OakNorth

News/markets

SME Finance Taskforce announces plan boost UK economic growth

The SME Finance Taskforce has released its coalition plan to boost the UK economy by speeding up lending and access to finance for 5.5 million SMEs.

02 August 2024

News/payments

OakNorth partners Marqeta to offer SMEs commercial debit cards

UK small business lender OakNorth has teamed up with Marqeta to offer commercial debit cards to its customers.

24 April 2024

News/people

OakNorth appoints Lord Adair Turner as chairman

House of Lords member Lord Turner of Ecchinswell - Jonathan Adair Turner - has experience across Standard Chartered Bank, Siemens UK, Merrill Lynch Europe, and McKinsey.

27 December 2023

News/wholesale

OakNorth moves into business banking market

UK small business lender OakNorth is moving into the business banking market, promising SMEs a tailored menu of products and services supported by a dedicated account manager.

07 November 2023

Finextra TV/payments

Key learnings from the SVB failure crisis

Valentina Kristensen, Director Growth and Communications, OakNorth, speaks at IFGS 2023 and brings us up to date with progress made by the Neobanks, whether they are still lending successfully, key findings from the Silicon Valley Bank failure Crisis and what's next for OakNorth.

18 April 2023

News/people

IFGS 2023: How are neobanks challenging incumbents in 2023?

The afternoon IFGS sessions kicked off with a fireside chat looking at whether Neobanks are still creating that challenging atmosphere they have been known for. Finextra’s own senior reporter, Paige McNamee, moderated the session and was joined by Mark Mullen, CEO of Atom Bank, and Valentina Kristensen, director of growth and communications at OakNorth. Kristensen had her new baby Leo on stage with her.

17 April 2023

Research

The Future of Fintech in the UK 2023

13 April 2023 686 downloads

News/cloud

Financial Cloud Summit 2023: ChatGPT says banks should be multi-cloud

Cloud migration is a major part of the financial industry today; traditional banks and emerging fintechs are in process of transitioning online to cloud services to become scalable, agile, and operate at a higher level.

02 March 2023

News/wholesale

OakNorth Bank acquires 50% stake in ASK Partners

OakNorth Bank has acquired a 50% stake in property lender ASK Partners, which has lent in excess of £1bn across over 90 transactions through its online platform.

11 October 2022

Research

The Future of Digital Banking in the UK 2022

07 July 2022 1384 downloads