| Date | Title | Description |
| 04.02.2026 | PayPal-backed Modulr banks first full-year profit | PayPal-backed UK fintech Modulr has reported its first full-year net profit, it says, ahead of announcements regarding its US expansion.
Myles Stephenson, CEO and co-founder, heralded the achievement as an “important milestone”. He said: “I... |
| 22.10.2025 | PayPal-backed UK fintech kicks off legal battle over unpaid fees | A PayPal-backed UK fintech which provides services to the HMRC is locked in a legal battle with a former client over an accusation of unpaid pre-determined charges.
Embedded payments firm Modulr has filed a winding up petition against Paymo... |
| 12.09.2025 | PayPal-backed Modulr reports increased revenues, pulls back from crypto clients | PayPal-backed UK fintech Modulr has reported a reduction in annual pre-tax losses of £11m in 2024, as it targets US expansion and pulls back from working with crypto clients.
Modulr provides white-label payment infrastructure for businesses... |
| 24.07.2025 | UK Fiber Future Forged: CityFibre Secures Billions, Targets Market Dominance | CityFibre recently secured a massive £2.3 billion funding round. This significant capital injection powers its aggressive UK fiber rollout plan. The company aims to cover 8 million homes, solidifying its lead among alternative network provi... |
| 18.07.2025 | CityFibre secures €2.6B for UK fibre rollout, tell Brussels why the 28th regime matters, and UK Tech Minister “too cosy” with Big Tech | This week we tracked more than 75 tech funding deals worth over €3.6 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... |
| 17.07.2025 | Wagestream Acquires Zippen | Wagestream, a London, UK-based company which specializes in workplace finance and wellbeing, acquired Zippen a London, UK-based pensions technology company.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
With the acquisition, Wagestream will exp... |
| 16.07.2025 | Wagestream acquires pension technology provider Zippen | The market leader in workplace finance and wellbeing, Wagestream, has announced the acquisition of pensions technology company Zippen, furthering its mission to enhance financial wellbeing for all workers and reinforcing the growing role of... |
| 09.05.2025 | Wagestream secures £300M debt financing, DoorDash's £2.4B Deliveroo acquisition, and European tech funding falls 42% in April | This week we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €1.1 billion, and over 20 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... |
| 08.05.2025 | Wagestream's £300M Leap: A New Dawn for Financial Wellbeing | In the bustling world of fintech, Wagestream has made waves. The London-based company recently secured a staggering £300 million debt financing facility from Citi. This move is not just a financial boost; it’s a lifeline for many employees ... |
| 07.05.2025 | Wagestream secures £300M debt financing to expand its alternative to high-interest loans | UK financial wellbeing solutions company Wagestream has announced a £300 million debt financing facility provided by Citi.
Launched in late 2024 through an early access program, Wagestream’s Workplace Loans has already helped the lives of t... |
| 07.05.2025 | Wagestream Secures £300M Debt Financing Facility From Citi | Wagestream, a London, UK-based company providing financial wellbeing solutions, raised £300M in debt financing facility provided by Citi.
The company intends to allocate the amount of expand the Workplace Loans product offering to its UK me... |
| 07.05.2025 | British FinTech startup Wagestream secures €352 million for fair financial services for employees | Wagestream, a London-based startup innovating financial wellbeing solutions, announced a €352 million debt financing facility provided by Citi in order to continue its app-based offering and develop their Workplace Loans product.
Better Soc... |
| 27.03.2025 | What Sparked the Push for Flexible Pay? The drive to provide frontline workers with fairer, more flexible access to their earnings led to the creation of a ground-breaking solution. This interview exp... | In this Entrepreneur UK interview, Peter Briffett talks about the driving force behind London based Wagestream, a company designed to give frontline workers greater control over their pay and financial wellbeing. He delves into the challeng... |
| 25.02.2025 | Kredivo takes over GajiGesa in $12m deal: source | Premium Content
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| 17.04.2024 | Wagestream Raises Further £17.5M in Funding | Wagestream, a London, UK-based provider of a financial benefits platform, raised further £17.5M in funding.
Backers included British Patient Capital, Lombard Odier Investment Managers, and existing investor Northzone.
