Friday Finance (founded as Airbank) wanted to digitize the financial processes of small and medium-sized enterprises with a multi-banking solution. Despite good funding and major expansion plans, the fintech has now surprisingly ended its business - and is selling parts of the company to competitor Pliant, FinanceFWD reports. The transaction is not said to be a "fire sale" and was not driven by Friday Finance's financial difficulties. This may or may not be the case.
Venture capital firm Molten Ventures has written down its holding in Revolut by 40%. and discounted the value of its £7 million stake in Revolut from £91.3m in March last year to £54.5m at the end of March this year. Molten Ventures follows other investors, including Schroders, which devalued its investment in Revolut by approximately 46% in April. These recent events underscore concerns about Revolut's path to profitability and the regulatory challenges it confronts.