| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.03.2026 | UK fintech Pockit borrows cash from Spanish railway architect | Pockit has borrowed money from an award-winning Spanish railway architect in one of the most unusual debt raises completed by a British fintech.
The Cardiff-based business, which offers prepaid accounts to customers without a credit score, ... |
| 09.09.2025 | London fintech Monese says it needs more cash to survive after Pockit takeover | Monese has warned it will need fresh investment if it is to survive for another year as the London fintech embarks on a change in strategy to put itself on a firmer financial footing.
The current account and money transfer business, which l... |
| 26.06.2025 | Profit triples at SME lender Iwoca as loans near £1bn | Profit has almost tripled at business lender Iwoca as its revenue jumped by nearly £100m in 2024, it has been revealed.
The London-based firm, which provides credit to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has posted a pre-tax profit o... |
| 23.05.2025 | Paris Rises: The New Tech Titan of Europe | In the world of technology, rankings can shift like sand. Today, Paris stands tall, claiming the title of Europe’s leading tech ecosystem. This is not just a small victory; it’s a seismic shift. For the first time, Paris has outpaced London... |
| 21.05.2025 | Paris trumps London as Europe’s leading tech ecosystem, according to new data | Paris has come ahead of London in a ranking of global tech ecosystems.
Paris is the only European city to make it into the top five global ecosystems, coming in at number four, according to data from Dealroom.
The top five is dominated by U... |
| 28.03.2025 | London’s fintech crown “under threat”, says Pockit CEO | London’s position as the fintech "capital of the world” is “under threat”, according to the co-founder of London fintech Pockit.
Virraj Jatania, CEO and co-founder of Pockit, a UK fintech which serves the unbanked, said the noises from... |
| 14.03.2025 | City regulator considering scrapping £100 contactless limit | The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced on Friday it was looking for opinions on scrapping the contactless card limit and whether changes could benefit the UK economy.
The current cap prohibits customers from making contactless card... |
| 09.01.2025 | UK fintech funding races ahead of Europe | - |
| 10.10.2024 | Pockit Acquires Monese | Pockit, a London, UK-based fintech company, acquired Monese a pan-European fintech company that offers money services.
Pockit and its shareholders, led by Puma Growth Partners (formerly Puma Private Equity), will make an equity investment o... |
| 10.09.2024 | UK payments firm Pockit in talks to buy Monese consumer arm, sources say | LONDON : British payments technology company Pockit is in talks to take control of UK challenger bank Monese’s consumer arm, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Under the proposed deal Pockit will buy Monese for a nominal sum ... |
| 04.08.2023 | Pockit Raises $10M in Growth Funding | Pockit, a London, UK-based provider of an app for low-income and underserved communities, raised $10m in growth funding.
The round, which brought total raised to $50m, was led by Puma Private Equity, with participation from The North East D... |
| 04.08.2023 | Pockit, the Financial Super App for Low-Income and Underserved Communities, Secures $10M via Growth Round | Pockit – the financial super app for low-income and underserved communities – has raised $10 million in a growth round “led by Puma Private Equity, with participation from The North East Development Capital Fund, managed by Maven Capital Pa... |
| 03.08.2023 | Pockit, an all-in-one financial services app for UK consumers, lands $10M | Pockit, an app that offers financial services to people “underserved by traditional banks,” as the startup describes it, announced today that it raised $10 million in a funding round led by Puma Private Equity, with participation from The N... |
| 03.08.2023 | Pockit: The fintech app empowering low-income communities raises $10M | Fintech app for low-income and underserved communities, Pockit has raised $10 million in a growth round. Initially a prepaid card the UK-based fintech has moved its offering to include a ‘prepaid account’ from which customers can ‘send and ... |
| 10.12.2020 | Update: Pockit’s Crowdfunding Campaign Nears £875,000 During the Final Days on Crowdcube | Pockit, a UK-based all-in-one financial membership, is now nearing £875,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round was launched last month, originally seeking £500,000.
