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Articles By John Reynolds

Should you launch a fintech during a recession?

21st May 2020 | John Reynolds

Travel disruptor Fly Now Pay Later secures £35m in Series A funding round

19th May 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintech entrepreneurs Blomfield and Storonsky join list of super-rich

18th May 2020 | John Reynolds

Australian neobank Xinja finally cuts interest rate on high-yield savings account

11th May 2020 | John Reynolds

Colombian billionaire ups his stake in Metro Bank

11th May 2020 | John Reynolds

Irish P2P lender calls on government to look beyond mainstream banks for Covid-19 support

6th May 2020 | John Reynolds

Starling Bank set to join Barclays and Lloyds as an accredited lender under Bounce Back Loan scheme

4th May 2020 | John Reynolds

Alternative investment platform Moonfare launches US tech fund offering

29th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Starling Bank gears up to offer loans under Bounce Back Loans scheme

29th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Large fintechs recruit scores of staff remotely during lockdown

28th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Venture funding firm Just Capital launches with a pledge to lend £20m within the next 10 months to online businesses

28th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintech industry gives cautious welcome to government’s new micro loan scheme

28th April 2020 | John Reynolds

RBS mimics Starling Bank with spare debit card for Covid-19 vulnerable

27th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Adyen reports Q1 revs up 34 per cent and rules out furloughing staff in UK amid Covid-19

22nd April 2020 | John Reynolds

PensionBee adds pounds and pence charging to 2020 pension statement

21st April 2020 | John Reynolds

N26 founders take 25 per cent pay cut for a year amid Covid-19

21st April 2020 | John Reynolds

Crowdcube, Seedrs and SyndicateRoom: Impact of Covid-19

21st April 2020 | John Reynolds

Funding Circle execs take pay cuts amid Covid-19

20th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Revolut chair Martin Gilbert joins fund manager Toscafund as non-executive chairman

20th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Exclusive: Crowdfunding execs take pay cuts, as staff furloughed amidst coronavirus crisis

15th April 2020 | John Reynolds

OakNorth partners with New York-based Modern Bank to help support US businesses through Covid-19

14th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Chip recruits ex Funding Circle finance exec as first-ever CFO

8th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Will-writing startup offers free will service to NHS staff as they fight Covid-19

7th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Small business revenues forecast to be down nearly 60 per cent in April, says Tide

7th April 2020 | John Reynolds

The apps, tech, and other pursuits the fintech industry is finding invaluable during lockdown

6th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Crowdcube launches Save Our Startups campaign with Open Letter to the PM amid Covid-19 economic crisis

6th April 2020 | John Reynolds

London-based Open Banking fintech Yapily raises $13m

6th April 2020 | John Reynolds

CrowdProperty appoints former ThinCats CEO Mould as NED

31st March 2020 | John Reynolds

HSBC and Virgin Money halt planned redundancies and branch closures in light of coronavirus

31st March 2020 | John Reynolds

London-based Wollit fast-tracks income-levelling service for freelancers hit by coronavirus

30th March 2020 | John Reynolds

Stripe leads $20m funding round for US one-click sign-in platform Fast

30th March 2020 | John Reynolds

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme opens up to SME applications across UK

24th March 2020 | John Reynolds

German SME lender Creditshelf says coronavirus could prompt "overdue" digitisation of German banks

23rd March 2020 | John Reynolds

“We are in daily contact with Team GB” over coronavirus fears, says Starling Bank marketing chief, as experts scrutinise the deal

23rd March 2020 | John Reynolds

TransferWise strikes deal with AliPay for international money transfer

17th March 2020 | John Reynolds

“Global shock” of coronavirus leads to RateSetter witnessing a spike in demand for money

