News | Funding | 2 Apr Crowdfunding platforms grapple with slowdown Seedrs and Crowdcube are focusing efforts on companies that are booming, hoping to stop investors retreating.
Interview | Fintech | 30 Mar How $5.3bn US fintech Plaid is taking on Europe We spoke to the team leading its move across the Atlantic.
Analysis | Fintech | 25 Mar Fintech in coronatimes: Why some sub-sectors are especially vulnerable in a downturn A sector-by-sector analysis of what might happen to European fintechs during a downturn. Which are most at risk and which might profit?
Analysis | Fintech | 23 Mar Fintech unicorns could see $76bn wiped off their valuations The fintech bull run looks like it's run out of steam and investors say the mightiest companies will fare the worst.
News | Fintech | 18 Mar Revolut launches banking app for the under-18s The company becomes the first of the major challenger banks to go after Generation Z.
Analysis | Fintech | 16 Mar London fintechs in a “talent war” for the best engineers UK fintechs may have enjoyed a funding boom last year, but there's an ongoing struggle to fill empty developer seats.
Interview | Fintech | 9 Mar TransferWise’s next generation: can the new guard drive it forward? TransferWise's Taavet Hinrikus is among fintech's most respected founders. But who's running the show now — nearly a decade on — and what's life really like there?
News | Fintech | 2 Mar Watch out TransferWise: Santander’s new fintech project is coming for you Santander's PagoFX is due to go live in the spring, taking on TransferWise and other startups tackling foreign exchange fees. Are the disruptors about to get disrupted?
Interview | Fintech | 27 Feb Revolut-rival Monese set to make 30 employees into millionaires as it eyes unicorn status Monese's equity scheme has proven lucrative for its staff. But the fintech still needs to show it can deliver shareholder value and keep apace with its peers.
News | Fintech | 26 Feb Klarna’s US and UK expansion take their toll, as fintech posts first annual loss Klarna is Europe's most highly-valued fintech, alongside Revolut. In a bid to keep its crown, it invested heavily last year - causing overall losses despite healthy revenues.
Analysis | Fintech | 25 Feb Let’s talk about Revolut’s new valuation A new $500m funding round has made Revolut the most highly-valued fintech in Europe. But should it be?
Analysis | Fintech | 24 Feb The 15 most active VCs in European fintech revealed Meet the teams behind the boom in early-stage fintech investment over the last five years.
News | Fintech | 21 Feb BBVA backs UK fintech targeting the gig-economy as sector heats up Income-smoother Wollit has secured seed funding from Spain's second-largest bank and two major venture capital funds.
Analysis | Fintech | 17 Feb Inside Revolut and Monzo’s mammoth funding rounds With a series of fintech mega-rounds on the horizon, investors and industry experts weigh in on the upcoming raises — and the dangers they reveal about the market for challenger banks.
Analysis | Fintech | 13 Feb Meet the fastest growing fintech startups in Germany Germany is Europe's second largest fintech hub, after the UK. These are the startups which have hired the fastest in the last year.
News | Fintech | 11 Feb N26 pulls out of the UK, citing Brexit. But numbers suggest the German bank was struggling The German digital bank has pulled the plug just a year into its play in the UK. Has Brexit claimed a major fintech victim, or is this a case of international expansion gone wrong?
