GTR Ventures has made its debut deals with five trade FinTech companies – Tradeteq, Trade Finance Market, Culum Capital, eFundSME and Incomlend. These deals are the first in a strong pipeline of transactions. GTR Ventures has taken equity positions in the five companies, collectively valuing them at around US$50 million.

The companies – four digital trade lenders and a platform for institutional investors to access global trade instruments – have facilitated over US$160 million of trade loan deals since their inception. 

People looking to invest their cash can now take advantage of a new Innovative Finance (IF) ISA, which allows investors to capitalise on British heritage projects.

Lendingblock, the open exchange for cryptocurrency loans, today announces the appointment of Funding Circle co-founder Andrew Mullinger as an advisor to the company.

Default forecasts across some of the main consumer peer-to-peer lending platforms have begun ticking up.

The Bank of England governor’s comments on the regulation of cryptocurrencies can be expected to help fuel a sustainable recovery of the likes of Bitcoin, Etehreum, Ripple, Litecoin and Dash.

This is the prediction of Nigel Green, founder and CEO of deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial services organisations, following Mark Carney’s declaration that the exchanges that clear cryptocurrencies should come into the “regulatory tent.”

London-based entrepreneur, author and acclaimed digital innovator Dele Atanda announced the introduction of metâme, a digital wallet which hopes to change how personal data is stored, used and shared.  

Nuggets has officially launched a 60 million NUG token Bounty campaign. Nuggets plans to use its new program to empower a community of users; made up of crypto enthusiasts, system engineers, application developers, researchers, thinkers, writers and other collaborators to further the company’s mission of giving consumers true control of their data. 

Baroness Michelle Mone OBE, co-founder of EQUI, a cryptocurrency-based platform, comments on Mark Carney's speech on the Future of Money.

Capitama, the direct private investment platform for sophisticated and professional investors, is publicly launching this week to give businesses and financial sponsors the opportunity to raise capital directly from private investors in a more efficient way than traditional channels.  

Users of deVere Crypto, the deVere Group’s trailblazing app launched only three weeks ago, can now also store, transfer and exchange Ripple (XRP) and Dash (DASH), alongside the existing cryptocurrencies on the app: Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC).

Dragonglass, the first gamified cryptocurrency experience in the world launched its ICO on February 16, 2018, taking yet another step toward meeting its goal of making cryptocurrency more accessible to the general public.

Bluebox Corporate Finance has appointed Paul Casey and Prashan Vicneswaran to join the London office.

Paul, a Chartered Accountant, joins Bluebox as a Senior Manager following eight years at Smith and Williamson. Whilst at Smith and Williamson, Paul initially worked in Transaction Advisory Services before tr