John Reynolds

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AltFi

Freelance Reporter

John is a London-based freelance journalist who writes for a number of British national newspapers and trade titles.



Articles By John Reynolds

Move over Gen Z, OAPs the new flag-wavers for challenger banks

24th May 2022 | John Reynolds

Under fire crypto "worth nothing" says Lagarde

23rd May 2022 | John Reynolds

Allica Bank targets profitability this year after lending grows 12x in 2021

23rd May 2022 | John Reynolds

Hullabaloo around VRPs grows with "first consumer payment transaction" in UK

19th May 2022 | John Reynolds

Mastercard pilots pay with a wave or smile

18th May 2022 | John Reynolds

Thought Machine doubles valuation to $2.7bn following $160m funding round

18th May 2022 | John Reynolds

Bitpanda doubles fractionalised stocks and ETFs to over 2,000 on share trading platform

18th May 2022 | John Reynolds

German insurtech Getsafe launches new home insurance product as hits 50,000 UK customer mark

18th May 2022 | John Reynolds

Shares in £210,000 vintage Ferrari sell out in 24 hours, as Chip customers buckle up for alt asset investments

17th May 2022 | John Reynolds

Brazilian neobank giant Nubank reports "strongest quarter" in history as bags 5.7 million customers

17th May 2022 | John Reynolds

Crypto observers give mixed response to Queen's Speech

11th May 2022 | John Reynolds

ComplyAdvantage launches a live sanctions tracker for Russia updates

11th May 2022 | John Reynolds

Chase scores sponsorship rights to the 2022 Commonwealth Games

10th May 2022 | John Reynolds

Tide and Coconut leverage open banking to save "time and money" for self-employed

10th May 2022 | John Reynolds

How Revolut won over one in three bank users in Ireland

10th May 2022 | John Reynolds

Payments power VC fintech funding to $29.3bn in Q1

9th May 2022 | John Reynolds

Lithuanian payments fintech kevin. raises $65m

4th May 2022 | John Reynolds

SME lending returns to pre-pandemic levels, say 30 per cent of brokers

4th May 2022 | John Reynolds

Payroll fintech Symmetrical.ai raises $18.5m

3rd May 2022 | John Reynolds

Polish salary-on-demand fintech Flexee raises €2.8m

3rd May 2022 | John Reynolds

Crypto, Web3, buy now, pay later and data intelligence-focused fintechs win AltFi 2022

3rd May 2022 | John Reynolds

Buy now, pay later 'validated by arrival of high-street banks'

29th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Fintech leaders hit out at four-day working week

29th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Open Banking presents "endless" possibilities for green lending, says Oplo exec

28th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Allica Bank CEO: 'stay on the right side of the regulator'

27th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Buy now, pay later "hottest trend" in lending, says TransUnion exec, who underscores importance of trust

27th April 2022 | John Reynolds

"Gushing fountain of fraud in crypto and DeFi” says journalist whose reporting led to collapse of Wirecard

27th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Apple and Google join fintech in setting “new standards" in banking customer experience, says report

27th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Starling bags £130.5m from existing investors to build "war chest" for acquisitions

26th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Swedish children’s financial literacy app Gimi teams up with ABN AMRO

26th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Using "world-leading" fintech to unlock UK productivity never been more important to British business, says CBI

26th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Allica Bank counters economic uncertainty with fixed-rate commercial mortgages

25th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Revolut halts Ukrainian refugee referral scheme after exploited by users

25th April 2022 | John Reynolds

VC investment into European fintech set to enjoy stellar 2022

25th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Crowdcube ditches app

22nd April 2022 | John Reynolds

Billionaire Plaid co-founder and wife launch bank for fintechs

22nd April 2022 | John Reynolds

UK crypto firm Blockchain.com could undertake US IPO this year

20th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Swedish e-commerce bank Juni emerges out of beta with new identity and products

19th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Moneybox joins Chip and Atom in upping rates on saver accounts