16th March 2020 | John Reynolds

PensionBee teams up with Legal & General on fossil fuel-free pension fund

16th March 2020 | John Reynolds

Metro Bank strikes deal with banking software provider Ezbob

10th March 2020 | John Reynolds

Tandem Bank confirms fundraise and acquisition of green lender

9th March 2020 | John Reynolds

How N26, Revolut and Monzo are taking on the US market

3rd March 2020 | John Reynolds

Draper Esprit leads $83m funding round in banking tech provider Thought Machine

2nd March 2020 | John Reynolds

Revolut to appoint 1,000 staff this year, and is hunting for three new CEOs

26th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Monzo banishes the "elephant in the room" and "blacklist" from staff speak

25th February 2020 | John Reynolds

UK digital banks add six million customers in six months but average deposit balances drop

25th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Monzo takes on credit giants with free scoring tool

24th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintech lender Fitzrovia Finance goes live on Goji

19th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Starling inks deal with trade association to aid freelancers

18th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Augmentum Fintech said value in Interactive Investor up by £6m following deal with rival

18th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Monzo plans to recruit 500 staff in 2020, as founder Blomfield says N26 “didn’t connect” in UK

17th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Ex Bud, Monzo and Apple personnel plot to disrupt rental market

12th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Savers may only find six out of ten pensions on Pensions Dashboard

11th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Australian P2P lender SocietyOne completes $15m equity raise

10th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Tandem CTO exits, as bank nears multi-million fresh funding round

10th February 2020 | John Reynolds

BrickVest bought out of administration by German real estate company Patrizia

4th February 2020 | John Reynolds

PrimaDollar gets European STS compliance ahead of Brexit deadline

4th February 2020 | John Reynolds

RBS a "bit late" launching Bó but analysts believe it won't be canned

4th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Bank aimed at helping farmers gets banking licence

3rd February 2020 | John Reynolds

Nucleus Commercial Finance secures £25m in funding

29th January 2020 | John Reynolds

N26 says it has lured in 250,000 customers in US in five months

28th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Board diversity at fintechs and P2P lenders “disappointing”

28th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Monzo held discussions with SoftBank over fresh funding, says report

28th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Funding Circle CFO steps down

27th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Icap founder to back fintech fund with at least £25m

22nd January 2020 | John Reynolds

Countingup launches web-based version of banking and accounting app

21st January 2020 | John Reynolds

German rental startup secures €195m funding facility

20th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Swedish fintech Tink secures biggest funding round to date

20th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Monzo customers favourite place to shop in 2019 was Marks & Spencer

15th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Newly launched fintechs hoping to disrupt the market in 2020

15th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Visa shells out $5.3bn for Silicon Valley startup

14th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Ultimate Finance hits record lending to SMEs

14th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Peer-to-peer trade body axed

13th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Five fintechs that had a tough 2019

8th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Funding Circle launches TV campaign featuring baby singing along to Alice Cooper song

8th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Which UK and European fintech startups raised the most money in 2019

7th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintechs move into the marketing mainstream in 2019

7th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintechs help deals on Seedrs jump nearly 50 percent

6th January 2020 | John Reynolds

AltFi’s 10 most read stories of 2019: Part 2

31st December 2019 | John Reynolds

AltFi's 10 most read stories of 2019: Part 1

30th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Borrowell launches predictive tech service to help Canadians pay bills on time.

20th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Curve appoints ex-Googler to launch credit card product

20th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Property Partner to outsource client services to Goji

20th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Fintech moves drive surge in central London office space

19th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Rebank raises over £2m in funding round as looks to grow business internationally

19th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Australian digital bank Volt says it has 40,000 potential customers ahead of launch next year

19th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Overseas investment doubles on Crowdcube, despite Brexit uncertainty

18th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Metro Bank trialling digital receipts for small businesses

12th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Berlin-based insurtech WeFox to open UK hub in 2020

11th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Bud co-founder said three-year global deal with HSBC is "statement of intent"

11th December 2019 | John Reynolds

TransferWise co-founder backs seed fund investing in "overlooked" start-ups

11th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Romanian start-up raises over £12m in drive to modernise traditional banks

