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| 31.03.2026 | Britain is still paying a heavy price for Covid lockdowns | Six years on from the first lockdown, Britain hasn’t returned to its pre-Covid path – instead becoming a high-tax, low-growth less free nation, says Alex Pugh
A little over six years ago, 27m people watched UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson t... |
| 28.01.2026 | Old hands vs new kids on the block: Investment platforms battle for customers | Last year marked a significant change in attitudes towards retail investing in the UK, after the Treasury made tearing consumers away from the safety of their cash savings a firm ambition.
In the government’s bid to revitalise London’s flag... |
| 17.12.2025 | Fintech Giant Aspire Forges Global Path, Confronts Hidden Revenue Drain | Aspire, a leading fintech, achieved massive global expansion. The company secured pivotal regulatory approvals across Australia, Europe, and the United States. This strategic move strengthens its ability to deliver an all-in-one financial s... |
| 16.12.2025 | Aspire Announces Major Australia, EU and US Regulatory Milestones, Marking a New Chapter in Its Global Expansion | SINGAPORE, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Aspire, the Singapore-headquartered fintech, today announced a series of regulatory milestones marking a major step in its global expansion.
Over the past year alone, the company has secured eight li... |
| 02.10.2025 | Investment platform Freetrade looks to shake up the mutual funds market | Investment platform Freetrade has expanded its fund range, marking the first serious push by a UK neobroker into the mutual funds market, City AM can reveal.
The platform is adding over 300 funds initially to its platform, offering choices ... |
| 13.08.2025 | Persimmon: Profit jumps as construction activity rises | Persimmon has reported a double-digit rise in operating profit on increased construction volumes, despite ongoing affordability pressures.
The housebuilder told markets this morning that private completions rose seven per cent to 3,987 home... |
| 04.06.2025 | IG Group stock dips after UBS downgrade | IG Group has been downgraded by UBS, sending its stock price down amid fears over the weakness of the US dollar.
The FTSE 250 trading firm was downgraded from a ‘Buy’ to ‘Neutral’ by UBS analysts, who cited its relatively high valuation and... |
| 12.05.2025 | Volatility boosts IG Group after Freetrade deal completes | IG Group has upgraded its profit guidance for the financial year after increased trading from high market volatility around global trade uncertainty boosted its revenue.
“Elevated volatility across a range of asset classes, particularly in ... |
| 26.03.2025 | Spring Statement 2025: City praises potential ISA reforms | Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed in the Spring Statement that reforms to Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) are on the horizon, a statement that has been welcomed by the investment industry in the City of London.
“The government is lookin... |
| 13.03.2025 | Market Resilience: DFS and IG Group Thrive Amid Economic Shifts | In the ever-changing landscape of retail and finance, two companies have emerged as beacons of resilience: DFS and IG Group. Both have reported impressive financial recoveries, showcasing their ability to adapt and thrive in challenging env... |
| 13.03.2025 | IG Group: Revenue jumps as volatility returns to markets | Trading and investment firm IG Group has reported a 12 per cent jump in total revenue to £268m for the third quarter of its financial year (three months to 28 February 2025), as stronger market conditions and increased client activity drove... |
| 23.01.2025 | IG Group extends share buybacks after Freetrade acquisition | - |
| 22.01.2025 | Qomodo's €13.5M Funding: A New Dawn for Payment Solutions in Italy | In the bustling streets of Milan, a fintech revolution is brewing. Qomodo, a startup founded just a year ago, has secured €13.5 million in Series A funding. This investment is not just a financial boost; it’s a lifeline for physical merchan... |
| 21.01.2025 | Fintech Qomodo raises €13.5 million to revolutionise payments for physical merchants | Qomodo, the Milan-based “all-in-one” smart payment solution for physical merchants, announces it has raised €13.5 million in Series A funding in order to develop AI tools aimed at expanding its portfolio.
The round was co-led by RTP Global ... |
| 19.01.2025 | IG Group Announces Acquisition of Freetrade | IG Group Holdings plc is pleased to announce the acquisition of Freetrade, the fast-growing, commission-free, self-directed investment platform, for £160 million.