The company intends to... |
| 17.04.2024 | London-based Wagestream raises €20.4 million to serve the workers overlooked by banking | - |
| 26.03.2024 | Ascension VC: Leading the Charge in Tech4Good Investments | Ascension VC, a London-based venture capital firm, has made waves in the tech investment world with the successful first close of its new Tech4Good pre-seed fund. With a focus on backing startups that leverage technology to create positive ... |
| 25.03.2024 | Ascension VC launches €19.8M institutional impact fund for Tech4Good startups | Early-stage investment fund Ascension VC announced a €19.8 million first close of its new institutional impact fund, which will back talented founders leveraging technology to build more resilient societies. A second close of the overall £5... |
| 08.06.2023 | Frontline Education and Wagestream Recognized for K-12 Education Innovation in 2023 EdTech Breakthrough Awards Program | "We believe that access to the Frontline and Wagestream solution will provide value to help school districts place quality substitutes so that instructional time is not interrupted” - Mark Gruzin, CEO of Frontline Education
LOS ANGELES... |
| 30.01.2023 | ImpactVC ignites knowledge sharing drive backed by Northzone, Balderton, among 120 VC names | A new European VC collective comprising 120 venture firms, including Northzone and Balderton, will attempt to disseminate industry knowledge on leveraging ROI and ESG value from impact-led investments.
The UK's ImpactVC programme has exited... |
| 16.11.2022 | Wagestream launches Australian State of Financial Wellbeing Report, reveals glaring disconnect between employers and employees | 58% of employers believe they offer financial wellbeing tools, but only 36% of employees believe they receive them
One in two employees would "think more favourably of my employer" and "be more likely to stay with my employer... |
| 11.11.2022 | Wagestream shares its tips for employees to go from financial stress to financial wellbeing - even without a payrise | SYDNEY, Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial wellbeing fintech Wagestream is urging employees in Australia to take some simple steps to make the move from financial stress to financial wellbeing - and says that even with prices rising an... |
| 27.10.2022 | Aged care sector turns to financial wellbeing tools to attract staff: Wagestream | SYDNEY, Oct. 27 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial wellbeing fintech Wagestream has signed with Southern Cross Care, Vacenti, and CareChoice in quick succession this month, as Australian aged care and caring businesses increasingly turn to inno... |
| 16.09.2022 | Wagestream contracted by Barbeques Galore to bolster retention and recruitment through financial wellbeing tools | SYDNEY, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Barbeques Galore has partnered with financial wellbeing fintech Wagestream as it continues to revamp and build out its employee benefits programme in an increasingly difficult employment market.
Wagest... |
| 01.08.2022 | Wagestream partners with fintech Blossom to offer employees targeted 3% p.a. returns | SYDNEY, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial wellbeing fintech Wagestream has partnered with fixed income micro-savings platform Blossom to offer employees a way to grow their savings by giving them access to the Blossom Fund which target... |
| 14.04.2022 | Health tech fund raises $800 million as COVID speeds up change in the medical industry | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
It was already well underway prior to COVID—the wave of innovation in health tech, that is. But n... |
| 14.04.2022 | Wagestream Raises $175M in Series C Funding | Wagestream, a London, UK-based provider of a financial wellbeing app, raised $175M in Series C funding.
The round was led by Smash Capital, with participation from Epic Games, Reddit, SonderMind, and DuckDuckGo, with participation from Blac... |
| 13.04.2022 | Wagestream Announces $175M Series C to Expand its Financial Wellbeing App to 30 Million U.S. Frontline Workers | ~ VCs, institutions, charities team up for largest ever social impact fundraise in fintech ~
~ Round led by Smash Capital, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Silicon Valley Bank ~
~ 250,000 U.S. workers and 1 million global workers no... |
| 13.04.2022 | Bringing financial wellbeing to frontline workers streams in $175 million for Wagestream | Historically, frontline workers have been excluded or forced to pay more for financial services than other workers. Research from the University of Bristol shows they pay a premium of £490 more for basic household and financial services eac... |
| 13.04.2022 | Wagestream, a financial super app for waged workers, raises $175M, passes 1M users and doubles down on the U.S. | Front-line workers and those paid in hourly wages rather than salaries have become a prime target in the world of business IT, with a wave of apps helping them find jobs, do their jobs, communicate with each other better. In the latest deve... |
| 13.04.2022 | London-based Wagestream secures over €134 million for its financial wellbeing app in one of the largest-ever raises for a social impact fintech | Founded with charities and designed for frontline workers, Wagestream is a fintech startup on a mission to do good for people, and it has just secured a massive funding round of over €134 million. This round is one of the largest ever raise... |
| 24.02.2022 | Offering any and all brands managed embedded financial services, Y Combinator alum HUBUC raises $10 million | Barcelona-based embedded financial services startup HUBUC has raised $10 million in a seed round. The new funding will be used to bolster the company’s European footprint, strengthen the compliance team, continue product development and fur... |
| 15.12.2021 | Firstsource : Reflections on hybrid working – how leaders and teams can find balance | Office-life is slowly returning. In the UK, 44% of employees report coming into the office at least some of the time. Yet, by the end of the year, this figure is expected to only reach 56%. Also, research by McKinsey finds that over half of... |
| 21.09.2021 | Introducing: the 15 companies joining Future Fifty 2021 | We are excited to announce the latest group of 15 home-grown tech companies selected for Tech Nation’s prestigious Future Fifty programme, now entering its tenth year.
