Finextra Research: Latest fintech news, analysis, interviews, features and opinion by industry experts

Company announcement/inclusion

Nova Credit allies with Nottingham Building Society to offer mortgages for foreign nationals in UK

Nottingham Building Society and Nova Credit, the world’s only cross-border credit bureau, have agreed a partnership that will enable foreign nationals in the UK to access and leverage their overseas credit history when applying for mortgage finance to buy a home in the UK.

02 May 2024

Company announcement/retail

Nova Credit and Creditinfo provide credit scores for displaced Ukrainians

Nova Credit, the leading cross-border and alternative credit analytics company, has announced a strategic collaboration with Creditinfo, a global service provider for credit information and risk management solutions, to help Ukrainians gain access to the necessary financial services needed to effectively rebuild their lives abroad.

18 January 2024

News/retail

Nova Credit raises $45 million

International credit bureau Nova Credit has raised $45 million in Series C funding to build new products for lenders using alternative credit data.

17 October 2023

News/retail

HSBC to offer credit cards to migrants with no UK credit history

HSBC has become the first UK bank to offer newcomers to the country the option to include international credit history when applying for a credit card.

18 September 2023

Company announcement

Earnest and Nova Credit to launch international private student loans

Earnest, a fintech company dedicated to making higher education accessible and affordable for everyone, and Nova Credit, a modern credit bureau bridging consumer credit data around the world, today announced their partnership and the launch of International Private Student Loans.

17 July 2023

Research

The Future of Fintech in the UK 2023

13 April 2023 686 downloads

Company announcement/retail

Nova Credit connects with UAE-based bureau

Al Etihad Credit Bureau (AECB), a company that provides information and analytics to support credit decisions, has announced a strategic collaboration with Nova Credit, the world's leading consumer-permissioned credit bureau, to enable newcomers to leverage their home country credit history when applying for financial services upon arrival to the UAE.

08 March 2023

News/retail

Nova Credit wins FCA authorisation

US-based cross-border credit bureau Nova Credit has won FCA approval to begin operations in the UK

19 January 2023

News/inclusion

HSBC invests $10m in Nova Credit

HSBC has invested $10 million in Nova Credit as part of a wider partnership giving the bank global access to the startup's cross-border credit data product.

28 September 2022

Company announcement/wholesale

Nova Credit debuts cash-flow underwriting tool

Nova Credit, the fintech unlocking opportunities for mainstream and credit excluded consumers and the companies looking to serve them, today has launched its latest product, Cash Atlas – a first-party cash flow underwriting solution that transforms bank transaction data into a Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) consumer report, informing businesses’ lending decisions by painting a more holistic view of consumers’ financial health.

03 May 2022

News/startups

International credit bureau Nova Credit launches in UK

Nova Credit, a US fintech startup that unlocks credit histories for immigrants, has launched in the UK.

12 April 2022

Company announcement/people

Nova Credit hires from Apple and Meta leader as head of engineering

Nova Credit, the fintech unlocking opportunities for those historically excluded from the credit system and companies looking to serve them, today announced it has expanded its engineering team with the appointment of Yacine Azmi as Head of Engineering.

03 March 2022

News/retail

AmEx partners Nova Credit to help immigrants access credit

American Express has teamed up with Nova Credit to enable more newcomers to the US to use their home-country credit history to apply for its cards.

07 December 2021