As previously reported, Pockit offers... |
| 04.12.2020 | Overfunding: All-in-One Financial Membership Pockit Secures £500,000 Through Crowdcube Campaign | Pockit, a UK-based all-in-one financial membership, has successfully secured its initial £500,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Founded in 2014, Pockit offers its 500,000 registered users access to a ... |
| 04.12.2020 | London fintech startup Pockit pockets €16.5M funding to help vulnerable customers; here’s how | Consumer vulnerabilities continue to be in the headlines for some time and remain a significant focus in regulated industries. Also, there is pressure mounting on financial services to improve outcomes and experience for those most vulnerab... |
| 03.12.2020 | Inclusive fintech company Pockit completes £15 million fundraising, and announces partnership with Railsbank | Pockit, the inclusive FinTech company focussed on customers who are excluded and underserved by high street banks, announces today that it has a £15 million Series B funding round from existing investors and some new investors. In order to ... |
| 03.12.2020 | UK-based fintech startup Pockit raises £15 million Series B round, partners with Railsbank | Pockit, the 6-year-old London-based fintech business that focuses on providing financial services primarily to customers who are typically excluded or at least underserved by high street banks, has secured a £15 million Series B funding rou... |
| 03.12.2020 | Pockit Partners with Railsbank, Raises £15 Million Includes Crowdcube Future Fund Offering | Pockit, a digital banking app designed to cater to the underbanked masses, has announced a new partnership with Railsbank while simultaneously announcing a £15 million Series B funding paired with an offering on Crowdcube.
The Crowdcube sec... |
| 29.06.2020 | Wirecard negotiating with regulators as UK fintechs disrupted | Wirecard AG announced that it plans to continue operations after filing for insolvency in a Munich court, saying the company's management board believes that remaining open is in the best interests of its creditors.
The German-based payment... |
| 30.12.2019 | 2020 Startup Predictions: Top Trends to Watch Out For | 2020 holds plenty of opportunities for startupsPhoto by Jude Beck on Unsplash |
| 31.10.2019 | The scary things that UK tech is solving | It can be hard to escape stories of scary world-ending technology. Science fiction has for decades been ruminating on the possibility of extinction-summoning all-powerful AI and genocidal Austrian robots. More recently you might have notice... |
| 19.03.2018 | Pockit Loqbox promises to help the UK’s ‘unbanked’ improve their credit score | Building up your credit history or improving your credit score often presents somewhat of a catch-22 situation. You’ll need to take out some form of credit to do so, such as a loan or credit card, but if your score is too low or your histor... |
| 07.03.2018 | UK Department for International Trade Organizes Fintech Mission to Visit US | The UK Department for International Trade (DIT) has announced its selected delegates to participate in a trade mission scheduled to take place in the US this coming April. According to the DIT, the following 15 Fintech firms have been selec... |
| 19.11.2017 | Introducing the winners of our Fintech For All competition | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
The dream for many entrepreneurs is to use technology as a force for good and to bring about meaningful change to people’s lives. Well that’s the dream that our Fintech For Al... |
| 26.04.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, April 26 | ET CETERA
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This the third-largest ever “ed tech” deal, aside from German publishing giant Bertelsmann’s $230 million stake in HotChalk and a $200 million fundraising by TutorGroup, an Alibaba-backed English tutoring startup.
Th... |
| 25.04.2017 | Pockit raises near £3M in funding and will launch new remittance service for its customers | Pockit closed £2.9 million round in further funding and will soon begin to provide a remittance service which will make the process of sending money abroad much easier. This May Pockit’s 150,000 customers will be able to send money to Polan... |
| 25.04.2017 | UK-based Pockit, a mobile banking app, brings in £2.9 million | The London-based mobile banking app Pockit aims to bring banking services to people who might have difficulties opening traditional bank accounts, or may not see the point of doing so. According to TechCrunch, the mobile bank has just broug... |
| 25.04.2017 | Banking app Pockit picks up further £2.9M as it readies new remittance service | Pockit, a mobile banking app that provides current account functionality and is targeting the U.K.’s “underbanked,” has picked up £2.9 million in further funding and will soon begin rolling out a remittance service to make it easier for its... |
| 26.01.2017 | 33 of the UK’s Most Promising Tech Companies Join Upscale 2017 | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
Today we’re announcing 33 companies joining Upscale in 2017. The Upscale programme from Tech City UK will power some of the fastest growing UK tech companies on their scaling ... |
| 19.05.2014 | Pockit Completes over £1M | Pockit, a London, UK-based prepaid card provider, completed an over £1m first round of funding.
Investors included Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United legend) and Mark Newton-Jones, the interim CEO of Mothercare, Denis Shafranik, Simon Bar... |
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