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A Q&A with LendInvest co-founder Christian Faes on the fintech scene in Europe, Brexit and his post-CEO plans

About two weeks ago, I attended the Paris Fintech Forum in, well, Paris, where I met up with Christian Faes. An affable yet opinionated Australia-born entrepreneur, Faes co-founded LendInvest and recently stepped down as CEO of the UK-based fintech scale-up, which has secured a fortune in equity and debt funding as it steadily grew into […]

UK fintech scale-up LendInvest secures £200 million investment from the National Australia Bank

London-based LendInvest today announced that it has secured £200 million investment from the National Australia Bank and supported by the UK’s HM Treasury. The news comes after LendInvest announced a separate £200 million funding line with HSBC UK earlier this year, to enter the regulated home-owner loan market for the first time. The company, which […]