Tag: UK

Professional services giant Accenture has acquired digital banking-focused design agency Allen International to boost its digital transformation capabilities.

Smart home insurance service Neos has raised £1m in a seed round from Eos Venture Partners.

London financial news and intelligence platform CityFALCON has hit its £150,000 crowdfunding target in less than a month. The company attracted 120 investors to its campaign on Seedrs.

London-based fraud detection startup Ravelin has raised £3m in a Series A round of funding. The investment was led by Playfair Capital with existing backers Amadeus Capital and Passion Capital.

Funderbeam has raised $2.6m in a new round of ventures funding from Draper Associates, Thomson Reuters and IQ Capital.

Chinese mobile payments service Alipay is partnering with UK consumer insights and marketing platform Zapper.

Financial fraud losses reached £399.5m in the first half of 2016, a 25% increase on the £320.3m lost in the same period last year as a result of scams and online attacks.

Sonovate has raised a new round of funding totaling £14m for its recruiter-financing business. The Series B round was led by Global Founders Capital.

Facebook Messenger-based chatbot Plum has raised $500,000 in a seed round of funding led by 500 Startup’s microfund. The round also saw local angel investors participate.

Financial services software provider OpenGamma has raised $13.3m in a new round of funding. The investment was led by Accel and ICAP with individual investor...