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Fintech North 2018 - Roundup
31/01/2020 8:15
FinTech North Investment Forum
On 31st January 2020, we will be hosting an Investment Forum in partnership with FinTech North supporters North Invest.
We only sent the mailing out yesterday, but have already got 70 people signed up for our #Compliance and #RegTech #Leeds event on Jan 17th, with @Yorkshire_BS. Click below to get signed up, this one is heading towards a #sellout ! https://t.co/Yq63TaMJQE pic.twitter.com/JkYrzRLfM9
— FinTech North (@fintechnorth) December 21, 2018
At a time when tech and development resourcing is increasingly hard to come by, we're delighted to partner with BrightBox Group!BrightBox have been a long-standing supporter of the FinTech North community and have contributed towards topics such as Open Banking. We would encourage any growing FinTechs facing resourcing issues to get in contact with the team. Steve Andrews Katharine McNamara Stuart Houghton Julian Wells Daniel Rajkumar Christopher Sier Kevin Mountford Amy Whitell Kevin Telford Maria Harris Chelsea Boothroyd Richard CarterRead more about our partnership via our website: https://lnkd.in/di6GryFX#FinTech #Resourcing
Payaable (t/a Nook) secures £800k Pre-Seed investment led by Speedinvest and TriplePoint
Nook reinvents B2B payments and raises a $1.1m pre-seed round to transform an outdated industry Nook transforms B2B payments by replacing slow, outdated PDF invoices with the first shared invoice that sits between supplier and buyer, connecting their accounting ledgers Cloud accounting adoption among SMEs has been rapid, but the processes around it remain stuck […]
Innovate Finance is delighted to see the adoption of a number of measures from the #KalifaReview that we and our members called for in today’s budget. Exciting times ahead for UK #FinTech!
Full: https://t.co/z1sksv5fTS pic.twitter.com/V7YIYA7MIw
— Innovate Finance (@InnFin) October 27, 2021
FinTech North partners with resourcing specialists BrightBox Group
Competition is rife for the best in tech resource and over the last 18 months that has increased significantly
As FinTech markets continue to expand and mature, and the requirement to meet growth and investment demands increases, it is a sector that has felt a particular squeeze.
The Hub Exchange (t/a HUBX) secures £1.1 million Series A Follow On investment led by Mandalore Partners and ACF Investors
HUBX closes further investment led by Mandalore Partners and ACF Investors October 27 2021, London: HUBX, a deal syndication platform for banks and brokerage firms, welcomes two new investors, Mandalore Partners and ACF Investors’ Delta Fund. They join other existing investors including Barclays and Basinghall Partners. HUBX clients and partners include Tier 1 banks, Finastra […]
Mitigating the risks of software failure within the Finance sector – Rod Cobain, Client Director, ROQ
This article was authored by Rod Cobain, Client Director at ROQ (https://www.roq.co.uk/about-roq/) . ROQ are a premier software testing consultancy and a partner of FinTech North
Did you catch yesterday's Future of Mortgages webinar? In partnership with AI and ML specialists Sandstone Technology we had a great time exploring the mortgage market and analysing the impact FinTech and AI innovation is having on the journey to home ownership. Thanks again to everyone who joined live and to all of our brilliant speakers Maria Harris (Digital Cat Consultancy Ltd), Matthew Woffindin & Rahim Saddique (Sandstone Technology), Karina Hutchins (OpenMoney), Matthew Elliott (Nivo), Gary Woodhead (CurveBlock) and to Julian Wells (Whitecap Consulting).Holly Webster Ross Watts Daniel Rajkumar Christopher Sier Rachel Eyre Rachel Kenyon Kevin Mountford Kevin Telford Chelsea Boothroyd Richard Carter Amy WhitellFor those who weren't able to join the session live, we have produced a write-up and recording so you can catch up. Our speakers provided some high-level market insight, so anyone with an interest in the Mortgage sector should definitely re-cap this one! Check out the below news story on our website: https://lnkd.in/eDmWnG_S#FinTech #MortgageTechnology
Did you join our Future of Mortgages webinar earlier? It's clear the North leads the way when it comes to Mortgage Innovation! Thanks to everyone who joined our Future of Mortgages session earlier this morning! We had some brilliant engagement and questions from the community around some truly cutting edge innovation. Thanks also to our speakers Maria Harris (Digital Cat Consultancy Ltd), Matthew Woffindin & Rahim Saddique (Sandstone Technology), Karina Hutchins (OpenMoney), Matthew Elliott (Nivo), Gary Woodhead (CurveBlock) and to Julian Wells (Whitecap Consulting). Didn't catch the event live? Don't worry - we're working on the write-up whilst our recording processes, once we've pulled everything together we will share it with the community. Keep an eye open for that on our news section and on social media! Finally, thanks to Sandstone Technology for being great partners and helping shape the session. #FinTech #MortgageTechnology
Write-up and Re-watch: The Future of Mortgages 21/10
On Thursday 21st October the Northern FinTech community came together virtually to discuss and explore how FinTech is impacting the Mortgage sector and the road to home ownership
The Future of Mortgages was hosted in partnership with AI and ML specialists Sandstone Technology (https://www.sandstone.com.au/en-gb/) . The community were clearly looking forward to this event, with nearly 200 ...Read More
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Are you ready for the Future of Mortgages? With over 150 people signed up to attend tomorrow at 11am, we are buzzing for this one! We'd like to say a huge thanks to Holly Webster and the team at Sandstone Technology for supporting The Future of Mortgages as partners. We've got some brilliant speakers lined up, all mortgage innovators and FinTech experts from across the North. Thanks to all of our speakers for supporting the event Matthew Woffindin & Rahim Saddique (Sandstone Technology), Karina Hutchins (OpenMoney), Maria Harris (Digital Cat Consultancy Ltd), Matthew Elliott (Nivo), Gary Woodhead (CurveBlock) and Julian Wells (Whitecap Consulting)We can't wait to take another deep dive into the Mortgage sector and explore how FinTech and AI is impacting innovation and revolutionising the road to home ownership!Will you be joining us? We encourage all of our community to join the event live and get involved in our interactive audience Q&A. Find out more and register via our website below: https://lnkd.in/esqr3XcU#FinTech #MortgageTechnology
Proportunity secures £108.47 million Series A & Debt investment led by VentureFriends
The FinTech neo-lender offers up to £150K equity loans to home buyers with a small deposit, allowing them to buy the home they love, years earlier. Proportunity plans to use this funding to grow its team and help buyers own $1 Billion worth of homes. This new funding increases Proportunity’s maximum loan size from £90,000 up […]
FinTech North supports FinTech Scotland Conference: Accelerating FinTech across the UK
Last week, on Thursday 14th October, FinTech North made the trip North of the border to support our FinTech National Network colleagues FinTech Scotland with their Accelerating FinTech Across the UK conference
Around 150 delegates, mostly comprising of members the Scottish FinTech community, attended the conference at the University of Strathclyde’s Technology Centre in Glasgow.
Primer API secures £36.19 million Series B investment led by ICONIQ Growth
US West Coast investor brings heavyweight expertise to truly global startup Funding paves way for rapid expansion across Europe, US and Asia Primer’s valuation rises over 600% since Series A in Autumn 2020 Fully-remote team of more than 70 employees in 20 countries expected to triple in 2022 Cements position as Europe’s fastest-growing no-code/low-code startup […]