10th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Recruitment lender tops £1bn funding mark

10th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Metro Bank CEO stands down

9th December 2019 | John Reynolds

ThinCats closes retail peer-to-peer lending platform

9th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Starling teams up with legal service to expand Business Marketplace offering

9th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Esme Loans hits £100m of lending mark to SMEs

5th December 2019 | John Reynolds

The Challenger: Plum's Victor Trokoudes

4th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Growth Street CEO exits

4th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Monese launches joint accounts for UK customers

4th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Exclusive: Plum ends Ratesetter partnership ahead of FCA crackdown in P2P lending

4th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Monzo appoints first US CEO

3rd December 2019 | John Reynolds

Cuvva raises £15m as targets long-term motor insurance industry

3rd December 2019 | John Reynolds

Funding Circle introduces two changes to secondary market

2nd December 2019 | John Reynolds

The Co-op teams up with Freedom Finance on loans service

28th November 2019 | John Reynolds

RBS officially launches digital bank Bó and says it has signed up around 3,500 customers

27th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Fintech investor Merian ups holding in TransferWise

27th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Klarna adds 60,000 merchant partners

27th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Fintech investor Draper Esprit reports 51 percent uplift in pre-tax profits to £59m

27th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Augmentum Fintech delays reporting of interim results due to uncertainty over Zopa

26th November 2019 | John Reynolds

City watchdog bans marketing of speculative mini-bonds to retail investors

26th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Former Monzo finance chief says that executive changes at digital bank is a “natural evolution”

26th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Revolut marketing boss says bank is not “untouchable” despite one million accounts opening a month

26th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Marketplace lending expected to top £6bn this year, says report

25th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Twino CEO stands down, as Latvian lender swings into black

20th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Crowd2Fund launches £1.2m fundraising round after “delayed" EIS approval from HMRC

20th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Luko raises $22m as looks to create insurance 3.0

19th November 2019 | John Reynolds

London-based mobile credit card company Tymit secures £4m in funding

19th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Funding Xchange completes £8m funding round

19th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Monzo Chief Operating Officer quits to launch grocery start-up

18th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Adyen introduces new card service

15th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Tandem Bank appoints former HSBC executive as Chief Growth Officer

15th November 2019 | John Reynolds

BrickVest Limited served with court order over “materially inaccurate” accounts

14th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Fintechs which are “revolutionising money management” awarded £50,000 funding in competition

13th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Four BrickVest subsidiaries fall into administration

12th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Funding Circle piloting referral scheme for large unsecured loans

11th November 2019 | John Reynolds

TSB executives expected to face heavy criticism in damning report on IT meltdown

11th November 2019 | John Reynolds

GoCardless teams up with TransferWise to launch service for recurring payments

6th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Chip raises over £7m and plans a raft of new services

6th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Aura secures $130m asset-backed revolving credit facility

6th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Growth Street to make redundancies as axes "hybrid model" and shifts to digital-focused approach

5th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Monese recruits marketer who signed up James Corden to front Confused.com ads

5th November 2019 | John Reynolds

ABF launches £6m fundraiser to ramp up business lending referrals

5th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Capital flowing into fintech is driving funding deals for European tech companies

4th November 2019 | John Reynolds

The House Crowd expands portfolio with launch of SIPP

4th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Monzo appoints ClearBank top executive as its new Chief Risk Officer

30th October 2019 | John Reynolds

TrueLayer strikes commercial and strategic deal with Visa

29th October 2019 | John Reynolds

Half of consumers to use challenger banking in next three years, says new report

29th October 2019 | John Reynolds

Thameside takes 20 percent stake in blockchain-based peer-to-peer trading platform ASMX

29th October 2019 | John Reynolds

SoftBank backs London-based “ethical business” which offers early salary payments

28th October 2019 | John Reynolds

US fintech Kabbage launches new payment service to help small businesses get paid quicker