19th April 2022 | John Reynolds

The biggest challenges to getting a fintech startup off the ground

13th April 2022 | John Reynolds

BVNK appoints former PayPal legal counsel as chief legal, risk and compliance officer

13th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Microsoft strikes Banking-as-a-Service deal with Finastra

12th April 2022 | John Reynolds

London-based SME lender Stenn valued at $900m following $50m funding round

12th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Revolut teams up with Liam Payne on limited edition card

12th April 2022 | John Reynolds

The history of Open Banking: Birth of a billion-dollar revolution

12th April 2022 | John Reynolds

PEXA payment scheme set to "transform" the UK remortgage market

12th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Binance appoints top FCA exec as global director of regulatory policy

11th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Monese reduces losses by 18 per cent to £31m, helped by cost cutting

11th April 2022 | John Reynolds

LendInvest doubles AuM to £2bn in 30 months

11th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Swedish fintech Minna powers over 1m Lloyds Bank subscription cancellations

8th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Open banking payments outfit Volt nabs PayPal exec to head up revenues

8th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Govt urged to swap steering committees for "action" to deliver national fintech strategy

6th April 2022 | John Reynolds

KKR and TDR Capital-led consortium invest up to £120m in Jaja Finance, after taking majority stake

5th April 2022 | John Reynolds

JustLend aims to unleash the "bank of family and friends"

5th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Dubai fintech Codebase spots "gap in market" with white label buy now, pay later proposition

4th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Klarna now a "competitive alternative" to Google and Amazon after completing PriceRunner deal

4th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Payments and credit fintech MarketFinance supporting staff in exodus from Russia

4th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Credit card startup Yonder bags £20m funding with backing from Rio Ferdinand

1st April 2022 | John Reynolds

Allica Bank set to hit £1bn in committed lending offers in 2022

1st April 2022 | John Reynolds

Invest in a space rocket? The startups looking to democratise 'rare asset' investing

30th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Folk2Folk snatches Funding Circle, Ratesetter and Zopa retail investors

30th March 2022 | John Reynolds

PensionBee available to Starling sole traders through Marketplace integration

29th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Swiss spend management fintech Yokoy raises $80m

29th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Revolut beefs up US leadership team

29th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Danish challenger bank Lunar to acquire Norway's Instabank in €136m deal

28th March 2022 | John Reynolds

NatWest ceases to be majority Government owned, following £1.2bn share sale

28th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Move over Marcus: JP Morgan's Chase launches UK saver with "market-leading" 1.5 per cent interest rate

28th March 2022 | John Reynolds

RTGS Global joins Temenos Exchange

28th March 2022 | John Reynolds

BoE lays out crypto regulatory framework

25th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Spreadsheet-busting fintech startup Causal raises $20m

25th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Finance giants undermining own net zero targets, says report

25th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Jeeves quadruples value to $2.1bn in seven months, following latest raise

23rd March 2022 | John Reynolds

NatWest to enter buy now, pay later sector, pledging to make it "better" and "safer"

22nd March 2022 | John Reynolds

Finleap co-founders raise over €100m for new “embedded” fintech VC fund

22nd March 2022 | John Reynolds

Gemini lands Irish e-money licence

22nd March 2022 | John Reynolds

Revolut employees being "evacuated" from Ukraine as fintech workers take up relocation offers

22nd March 2022 | John Reynolds

Bink snags former Ocado and M&S executive as new chief revenue officer

21st March 2022 | John Reynolds

"Very, very unlikely" big banks will have high-street branches, says Anne Boden

21st March 2022 | John Reynolds

OpenPayd strikes deal with Caxton to drive zippier payments

21st March 2022 | John Reynolds

Zilch doubles customers to 2 million in six months

18th March 2022 | John Reynolds

UK crypto unicorn Blockchain.com teams up with Stripe to power payments

18th March 2022 | John Reynolds

SME directors with poor credit ratings six times more likely to default during Covid

