Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. The EU announced last week that it would suspend the Growth and Stability Pact....
The list covers all industries, but includes the fastest growing financial services businesses in Europe; TransferWise came in at #24, reporting 3,392% revenue growth from 2013-2016; the company hired 670 people over the same time period. Source
The company intends to list on the Nasdaq in Stockholm and raise approximately $227 million which would value the company...
Tomorrow, some of the top startups in Europe will go head to head. Our second group of semifinalists in Pitchit's Startup Summit competition will pitch their ideas live in front of a panel of fintech industry vets to compete for the gold prize.
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) does the most in depth research on alternative finance across the globe; their...
Businesses in Europe are having varying success of getting support from government backed stimulus programs; In France small businesses have...
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[Editor’s note: This is a guest post from John Goodall, co-founder and CEO of Landbay. Landbay is a gold sponsor and...
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LendIt Europe 2015 registration is now open! We are very excited to host our second annual LendIt Europe conference at...
Marqeta has hired its first employee in London as it aims for a 2018 European launch; the firm provides payment card technology and works with other fintech firms such as Square and Kabbage; they have raised a total of $76 million, which includes a recent $25 million investment which was led by Visa; CEO Jason Gardner stated in a Business Insider interview, “The use-cases we see here in the US and Canada are very similar to the use-cases we see in Europe. Since our inception [we] have always seen ourselves as a global issuer-processor and Europe is obviously an enormous market.” Source
ClearBank has received its license for digital banking services in the UK; firm is run by Nick Ogden who also has payment services experience with WorldPay and CashFlows; the UK currently leads the challenger bank market with approximately 42 digital only banks. Source