Category: Finance News

Jun 22

Brighton becomes first UK city to take action against second homeowners and holiday lets as pandemic buyers push hike property prices

Brighton will become the first city in the UK to take action against second homeowners and holiday lets after a wave of buyers during the coronavirus pandemic pushed house prices to over £500,000. Councillors have voted to ask officials to draw up proposals which will ban new-build second homes and holiday lets in some areas […]
Jun 22

Playter raises $55m to expand B2B BNPL platform

Playter, a London-based growth platform that helps SME’s scale quicker with buy now, pay later (BNPL), has today announced the closing of a $55 million funding round from the backers of Klarna, SoFi and Pipe. The funding is a mixture of equity and debt. The investment follows seed funding of $1.7 million in March, continuing […]