16th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Moneyhub teams up with Samsung for "world's-first open banking self-service payments"

16th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Pressure builds on CMA as decision on Open Banking's future imminent

15th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Revolut given thumbs up by Ukrainian deputy PM as helps refugees open accounts

15th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Hargreaves Lansdown teams up with Bottomline as moves to "cloud-first" payments

15th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Konvi raises $900,000 to democratise rare asset investing

14th March 2022 | John Reynolds

ThinCats appoints Aldermore Bank IT head as new CTO

14th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Curve COO exits after two and a half years

14th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Danish neobank Lunar scores €70m funding, eyes mainland Europe

14th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Revolut and its customers raise over €10m for Red Cross Ukraine appeal

14th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Lender for startups Capchase raises $80m

11th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Embedded finance fintech mmob raises £5m in seed round

9th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Folk2Folk set to report record profits as forecasts further consolidation of alternative finance market

9th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Flux CEO calls on fintech to "see it, say it, sorted"

8th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Women must call out gender bias, even it makes them "uncomfortable", says fintech global community boss

8th March 2022 | John Reynolds

"Every part of the world needs Monzo," says CEO

7th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Danish challenger bank Lunar to offer "fast" and "easy" online payments

7th March 2022 | John Reynolds

"War is never a good thing" but neither is "cutting off a whole country" says MarketFinance boss Anil Stocker

7th March 2022 | John Reynolds

N26 could make stock market debut in 2024 but is "not stressed" to go public

4th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Tom Blomfield is mentor but hasn't "Monzofied" Generation Home, says proptech founder

3rd March 2022 | John Reynolds

Exclusive: GoHenry launches Junior ISA

2nd March 2022 | John Reynolds

Merged DueDil and Artesian Solutions rebrand as FullCircl

2nd March 2022 | John Reynolds

Family investment app founded by ex-Tide exec lands $2.8m seed round

28th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Klarna losses soar 500% after international expansion push, customers reach 100 million

28th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Flux hits one million customer mark

28th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Mintos excludes all loans from Russia and Ukraine from its main market

28th February 2022 | John Reynolds

CreditLadder teams up with TransUnion on renting reporting scheme

28th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Revolut beefs up Aussie offering with Revolut Trading

25th February 2022 | John Reynolds

"Hardly anything has been done by UK government" to plug fintech funding gap, say industry leaders

25th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Klarna to launch rewards programme in UK

23rd February 2022 | John Reynolds

Loqbox launches credit booster for renters

23rd February 2022 | John Reynolds

Zopa launches new saver account with "highest returns" on the market

23rd February 2022 | John Reynolds

Hargreaves to launch new advice offering, as looks to "redefine" digital wealth

22nd February 2022 | John Reynolds

Pollen Street Capital and Beaufort Capital launch property lending JV

22nd February 2022 | John Reynolds

Inside $1bn insurtech unicorn Zego: "We have no plans to slow down"

22nd February 2022 | John Reynolds

New Flux CEO calls paltry number of female fintech bosses "insane"

22nd February 2022 | John Reynolds

PrimaryBid raises $190m with SoftBank backing

21st February 2022 | John Reynolds

AI can "amplify risks" for fintechs, warns new report

18th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Amazon and Visa strike deal following interchange dispute

18th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Auxmoney appoints ex-Barclays and Unilever exec as chief growth officer

16th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Klarna Card "makes sense" amid feverish competition in buy now, pay later sector

16th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Revolut ramps up offensive in Australia and India

15th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Metro Bank CFO quits just days before financial results

15th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Primer co-founder hits out at "brazen" copying in fintech

15th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Banked raises $20m in funding round co-led by Bank of America

15th February 2022 | John Reynolds

South African startup up Stitch bags $21m from PayPal and TrueLayer in funding round

14th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Will Ferrell sprinkles Hollywood stardust on Danish challenger bank Lunar

