Tag: UK

London-based identity and background checking startup Onfido has raised a new round of venture funding.

Buzzmove, a UK PropTech and insurance startup, has raised a fresh £6m ($7.7m) in a sizable seed funding round led by White Mountains Insurance Group.

London-based money transfer service FC Exchange is being acquired by Global Reach Partners (GRP) in an undisclosed deal.

UK challenger bank Mondo has received a banking licence from UK regulators.

Dublin-based fintech startup Touchtech will hire 40 technical and marketing professionals in the next three years after sealing its first deal.

For the Rio Olympics, Visa and Barclaycard are working together to provide all 366 British athletes with wearable payments bands.

UK banks are being forced to get to grips with FinTech thanks to a package of measures being imposed by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

UK challenger bank Mondo has passed a new milestone with more than £20m ($26m) spent through its service to date.

Legal firm Hogan Lovells is launching a Regulatory Accelerator to help UK FinTech startups to understand and navigate the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) regulatory regime.

Barclays is rolling out voice-recognition security to all its personal banking customers, eliminating the need for passwords and improving protection against fraud.