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Not a single one of Britain’s fintech unicorns backs Brexit

16 May 16 | Author Ben Rabinovich | |

Not a single one of the 14 British tech unicorns, private companies with a valuation of more than $1 billion, supports Britain leaving the EU, according to a new report, with fintech companies such as TransferWise being most vocal about it.

Why the next Mayor matters for London’s FinTech startups

10 Feb 16 | Author Sarah Gill | |

The momentum of London’s FinTech ecosystem over the past few years has played a huge role in putting the capital’s tech scene on the global map. But unless its next mayor addresses a number of key hurdles facing companies it will stunt the city’s tech community and make it harder to launch, execute and scale the next TransferWise, Funding Circle or Nutmeg.

Funding Circle expands into Europe with rival acquisition

21 Oct 15 | Author Ben Rabinovich | |

The unicorn peer-to-peer lending platform has acquired its European rival, Zencap, in a deal that will see it expand into Germany, Spain and the Netherlands, alongside its existing operations in the UK and US.

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