Digital bank Monese in talks to raise £40m to invest in expansion
The British fintech is expecting to raise the funds towards the end of the year

The British fintech is expecting to raise the funds towards the end of the year
It comes amid a flurry of funding rounds among fintech start-ups, with the Government considering how to buoy the sector
The Edinburgh company is hoping to be the first UK company to launch a full size rocket in nearly 50 years
Does the slow pace of UK fintech regulation mean we’re falling behind new challenger hubs like Bahrain?
Blippar and Vibe Group both accessed the Future Fund scheme, filings have revealed
New legislation going through the House of Commons will hand ministers fresh powers to review and block more deals
Supermarkets are taking inspiration from Amazon's futuristic stores
The company is planning to float in 2023 and has seen a spike in demand following the coronavirus pandemic
New figures show start-up investment in the UK rose in 2020 compared to a year earlier
Economists believe that many businesses were created by laid-off workers
The chipmaker is hoping to challenge Nvidia for a slice of the artificial intelligence market
UK companies raised a record $15bn (£11bn) over 2020 – more than the rest of Europe combined
Despite Covid’s dreadful toll, this crisis has also driven some extraordinary medical breakthroughs
The company expects to almost double in size again by the end of 2021, having hired 500 people to its team this year
Jaidev Janardana is counting on 15 years of lending to give Zopa a head start over rivals like Monzo and Revolut
The roundtable with the prime minister on Friday comes as the Government aims to put tech firms at the centre of its economic recovery
The company emerged from bankruptcy last month after a rescue deal involving the Government
The travel app launched its Pass subscription service in 2019
George Goldsmith, founder of Compass Pathways, has created a synthetic version of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms
The company had fielded inbound investor interest after a boom in online payments during the pandemic
Eric Schmidt-backed Creator Fund said the pandemic had meant more people within universities had time to come up with innovative ideas
British entrepreneur Michael Acton Smith is targeting businesses in bid to boost subscribers after raising $75m
The UK received 36pc of all technology start-up funding over the past five years, new research has found