The transaction will strengthen IG’s UK trading and investments offering and ... |
| 17.01.2025 | Freetrade's Acquisition: A Double-Edged Sword for Investors | In the world of finance, fortunes can shift like sand. The recent acquisition of Freetrade by IG Group for £160 million is a prime example. This deal is a beacon of hope for early investors but casts a shadow over those who entered the fray... |
| 17.01.2025 | NXP Semiconductors secures €1B loan, UK unveils £14B AI infrastructure plan, and edtech in an AI-driven world | This week we tracked more than 75 tech funding deals worth over €2.6 billion, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most i... |
| 16.01.2025 | Freetrade: IG Group swoops for trading app | - |
| 16.01.2025 | UK startup Freetrade acquired by IG Group in a €189 million deal | Freetrade, a London-based fintech startup known for its commission-free trading platform, has been acquired by FTSE-250 listed IG Group for €189 million, resulting in returns for crowdfunded investors of the startup.
This acquisition marks ... |
| 16.01.2025 | Early crowdfunding investors bag returns as UK startup Freetrade snapped up for £160M | Early crowdfunding investors in UK startup Freetrade will see a financial return after the commission-free trading app was today acquired by the listed trading platform and spread betting group IG Group in a £160M deal. However, many later ... |
| 21.11.2024 | UK challenger bank Kroo considers offering investment products | The CEO of UK challenger bank Kroo Bank has suggested that it could begin offering investment products, amid a further fall in interest rates and customers becoming less risk-averse.
Andrea De Gottardo, Kroo CEO, said:
“If you look two year... |
| 18.11.2024 | Revolut gets UK trading license, set to offer UK & EU stock trading | Fintech Revolut said on Monday it has got a UK trading license from the British financial regulator that will allow the company to offer trading of UK and EU-listed stocks and exchange-traded funds from 2025.
The company, which recently sec... |
| 18.11.2024 | Revolut to go up against AJ Bell and Hargreaves Lansdown after receiving UK trading licence | Revolut plans to offer UK and EU stock trading and ETFs next year after the UK finance regulator granted it a UK trading licence. Europe’s most valuable private tech firm, valued at $45bn, has been granted the licence by the FCA, meaning it... |
| 21.10.2024 | UK’s Options Trading App Investa Secures £617,044 via Crowdcube | Listen to this article
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Investa is raising funds via Crowdcube. The firm explains that it has built the UK’s first zero-commission listed options trading app for on-the-go traders.
Established by ex-Citi options br... |
| 16.09.2024 | Freetrade revenue soars as platform launches share lending | - |
| 07.09.2024 | Financial Services and Compliance Tech Platform Grath Announces Expansion into Middle East | Listen to this article
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Grath, a global platform for financial services and regulatory compliance technology, is expanding its presence into the Middle East with the opening of a new office in the prestigious Dubai... |
| 02.08.2024 | Freetrade pulls out of Swedish market | Freetrade has announced it is leaving the Swedish market to focus its resources on UK self-directed investment market.
Co-founder Adam Dodds is stepped down as CEO of the UK trading app in May, being replaced by then COO and co-founder Vikt... |
| 04.04.2024 | Robinhood’s UK app gains users but lags behind Hargreaves Lansdown | Robinhood’s UK app is gaining users, but had only over half the estimated downloads of established rival Hargreaves Lansdown in February and March this year, new figures show.
Robinhood, a US online stock trading app, announced plans for it... |
| 06.12.2023 | European neobroker Scalable Capital raises $65M on a flat $1.4B valuation | Scalable Capital, a Munich startup that aims to make investing in financial markets accessible to a wider range of consumers, is putting more fuel in its tank to drive deeper into Europe. The company has raised €60 million in equity ($65 mi... |
| 29.11.2023 | Robinhood brings its stock-trading platform to the UK, its first international market | We knew it was coming, but stock-trading platform Robinhood is finally open for business in the U.K. — its first international market since debuting in the U.S. more than a decade ago.
