TransferWise is a London-based a peer-to-peer money transfer service. Taavet Hinrikus, and Kristo Käärmann, founded TransferWise in 2010. Earlier this…
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June 4, 2020 Finance, Startups
Kylie Jenner Dropped from Forbes Billionaire List
June 2, 2020 Business, Finance, News
Kylie Jenner made headlines last year as Forbes’ youngest Billionaire. Now, the renowned business publication is retracting their decision due…
Continue ReadingAmigo Gets Offer for Company Takeover – But Richmond Group Have Not Responded
May 27, 2020 Finance, News
The UK’s largest guarantor lender, Amigo, has received an official offer from a company (yet to be named), valuing the…
Continue ReadingMore Claiming Benefits in the UK as Unemployment Rate Increases
May 19, 2020 Finance, News
April 2020 was the highest number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the UK in nearly 24 years, but what…
Continue ReadingModulr raises £18.9m (€22m) in growth funding to develop its payments platform, invest in new products and expand into Europe
May 13, 2020 Finance, News
Digital payments scale-up Modulr has raised £18.9m (€22m) in funding to develop its platform and expand into new product areas…
Continue ReadingRising Unemployment and the Next Great Depression
May 8, 2020 Business, Finance, News
Coronavirus has impacted the economy in an unprecedented way. Lasting longer than we could have imagined, its impact has been…
Continue ReadingPeloton: Stock Market Stars of the Lockdown
May 7, 2020 Business, Finance, News
Peloton has demonstrated immunity to the detrimental financial effects of COVID-19. Instead, they have benefited from a new market looking…
Continue ReadingCoronavirus Changing Consumer Payment Habits
May 5, 2020 Finance, News
Coronavirus has seen a change in both consumer spending habits and methods of payment. Payment Methods With an increased focus…
Continue ReadingLufthansa Latest Airline Seeking Financial Aid
May 4, 2020 Business, Finance, News
Lufthansa, Europe’s largest airline, seeks government aid as it faces coronavirus-related debt. Airline in Trouble 2020 has not been a…
Continue ReadingTwitter Record Growth and Subsequent Loss
May 1, 2020 Business, Finance, News
Twitter presented their first-quarter report which showed varying levels of success. Positive Start Things were looking positive for the social…
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