time to Tighten Business Lending RegulationFCA names fintech friendly regulator Chris Woolard as Interim Chief ExecutiveBarclays reveals new fintech partnership for its 1 million SME customersBNP Paribas and open banking fintech Tink launch strategic partnershipAssetz Capital's ISA hits £100mPhilip Hammond joins OakNorth’s Advisory BoardFunding Circle CFO steps downMonzo held discussions with SoftBank over fresh funding, says reportCEOs of Starling Bank, Tide, ComplyAdvantage and Habito among first speakers of AltFi’s London Summit 2020Board diversity at fintechs and P2P lenders “disappointing”Barclays launches “largest ever” loan cashback scheme with British Business BankNow's the time for high street banks to innovate, or elseN26 says it has lured in 250,000 customers in US in five monthsNucleus Commercial Finance secures £25m in fundingNow with Apple Pay, Curve’s all-in-one card takes consolidation to its conclusionBarclays preparing digital receipt rollout as it takes a stake in FluxHow to add AltFi to your company Slack in two stepsDigital bank Bunq helps users plant over 40,000 trees in under two monthsJust Cashflow launches free anti-fraud service for its SME borrowersBanque de France Governor: Fintech now at “core” of financial systemPleo pivots to corporate credit cards and European expansion with help from JP Morgan and MastercardCapitalRise passes £25m redemption milestone with a 9.4% average returnUK fintech investment is booming as the UK prepares for BrexitNutmeg reportedly overtakes Scalable Capital to become Europe’s largest digital wealth managerFarewill, Tyk, Plum and Amplyfi among 30 scaleups selected for Tech Nation’s growth programmeAustralia’s biggest bank wages pay-later war with $300m stake in KlarnaDutch commercial real estate lender launches using OakNorth techMintos sees 300% lending growth in 2019EU passporting woes: Revolut shifting payments responsibility to Ireland and LithuaniaBank aimed at helping farmers gets banking licenceLloyd’s of London snaps up former Head of Intelligent Automation at RBSUS lender Kabbage expands into short-term working capital loansRevolut CEO: Fintech is “just getting started”RBS a "bit late" launching Bó but analysts believe it won't be cannedPrimaDollar gets European STS compliance ahead of Brexit deadlineVarengold Bank strikes new deal with Dutch online lending platformEuropean Investment Bank extends €20m venture debt to profitable payments firm AzimoBrickVest bought out of administration by German real estate company PatriziaNotable investors back API banking startup GriffinBó replacing up to 30,000 customer cards after Strong Customer Authentication oversightLending from challenger banks hits record £115bn in 2019BNP Paribas AM inks deal with Netherlands SME lender FundionVisa makes latest fintech push with Banking as a Service strategic partnership folllowing Plaid dealStarling hits 100,000 business customers as SME banking hots upThinCats plots push into healthcare lending with new hire and fundCalifornian ‘digital piggy bank’ GoSave plotting 2020 UK arrivalNatWest poaches former Growth Street Commercial Director for Rapid Cash CEO positionProminent investors back community-based insurance startup LakaPrivate equity marketplace Moonfare surpasses €250m in investmentsP2P lending ‘credit card alternative’ Elfin Market hits £400k crowdfunding target in just over 24 hoursFCA appoints two new Non-Executive Directors in newest shakeup at the topTighter lending regulation needn’t strangle the industryZopa removes arrested Indian tycoon Kapil Wadhawan from its boardBalderton Capital adds ex-Vision fund and Goldman Sachs partnersStarling raises £60m for overseas growth in post-Brexit boostTandem CTO exits, as bank nears multi-million fresh funding roundZopa’s close cash call is a cautionary tale all too commonRevolut launches Open Banking for all business and retail customersAustralian P2P lender SocietyOne completes $15m equity raiseFintech should be disrupting exorbitant overdraftsGoldman Sachs UK plotting Marcus pushWhat’s going on with Australia’s big banks and fintech?Curve appoints North America boss to head up NYC officeSavers may only find six out of ten pensions on Pensions DashboardDirect lending fund opts for wind-down