Robinhood is granting early access to the app starting ... |
| 29.06.2023 | Social trading app Shares receives EU stock trading license | Fintech startup Shares has raised $90 million for its stock trading app. And yet, the service is only available to people who live in the U.K. But that’s about to change as the company has received a couple of authorizations from French reg... |
| 26.06.2023 | UK Fintech Freetrade, the Builder of an App for Consumers’ Life Savings, Raises £1.76M+ via Crowdcube | Freetrade, which claims it is building the home screen app for your life savings, has raised 176% (£1,764,417.20) of its £1,000,000 target (from 3194 investors with 3 days left in the sale at the time of writing) through its crowdfunding ca... |
| 24.04.2023 | European stock trading app Lightyear arrives on the web | U.K.-based stock-trading startup Lightyear is finally expanding to the web, nearly two years after the company first emerged out of stealth.
Founded out of London in 2020, Lightyear is one of a number of fintechs that promise an easy condui... |
| 20.05.2022 | Freetrade raises £30mn but avoids new valuation in ‘choppy markets’ | - |
| 20.04.2022 | The Power of Tech Companies: Valuations, Takeovers, and Stocks | Successful tech companies can change hands for vast sums of money. The latest example of a mega-bid for a tech company came from Elon Musk. As he often does, the Tesla CEO made waves on social media, quite literally, by offering $43 billion... |
| 24.03.2022 | Will Hybrid Working Bring More Female Talent Into Tech? | Closing the IT gender gap getty |
| 03.03.2022 | Shares raises $40 million for its social investment app | Shares has closed a $40 million Series A funding round led by Valar Ventures. The company has been working on a mobile app that lets you easily buy and sell shares, but with a social twist. You can follow your friends’ moves and talk with o... |
| 30.12.2021 | UK Fintech Freetrade Wants to Create Culture of Investing Internationally that’s Approachable and Customer-First | Freetrade‘s Head of People, Amy Gilman, has reflected on a “big” 2021 and an “even bigger” 2022.
Gilman writes in a blog post that 2021 has been “an incredible year of growth for Freetrade.”
She added that whether that’s growth to “over 1 m... |
| 05.12.2021 | Overfunding: UK Fintech Freetrade Secures £8.7M+ from 6926 Investors via Crowdcube | Freetrade, a company that’s on a mission to get everyone investing, has secured 879% (£8,799,726) of its £1,000,000 fundraising target from 6926 investors (at the time of writing) via Crowdcube – with 1 day left in the Fintech firm’s crowdf... |
| 26.11.2021 | UK’s Freetrade bags record €10M on day one of its seventh crowdfunding round | Based out of London, Freetrade is a challenger stockbroker that brought mobile-first, commission-free investing to the UK and Europe. Recently, the UK company announced that it has raised a record-breaking £8,474,600 (approx €10M) on day on... |
| 30.10.2021 | How VCs are adapting to meet an increasingly global startup market | Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here.
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| 16.10.2021 | GitLab’s mega IPO | Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here.
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| 25.08.2021 | Shares is a new stock trading app with a focus on social features | Meet Shares, a new European startup that wants to add a social twist to financial investment — in this case, the company means “social” as in “social network”. The startup has been developing its product under the radar for a few months alr... |
| 03.06.2021 | Lightyear is a new stock trading app from early Wise employees | Meet Lightyear, a new London-based startup coming out of stealth today. The company is building a stock trading app with a focus on creating a truly commission-free app. In addition to waving account fees and trading fees, Lightyear doesn’t... |
| 03.06.2021 | Taavet Hinrikus backs new investing platform, pitched as the ‘TransferWise of trading’ | Last year, Europe’s trading apps breathed a sigh of relief when US giant Robinhood announced it was cancelling plans to expand into the UK.
But competition in the trading space could be heating up once again. This time it’s from Lightyear, ... |
| 30.04.2021 | Optimism reigns at consumer trading services as fintech VC spikes and Robinhood IPO looms | With the Coinbase direct listing behind us and the Robinhood IPO ahead, it’s a heady time for consumer-focused trading apps.
