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Fintech

  • Simply: Fintech SME lender expands loan book as firms turn to debt finance

    Fintech

    Simply Asset Finance notched a record loan total in the last year as firms turned to debt financing to fuel their expansion plans. The UK lender to small- and medium-sized enterprises topped £1.75bn in the total cumulative value of all loans they’ve approved and funded after the firm’s loan book expanded by £505m over 2024.  [...]

  • Was Reeves’ Spending Review a fintech endorsement?

    Fintech

    Rachel Reeves has promised to back UK fintech and in Labour’s inaugural Spending Review, she piled billions into the tech sector. The Chancellor handed the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) a hefty £16.5bn budget as she took the chop to other departments. DSIT’s expenditure limit is set to grow 7.4 per cent by [...]

  • Will fintech banks survive falling interest rates?

    Fintech

    Fintech lenders have accelerated their swing to profitability after interest rates spiked. The UK’s neobanks pocketed record revenues in the last 12 months. Revolut’s takings grew 72 per cent topping £3.1bn. Meanwhile Monzo’s revenue hit £1bn for the first time. But this came as interest rates maintained a post-financial crisis high of 5.25 per cent [...]

  • FCA boss: Buy now, pay later regulation is a trade off

    June 10, 2025

    The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the new clamp down on buy now, pay later (BNPL) regulation would be a “trade off” as he faced a grilling from MPs. Nikhil Rathi, who was reappointed as the regulator’s boss in April, told the Treasury Committee the crackdown would have “beneficiaries and downside [...]

  • Klarna boss: AI will lead to recession and mass job losses

    June 7, 2025

    The introduction of AI at firms could lead to a recession due to mass job losses of professionals, Klarna’s chief executive has warned. The use of AI to make work more efficient has been encouraged by leading figures, including the government itself which said it could save civil servants two weeks a year. But fintech [...]

  • A Wise storm has rocked the London Stock Exchange’s fintech dream

    June 6, 2025

    Hopes of a fintech-powered City markets revival may have been crushed on Thursday after money transfer firm Wise ditched its primary listing. The embattled London Stock Exchange was dealt its latest blow as the UK fintech opted for a dual listing across the Atlantic but with the US acting as its primary base.  It’s no [...]

  • Has Klarna’s buy now, pay later bubble burst?

    June 6, 2025

    Buy now, pay later services have exploded in the last decade and industry titan Klarna has spearheaded growth. The global BNPL market is expected to top $560.1bn (£412.8bn) in 2025 with 13.7 per cent annual growth.  Swedish fintech Klarna has historically dominated the space, notching a net operating income of $1.087bn in 2020. The firm [...]

  • UK fintech Wise ditches London primary listing for US

    June 5, 2025

    Money transfer firm Wise dealt a crushing blow to the London Stock Exchange on Thursday, after announcing plans to transfer its primary listing to the US. The UK fintech’s new proposals include a dual listing in the UK and US, but with the latter as a primary base. Wise said transferring its main listing would [...]

  • Monzo boss: Our tech will help us beat the big banks

    June 4, 2025

    The boss of Monzo said the fintech darling is ready to take the fight to traditional lenders and “bets every day of the week” on its chances.  Speaking at the Money 20/20 conference in Amsterdam, TS Anil said the next decade of banking would present “a race between two sides of the industry.”  Anil said [...]

  • Klarna and Zilch shrug off buy now, pay later crackdown with card launch

    June 3, 2025

    Klarna and Zilch have shrugged off a government crackdown on by buy now pay later payments after launching landmark partnerships with payments giant Visa to introduce physical cards. Commerce network Klarna has begun piloting “Klarna Card” which aims to offer consumers greater spending flexibility without the pitfalls of traditional credit cards. The card will use [...]

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