24th October 2019 | John Reynolds

The Challenger: PensionBee’s Romi Savova

23rd October 2019 | John Reynolds

International payment and currency exchange fintech Ebury makes first acquisition

23rd October 2019 | John Reynolds

Monzo appoints first Head of Diversity and Inclusion

22nd October 2019 | John Reynolds

Capitalise launches partnership with Barclays and teams up with iwoca to offer instant quotes for SMEs

22nd October 2019 | John Reynolds

Shares in Funding Circle up over 10 per cent, after loans under management jump by more than 30 per cent

21st October 2019 | John Reynolds

PensionBee active user base nears 60,000, with uptick in those over age of 45

21st October 2019 | John Reynolds

Zopa launches tool to dispel “mystery” of credit worthiness

16th October 2019 | John Reynolds

Revolut and OakNorth Bank welcome Financial Services Bill but warn it's "imperative" that growth not impeded

16th October 2019 | John Reynolds

Swedish fintech Klarna signs payment deal with Samsung

16th October 2019 | John Reynolds

London-based finance platform Divido inks deal with US payment company Splitit offering point-of-sale finance

15th October 2019 | John Reynolds

HSBC plots overhaul of First Direct to meet challenge of digital disruptors

15th October 2019 | John Reynolds

Revolut looks to raise £1.2bn from investors

14th October 2019 | John Reynolds

The Challenger: bunq's Ali Niknam

14th October 2019 | John Reynolds

Shawbrook Bank revamps portfolio with new savings accounts and digital reboot

11th October 2019 | John Reynolds

Bank of England lays down rules for Facebook's Libra

10th October 2019 | John Reynolds

Cuvva appoints Lloyd's of London chairman to chair its board

10th October 2019 | John Reynolds

ID Finance turns to Crowdcube as it targets revenues of €300m+ within two years

8th October 2019 | John Reynolds

Bunq founder hints at VC funding as reveals losses of around €11m in last financial year

7th October 2019 | John Reynolds

OakNorth appoints Google veteran as CEO of its tech arm

7th October 2019 | John Reynolds

Curve appoints Samsung executive to new role of Chief Operating Officer

3rd October 2019 | John Reynolds

Spanish mobile banking app raises $25m in Spain's biggest ever Series A funding round

2nd October 2019 | John Reynolds

Revenues swell to over £58m at Revolut, but losses more than double to over £32m

2nd October 2019 | John Reynolds

Augmentum makes foray into Germany with multi-million investment in German rental platform company

1st October 2019 | John Reynolds

National Australia Bank to provide $57m warehouse funding facility to Symple Loans

1st October 2019 | John Reynolds

US student debt adviser Summer secures $10m in Series A funding round

1st October 2019 | John Reynolds

Dutch app-only bank Bunq to launch in UK this week

30th September 2019 | John Reynolds

New finance chief to start this week at Crealogix

30th September 2019 | John Reynolds

NatWest banking blooper reveals wrong accounts

30th September 2019 | John Reynolds

Funderbeam granted financial services licenses in Singapore

26th September 2019 | John Reynolds

Fidel secures multi-million funding round as nears swinging into the black and looks to launch new products

25th September 2019 | John Reynolds

OakNorth Bank strikes deal with Shieldpay to launch digital escrow accounts for borrowers

24th September 2019 | John Reynolds

NatWest launches speedier Faster Payment service for financial institution customers

24th September 2019 | John Reynolds

Australia's Latitude Financial gears up for country's biggest IPO in five years

23rd September 2019 | John Reynolds

Deutsche Bank takes 5% stake in German fintech

23rd September 2019 | John Reynolds

Esme Loans increases maximum loans from £150,000 to £250,000 for SMEs and scale up businesses

17th September 2019 | John Reynolds

Developing markets driving stellar growth in non-cash payments, says global report

17th September 2019 | John Reynolds

Over 18% of UK banks' payment revenues likely to be displaced by digital payments

16th September 2019 | John Reynolds

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Articles By John Reynolds