Mix in the impending SPAC-led debut of eToro, general bullishness in the cryptocurrency space, record highs for som... |
| 06.04.2021 | UK fintech Freetrade mints millionaires out of early crowdfunding investors | In September 2016, a little-known trading app called Freetrade launched a crowdfunding round hoping to raise £100k from ambitious retail investors.
The odds of success were low — most crowdfunding investors never see a return on their money... |
| 23.03.2021 | DRAPER ESPRIT PLC
Draper Esprit : joins $69m Series B round in portfolio company, Freetrade | Draper Esprit is pleased to join the $69m Series B round investment in Freetrade. The round was led by Left Lane Capital, a New York based private equity firm with L Catterton also participating. Freetrade intends to use this injection of c... |
| 23.03.2021 | Freetrade Raises $69m Series B Led by Left Lane Capital with Participation by Draper Esprit, L Catterton | Freetrade, a commission-free trading app that is regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has raised a $69 million Series B funding round led by Left Lane Capital. The valuation was not disclosed. Draper Esprit and L Catterton ... |
| 23.03.2021 | Freetrade raising £50m Series B for European expansion | Freetrade, a UK-based fintech serving retail investors, has announced it’s in the process of closing a £50 million ($69 million) Series B round.
Customers have been waiting years for European expansion
Led by New York-based growth equity fi... |
| 23.03.2021 | Draper Esprit joins $69m Series B round in portfolio company, Freetrade | - |
| 23.03.2021 | Stock trading app Freetrade raises $69 million | U.K. challenger stockbroker Freetrade has raised a $69 million Series B round led by Left Lane Capital. The growth fund of L Catterton and existing investor Draper Esprit also participated. Freetrade operates a stock trading app and has man... |
| 22.03.2021 | Freetrade Limited announced that it has received £35 million in funding from Left Lane Capital, LLC, L Catterton Partners, Draper Esprit plc | Freetrade Limited announced that has raised £35 million in an equity round of funding led by new investor Left Lane Capital, LLC on March 22, 2021. The transaction also included participation from new investor growth fund of L Catterton Par... |
| 29.01.2021 | Goodbye Cards, Hello Open Payments (Video) | Truelayer is a Business Reporter client. |
| 27.01.2021 | How trading apps are responding to the GameStop fustercluck | The furor surrounding GameStop and its stock price has consumed social media, business television, and the hopes and dreams of many retail investors. It has even convinced some folks that causing short-term economic damage to a few hedge fu... |
| 10.10.2020 | Venture capital gets less diverse in 2020 | Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading. You can subscribe here.
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| 21.07.2020 | Robinhood cancels UK launch as it reels from operational problems | Robinhood has cancelled its much-hyped launch in the UK and has put on hold global expansion plans as the wildly-popular US no-fee stock trading app reels from a string of operational problems and attempts to focus on its home markets.
A st... |
| 22.05.2020 | UK challenger stockbroker Freetrade exceeds crowdfunding target yet again, raises €7.8M on Crowdcube | Based out of London, Freetrade is a challenger stockbroker that brought mobile-first, commission-free investing to the UK and Europe. Recently, the UK company has raised £7 million (approx €7.8 million) from more than 8,000 people amid COVI... |
| 22.05.2020 | London-based Freetrade closes €7.8 million crowdfunding for its investing app | Today UK-based fintech Freetrade, the smart app that makes investing easy for everyone, has defied the COVID-19 lockdown to raise €7.8 million from more than 8,000 people. Working with Crowdcube, the company exceeded its €1.1 million target... |
| 14.05.2020 | Biggest of 2020: Fintech Freetrade Tops £4.5 Million on Crowdcube | Fintech Freetrade has raised over £4.5 million in just four hours raising capital online via Crowdcube. Currently, the offering is displaying £4.76 million (~ USD $ 5.8 million) from 2595 investors. The £1 million hurdle was collected in ju... |
| 25.03.2020 | Startup Profile: Freetrade | 0 shares
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| 04.11.2019 | UK start-up Freetrade raises $15m, inc. first-time investor Draper Esprit | The UK challenger stockbroker Freetrade has closed $15 million in a Series A funding round with a contribution from its first capital investor.