14th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Thought Machine wins Italy's biggest bank as client and investor

14th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Tencent invests in €210m funding round in French buy now, pay later firm Alma

14th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Plum appoints former Monzo and Deliveroo exec as VP product

11th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Klarna finds 0% of Brits able to calculate interest cost of a credit card purchase

11th February 2022 | John Reynolds

GoCardless joins unicorn club after sealing $312m funding round

9th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Berlin-based Vivid Money raises €100m with backing from SoftBank

8th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Railsbank eyes unicorn status as looks to raise £100m

8th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Here are Tiger Global's 10 top fintech investments

8th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Tide's open banking initiative attracts 1,000 business customers in "just a few weeks"

7th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Fintech "strategically important to UK" as figure show record investment in 2021

7th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Salary hikes unlikely, as fintechs respond to Andrew Bailey's wage comments

7th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Chargebee raises $250m amid rise in subscription economy

4th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Fur-real? Revolut moves into pet insurance

2nd February 2022 | John Reynolds

Swedish challenger Northmill acquires Zettle-rival Moreflo

2nd February 2022 | John Reynolds

Proptech Generation Home raises £1bn in debt financing

1st February 2022 | John Reynolds

Monzo reprimanded for failing to disclose credit limit charges

1st February 2022 | John Reynolds

Meet Europe's fintech decacorns

1st February 2022 | John Reynolds

Fintech valuations "going to be lower" amid market turmoil

31st January 2022 | John Reynolds

Monzo launches hunt for new investments and wealth business boss

31st January 2022 | John Reynolds

Starling battles it out against Barclays for mortgage business Kensington

31st January 2022 | John Reynolds

Grab a piece of fintech history: Wirecard office furniture goes under the hammer

28th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Moneyfarm would lose customer focus if swallowed by finance giant, says CEO

28th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Klarna dubs itself "the Swiss army knife" of apps as launches savings account in Germany

27th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Estonian banking provider Tuum scores €15m funding round

27th January 2022 | John Reynolds

JP Morgan makes 49 per cent "strategic investment" in Greek fintech Viva Wallet

27th January 2022 | John Reynolds

TrueLayer expands open banking platform to five new European markets

27th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Splitit appoints payments veteran as new CEO

26th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Moneyfarm agrees £44.1m funding round as investment house M&G takes stake

26th January 2022 | John Reynolds

"Showtime" as "big majority" of Wealthsimple UK investors migrate to Moneyfarm

24th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Fintechs return to office but retain flexible working model

24th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Tide says it's now hitting seven per cent of UK SME market

21st January 2022 | John Reynolds

Plaid splashes out $250m on ID verification firm Cognito

21st January 2022 | John Reynolds

SoFi hails "incredible milestone" of becoming a bank

20th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Cushon raises £35m and acquires pension scheme

20th January 2022 | John Reynolds

PensionBee expects revenues to grow to £20m+ in 2022

20th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Wise rebounds with ballooning Q3 revenues

19th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Moneyhub snaps up two senior hires including NatWest exec

19th January 2022 | John Reynolds

London-based Zego targets £20bn+ European fleet insurance market with overseas launches

19th January 2022 | John Reynolds

WealthKernel lands $7m fundraise, plots European expansion

17th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Wine and watches investment app Koia bags $1.4m funding

17th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Airwallex snags Revolut and Deliveroo execs amid European expansion plans

17th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Aussie expense management platform Cape hires new CTO from Capital On Tap

14th January 2022 | John Reynolds

2021 in quotes: Part 2

14th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Open Banking celebrates four year anniversary amid debate about its effectiveness

13th January 2022 | John Reynolds

"Wunderbar" as Freetrade offers German stocks

13th January 2022 | John Reynolds

UK payments fintech Apexx Global hits US market

13th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Zilch launches DTC buy now, pay later offering across Europe

