HPD Lendscape Continues to Expand Team in Response to Growing Global Demand for Its Software
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Lending
HPD Lendscape, a leading international secured lending platform vendor, today announces ambitious expansion plans for its global workforce, building on 12% growth in personnel in 2020.
iwoca Named as Top SME Lender in Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Lending
iwoca has been named as the top small business lender, and highest ranked fintech firm, in The Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200. Released yesterday, iwoca ranks in 20th place ahead of a number of high-growth companies including Gymshark, Chilly’s B
Atom Bank Joins Forces With Plaid to Help Small Businesses
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Lending, Open Banking
Atom, the UK’s first app-based bank, is collaborating with Plaid, an Open Finance platform and data network that powers the digital financial ecosystem, to roll out open banking services to its customers, beginning with offering small business owners a streamlined loan application journey and speedier decisions. Plaid enables customers to securely share their banking data with Atom, enabling a quicker response to lending applications.
iwocaPay Becomes Xero’s First Invoice Checkout Integration With Pay Later Option for Small Businesses
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Lending
iwoca, one of Europe’s largest small business lenders, is today announcing a UK-first integration with leading small business platform Xero.
‘Banking4U’ App by Kenya-Based SG NewTech Wins Award at Finastra’s Global Hackathon
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Lending, Banking, FinTech StartUps
SG NewTech, a Kenya-based tech services company and subsidiary of Software Group, has won an award for ‘Best in MEA’ at Finastra’s Global Hackathon “Hack the Future” for its latest project, Banking4U, designed to provide quick and easy access to bank loans.
Twenty7tec Rolls Out Aldermore APPLY Integration to All Users
Leading mortgage technology provider, Twenty7Tec, today announces that all users of the company’s CloudTwenty7 platform will now have access to the APPLY integration with Aldermore, for the submission of mortgage applications. This move follows a successful pilot of the integration, so advisers at both Mortgage Advice Bureau and Connells were able to submit applications to Aldermore from within APPLY.
FICO UK Credit Market Report December 2020: Debt Pressures Growing
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Lending
Global analytics software provider FICO today released its analysis of UK card trends for December 2020, which presents a mixed picture of UK consumer financial stability. Some of the data suggests that credit card users are managing their finances prudently, but where there is already pressure on finances, the reliance on credit cards is increasing.
New Pay As You Grow Facility Will Enable More Flexible Repayments on Bounce Back Loans for UK Smaller Businesses
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Lending
The British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development bank, today announces further details of Pay As You Grow, which helps UK smaller businesses that have taken out a Covid-19 emergency Bounce Back Loan to manage their cashflow and have a better chance of getting back to growth. Originally announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in September 2020, Pay As You Grow (PAYG) will enable businesses who have started repaying their Bounce Back... more
Reliance Bank Added to APPLY
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Lending
Leading mortgage technology provider, Twenty7Tec, today announces that Reliance Bank has been added to its APPLY module, enabling mortgage intermediaries to submit applications to Reliance from the CloudTwenty7 platform.
Forward Advances Chooses Salt Edge to Verify Business Performance of Their Customers Instantly
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Lending
Forward Advances, a UK revenue-based financing solution for e-commerce and SaaS businesses, has partnered with Salt Edge, a leader in offering open banking solutions, to get instant access to aggregated bank data that allows them to make better lending decisions.
Bridge Mutual and AllianceBlock Partner to Provide Compliant Coverage to DeFi
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Blockchain, Lending, Asset Management
Bridge Mutual, the decentralized, peer-to-peer discretionary coverage platform for digital assets, today announced a partnership with A
Yolt Technology Services Expands Account Information Services to Support UK Mortgage Lenders
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Lending
Yolt Technology Services (YTS), the leading open banking provider, has today expanded out the applicability of its Account Information Services (AIS) to provide enhanced data insights for UK mortgage lenders. Made possible by the growth of financial data sharing under the Open Banking framework introduced by the CMA in 2016 – and supporting regulation by the FCA – AIS facilitates the secure transmission of an individual’s transactional data... more
NatWest Launches Grant Finder Service for SMEs in Partnership with Swoop
NatWest has today announced the launch of a new grant finder service in conjunction with Swoop, which will allow UK businesses to search for grants to help their business deal with the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Berkshire Bank Taps Cirrus to Support Small Business and PPP-Related Lending Initiatives
Cirrus, a provider of cloud-based document management software, announced that Berkshire Bank has selected the company’s enhanced secure document collection portal to help the bank manage an influx of SBA loan requests, including 942 PPP loans on the first day of the program.
Filogix Digitizes the End-to-End Mortgage Process
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Lending
Filogix, a Finastra company, announced that it has enhanced its Filogix Expert offering with the launch of Filogix Expert Pro and Filogix Expert Plus – solutions that digitize the full end-to-end mortgage process.