The start-up will be pushing out extra marketing and content to reach more millennial customers
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| 01.11.2019 | London-based commission-free stock trading app Freetrade secures €13.4M Series A funding | Gone are the days when investing in the stock market was complicated, inaccessible, and expensive. These days, trading isn’t too expensive due to the shares but the fee involved in the process. Well, investing is one of the best ways to sav... |
| 31.10.2019 | Freetrade raises $15 million Series A to bring easy investment and more wealth to millennials | Freetrade, a challenger stockbroker that’s brought commission-free investing to the UK, has raised a $15 million Series A round, including $7.5 million from Draper Esprit.
Freetrade is making investing easy and accessible, and the company h... |
| 31.10.2019 | City startup Freetrade raises $15m from Revolut backer Draper Esprit | Zero-commission stock trading startup Freetrade has today revealed the close of its $15m series A funding round, bringing on board its first venture capital investor. |
| 31.10.2019 | Freetrade, the UK challenger stockbroker, completes $15M Series A | Freetrade, the U.K. challenger stockbroker that offers commission-free investing, has closed $15 million in Series A funding. The round includes a $7.5 million investment from Draper Esprit, the U.K. publicly listed venture capital firm, al... |
| 31.10.2019 | London-based stock investing app Freetrade raises €13.4 million in Series A funding round | London-based startup Freetrade, a commission-free stock investing app, has raised a €13.4 million Series A round, including €6.7 million from one of Europe’s top venture capital firms, Draper Esprit.
As part of this round, Freetrade raised ... |
| 10.07.2019 | Freetrade Closes Crowdfunding Round at Over £4 Million | Fintech Freetrade closed their crowdfunding round on Crowdcube yesterday raising £4,031,500 from 5039 investors. This is the 5th time Freetrade has crowdfunded on Crowdcube having raised £3.1 million in 2018.
Freetrade is an FCA regulated d... |
| 02.10.2018 | Freetrade launches ‘zero-fee’ investment app | It is four months since fintech ‘unicorn’ Revolut announced its intention to add commission-free trading to its banking app, in a bid to compete with Silicon Valley’s Robinhood (although, curiously, the two companies share two investors, na... |
| 14.03.2017 | Freetrade Raises £1.1m Via Equity Crowdfunding Campaign on Crowdcube | Freetrade, a London, UK-based mobile app designed to give users access to global stocks, raised £1.1m through a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube.
There are currently over 6,000 people on the waiting list ahead of the full product launch l... |
| 30.09.2016 | Octopus Labs Selects Five Startups to Join its Fintech Accelerator | Following the launch in August 2016, Octopus Labs has selected five businesses to join its fintech accelerator.
Launched last month as part of the Octopus Group, which also includes Octopus Investments and Octopus Ventures, and led by direc... |
| - | Game-like trading apps under scrutiny by UK watchdog for encouraging ‘gambling-like behaviors’ | The news: The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that the gamification of trading apps can lead to amateur investors taking on more risk, being misled by spurious information, and making investments which aren’t in their inte... |
| - | Why values need to do what they say on the tin | Culture plays such a fundamental part in the sustainability of an organisation. However, the values that underpin that culture may not be codified, so it’s important to make sure they are understood by all its employees.
We sat down with He... |
| - | Freetrade | “Invest in stocks and ETFs without commission when buying and selling shares. Instant online stock trading. Awarded best online trading app 3 years in a row.” |
| - | UK stockbroking app Freetrade raises $69 million | Commission-free stockbroking app Freetrade has raised a Series B round of $69 million
The fundraising follows a period of significant growth that saw customer numbers hit 600,000, quarterly trade volumes exceed £1bn, and the opening of offi... |