13th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Austrian fintech unicorn Bitpanda makes raft of hires from Big Tech for growth push

12th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Government-backed lending schemes help ThinCats report record year

12th January 2022 | John Reynolds

BUX shifts into crypto investing

10th January 2022 | John Reynolds

2021 in quotes: Part 1

10th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Merchant Money gets £150m funding line boost as joins RLS

10th January 2022 | John Reynolds

French fintech PayFit joins the unicorn club

7th January 2022 | John Reynolds

iProov nets $70m to power US growth

7th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Nearly £2.5bn worth of open banking transactions made via Ecospend in a year

6th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Monument co-founder hands over CEO role to ex-Barclays boss "to scale the bank"

6th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Penfold sees huge uptick in pension transfers

6th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Small businesses rise up in Starling's latest TV spot

6th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Lloyds to grab stake in loyalty app Bink

5th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Which fintechs might go public in 2022?

4th January 2022 | John Reynolds

2021 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 2

30th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Habito offers mortgages for up to seven times person's salary

29th December 2021 | John Reynolds

2021 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 1

29th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Fintech helps London enjoy a bumper year for IPOs

23rd December 2021 | John Reynolds

Allica Bank joins government-backed Recovery Loan Scheme

23rd December 2021 | John Reynolds

Metro Bank latest bank to be hit with fine over financial wrongdoing

22nd December 2021 | John Reynolds

Fintech’s biggest hires and departures of 2021

20th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Amazon teams up with Barclays on first foray into UK buy now, pay later market

20th December 2021 | John Reynolds

BBB ups funding facility to non-bank lender Simply

17th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Third of finance firms using crypto payments

17th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Cashplus launches credit builder for SMEs

17th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Mettle CEO exits to join blockchain foundation

17th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Penfold partners with Nest Insight on auto-save for freelancers' retirement

16th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Thought Machine signs up Polish bank to Vault platform

16th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Men are outspending women on Klarna

13th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Visa makes latest foray into fintech with Belvo investment

13th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Fintech startup launches bookkeeping app for side-hustlers

13th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Tipalti quadruples value with $270m fundraise

10th December 2021 | John Reynolds

70 per cent of lenders expected to use open banking within two years

10th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Wealth manager Artorius goes green with carbon impact startup Sugi

10th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Upmarket neobank Monument gears up for next funding round as launches savings products

10th December 2021 | John Reynolds

VC investor Antler closes £20m plus early stage fund

10th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Pleo plans European expansion following $200m raise

9th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Bunq strikes deal with green lending platform to offer new set of mortgages

9th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Here are the biggest fintech funding rounds of 2021 in Europe

6th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Abrdn snaps up Interactive Investor in £1.5bn deal

3rd December 2021 | John Reynolds

Atom boss says four-day working week has led to spike in job applications

3rd December 2021 | John Reynolds

Fintechs extol virtue of central hub as settle into hybrid working life

3rd December 2021 | John Reynolds

Sonovate becomes funding partner to influencer payment app

2nd December 2021 | John Reynolds

Mollie to invest €1m in tech firms supporting its customers

2nd December 2021 | John Reynolds

Revolut snaps up hospitality tech provider Nobly

29th November 2021 | John Reynolds

Monzo now offers virtual card payments for Flex

29th November 2021 | John Reynolds

JP Morgan considering investment in Greek startup

26th November 2021 | John Reynolds

2.5m more Brits join buy now, pay later mania in just 10 months

26th November 2021 | John Reynolds

UK VC funds catch up to their US rivals

26th November 2021 | John Reynolds

Zip launches Tap and Pay in-store buy now, pay later option for UK shoppers

25th November 2021 | John Reynolds

Freetrade sets crowdfunding record as seeks valuation of £650m

25th November 2021 | John Reynolds

The rise and rise of ESG in digital wealth

15th November 2021 | John Reynolds

Betterment CEO Sarah Levy: Advice is our “superpower”