The companies represent world-leading innovations across more than 10 s... |
| 07.06.2021 | 9 in 10 Want Flexible Pay: Impact of Earned Wage Access Revealed, in New Study From Wagestream, 60 Decibels | LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 7, 2021–
The impact of Earned Wage Access-whereby employers remove extended, locked pay cycles and return to more flexible pay cycles-has been revealed, in the industry’s first in-depth impact assessment. The ana... |
| 07.06.2021 | 9 in 10 Want Flexible Pay: Impact of Earned Wage Access Revealed, in New Study From Wagestream, 60 Decibels | Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021.
LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 7, 2021–
The impact of Earned Wage Access-whereby employers remove extended, locked pay cycles and return to more flexible pay cycles-has be... |
| 24.03.2021 | Wagestream Acquires Earnd Australia | Wagestream, a London, UK-based financial wellbeing platform, acquired the Australian operations of fintech startup Earnd.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The acquisition will see Earnd Australia’s leadership, product, customer and... |
| 16.03.2021 | On-demand pay: is it here to stay? | Millions around the globe depend on regular salaries and plan their budgets based on paydays. But the lockdown has made personal budgeting much more challenging. |
| 14.10.2020 | Open Up 2020 Challenge Winners Revealed | Four open-banking fintechs have been named winners at the £1.5 million Open Up 2020 Challenge.
Mojo Mortgages, Moneybox, Plum and Wagestream will each receive a £150,000 prize to grow their solution to help more people manage their money – ... |
| 10.07.2020 | Wagestream Raises $25M in Funding | Wagestream, a London, UK-based provider of an app that allows workers to access earned income in real time, raised $25m in funding.
The round was led by Northzone with participation from QED Investors, Latitude Ventures and Balderton Capita... |
| 07.07.2020 | London’s Wagestream raises £20 million, bringing total to £65 million, to give employees control over payday | London-based Wagestream, a fintech startup that allows workers to access earned income in real time, has secured £20 million in a round led by Northzone, with participation from QED Investors, Latitude Venture Partners and Balderton Capital... |
| 07.07.2020 | London’s Wagestream Raises $25M To Give Employees Control Over Payday | 7 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
(Editor’s Note: This is an article written for Tech.eu by Annie Musgrove and shared with Crunchbase News as part of a news-sharing partnership.)
London-based Wagestream, a fintech startup that allows... |
| 07.07.2020 | London’s Wagestream Raises $25M To Give Employees Control Over Payday | 9 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
(Editor’s Note: This is an article written for Tech.eu by Annie Musgrove and shared with Crunchbase News as part of a news-sharing partnership.)
London-based Wagestream, a fintech startup that allows... |
| 26.05.2020 | Interview with Peter Briffett – CEO of Wagestream – “We Cannot Avoid Credit, But We Can Stop People Falling into Credit Traps” | 0 shares
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Peter Briffett is the CEO of Wagestream, the fintech app that is disrupting the consumer credit industry in the UK by not offering credit.
Wagestream offers a way for employees to dip into their wages... |
| - | Wagestream closes $165M Series C in largest ever fintech-for-good fundraise | The new round comprises a $50 million equity investment led by Smash Capital with funds managed by BlackRock, as well as $115 million in debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank.
The round also includes follow-on investments from existing s... |
| - | Bringing financial wellbeing to frontline workers streams in $175 million for Wagestream | Historically, frontline workers have been excluded or forced to pay more for financial services than other workers. Research from the University of Bristol shows they pay a premium of £490 more for basic household and financial services eac... |
| - | Offering any and all brands managed embedded financial services, Y Combinator alum HUBUC raises $10 million | Barcelona-based embedded financial services startup HUBUC has raised $10 million in a seed round. The new funding will be used to bolster the company’s European footprint, strengthen the compliance team, continue product development and fur... |
| - | Wagestream raises £20M Series B to help more employees access their earned wages in real time | Balderton previously co-led Wagestream's Series A in May 2019. You can read Rob Moffat's Medium post here explaining why we invested.
Wagestream enables staff to draw down a percentage of their earned wages any day of the month for a flat ... |
