Tagged: brexit

April 18, 2017 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

IW Capital has published research on UK investor sentiment regarding Brexit and the impact of Article 50. Surveying 1000 investors who have between £10,000 and over £250,000 worth of investments, IW Capital says that a significant number of investors are willing to shoulder greater risk in… Read More

April 11, 2017 @ 8:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

  “Fintech, online lending, AI and privacy are complicated issues, so we’ve created innovative solutions and approaches that D.C. embraces once they understand them. Our message to Washington is: call us! We have someone to translate tech speak and “bureaucratese” for all of Washington’s questions.”… Read More

March 30, 2017 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Embedded below is the letter UK Prime Minister Theresa May sent to European Council President Donald Tusk initiating Article 50 and thus commencing the UK’s departure from the European Union. The final results of negotiations will have a profound impact on both the UK and continental Europe’s… Read More

March 29, 2017 @ 7:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Theresa May has signed the letter that will formally separate the UK from its 43 year membership in the European Union. As the UK initiates Article 50, Lawrence Wintermeyer, CEO of Innovate Finance – the advocacy group that supports all things Fintech – is out with… Read More

March 16, 2017 @ 11:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Speaking at the LSE Global Fintech Investor Forum, City Minister Simon Kirby drew a line in the sand and defended UK dominance in Fintech innovation. As Brexit repercussions and encroaching challengers in Asia seek to capture the Fintech crown, Kirby declared “British Fintech is going to… Read More

March 8, 2017 @ 11:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Helmed by CEO and Co-founder Gonçalo de Vasconcelos,  SyndicateRoom continues to pioneer the “investor-led” crowdfunding model in the UK. A serial entrepreneur and Judge Business School grad who was awarded the Best Dissertation prize and the Benavitch Scholarship for academic and professional achievements, de Vasconcelos cofounded SyndicateRoom with a… Read More

March 6, 2017 @ 7:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Stuart Law, CEO and co-founder of P2P lender Assetz Capital, expects a boost for the peer to peer lending sector in the upcoming budget. Specifically, Law believes a small business tax rise and IFISA rule change could boost the online lending sector. “In just a few… Read More

February 19, 2017 @ 2:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

World First, an international Fintech business in the Forex and money transfer space, is out with their Global Trade Barometer report and according to their perspective it’s not all good. World First says that UK SMEs are taking it on the chin as post-Brexit fallout is… Read More

February 2, 2017 @ 11:14 pm By Martin Baker  |  

The State of Fintech in the United Kingdom. Observers in London see a paradox at the heart of today’s financial technology sector. If Fintech is all about playing the cutting edge and disrupting the mainstream, how come so many Fintech players and commentators obsess so… Read More

January 31, 2017 @ 5:37 am By Erin Hobey  |  

From the 48% to Theresa May: In less than one week, over 3,280 people have funded a Crowdfunder.co.uk campaign that will give a voice to the silenced millions who do not support the government’s Brexit plans. Having smashed their original £25,000 target in under 12 hours,… Read More

January 30, 2017 @ 1:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

The United Kingdom has dominated the Fintech sector globally.  Starting with innovations in capital formation from crowdfunding and peer to peer lending platforms, the UK has fostered an impressive ecosystem of Fintech entrepreneurs. While a culture of innovation and risk-taking has been vital to this… Read More

January 17, 2017 @ 3:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Theresa May was selected to manage the profound ramifications of the Brexit decision. While many questions remain, her actions will impact the UK economy for many years – perhaps generations. May, outlined her vision for exiting the UK on January 2017.  Her speech highlighted her… Read More

January 16, 2017 @ 2:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs delivered a record year of crowdfunding. In an end of the year recap, Seedrs quantified their accomplishments including: £85 million invested in 159 different deals 45,000 individual investments were made during 2016 from 65 different countries FreeAgent, a company that raised £1.2 million Seedrs… Read More

January 11, 2017 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom has published a study that indicates the young investors are more committed than ever to support British SMEs. Evan as many voted to “Bremain”, young UK investors want to help boost the economic future of the country as it plans its… Read More

January 9, 2017 @ 10:20 pm By Jessica Pham  |  

Barclays has unveiled a new mobile service for SMEs in the UK that provides almost instant loans.  Barclays Mobile Banking app touts that it will approve loans in under an hour, significantly reducing general wait times that can take weeks.  The company states that SMEs… Read More

January 2, 2017 @ 4:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last year due to time constraints I was unable to publish my list of Crowdfunding/Fintech predictions for 2016. This year I am back once again, for better or worse, peering deep into my crystal ball with a list of prognostications for the coming year. The… Read More

December 30, 2016 @ 3:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

As one year comes to end it is a good opportunity to reflect on past events. The preceding 12 months have been a momentous period for internet finance including capital formation online. Fintech started as a curiosity that engendered much excitement – and fear for some…. Read More

December 20, 2016 @ 6:29 am By Erin Hobey  |  

This time of year is a natural time of reflection for most, and the fintech industry isn’t an exception.  This week SyndicateRoom co-founder Tom Britton posted his year review comments, summarizing 2016 as a year of radical change, “politically, economically and socially.” “Brexit, Trump, the Italian… Read More

December 16, 2016 @ 8:07 am By Jessica Pham  |  

Justen Hyde, a software engineer with Emergent Design Ltd, began crowdfunding eight days ago on JustGiving to address the Brexit fallout.  His initial goal?  Raise £3,959 (approximately $5,000) within a month to send every Member of Parliament — all 650 of them — a copy of “Brexit:… Read More

December 2, 2016 @ 7:56 am By Jessica Pham  |  

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond delivered the annual autumn statement late last month and underlined the UK’s numerous economic weaknesses that the Brexit vote only enunciated.  As Brexit negotiations continue between now and 2019, Britain will have to tackle its poor productivity record, particularly… Read More