2nd November 2021 | John Reynolds

Fintechs rescuing businesses during Covid a "big moment' for the sector

25th June 2021 | John Reynolds

Investors like the volatility of crypto as they can "make a lot of money"

25th June 2021 | John Reynolds

Visa makes another Open Banking grab with €1.8bn purchase of Tink

24th June 2021 | John Reynolds

Big banks must adopt a long-term view when backing digital start-ups, says Mettle boss

24th June 2021 | John Reynolds

"Makes sense" for founders to step aside if "not energised" by parts of the job, says reporter who broke story about Tom Blomfield's exit from Monzo

24th June 2021 | John Reynolds

Fintech has "shown its value for those in need" during pandemic

23rd June 2021 | John Reynolds

Embedded finance is "going to change the world forever", says ClearBank boss

23rd June 2021 | John Reynolds

Just Cashflow commercial chief appointed deputy CEO of parent group

23rd June 2021 | John Reynolds

Booming BNPL industry is still at "inception stage," says UK boss of Klarna

23rd June 2021 | John Reynolds

Emergence of meme stocks a "very interesting phenomena" says eToro as trading jumps 233%

23rd June 2021 | John Reynolds

"Culture" and a "great hook" crucial to success of JP Morgan's purchase of Nutmeg

22nd June 2021 | John Reynolds

Fintechs must "adapt to the market" or face failure, says Just Cashflow executive chairman

22nd June 2021 | John Reynolds

Open Finance and wealth management: A revolution in-waiting?

14th January 2021 | John Reynolds

Why is the USA leading the Digital Wealth revolution?

12th January 2021 | John Reynolds

Chip sees “big opportunity” to own wealth building space, as gears up to launch investment products

16th November 2020 | John Reynolds

Bux boss questions need for London office in light of hard Brexit

13th November 2020 | John Reynolds

Iwoca aims to double CBILS lending to £200m in three months

13th November 2020 | John Reynolds

Yapily launches in Germany

12th November 2020 | John Reynolds

OakNorth makes two appointments to US team, including new chief marketing officer

12th November 2020 | John Reynolds

More P2P regulation is “wrong move” declare bosses, who say loan defaults during pandemic have been limited

12th November 2020 | John Reynolds

Metro Bank CEO says £12m takeover of RateSetter was completed without any face-to-face meeting

12th November 2020 | John Reynolds

ThinCats teams up with Open Banking firm Salt Edge

11th November 2020 | John Reynolds

Tide to provide £1,000 grants to Covid-hit firms in charitable venture backed by Karren Brady

11th November 2020 | John Reynolds

Onfido appoints tech veteran as CEO, as co-founder steps down

11th November 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintechs claiming to be profitable but not for growth are talking "claptrap”, says Zopa co-founder

11th November 2020 | John Reynolds

Starling and Tide admit leaving customers unhappy over BBLS but say they helped many others

11th November 2020 | John Reynolds

Auxmoney secures funding from BNP Paribas as buys loans online

10th November 2020 | John Reynolds

Nutmeg tops 100,000 customer milestone in UK, fuelled by growth in female investors

10th November 2020 | John Reynolds

Experian leverages Open Banking to factor Spotify and Netflix subscriptions into credit scores

10th November 2020 | John Reynolds

Pandemic is “perfect” time to launch a fintech, says co-founder of payments aggregator Primer

8th October 2020 | John Reynolds

Taxpayers could lose up to £26bn due to BBLS fraud and defaults, says watchdog

7th October 2020 | John Reynolds

Swedish fintech Northmill appoints chief commercial officer as looks to expand

7th October 2020 | John Reynolds

Pret A Manger's coffee subscription platform provider Chargebee just raised $55m

7th October 2020 | John Reynolds

Exclusive: Crowdcube and Seedrs CEOs on their merger and what the future holds

7th October 2020 | John Reynolds

Losses at Seedrs widen to £4.7m as it issues "going concern" warning over Covid-19

