UK fintech companies and funding news
Funding rounds, results, licences, launches, and leadership changes at fintech firms active in the UK.
Company coverage follows fintech firms active in the UK: the rounds they raise, the results they file, the licences they win or lose, and the products they launch.
Figures are taken from filings and official announcements where they exist, and each article says when a number is the company's own claim.
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- · Fintech News
Manchester payments firm Ryft raises £20m to expand overseas
Manchester-based Ryft has raised £20m in a Series B led by Gresham House Ventures for European and US expansion, with no approval yet confirmed for its Maltese payments licence application.
- · Fintech News
Ayan Capital secures £75m facility, eyes UK banking licence
Triple Point has arranged a Shariah-compliant facility of up to £75m for Ayan Capital's car-finance business, as the firm prepares a UK banking licence bid and a planned Series A raise.
- · Fintech News
Sprive reportedly raises $10m (£7.7m) to expand mortgage app
Sprive has reportedly raised £7.7m to grow its shopping-rewards mortgage overpayment app, but any saving depends on each borrower's own mortgage terms and allowances.
- · Fintech News
Ex-Monzo founders raise funding for payroll savings firm Sync
Sync Savings, founded by ex-Monzo staff, has raised an undisclosed funding round to expand payroll-linked saving via IRIS Staffology and NHS-linked employers, though key figures remain company-supplied.
- · Digital Banks
Revolut weighs joint London and Nasdaq stock market listing
Revolut chief executive Nik Storonsky has said the company is considering listing in both London and New York, while still favouring the US. No IPO decision, timetable or terms have been announced.
- · Fintech News
FNZ begins CEO search as Blythe Masters exits the role
FNZ has begun searching for a permanent group chief executive after Blythe Masters's exit, with Stephen Welch taking interim charge of the group. FNZ describes the UK as its largest market.