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Mortgage Introducer wrote the following about Habito's new service. "Habito has launched ‘Habito Go’, a home-financing service designed to give first-time buyers the advantages and negotiating power usually only enjoyed by cash buyers. With Habito Go, buyers are able...

Onfido Co-Founders Eamon Jubbawy, Husayn Kassai and Ruhul Amin have been named in the UK Tech 100: "The 100 most influential people shaping British technology in 2019". "Husayn Kassai, Eamon Jubbawy, and Ruhul Amin are the founders of Onfido, an AI-powered...

Fintech Magazine featured Monese in this article from 11th October 2019. "Monese was founded in 2013 by Estonian entrepreneur, Norris Koppel. The bank employs around 200 people, which according to Financial News is due to go up to 500 by the end of the year. The firm...

Metro Bank are boosting their SME offering with new fintech partnerships with Funding Options, Conance and Augmentum portfolio company DueDil. "In 2020, Metro Bank will deploy DueDil’s predictive company intelligence platform for a speedier account opening process,...

The Telegraph featured Augmentum portfolio company Tide on 6th October: "An arm of a Japanese investment ­giant has poured tens of millions of pounds into challenger bank Tide as the lender prepares for a major hiring spree.   Japan’s SBI, an early spin-off from...

This is Money featured Augmentum portfolio company Farewill on 4th October: "A fixed-fee probate service aimed at under-cutting banks and solicitors that charge a percentage of an estate has been launched by online wills specialist Farewill." Read the full article...

A year and a half after launching, Tide has signed up 100,000 members. See Tide's announcement on the milestone and learn about some of their customers here. Read The Telegraph's article on the...

Investment Week wrote about Augmentum portfolio company interactive investor‘s acquisition of Alliance Trust Savings (ATS):

“The completion of the acquisition, which was first announced in October 2018 and included the Alliance Trust office building in Dundee, brings together the two largest fixed-price retail investment platforms with combined assets under administration (AUA) of £36bn and some 400,000 customers.

Investment Week wrote about Augmentum portfolio company interactive investor‘s acquisition of Alliance Trust Savings (ATS):

“The completion of the acquisition, which was first announced in October 2018 and included the Alliance Trust office building in Dundee, brings together the two largest fixed-price retail investment platforms with combined assets under administration (AUA) of £36bn and some 400,000 customers.

Investment Week wrote about Augmentum portfolio company interactive investor‘s acquisition of Alliance Trust Savings (ATS):

“The completion of the acquisition, which was first announced in October 2018 and included the Alliance Trust office building in Dundee, brings together the two largest fixed-price retail investment platforms with combined assets under administration (AUA) of £36bn and some 400,000 customers.

In celebration of Refugee Week, Monese were proud to announce an ongoing project to support refugees across the UK.

“We’re committed to giving out our Premium plan to refugees (usually £14.95 a month) for free, for life. The Premium plan waives all transaction fees, granting our customers entirely free current account facilities.

Zopa won the award for ‘Most Trusted P2P Platform’ at the Moneywise Customer Service Awards, and were highly commended in the ‘Most Trusted Loans Provider’ category.

One fintech that’s feeling some UK establishment love is Onfido, a London-headquartered digital identity company that’s just made it through to the next round of the FCA’s global sandbox.

One fintech that’s feeling some UK establishment love is Onfido, a London-headquartered digital identity company that’s just made it through to the next round of the FCA’s global sandbox.

Fintech innovation is overhauling the supplier payments sector before another Carillion-style disaster occurs, according to Paul Christensen, CEO and founder of machine learning supplier payments firm Previse.

The banking app, which counts Monzo, Revolut and Starling Bank among its rivals, said over 3,000 people are now joining Monese every day across its dual UK and European current accounts.

BullionVault and WhiskyInvestDirect Founder Paul Tustain shares his entrepreneurial journey in the Financial Times.