6th October 2020 | John Reynolds

Half of consumers using challenger banks to make digital payments, says survey

6th October 2020 | John Reynolds

German fintech Raisin teams up with investment platforms as expands SaaS offering

6th October 2020 | John Reynolds

Revolut launches premium metal card for businesses

5th October 2020 | John Reynolds

Zopa appoints former HSBC and Microsoft exec as CTO

5th October 2020 | John Reynolds

Italian companies Nexi and SIA merge to form €15bn European payment giant

5th October 2020 | John Reynolds

Open Banking initiative aims to make charity donations easier

18th September 2020 | John Reynolds

British Business Bank makes multi-million pound investment in Shawbrook Bank

18th September 2020 | John Reynolds

Kickstart job scheme "great opportunity" for fintech, says boss looking to take on 30 roles through programme

17th September 2020 | John Reynolds

ClearBank to offer multi-currency bank accounts via API

17th September 2020 | John Reynolds

“You absolutely can’t ignore” the fintech industry, says new CEO of the British Business Bank

17th September 2020 | John Reynolds

One in five Moneyfarm transfers now using open banking

16th September 2020 | John Reynolds

Pleo integrates with Apple Pay across Europe

16th September 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintechs to play an “even more important” role coming out of lockdown, says British Business Bank

16th September 2020 | John Reynolds

Crealogix reports jump in second-half sales but suffers annual loss amid restructuring costs

15th September 2020 | John Reynolds

Klarna becomes Europe’s highest-valued private fintech, following $650m funding round

15th September 2020 | John Reynolds

Curve’s new credit proposition plans to entice up to 300,000 UK customers in three years and make a splash in the US

4th August 2020 | John Reynolds

Selina Finance co-founder Andrea Olivari talks Covid-19, returning to the office and cracking the consumer loans market

30th July 2020 | John Reynolds

Curve stakes deal with Onfido to speed-up customer sign-ups

29th July 2020 | John Reynolds

Laybuy secures $80m debt facility as looks to bolster UK business

29th July 2020 | John Reynolds

Law firm founder gears up for 2021 rollout of digital bank after company’s problems dealing with traditional banks

29th July 2020 | John Reynolds

Tide inks deal with DueDil to enhance customer onboarding

28th July 2020 | John Reynolds

Thought Machine raises an extra $42m to bring Series B funding round to $125m

28th July 2020 | John Reynolds

Revolut exec tasked with improving governance exits after just a year

28th July 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintech industry “firing on all cylinders” despite VC investment in UK fintechs down 39%

27th July 2020 | John Reynolds

British Business Bank founding chairman calls for the organisation to take a bigger role in the post-Covid world

27th July 2020 | John Reynolds

Latin American banking giant Nubank snaps up US software company

24th July 2020 | John Reynolds

Triodos Bank teams up with charity to launch charitable bond

24th July 2020 | John Reynolds

London-based property-backed loan fintech raises £42m

23rd July 2020 | John Reynolds

Folk2Folk strikes deal with German debt marketplace platform

23rd July 2020 | John Reynolds

Barclays-backed loyalty platform strikes deal with Wasabi

23rd July 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintechs tight-lipped on whether they will take up chancellor’s £1,000 job retention scheme offer

23rd July 2020 | John Reynolds

Allpay wins multi-million-pound government contract

23rd July 2020 | John Reynolds

SoftBank-backed Kabbage launches deposit accounts for small businesses

22nd July 2020 | John Reynolds

London and Belgrade-based fintech launches one-stop-shop for startups

22nd July 2020 | John Reynolds

Lloyds to take minority stake in payments fintech Form3

22nd July 2020 | John Reynolds

Plum raises $10m including multi-million-pound investment from the government's Future Fund initiative

21st July 2020 | John Reynolds

Iwoca hails role of accountants in helping CBILS process

21st July 2020 | 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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